The quarter-finals and semi-finals!

Today, we woke up in plenty of time to watch one of the quarter final debates - Paul went to see Hong Kong versus Ireland, rediscovering his Hong Kong allegiance, and the rest of Team Wales chose to go and see Australia versus South Africa, mainly because this debate was taking place on a ship.

It was a genuinely brilliant debate, the motion being TH supports free immigration, and although Australia won unanimously, South Africa performed incredibly well too. The results of the quarter-finals are as follows:

Scotland defeat England 4-1
Australia defeat South Africa 5-0
Ireland defeat Hong Kong 4-1
Singapore defeat Canada 4-1

Interestingly, all of the winning teams were in opposition to the motion.

So then it was time for the semi-finals, and the motion was THBT every region should have the right to independent statehood if a majority of its members wish. The results were as follows:

Australia defeat Scotland 5-2
Singapore defeat Ireland 5-2

And once again, both of the winning teams were in opposition. 

So tomorrow night's final will be between Australia and Singapore. Australia have a strong record at WSDC, winning the tournament 8 times in total, though the last time they did so was in 2006. Singapore have made the final twice and the semi-finals numerous times, but have never actually won the competition.

This evening, Team Wales invaded Team Israel's flat and played some card games before heading off to the Iftar, a meal to celebrate the end of Ramadan for those who had been fasting. After, we headed back to the Students' Union for a few rounds of pool before going out to a nightclub with most of the over-18s involved in the tournament, where we learnt to party like true Dundonians!