The knockout phase of the internal debate league of the Universitat de València, in which six teams will participate, will take place the days 11 and 12 February, and the semi-finals and the grand final on Thursday, 13 February. The debates will take place in the Espai Vives, from 16:00 onwards, and they are open to public.

The is participating teams are formed by the following students of the Universitat:

• Team A: Iman Bahra, Josep Andreu Picó u Carles Pérez.
• Team B: Lucía Tarín, Amalia Alcarria, Santiago Gerrando y Knarik Adamyan.
• Team C: José Vicente Blasco, Pau Montes, Guillem Álvarez y Pau Chaume.
• Team D: Laura Luque, Pau Sadurní y Tomás Moll.
• Team E: Candela Muñoz, José Gascó y Raúl Velázquez.
• Team F: Silvia Ors, Irene Moya, Maria Vila y Jordi Ferrer.

The participating students in the internal debate league have competed the Public Speaking training course, taught by Gonçal López-Pampló Rius, professor of the department of Catalan (UV); Rafael Castelló, professor of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology; and Daniel Tormo, actor and dramatist.

System of competition and prizes

In each debate two teams are confronted, which defense opposite positions, I.e, a team is un favour of the subject of the debate, and the other against. The position they have to defend is known just before the debate begins, decided by a drawing before the judged. The orators, in turns, carry out the opening statement, rebuttal and concluding remarks, bearing in mind the maximum duration foreseen for each of them, for which they have a stopwatch in sight. In each turn of interventions only one orator can participate, who has to answer the possible questions of the opposing team. Moreover, the communication among the members of the team during the debate can only be done through written notes.

Each member of the winning team of the local phase and the best orator will win a prize of 200 €. Furthermore, among the participating students of the local phase, the Universitat de València will choose the team that will represent it in the University Debate League 2025, which will take place in the Central University of Catalonia, in Vic, from 7 to 9 April. In this dialectic competition, different teams of students from universities members of the Xarxa Vives have to defend the positions for and against the chosen current subject.

The judged of each debate are composed by three people, one of which works as judge boss. In this occasion Elena García, of the Department of Labour and Social Security Law; Rafael Roca and Miquel Nicolás, of the Department of Catalan; and Santiago Vicente, of the  Department de Spanish will participate.

The aim of the University Debate League, that is organised since 2005, is to encourage the use of words and improve the abilities such as organization, oratory, information investigation, collaborative work, staging and relation with students from other universities which are part of the Xarxa Vices of universities. The Debate League is organised by the Xarxa Vices and the Local Phase of the UV is coordinated by the Student Information and Promotion Service (Sedi).

• More information of the internal debate league of the UV