IVED 2013: Bipeds v UI in Final; Binus, ITB Go for Novice Title

The best teams on the tab will clash in the last match of the 2013 Indonesian Varsities English Debate. #1 Binus International A (Invi Atmanegara, Jaran Walia, Andrew Sadeli) are on the path to give the Binus network of schools its first IVED title but they have to confront eight-time champions Universitas Indonesia in the final today. #2 UI A (Dennys Kapa, Magreta Kaila Adenta, Revaldi Wirabuana) seek to bring the trophy back to Depok after a four-year interval.

Both teams are laden with champions with international experience. Final year students Invi and Jaran won the EFL category of the 2012 United Asian Debating Championships and broke in the 2012 World Universities Peace Invitational Debate. Andrew chaired several debates in the recent World Universities Debating Championships. Dennys is a two-time ALSA UI champion who reached the EFL final of the 2012 Asian BP tournament.  Year 2 student Deta represented Indonesia in the 2011 World Schools Debating Championships while freshman Aldi competed in the same prestigious event last year.

In the novice category, young teams from established Java-based institutions will vie for the title. Host #3 Institut Teknologi Bandung A (Ginani Hening Utami, Hafidz, Dara) face #4 Binus University B (Junario Wibawa, Maulana Nofrimukti, Kelvin Wongso) in the final.

IVED 2013: Fresh Brawijaya v Bipeds & Classic UI v UGM in SF

Two fresh institutions represented in the semifinals of the 2013 Indonesian Varsities English Debate have never reached the grandfinal before, let alone winning the title. But only one of them will set a record as they will meet each other tomorrow. The other match is a classic showdown of the country's powerhouses.

In the first semifinal, darkhorse #5 Universitas Brawijaya A (Nur Rizki Oceano, Zelly Sidi Zamzami, Queentries Regar) will face #1 Binus International A (Invi Atmanegara, Jaran Walia, Andrew Sadeli), a team with three trophies combined, including the ESL title from the 2012 United Asian Debating Championships. Brawijaya is an old player in Indonesian debating that reached the semifinals in the 2nd IVED in 1999 but in recent years its national achievements have been scarce. The latter debaters, despite their past triumphs, come from a club that only emerged less than five years ago but rapidly rose with support from foreign coaches. Teams from Binus International Pool of English Debaters (Bipeds) have won NUEDC and other domestic tournaments but still have no trophy from Indonesia's three classics -- IVED, JOVED, ALSA UI.

In the other semifinal, #2 Universitas Indonesia A (Dennys Kapa, Magreta Kaila Adenta, Revaldi Wirabuana) will face #3 Universitas Gadjah Mada B (Amir Abdul Aziz, Erwina Salsabila, Romario Tambunan). UI has won IVED eight times while UGM twice. Their showdowns at end rounds of national tournaments have been frequent and usually highly spirited.

IVED is the national 3-on-3 championships. It is the first truly nationwide tournament using an internationally accepted format. Winners are considered the best of their generation. Last year, cinderella team Universitas Bakrie defeated UI in the final. This year, Bakrie failed to break.     

IVED 2013: Novice & Main Knockout Brackets

Novice Bracket

1. Undip C
	1. Undip C
8. Atma Jkt C
		4. Binus B
4. Binus B
	4. Binus B
5. Unsoed A
			4. Binus B
2. Unpad B
	2. Unpad B
7. UMY A
		3. ITB A
3. ITB A
	3. ITB A
6. UMY B

Main Bracket

1. Binus Intl A
	1. Binus Intl A
16. Unhas B
		1. Binus Intl A
8. UGM A
	8. UGM A
9. ITB B
			1. Binus Intl A
4. Binus Intl B
	4. Binus Intl B
13. Unhas C
		5. Brawijaya A
5. Brawijaya A
	5. Brawijaya A
12. Binus Intl C
				1. Binus Intl A
2. UI A
	2. UI A
15. UI C
		2. UI A
7. UGM C
	10. ITB C
10. ITB C
			2. UI A
3. UGM B
	3. UGM B
14. Unhas A
		3. UGM B
6. Unpad C
	11. UI B
11. UI B

IVED 2013: Binus Intl, UGM, UI & Unhas Take 3 Break Spots Each

Twelve teams, or three-quarter, that broke into the top 16 of the 2013 Indonesian Varsities English Debate come from only 4 institutions as powerhouses Binus International, Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada and  non-Java dark horse Universitas Hasanuddin each secured 3 spots. Undefeated Binus International A (Invi Atmanegara, Jaran Walia, Andrew Sadeli) broke first and seek to grab their club's first title from IVED - Indonesia's most prestigious 3-on-3 tournament.

Some old forces are struggling to maintain foothold. Former IVED champion Universitas Atma Jaya and national BP title holder Binus University, both Jakarta-based favourites, failed to send even one team into the main knockouts. However, these two universities at least have representatives in the novice break for consolation. Nobody from Universitas Parahyangan, a major school that pioneered Indonesian debating with UI in 1997, is left standing after 6 preliminary rounds. The majority of the out rounds take place tomorrow. The full breaking teams are listed below.

Main Break
1. Binus International A
2. Universitas Indonesia A
3. Universitas Gadjah Mada B
4. Binus International B
5. Universitas Brawijaya A
6. Universitas Padjadjaran C
7. Universitas Gadjah Mada C
8. Universitas Gadjah Mada A
9. Institut Teknologi Bandung B
10. Institut Teknologi Bandung C
11. Universitas Indonesia B
12. Binus International C
13. Universitas Hasanuddin C
14. Universitas Hasanuddin A
15. Universitas Indonesia C
16. Universitas Hasanuddin B

Novice Break
1. Universitas Diponegoro C
2. Universitas Padjadjaran B
3. Institut Teknologi Bandung A
4. Binus University B
5. Universitas Jenderal Soedirman A
6. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta B
7. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta A
8. Universitas Atma Jaya Jakarta C

    

IVED 2013: Brawijaya Among Undefeated Teams After R3

The first half of the preliminaries at the 2013 Indonesian Varsities English Debate ended today with several teams still undefeated after 3 rounds. Almost all of them come from schools that have won at least one of Indonesia's 4 major nationwide tournaments. The exception is Universitas Brawijaya A (Nur Rizki Oceano, Queentries Regar, Zelly Sidi Zamzami) from Malang. While Brawijaya is an old player in Indonesian debating and has won many tournaments within East Java province, the school has no IVED, JOVED, ALSA UI or NUEDC title to boast yet. It is too early to say whether this dark horse's run can last but they defeated the B team of favourites Binus International in R3, showing some promise.

The other undefeated teams are: Binus International A, Binus University A, Institut Teknologi Bandung C, Universitas Gadjah Mada A & B, Universitas Indonesia A & B. All participating institutions have at least one team with a loss so far, including the C teams of powerhouses UI and UGM. There will be 3 more rounds tomorrow before the break anouncement. It is still anyone's game as usually only teams with 4 wins after 6 rounds have the chance to make the cut.

IVED 2013: The 16th Edition Starts Without Two-Time Champ STAN

Institut Teknologi Bandung - Venue of IVED 2013

The 16th edition of the Indonesian Varsities English Debate (IVED), the country's most prestigious debating tournament, started today at Institut Teknologi Bandung. More than 200 varsity debaters from 36 tertiary institutions gathered in the hillside city and witnessed a test debate on taxing religious organisations that commenced the event. A prominent absentee was Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara (STAN), which has weakened since the school won back-to-back in 2004 and 2005. It also failed to show up last year.

Preliminary debates will take place on Saturday and Sunday with 3 rounds per day. The best 16 on the tab will qualify for the main knockouts while the top 8 novice teams can progress into a separate elimination stage. Team Indonesia for the 2013 World Schools Debating Championships will participate in the prelims but won't be eligible to break. Previously, only teams with 4 wins from 6 rounds could break in the open category. The majority of the out rounds will be held on Monday while finals will take place on Tuesday.

The 3-on-3 IVED is the de-facto national championships and winners are considered the best of their generation. Last year, dark horse Universitas Bakrie pulled off an upset by defeating powerhouse Universitas Indonesia in the final. It was Bakrie's first ever domestic trophy. UI still leads with 8 IVED trophies and is among the favourites this year. The other strong contender is Binus International, which is fielding debaters who won the EFL title in the 2012 United Asians Debating Championships and broke in the 2012 World Universities Peace Invitational Debate. While Binus teams (regular and international) have won many domestic competitions, none could bag the IVED title in the past 15 years.

Institutions in IVED 2013 (some of them are fielding 3 teams)

1. Binus International
2. Binus University
3. Institut Pertanian Bogor
4. Institut Teknologi Bandung
5. Politeknik Negeri Ujungpandang
6. Sampoerna School of Business
7. Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Jember
8. Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Bali
9. STBA Teknokrat
10. STMIK Amikom
11. Universitas Ahmad Dahlan
12. Universitas Atma Jaya Jakarta
13. Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta 
14. Universitas Bakrie
15. Universitas Brawijaya
16. Universitas Diponegoro
17. Universitas Gadjah Mada
18. Universitas Hasanuddin
19. Universitas Indonesia
20. Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
21. Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana
22. Universitas Muhammadiyah Jember
23. Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
24. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 
25. Universitas Negeri Jakarta
26. Universitas Negeri Semarang
27. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
28. Universitas Padjadjaran
29. Universitas Parahyangan
30. Universitas Paramadina
31. Universitas Pelita Harapan
32. Universitas Sanata Dharma
33. Universitas Sriwijaya
34. Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa
35. Universitas Sumatera Utara
36. Universitas Widya Mandala

WSDC 2013: Corrected Draw Gives Indonesia Euro Rivals

World of Wonders Topkapi Palace in Antalya, Turkey - Hotel for WSDC 2013

The revised draw for  2013 World Schools Debating Championships in Turkey presents Indonesia with a mostly European challenge. The first draw for the preliminary rounds of the January 27-February 5 competition had to be cancelled after the organizers failed to include Hungary, which eventually will go against Team Indonesia in the second debate. The other in-round opponents are Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wales, Romania, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Turkey.

All WSDC teams must debate 8 different teams in the prelims, one from each of the 8 rank-based groupings. Indonesia is in the E grouping (#25-30) and ranks #27 out of 50 contestants. The WSDC groupings are calculated based on victories and judge votes in the past 3 championships. Greece is from group A. So, it is the highest ranked team Indonesia will face in the mandatory rounds. In 2004, Team Indonesia defeated Greece. Realistically, the toughest match will be against Wales, last year's finalist. Four preliminaries have prepared motions and the other four rounds are impromptu. Winning less than five prelims guarantees seats in the audience during the knockouts.

The members of Team Indonesia 2013 are Carrisa Tehputri and Ida Ayu Pradnya Paramita from SMA 4 Denpasar, Adeline Tiffanie from SMA Kristen 1 Jakarta and Sayyid Habibullah from SMA 3 Pontianak. There is no returning member in this team, one aspect that will be common in other contingents. Since its WSDC entry, Indonesia has broken twice into the octofinals in 2003 and 2004. The highest achievement is #11 in 2003 but the team which collected the most judge votes was the one who went to WSDC 2010 in Qatar. Unfortunately, the latter did not break. Only the top 16 teams can break into the knockouts. The 2003, 2004 and 2010 teams won 5 preliminary matches. Last year, Team Indonesia ended at #25 after having a 4-4 record.

The draw, speaking positions and motions for Team Indonesia 2013's debates are as follows:

R1 Opp vs Greece  (#6/A) - THBT decisions about children's health should be made by medical professionals, not by parents

R2 Prop vs Hungary (#50/H) - Impromptu

R3 Prop vs Bosnia & Herzegovina (#43/G) - TH supports greater US military presence in East Asia

R4 Opp vs Wales (#8/B) - Impromptu
R5 Opp vs Romania (#32/F) - THW cease the exploitation of resources in the Arctic region

R6 Prop vs United Arab Emirates (#17/C) - Impromptu
R7 Prop vs Malaysia (#20/D) - TH supports sovereign debt default as a legitimate economic strategy for countries 

R8 Opp vs Turkey (#26/E) - Impromptu

See the full draw here

WSDC 2013: Draw Cancelled After Failure to Include Hungary

The draw that was officially revealed by the 2013 Worlds Schools Debating Championships organising committee and chief adjudicators yesterday turned out to be a mistake. They apparently failed to include Hungary in the whole process and are now scrambling to present a correct draw. The line up of Indonesia's opponents most likely will change. With 50 participating countries, not 49, a redraw becomes necessary. The IndoDebate article about the original draw has been deleted. WSDC 2013 will be held in Turkey from January 27 to February 5. To read the letters about this hiccup, go to Alfred Snider's Global Debate blog. http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/wsdc-2013-draw-is-mistake-redraw-coming.html