Harvard Korea Nationals
Run in collaboration with Harvard College Debate Union
Premier Asian Parliamentary Tournament
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Junior Category
All debaters 13-years-old and younger will compete in the Junior category.
The Junior category will have 30 minutes of prep time and 4 minute constructive speeches
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Open Category
All debaters 14-years-old and older will compete in the Open category.
The Open category will have 30 minutes of prep time and 7 minutes of speech time.
Tournament Format
Motions
All rounds in the tournament are impromptu rounds; there will be five rounds before the break. Debate teams will be assigned random sides every round.
Format
Harvard Korea Invitational will follow Asian Parliamentary debate rules. The junior category will have shorter speech times to accomodate younger debaters.
Eligibility
Only debaters that have not graduated high school are elligible to join the tournament. All participating debaters must be in teams of three for the tournament. Iron man teams are not allowed to participate.
Harvard Korea Nationals is open to all debaters within the age range.
Rulebook
All the rules for the tournament can be found here.