Bid Tournaments | UK Tournament of Champions

TOC Bid Tournaments

2022–2023

Congress

Lincoln-Douglas

Policy

Public Forum

Speech

Congressional Debate

Congress bid tournaments fall into 4 tiers:

Tier 1 - Top 6
Tier 2 - Top 16
Tier 3 - Top 60
Tier 4 - Top 120

The tiered setup provides hard caps for previously ambiguous bid levels. In the new system, the Top 6 bid level remains unchanged, while the Final, Semifinal, and Quarterfinal bid levels are now capped. If the number of competitors exceeds the cap for corresponding rounds, the tournament director must determine how the top 6, 16, etc. competitors will be determined.

Note to Tournament Directors:

In 2019/2020, Congressional Debate TOC bids have changed from the traditional Top 6, Finals, Semifinals arrangement to a Top 6, Top 16, or Top 60 format. This may require an adjustment to your tournament structure. In order to ensure that bids are properly awarded, the Congressional Debate committee expects tournaments to have a clearly publicized set of transparent tiebreakers at your tournament.

If your semifinal or final round has more competitors than available bids, (i.e. 78 competitors in semifinals for 60 bids), you must clearly identify which competitors will earn the bids and which will not by applying your identified tiebreakers.

Cabot Classic (AR)
Bellaire (TX)
Berkeley (CA)
Blake (MN)
Clear Lake (TX)
Dowling Catholic (IA)
Foley (WA)
Grapevine (TX)
Har-Ber (AR)
Illinois CDA (IL)
Isidore Newman (LA)
Kansas City Invitational (MO)
La Costa Canyon (CA)
Lindale (TX)
Millard North (NE)
Mountain View (AZ)
Mount Vernon (WA)
North Allegheny (PA)
Peninsula (CA)
Pennsbury (PA)
Plano West (TX)
Rose City (OR)
Scottsdale Prep (AZ)
Seattle Academy (WA)
St. Andrew's (MS)
University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Upper St. Clair-Three Rivers (PA)
Villiger-St. Joseph's (PA)
Winston-Churchill (TX)

Apple Valley (MN)
Arizona State (AZ)
Bronx Science (NY)
CSU Long Beach (CA)
Cypress Bay (FL)
Digital Speech & Debate Series #1 (Online)
Digital Speech & Debate Series #2 (Online)
Digital Speech & Debate Series #3 (Online)
Durham Academy (NC)
George Mason (VA)
James Logan (CA)
Katy Taylor (TX)
National Speech & Debate Season Opener (KY)
Nova Titan (FL)
Princeton (NJ)
Stanford (CA)
University of Texas (TX)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Arizona State (AZ)
Arthur School (LA)
Colleyville Heritage (TX)
Columbia (NY)
Cypress Bay (FL)
Dowling Catholic (IA)
Duke University (NC)
Heritage Hall (OK)
Kansas City Invitational (MO)
Lewis & Clark (OR)
Middleton (WI)
Millard North (NE)
Mount Vernon (WA)
Mullen-Colorado Cup (CO)
Myers Park (NC)
North Allegheny (PA)
Pennsbury (PA)
Ridge (NJ)
Seattle Academy (WA)
Sunvitational (FL)
University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Upper St. Clair-Three Rivers (PA)

Policy Debate

Gold Public Forum Debate

ADL NSDA Fall Invitational (Taiwan)
Beltway/Capitol Classic (MD)
Cheyenne East (WY)
Colleyville Heritage (TX)
CSU Fullerton (CA)
Evanston Township (IL)
Georgetown (DC)
George Washington (CO)
Hockaday (TX)
Holy Cross (LA)
Isidore Newman (LA)
Katy Taylor (TX)
Lakeland (NY)
Lewis & Clark (OR)
Lincoln-Southwest (NE)
Millard West (NE)
Mount Vernon (WA)
Peninsula (CA)
Puget Sound (WA)
Puyallup/Pacific Lutheran (WA)
Seattle Academy (WA)
SF Roosevelt (SD)
Smoky Mountain (TN)
St. Andrew's (MS)
St. James (AL)
University of Houston (TX)
University of Michigan (MI)
University of the Pacific (CA)
Upper St. Clair-Three Rivers (PA)
Winston Churchill (TX)

Silver Public Forum Debate

A fully qualified Silver PF entry is:

an intact partnership with 1 Gold bid
an intact parternship with 2 Silver bids
an intact partnership from an international school
an intact partnership who reached Silver PF Octofinals at the 2022 Tournament of Champions
an intact partnership from an Urban Debate League member school with 1 Silver bid, or a proven track record of competitive success

Beltway/Capitol Classic (MD)
Cheyenne East (WY)
Colleyville Heritage (TX)
CSU Fullerton (CA)
Evanston Township (IL)
Georgetown (DC)
George Washington (CO)
Hockaday School (TX)
Holy Cross (LA)
Isidore Newman (LA)
Katy Taylor (TX)
Lakeland (NY)
Lewis & Clark (OR)
Lincoln-Southwest (NE)
Millard West (NE)
Peninsula (CA)
Puget Sound (WA)
Puyallup/Pacific Lutheran (WA)
Seattle Academy (WA)
SF Roosevelt (SD)
Smoky Mountain (TN)
St. Andrew’s (MS)
St. James (AL)
University of Houston Cougar Classic (TX)
University of Michigan (MI)
University of the Pacific (CA)
Upper Saint Clair/Three Rivers (PA)
Winston Churchill (TX)

Speech Events

To be fully qualified in any speech event a participant needs TWO bids.

Bids are awarded based on the actual entries in a given event:

If 24 or fewer competitors enter, the top 3 receive bids.
If 25 to 72 people compete, the top 7 finalists receive bids.
If 73 to 125 or more are in an event, the top 14 semifinalists receive bids
If 125 or more are in an event, the top 24 quarterfinalists receive bids.

NOTE--a bid in prose OR poetry counts towards qualification to the TOC in Oral Interpretation.

Alief Taylor (TX)
Apple Valley (MN)
Arizona State (AZ)
Arthur School (LA)
Banquete Bulldog (TX)
Bardstown Tiger (KY)
Beehive Bonanza (UT)
Bellaire (TX)
Berkeley (CA)
Bradley University (IL)
Bronx Science (NY)
Cabot Classic (AR)
Claremont Woflpack (CA)
Clear Falls (TX)
Columbia (NY)
Cypress Bay (FL)
Cypress Creek (TX)
Cypress Fair (TX)
Cypress Woods (TX)
Des Moines Roosevelt (IA)
Digital Speech & Debate Series #1 (Online)
Digital Speech & Debate Series #2 (Online)
Digital Speech & Debate Series #3 (Online)
Dobie (TX)
Dowling Catholic (IA)
Duke University (NC)
Durham Academy (NC)
Emory (GA)
Federal Way (WA)
Florida Blue Key (FL)
Foley (WA)
Fullerton Union (CA)
George Mason (VA)
George Washington (CO)
Glenbrooks (IL)
Grady (GA)
Grapevine (TX)
Har-Ber (AR)
Harvard (MA)
Hebron Standard (TX)
Holy Cross (LA)
Houston Lamar (TX)
Isidore Newman (LA)
Jackrabbit Jamboree (AZ)
James Logan (CA)
Jasper (TX)
John Lewis (CA)
Kansas City Invitational (MO)
Katy Taylor (TX)
La Costa Canyon (CA)
Lewis & Clark (SD)
Lindale (TX)
Long Beach (CA)
Marshall (WV)
Milpitas (CA)
Morristown West-Chestnut Tree (TN)
Mountain View (AZ)
Mount Vernon (WA)
Mullen-Colorado Cup (CO)
Munster (IN)
Myers Park (NC)
National Speech & Debate Season Opener (KY)
New Mexico SDF (NM)
Newton South (MA)
Nixa (MO)
North Allegheny (PA)
Nova Titan (FL)
Park Hill (MO)
Peninsula (CA)
Pennsbury (PA)
Plano West (TX)
Princeton (NJ)
Puget Sound (WA)
Quarry Lane (CA)
Ridge (NJ)
Rowan County (KY)
Seattle Academy (WA)
Smoky Mountain (TN)
Southlake Carroll (TX)
Spring Woods (TX)
Stanford (CA)
St. Andrew's (MS)
St. Genesius (GA)
St. James (AL)
St. Mark's (TX)
Sunvitational (FL)
Sylvania (OH)
University of Alabama (AL)
University of Pennsylvania (PA)
University of Texas (TX)
University of the Pacific (CA)
Upper St. Clair-Three Rivers (PA)
Villiger-St. Joseph's (PA)
Western Kentucky (KY)
Westlake-Chaparral Star (TX)
William Tennent (PA)
Winston Churchill (TX)
Wooster (OH)
Yale (CT)