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The 2024 - 2025 Cambridge Asia British Parliamentary Championships are NOW OPEN for registration!

Join top Middle and High School debaters from across Asia in multiple BP Debate tournaments.

Compete to qualify for Finals Day in the Cambridge Union, UK and for $250,000+ in scholarship money.

 

 

Ready to Compete?

Register to win thousands of dollars in scholarships by finding the most suitable tournament below.

 

 

More Scholarships in 2025! Compete for $250,000+ USD in Scholarships

Over $250,000+ in Scholarships awarded in total.

Over $40,000 in EVERY tournament.

 

Champions receive one (1) full scholarship to Debate Camp Cambridge ($6,800 value each)
Finalists receive one (1) half-scholarship to Debate Camp Cambridge ($3,400 value each)
Semi-finalists all receive one (1) full scholarship to a season of LearningLeaders courses (up to $897 value each)
Top Novice Team will also receive one (1) full scholarship to a season of LearningLeaders courses (up to $897 value each)

 

Not quite ready to register? Request more information here!

Learn

What is the Cambridge Union Society?

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Debate with Cambridge Union Society and LearningLeaders

The Cambridge Asia British Parliamentary Championships (CABP) is hosted each year by the Cambridge Union Society (CUS) and LearningLeaders (LL). Together, the two organizations represent organizations with some of the greatest capabilities, history, and experience hosting premier quality debate events including the World Schools Debating League (WSDL).

All CABP events are non-profit. 100% of proceeds are allocated to host the events, secure top quality adjudicators, and to provide scholarships for students who are unable to pay full registration fees.

 

Debate At Cambridge

The top teams of each CABP round will qualify for the Annual Cambridge Finals Day, held at the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, UK, in March 2025. 

Qualification for the Annual Cambridge Finals Day will be awarded to the top teams on tab in each CABP tournament.

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Debate The World

Compete against students from across the continent, in one of Asia’s biggest BP tournament series. Over the past 4 years, more than 500 teams from 15 countries around Asia have competed in CABP.

CABP is open to teams from across East Asia, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and more.

Amazing Offline and Online Tournaments

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Amazing Offline and Online Tournaments

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Five World Class Tournaments

The 2024-2025 CABP Championship Series comprised four online tournaments and one offline tournament.

The top ranking teams at a number of the events, will qualify for the Cambridge Schools Finals in late March 2025 in Cambridge, UK. 

For the sake of clarity, specific competitions and qualification requirements will be detailed explicitly in a confirmation email to every registering team.

The top ranking teams from offline CABP Asia Championship will also be invited to attend. We are delighted the 2024 - 2025 year's Asia Championship will take place offline in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

North Asia

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CABP North Asia Championships (Online)

23-24 November 2024

The CABP North Asia (Online) Championship brings together dozens of top schools from Malaysia, Singapore, China and all over the region.

Eligibility: Students attending the same school in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, and Taiwan.

Register for CABP North Asia HERE

South Asia

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CABP South Asia (Online)

7-8 December 2024

CABP South Asia brings together teams from some of the powerhouse debate nations, and schools, of the region. 

The winners of 2021's CABP South Asia went on to make history by becoming the first Asian team to win the Cambridge Schools Competition in March 2022!

Eligibility: Students attending the same school in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. India, Sri Lanka.

 

Register for CABP South Asia HERE

Asia Championships (Online)

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CABP Asia (Online)

28-29 December 2024

CABP Asia Championships will be open to schools from across the region, including those that provided the finalists and champions in this year's World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC).

Eligibility: Students attending the same school anywhere in Asia. This change was made to promote higher levels of competition given that each student now has two opportunities to compete for prizes and scholarship funding.

 

Register for CABP Asia Online HERE

Asia Championships (Offline)

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CABP Asia (Offline)

1-2 February 2025 (TENTATIVE)

The CABP Asia (Offline) Championship brings together dozens of top schools from Malaysia, Singapore, China and all over the region.

Eligibility: Students attending the same school anywhere in Asia.

The competition will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Register for CABP Asia Offline HERE

*Under-15s* Junior Championship

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CABP Junior Championship (Online)

15-16 February 2025

CABP Junior is our new tournament for Junior (15 and under) debaters across East Asia. The top team will not be guaranteed an invitation to Cambridge Finals Day, which is hosted at the Cambridge Union in March, 2025.

Eligibility: Students attending the same school in any CABP-eligible country aged 15 and under as of Feb 15, 2025.

Register for CABP Junior HERE

Inspiration

Follow in their footsteps

Last year's winners, Ateneo de Manila Senior High School, were the first Asian team to win the Cambridge Schools competition, after qualifying as winners of the CABP South East Asia Championship.

We chatted with them about their journey, from Zoom debates in their rooms all the way to the famous Cambridge Union debating chamber.

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Reviews From Past CABP Competitors

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We compete in many tournaments. However, none of them provide us with a debating experience quite like LearningLeaders' (LL's) tournaments do. LL's tournaments always guarantee high-quality judging and feedback.

Justin

CABP North East Asia Champion 2022, Chinese International School, Hong Kong

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My teammate and I really enjoyed participating in the CABP ASIA tournament, and felt like it was an incredibly enriching experience to be able to compete with teams from across the continent.

Ishani

Tanglin Trust School

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We thought it would be just another online tournament, as that's what we've been used to. It was even more unreal that we were able to go to the UK in person - it's a really big deal to make it that far!

Naomi

CABP South East Asia Champion 2022, Ateneo de Manila Senior High School, Philippines

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