2008 World Rankings

 

This ranking is calculated by adding together the points (i.e. 3 for a win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd and 0 for 4th) won by each team representing an institution at the World Debating championships over the previous 5 competitive Worlds for that institution. 

Where an institution hosted the championships in the last 5 years, and was therefore barred from participation that year, their score will be calculated over the past 6 years.

Where teams are tied on the the same points these ties have been broken based on the total known points (i.e. all points that institution has earned since Cork 96)

 

Rank Team Country Assumption, Bangkok Vancouver UC Dublin MMU Malayaia Nanyang Singapore Stellenbosch Total
1 Sydney Australia 101 150 111 106 109   577
2 Oxford Union England 99 121 103 93 95   511
3 Cambridge England 77 94 101 95 88   455
4 Monash Australia 87 59 50 103 90   389
6 UC Dublin Ireland 103 101 0 98 68 15 385
7 Yale US 91 100 109 37 32   369
8 UC Cork Ireland 64 64 99 59 60   346
5 Ateneo de Manila University Philippines 76 48 49 77 94   344
12 Queensland Australia 90 98 78 28 46   340
10 TC Dublin Ireland 68 65 133 33 35   334
13 Hart House U of Toronto Canada 56 82 76 52 47   313
14 Int. Islamic Uni Malaysia Malaysia 74 42 43 77 72   308
9 Melbourne Australia 83 18 53 75 65   294
11 New South Wales Uni of (UNSW) Australia 45 49 44 51 95   284
30 Hong Kong Uni Hong Kong 65 70 25 59 56   275
34 MARA, Uni Teknologi Malaysia 60 38 16 93 60   267
18 Nanyang NTU Singapore 77 27 31 89 0 42 266
35 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 34 54 53 68 56   265
22 Victoria Wellington New Zealand 87 0 18 63 74   242
16 La Verne US 51 49 59 41 38   238
45 British Columbia, University of Canada 29 0 45 49 74 41 238
24 Alberta Canada 62 64 38 18 55   237
15 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 66 46 28 29 61   230
25 Queens Canada 49 49 62 31 34   225
17 Australian National University Australia 45 44 25 26 85   225
39 Harvard US 49 73 60 0 42   224
36 International Christian University Japan 32 33 38 60 60   223
19 Bates College US 26 63 76 30 28   223
64 Singapore Management University Singapore 44 37 14 71 53   219
47 Multimedia University Malaysia (Voices) Malaysia 51 27 24 0 70 41 213
21 Princeton US 51 44 39 30 47   211
26 McGill Canada 52 50 52 16 38   208
51 Universitas Indonesia Indonesia 63 0 35 40 67   205
66 Keio Japan 45 38 44 48 26   201
27 Macquarie Australia 35 38 62 16 49   200
33 Durham England 14 53 60 30 34   191
63 Colgate US 45 55 52 33 0   185
37 Sydney, Uni of Tech Australia 38 26 58 46 17   185
77 Ewha Womans University (EDiS) South Korea 37 14 47 61 24   183
32 Stanford US 32 52 33 33 32   182
46 Dilman, Uni Philippines Philippines 46 0 0 65 65   176
62 Galway L&D Ireland 32 29 51 36 28   176
43 St Andrews Scotland 48 50 59 14 0   171
67 Alaska US 43 48 53 0 27   171
83 Hong Kong Polytechnic Hong Kong 30 0 51 39 39   159
20 Glasgow Union Scotland 15 31 63 29 13   151
59 Swarthmore US 31 39 44 0 33   147
53 Chulalongkorn Thailand 46 0 0 55 45   146
29 Hebrew Israel 44 27 35 0 38   144
79 Mahidol Thailand 49 26 0 42 24   141
41 Middle Temple England 34 33 32 17 22   138
76 National Law School of India (NLSIU) India 70 15 13 13 23   134
23 Rhodes South Africa 59 0 33 0 39   131
40 Zagreb Croatia  36 35 14 21 25   131
57 Brandeis US 46 15 24 18 26   129
44 Uni of London Union England 16 0 86 27 0   129
60 Auckland New Zealand 63 0 11 34 20   128
72 Bristol England 16 12 18 33 49   128
28 Fordham US 0 46 40 0 41   127
87 Portland US 26 72 26 0 0   124
104 Kyung Hee South Korea 38 19 19 27 19   122
65 New York University US 28 13 28 16 36   121
48 Cape Town South Africa 33 0 68 0 18   119
105 Boston US 0 26 39 28 26   119
49 Inner Temple England 17 14 42 22 20   115
107 Malaya Malaysia 39 0 0 37 38   114
110 Duke US 47 26 39 0 0   112
71 Claremont US 29 40 43 0 0   112
89 UWI Jamaca "Mona" West Indies 9 40 9 28 23   109
91 Seikei Japan 28 29 0 28 21   106
86 London School of Economics England 44 45 0 0 14   103
75 Manila, Uni Philippines Philippines 40 0 0 63 0   103
121 Kansai Gaidai Univ (KGU) Japan 20 37 9 26 10   102
123 Dhaka Bangladesh 28 41 0 10 20   99
55 Western Australia Australia 13 0 34 17 35   99
96 Jamaica, Uni of Tech West Indies 20 27 20 11 20   98
115 Minnesota US 0 12 25 27 31   95
126 Yokohama City YCU Japan 23 18 10 25 18   94
52 Ottawa (EDS) Canada 12 29 15 19 19   94
38 De La Salle University - Manila Philippines 27 0 0 27 39   93
98 Kebangsaan Malaysia 0 0 0 76 15   91
61 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US 15 29 27 0 17   88
112 Otago New Zealand 0 0 15 44 26   85
124 Tsuda Japan 22 27 17 17 0   83
95 Chicago US 0 31 50 0 0   81
143 Chung Ang University South Korea 21 29 5 24 0   79
144 Malacca MU Malaysia 32 0 0 46 0   78
134 Tokyo International University Japan 30 13 35 0 0   78
146 Osaka Japan 8 26 0 34 9   77
97 Lahore (LUMS) Pakistan 38 0 0 38 0   76
50 North South Dhaka (NSU) Bangladesh 31 10 0 35 0   76
81 Haifa Israel 0 23 37 0 15   75
88 Carleton Canada 14 42 18 0 0   74
92 Lincolns Inn England 0 16 15 20 22   73
151 Calgary Canada 0 41 31 0 0   72
54 King´s Inn Ireland 0 0 29 41 0   70
94 Hong Kong UST Hong Kong 34 35 0 0 0   69
111 Oregon US 0 0 42 0 27   69
154 Western Washington University WWU US 29 21 18 0 0   68
138 California State University US 26 28 13 0 0   67
135 Loyola Marymount US 15 30 9 0 13   67
129 IDC (Interdisciplinart Center Herzliya) Israel 24 0 27 0 15   66
74 Vassar College US 14 10 14 14 14   66
157 Padjadjaran Indonesia 0 0 0 55 11   66
159 Wilfrid Laurier University  WLU Canada 29 25 11 0 0   65
147 Barbados UWI "Cave Hill" West Indies 21 33 10 0 0   64
31 Witswatersrand South Africa 46 0 0 17 0   63
116 Botswana, University of  Botswana 15 22 0 0 26   63
113 Amherst US 28 32 0 0 0   60
153 KUiTTHO Malaysia 0 11 11 38 0   60
118 Birmingham England 0 19 0 28 12   59
168 Singapore Polytechnic Singapore 0 0 0 0 59   59
170 IU Bremen Germany 7 25 26 0 0   58
56 Stellenbosch South Africa 0 14 0 28 14   56
174 Thammasat Thailand 20 0 0 23 10   53
73 Western Ontario Canada 14 26 12 0 0   52
177 Temasek Polytechnic Singapore 38 0 0 0 13   51
130 San Beda Philippines 27 0 0 11 13   51
162 Sains Malaysia Malaysia 24 14 0 13 0   51
90 York Canada 18 16 0 17 0   51
160 Berlin Germany 0 14 37 0 0   51
180 Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) Malaysia 32 0 0 18 0   50
182 Royal Holloway England 19 30 0 0 0   49
183 Seattle US 0 37 12 0 0   49
58 Limerick Ireland 17 0 0 0 31   48
188 Institut Teknologi Bandung Indonesia 13 0 0 12 22   47
78 Erasmus Netherlands 0 0 12 14 21   47
227 Amsterdam "Bonaparte" Netherlands 14 15 17 0 0   46
193 Hanyang University South Korea 45 0 0 0 0   45
195 Yonsei University South Korea 45 0 0 0 0   45
194 Hobart and William Smith Colleges US 15 14 16 0 0   45
125 Adelaide Australia 0 0 13 31 0   44
197 Korea U South Korea 36 0 7 0 0   43
198 Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID) Singapore 0 12 17 14 0   43
136 Putra Maylaysia Malaysia 0 0 0 29 14   43
99 Brown US 28 0 13 0 0   41
203 Islamic University of Technology Bangladesh 12 0 18 11 0   41
166 MGIMO University of Moscow Russia 0 0 13 15 13   41
206 Colombo Sri Lanka 26 14 0 0 0   40
42 Santo Thomas Philippines 26 0 0 0 14   40
176 Queen Mary London England 15 13 0 0 12   40
163 Dublin City University Ireland 14 0 10 0 16   40
204 Bonn Germany 0 27 13 0 0   40
209 National University of Juridical Sciences India 25 0 0 13 0   38
141 Tel Aviv (TAU) Israel 13 0 25 0 0   38
145 DLSU College of Saint Benilde Philippines 0 0 0 12 26   38
217 Helsinki Finland 18 18 0 0 0   36
218 UT M Mara Terengganu Malaysia 9 0 7 20 0   36
148 Leiden Netherlands 0 13 23 0 0   36
187 Griffith University Australia 0 27 8 0 0   35
222 Tokyo Foreign TUFS Japan 17 17 0 0 0   34
132 George Washington US 16 18 0 0 0   34
156 Pacific Lutheran US 0 34 0 0 0   34
114 Johns Hopkins US 0 18 16 0 0   34
224 DAE South Korea 33 0 0 0 0   33
225 East West University Bangladesh 0 0 0 19 14   33
185 King's College England 0 18 0 0 14   32
212 Cornell US 0 0 31 0 0   31
199 Deakin Australia 0 0 9 0 22   31
230 Lesotho, National University of (NUL) Lesotho 10 20 0 0 0   30
189 Manchester England 0 18 0 0 12   30
229 Foreign Affairs University (China) China 0 9 0 0 21   30
68 Edinburgh Scotland 0 0 0 18 12   30
214 Tilbury Germany 14 15 0 0 0   29
93 Dundee Scotland 0 0 13 0 16   29
231 Massey New Zealand 0 0 0 17 12   29
207 Wesleyan University US 28 0 0 0 0   28
172 William & Mary US 14 0 13 0 0   27
85 Guelph Canada 12 0 0 0 15   27
239 Babes-Bolyai University (UBB) Law Romania 0 14 13 0 0   27
165 Arellano University School of Law Philippines 0 0 0 19 8   27
175 Utrecht Netherlands 0 0 0 14 13   27
240 Guangdong Commercial College China 0 0 0 9 18   27
155 Manitoba Canada 14 12 0 0 0   26
120 Northwest US 0 26 0 0 0   26
244 Occidental US 0 15 11 0 0   26
202 Indepedent University Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 0 26 0   26
245 Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Malaysia 0 0 0 26 0   26
247 Incheon South Korea 15 10 0 0 0   25
128 Saskatchewan Canada 0 25 0 0 0   25
215 University of Dhaka, Institute of Business Admin (DU - IBA) Bangladesh 0 0 0 25 0   25
256 Koc Turkey 24 0 0 0 0   24
255 Fudan University Shanghai China 11 0 0 0 13   24
82 Columbia US 0 11 0 0 13   24
103 Smith US 0 0 24 0 0   24
171 Stockholm School of Economica in Riga (SSE) Latvia 11 0 12 0 0   23
149 Louisiana US 0 23 0 0 0   23
260 Middle East Technical University (METU) Turkey 0 23 0 0 0   23
258 Akuntasi Indonesia 0 0 0 23 0   23
100 Fairfield US 0 0 0 12 11   23
142 Assumption University Thailand 0 22 0 0 0 0 22
280 Vermont US 11 10 0 0 0   21
274 Kyoto Japan 0 11 10 0 0   21
273 Freiburg Germany 0 0 21 0 0   21
268 Atma Jaya Indonesia 0 0 0 21 0   21
279 Singapore Institute of Management Singapore 0 0 0 0 21   21
281 Khon Kaen University (KKU) Thailand 20 0 0 0 0   20
282 Macau, University of Macao 20 0 0 0 0   20
283 Saint Benilde Philippines 20 0 0 0 0   20
285 Tokai University Japan 0 20 0 0 0   20
84 Deree Greece 0 0 20 0 0   20
127 Leeds England 0 0 19 0 0   19
287 Baguio Debate Council Philippines 0 0 0 19 0   19
293 Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong 18 0 0 0 0   18
292 Athens University of Economics and business (AUEB) Greece 0 0 18 0 0   18
297 Temple US 0 0 18 0 0   18
80 Grays Inn England 0 0 0 0 18   18
302 Zhongshan China 0 0 0 0 17   17
309 Pretoria South Africa 16 0 0 0 0   16
106 Aberdeen Scotland 0 16 0 0 0   16
311 Yokohama Nat Japan 0 16 0 0 0   16
308 Mount Saint Vincent US 0 0 0 0 16   16
294 Lyceum of the Philippines University (LyP) Philippines 15 0 0 0 0   15
313 Oklahoma US 15 0 0 0 0   15
312 BPP Law England 0 0 0 15 0   15
181 Ljubljana Slovenia 14 0 0 0 0   14
317 Hawaii Pacific US 14 0 0 0 0   14
319 Lethbridge Canada 0 14 0 0 0   14
320 McMaster Canada 0 14 0 0 0   14
322 Northern Arizona US 0 0 14 0 0   14
323 RRIS Hertzlia Israel 0 0 14 0 0   14
101 Uni Tech Malaysia (UTM) Malaysia 0 0 0 14 0   14
328 Waikato New Zealand 0 0 0 14 0   14
318 Legal Workshop Australia Australia 0 0 0 0 14   14
333 Montana US 13 0 0 0 0   13
337 Sophia University Japan 4 9 0 0 0   13
164 Utara Malaysia Malaysia 0 0 0 13 0   13
330 Help University Malaysia 0 0 0 13 0   13
338 STAN-UKSW Indonesia 0 0 0 13 0   13
340 Universitas Islam Indonesia Indonesia 0 0 0 13 0   13
331 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi India 0 0 0 0 13   13
201 Dalhousie Canada 12 0 0 0 0   12
342 Bucharest Romania 12 0 0 0 0   12
347 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies South Korea 12 0 0 0 0   12
196 Lewis & Clark US 0 12 0 0 0   12
350 National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA Sydney) Australia 0 12 0 0 0   12
357 Tsinghua China 0 12 0 0 0   12
257 Nottingham England 0 0 12 0 0   12
271 Carroll US 0 0 12 0 0   12
349 Moscow State Linguistic University MSLU Russia 0 0 12 0 0   12
354 Sichuan International Studies University China 0 0 0 12 0   12
358 UNITEN Malaysia 0 0 0 12 0   12
341 Bina Nusantara University Indonesia 0 0 0 0 12   12
219 Higher School of Economics Russia 11 0 0 0 0   11
253 Cardiff Wales