Calendar & Registration
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All regional rounds happen every year; if yours is not listed yet, please check back soon. Rounds still to be listed for the 2019-2020 season include but are not limited to: Shanghai, Dubai (0, I, II), Izmir, Erbil, Bursa, Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Vientiane, NYC, Sofia, Wuxi, Baku, Nassau, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Nairobi II, Lahore, Lusaka, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Athens, Cebu, Nord-Troms, Medan, Kuala Lumpur, Elverum, Tallinn, Amman, Beijing, Doha, Chisinau, Zimbabwe, Los Angeles, Ulaanbaatar, Kaohsiung, Singapore, Bangkok, Nursultan, Kampala, Bishkek, Istanbul, Manila, Warsaw, Sarajevo, Mombasa, Sydney, Chennai, Dar es Salaam, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Edmonton, Ajmer, Tianjin, Gurgaon, Guangzhou, Winnipeg, Limpopo, Melaka, Ankara, Mauritius, Penang, Skopje, Strumica, Maldives, Chandigarh, Seoul, Dehradun, Yangon, Semarang, Tokyo, Osh, Jakarta, Kansai, Phnom Penh, Adelaide, Almaty, Cape Town, Bali, Shenzhen, Durban, Houston, Ho Chi Minh City, Surabaya, Pretoria, Auckland, Da Nang, Tbilisi, Kiev, Johannesburg, Chartres, Casablanca, Geneva, Hanoi, Christchurch, Perth, Bromsgrove, Toronto, Melbourne, Prague, Macao, Juba, Queenstown, Changsha, Nanjing, Wellington, Gaborone, East London, Burgersfort, Darwin, Kimberley
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Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Open only to scholars who have not previously competed at a regional round in 2019.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
The Nairobi I Round for JR division scholars will take place on Feb. 17-18. The Nairobi I Round for SR division scholars will take place on Feb. 19-20.
Recent Events
Open to all scholars who did not participate at Manila I.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
The first-ever World Scholar's Cup round in South Sudan being held in partnership with Peace Power South Sudan!
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Day 1 will begin in the afternoon.
The Skittles round is open to scholars born in 2008 or later. Older scholars should join the main Hanoi Round.
Only students born after January 1, 2008 may participate in the Skittles Round. Teams with any students who were 11 years of age or older on January 1, 2019 should participate in the regular Dubai II Round one week earlier at GEMS Modern Academy.
Day 1 will take place at Creative International School. Day 2 will take place at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University.
Open to all scholars who did not participate at Dubai I.
Day One will take place at Green Oasis School and Day Two will take place at ChinaAsia Electronics Trading Center.
The Junior Division will have its debates on May 11, the Senior Division on May 12. Both divisions will come together for Day Two at Hoa Binh Theater on May 13.
The Skittles round is open to scholars born in 2008 or later. Older scholars should join the main Ho Chi Minh City Round.
Only teams from Kazakhstan may attend the Almaty Round. Because of capacity constraints, teams from Kyrgyzstan will not be accepted.
Day 2 will be held at the Ciputra Artpreneur Theater.
Day One for the Junior Division will be May 4th (Saturday). Day One for the Senior Division will be May 5th (Sunday). Events for both Day Ones will take place at Abundant Life International School (Toul Kork Campus).
Both divisions will gather for Day Two on May 7th (Tuesday) at an external venue, at Koh Pich Theater on Diamond Island. Please note that no events will be held on May 6th (Monday).
Students attending local and Japanese-curriculum schools may be eligible for discounted registration fees when registering through the WSC Japan Committee and their sponsors.
Only students born after January 1, 2008 may participate in the Jakarta Skittles (Primary) Round. Teams with any students who were 11 years of age or older on January 1, 2019 should participate in the Jakarta Round taking place May 4-5.
Please note that Day 1 will take place at Osh Sema High School and Day 2 will take place at Kurmanjan Datka Osh High School.
Students attending local and Japanese-curriculum schools may be eligible for discounted registration fees when registering through the WSC Japan Committee and their sponsors.
Please note: Scholars who have previously participated at a round on this year's theme - "A World on the Margins" - are not eligible to register.
Students attending local and Japanese-curriculum schools may be eligible for discounted registration fees when registering through the WSC Japan Committee and their sponsors.
Please note: Scholars who have previously participated at a round on this year's theme - "A World on the Margins" - are not eligible to register. Registrations are closed since the capacity has been reached.
Please note: Scholars who have previously participated at a round on this year's theme - "A World on the Margins" - are not eligible to register.
Day 1 will take place at Prince of Wales Island International School. Day 2 will take place at Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
For Ministry approval letter, please click here.
Outstation teams can book discounted accommodation, with transit to KYS, here.
Please note: Scholars who have previously participated at a round on this year's theme - "A World on the Margins" - are not eligible to register. Registration has been closed since the capacity has been reached.
Scholars may also register through our local partner ASDAN China using this link.
Please note: Scholars who have previously participated at a round on this year's theme - "A World on the Margins" - are not eligible to register.
Please note: Scholars who have previously participated at a round on this year's theme - "A World on the Margins" - are not eligible to register. Registration for the Chennai Round has been closed.
The Manila I Round has a maximum capacity of 300 scholars. Registrations will close once the capacity is reached. Registration is currently open.
Scholars also have the option of participating in the Manila II Round on July 14-15, hosted by Southville International School.
Please note: Scholars who participated in other rounds are ineligible to participate in the Bishkek Round.
Day 1 will take place at Kaohsiung American School. Day 2 will take place at the Garden Villa (蓮潭國際會館).
Day 1 of the event will take place at Madaim School and Day 2 at Kvutzat Shiller Auditorium.
Day 1 will take place at Sunmarke School. Day 2 will take place at the Indian High School.
Day 1 will take place at International School of London. Day 2 will take place at GEMS Wellington School.
Please note that Day Two on Sunday has moved to the Pak-China Friendship Centre.
Please note an important change to the schedule. Day One is on Friday at Froebel's, and Day Two is on Sunday at Pak-China Friendship Centre. (Saturday the 23rd is an off day.) Please see the updated schedule.
Please note that Day One for the junior division will be Saturday 16 February, for the senior division Sunday 17 February.
Both divisions will gather on Monday 18 February for Day Two.
Due to changes in registration totals, the Nairobi I Round will be held for both Junior and Senior Divisions at the same time. Please see the updated schedule.
(formerly International Turkish Hope School)
An optional introductory event for scholars who have not previously participated in 2018. Come ready for learning, confusion, and alpacas. Participants will also be welcome at regional rounds in 2019, including but not limited to Shanghai and Ningbo.
As an introductory round, Wuxi will be based on the 2018 Theme: "An Entangled World".
Only students born after January 1, 2008 may participate in the Jeju Skittles (Primary) Round. Teams with any students who will be 11 years of age or older on January 1, 2019 should participate in the Jeju Round taking place January 26-27.
The 2018 theme "An Entangled World" will be used for the Bangalore Round.
The 2018 theme "An Entangled World" will be used for the Mumbai Round. The Round will begin at 2 pm and end at 9.30 pm on 14th January. The timings for 15th January will be 8.30 am to 6 pm.
The 2018 theme "An Entangled World" will be used for the Pune Round.
The 2018 theme "An Entangled World" will be used for the Bursa Round.
The first-ever WSC round in Almetyevsk and the last round in 2018. It will also be one of the coldest ever!
The first-ever WSC round in Kurdistan! The event is being hosted in collaboration with the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr.
Discounted hotel options are available for teams requiring accommodation. Please contact [email protected] for details.
The deadline to register teams is 12 December 2018.
Open only to scholars who have not previously competed at a regional round in 2018.
An introductory event for the Junior and Senior Divisions, limited to scholars who have not previously participated at a regional round in 2018. Come ready for learning, confusion, and alpacas.
Please note that attendance at the introductory event is not required; delegations may also register directly for Dubai I or Dubai II.
An optional introductory event for scholars who have not previously participated in 2018. Come ready for learning, confusion, and alpacas. Participants will also be welcome at regional rounds in 2019.
The Junior Division will participate from November 16 to November 20, the Senior Division from November 17 to November 21. Please note the rules on qualification and team composition as outlined on invitation letters and on the ToC page.
Open only to scholars who have not previously competed at a regional round in 2018.
Open only to scholars who have not previously competed at a regional round in 2018.
Open only to scholars who have not previously competed at a regional round in 2018.
