Denpasar vs Sidoarjo in ALSA UI E-Comp High School Final

#1 SMA 4 Denpasar A and #10 SMA 1 Sidoarjo faced off in the final of the 15th ALSA UI E-Comp High School debates earlier today. The results will be out later in the evening after the varsity grand final and cultural shows. In the semifinals, the Denpasar team knocked out #4 SMA St. Albertus Malang while their schoolmates lost to the Sidoarjo trio. It was the first time for the ALSA UI E-Comp, the most prestigious institution-based debate competition in the high school category, to have no team from the tri-provinces of Jakarta-West Java-Banten in the final four.

East Java, Bali Teams Secure Spots in ALSA High School Semis

All teams that made it to the semifinal round of the 15th ALSA UI E-Comp high school debates have one thing in common: their homes are more than 400 miles away from Greater Jakarta. SMA 4 Denpasar from Bali island have two teams in the last four and they will both go against teams from East Java province, creating for the first time in the competition's history a semifinal round without any team from the tri-provinces of Jakarta, Banten and West Java where most of Indonesia's high school and varsity debating powerhouses reside.

The grand final of the high school and varsity categories will take place tomorrow afternoon. Here are the matchup for tomorrow's semifinals :

#1 SMA 4 Denpasar A v #4 SMA St. Albertus Malang A
#3 SMA 4 Denpasar B v #10 SMA 1 Sidoarjo