UP Law wins the Asian Debate Championship

[aticus]

I just wanted to congratulate the UP Law Debate Team for winning this year's Asian Debate Championship held at the College of St. Benilde, DLSU just this past week.

This means that, of the 8 Asian Debate Championships ever held, the Philippines has won half. Not a bad record, if I do say so myself. :)

[Braveheart]

congrats UP! aticus, who are the other placers? and i want to know who the asian debate champions in the past are. thanks. :)

[aticus]

Originally posted by Braveheart
congrats UP! aticus, who are the other placers? and i want to know who the asian debate champions in the past are. thanks. :)

Hmmm... :) I might start to show my age here... :lol:

Well, I actually only know three of the four semi-finalists as of the moment. The team that finished runner-up was from the International Islamic University (IIU) of Malaysia. One of the other semi-finalists was Ateneo, and I confess I don't know who UP Law faced in the other semi. IIU defeated Ateneo to meet UP.

As for past winners, I only remember with clarity the first three.

1st Asians - Ateneo
2nd Asians - UKM (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaya) from Malaysia
3rd Asians - IIU
4th Asians - UST ?
5th Asians - IIU ?
6th Asians - UST ?
7th Asians - National University of Singapore (I think...) ?
8th Asians - UP Law

I'm not sure I got the order of the 4th to the 6th right, but I do know that UST won it twice around that time, and IIU won it as well. That's about it for "clarity." :lol:

I'll find out the real score and post it ASAP.

[aticus]

Ok, I got it now. :)

All of the champions I listed above were in the correct order. :) How's that for old people, eh? :lol:

Here's the full list, with runners-up included:

1st Asians - Ateneo (runner-up: IIU)
2nd Asians - UKM (runner-up: UST)
3rd Asians - IIU team 1 (runner-up: IIU team 2)
4th Asians - UST (runner-up: UP Diliman)
5th Asians - IIU (runner-up: Nat'l Uni. of Singapore a.k.a. NUS)
6th Asians - UST (runner-up: IIU)
7th Asians - NUS (runner-up: Nanyang Tech. of Singapore)
8th Asians - UP Law (runner-up: IIU)

As you can see, the most successful school has been IIU, with two championships and FOUR runner-up finishes. Next up is UST (the most successful Philippine school) with two championships and one runner-up finish.

As for countries, the Philippines has four champions, followed by Malaysia with three and Singapore with one. :)

[Braveheart]

thank you, aticus. nahalata ko nga age mo. :rotfl:

anyway, congrats to UST, UP and the ATENEO! the best minds are in these 3 schools talaga!

[Gangreen]

Originally posted by Braveheart
thank you, aticus. nahalata ko nga age mo. :rotfl:

anyway, congrats to UST, UP and the ATENEO! the best minds are in these 3 schools talaga!

I fully agree, the best minds are in these three schools - Ateneo, UP, and UST.

[asia]

Hindi ko alam na pag magaling kang magdebate mautak ka na pala. Pag magaling mag chess, mautak na din ba agad? since utak naman ang ginagamit sa chess di ba?

tsk..tsk...tsk....mga tao talaga dito....diretsuhin niyo na...may gusto lang kayong patamaan eh....pathetic indeed!

[uptowngirl]

Congratulations UP Law!

Congratulations also to Ateneo for giving the other countries a hard time to beat us Filipinos! Well done!

Congrats KeyserSoze!:redgrin:

:turncat:

[Green_Balance]

:wow:congrats!

i saw the debaters from DLSU-main and they hold a lot of promise talaga! pero debaters from ateneo,UP,and UST are really QUALITY!anong nagyari doon sa champion team from ateneo law,and ateneo undergrad.???i was hoping that if not LaSalle-main,or UST Law eh they can reach the finals? anong nangyari??

when we were watching the tournament the debaters from other countries were all keeping a close watch of debaters from UST(two time Champions),and Ateneo Law and Undergrads,during the match nga we saw how some teams were intimidated with the presence of Ateneo and UST,LaSalle was doing well in the prelims pero they did'nt quite made it eh!(there's always the next time naman di ba!)

congrats talaga!...

[zihuataneho]

congratulations to UP for pulling off that victory. honestly, i think the malaysian team won the final. i could see why UP won it, but i think the malaysian team was on balance, a stronger and more analytical team.

i think UP won by being very good at complaining and nitpicking, which are not bad things. but the burdens between the malaysian team and up were just unequal, the burden on the former being a lot heavier. the intl islamic team had to conceptualize a comprehensive model for an asean parliament and all UP had to do was complain about the model and cast doubt on its viability. lo and behold, the strategy worked.

also, congratulations to ateneo de davao and university of st.la salle-bacolod for breaking into the top 16 despite being relatively new in the asians circuit. ateneo did well but eventually succumbed in the semis to what i think was, by far, the strongest team in the asians - iiu. la salle also performed well but was knocked out by UP in the quarterfinals in what i heard was a controversial split decision. UST, as always, had a strong showing but was ambushed somewhere along the way. too bad i didn't get to watch franco larcina, the tournament's best speaker, debate.

to csb, great hosting guys. honestly, i really didn't think you would be able to pull it off with the little time that you had. the food during the prelims could've been improved but overall, the hosting was smooth and the cultural night and championsip dinner were magnificent!

[Edited by zihuataneho on 06-06-2001 at 11:09 AM]

[dcdr76]

zihuataneho

are you member of a debate team? i need to get in touch with some debaters who were at the All-Asians.

thanks.

[zihuataneho]

dcdr76

yes, im a member of the lasalle debate team. who do you need to get in touch with? i may be able to help you.

[eponine07]

i am so proud of the debaters from up law. i knew arnel and diane from our undergrad years. arnel joined up debsoc in 1995, and diane joined in 1996, i think.

ang galing nyo naman! :)

[dcdr76]

zihuataneho

i need to get something related to the All-Asians. for some reason, we still haven't received it from Benilde.

email me at droa76@excite.com and i'll give you the details. i can't find your email through PEX.

thanks.

[Edited by dcdr76 on 06-07-2001 at 06:01 AM]

[SUX2BU]

Congrats to UST, Ateneo and UP - the pride of the Philippines!