New Zealand unbeaten after 8 rounds and break in 1st place

New Zealand unbeaten after 8 rounds and break in 1st place

New Zealand won all eight of their preliminary round debates at Worlds 2013. In round seven New Zealand (Ashley, Thomas and James) beat Lebanon by 3-0, negating “This House supports sovereign debt default as a legitimate  economic strategy for countries”

And then in round eight New Zealand (Ashley, Thomes and James again) defeated Singapore by 2-1, negating “This House would require university students to work in their country of origin for a number of years after graduation.”

New Zealand is the only unbeaten team after 8 rounds; finishing on 8 wins and 21/24 possible judges. The full break is at up at the WSDC website and the draw for the Octos is at Paul Lau’s blog.

This is the third Worlds in a row where New Zealand has gone through the preliminary rounds unbeaten.

Follow @nzsdc on twitter for up to the minute news.

The octo-finals are on Sunday evening New Zealand time. New Zealand is against Canada.

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