Tournament of Champions

Tournament of Champions The TOC is the premiere high school speech and debate national championship, hosted each April by the University of Kentucky Debate Team

🗣️ The 2026-2027 TOC Bid Tournaments are updated and posted on our website (link in bio). Speech tournaments will be up...
06/30/2026

🗣️ The 2026-2027 TOC Bid Tournaments are updated and posted on our website (link in bio).

Speech tournaments will be updated on a rolling basis.

The road to the TOC begins in August!

06/22/2026

With more and more international students attempting to qualify for the TOC, we sat down with Kelly Phil (Taipei American School TAS Speech & Debate & University of Michigan Aaron Kall ) to talk about her experience participating in the TOC circuit as an international student!

WSD Rounds from the 2026 TOC are available on our Youtube! If you want to learn more about the WSD Format or TOC competi...
05/20/2026

WSD Rounds from the 2026 TOC are available on our Youtube! If you want to learn more about the WSD Format or TOC competition, these videos are great introductions.

Special shout out to and for making this possible!

Mark your calendars for the 2026-2027 Tournaments hosted by and the TOC in collaboration with & ! These are the fall 2...
05/14/2026

Mark your calendars for the 2026-2027 Tournaments hosted by and the TOC in collaboration with & !

These are the fall 2026 tournaments!

Mark your calendars for the 2026-2027 Tournaments hosted by and the TOC! These are spring 2027 tournaments!
05/14/2026

Mark your calendars for the 2026-2027 Tournaments hosted by and the TOC!

These are spring 2027 tournaments!

2026-2027 TOC Bid Tournament Applications are due at 11:59pm Pacific on April 1. All tournaments seeking POLICY bids mus...
03/30/2026

2026-2027 TOC Bid Tournament Applications are due at 11:59pm Pacific on April 1.

All tournaments seeking POLICY bids must apply, regardless of current status.

All tournaments seeking SPEECH bids must apply/register, regardless of current status.

Info can be found on our website, https://ci.uky.edu/debate/toc/bids/bid-allocation

03/16/2026

TOC Bid Tournament Applications are Due April 1.
Link for details in comments.

💻 Get signed up for the last chance at TOC bids for the 2026 season!
02/26/2026

💻 Get signed up for the last chance at TOC bids for the 2026 season!

Do you know a deserving coach, colleague, or volunteer who should be celebrated for their accomplishments and service to...
02/12/2026

Do you know a deserving coach, colleague, or volunteer who should be celebrated for their accomplishments and service to the Tournament of Champions?

We are seeking nominations for the TOC Hall of Fame and the TOC Hall of Distinguished Service. Anyone can nominate a deserving candidate using the Google Forms available on our TOC Tabroom page (and in the TOC Invite).

A list of inductees for both awards is available on our TOC Website under Recognition.

Congratulations to all past inductees, and we look forward to celebrating new inductees at the 2026 TOC in April.

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