The XXXIII Invitational Debating Tournament was hosted by the Deree College Debating Club on the Aghia Paraskevi Campus from April 20-21. University and high school students from Greece , England , France , Israel and Turkey participated in the tournament.

Fifty-two teams competed in five preliminary rounds, with the final eight including a team from France and a team from Israel, and a Deree team composed of Maria Avgitidis and Moshoula Krambousanos.

The tournament was won by two students, George Katritsis and Pantelis Diplas, who will participate in the World Schools Debating Championships in South Korea this summer. Katritsis also won the best speaker trophy.

The event is the largest debating competition in Greece , offering the chance to university students to practice for international events and high school students to test their abilities in a debating format different from what they practice in their own tournaments.

The next debating tournament will be held in the fall semester.