WSDC 2011 – Official World Rankings

This is part of the WSDC 2011 series as I recount and report on the World School Debating Championship 2011 in Dundee, Scotland as a debater, blogger and Wales national team member.

The WSDC 2011 organizers have released the official World Rankings based upon the performance of National Teams in the past three WSDC tournaments. To my relief, the rankings were identical to the ones which I had offhandedly calculated despite the ensuing problems. The only difference being that I was not previously aware that Poland and Serbia would be competing.

The Official World Rankings for WSDC 2011 are:

WSDC 2011 – Unofficial Adjusted World Rankings

This is part of the WSDC 2011 series as I recount and report on the World School Debating Championship 2011 in Dundee, Scotland as a debater, blogger and Wales national team member.

Following yesterday’s post regarding raw world rankings of the top 31 teams, I have adjusted the world rankings to take into account all 48 teams that have been identified as taking part in WSDC 2011. There are some high ranking teams which have not be confirmed to be participating, I have chosen to include them in the list, especially if they appear likely to either be collecting funds or on the waiting list. I have however placed them in italics.

As with last time, I have used the same method that calculated last year’s team pre-tournament rankings, having removed WSDC 2007 results and substituted them with WSDC 2010 results. Results for a country from only one or even two WSDC tournaments reduces the accuracy of these pre-tournament rankings. To make calculations easier, I averaged the results to assume each national team debated at all three WSDCs between 2008 and 2010 and ranked them by the number of debates they have won and the number of judges they have received.

Adjusted in leiu of the participation list recently announced, the WSDC 2011 World Rankings are, in the following format – Country, Total wins out of 24, Total judges out of 72:

WSDC 2011 – Unofficial World Rankings

This is part of the WSDC 2011 series as I recount and report on the World School Debating Championship 2011 in Dundee, Scotland as a debater, blogger and Wales national team member.

At WSDC 2010, a total of 57 teams ultimately took part. WSDC 2011 has 350 spots open for registration, and despite registration being yet to open, they have announced a team cap of 44. It appears quite likely that the top 31 teams that appear in the World Rankings prior to WSDC 2011 will be attending WSDC 2011.

Using the same method that calculated last year’s team pre-tournament rankings, I have removed the results of WSDC 2007 and substituted them with WSDC 2010 results.

Results for a country from only one or even two WSDC tournaments reduces the accuracy of these pre-tournament rankings. And since the top 31 teams all conveniently won more than 3.333 debates at every WSDC they attended on average, I calculated only the results for the top 31 WSDC teams. The are ranked based upon average wins per WSDC and average judges per WSDC. Only in one case have I had to move on to total number of wins at WSDC 2010 and total number of judges at WSDC 2010. To make calculations easier, I averaged the results to assume each national team debated at all three WSDCs between 2008 and 2010.

The World Rankings or pre-tournament rankings for National Teams based on WSDC 2008 – 2010 are displayed in the following format – Country, Total wins out of 24, Total judges out of 72