The Debate Tournament Utrecht (DTU – Debattoernooi Utrecht) is the second oldest large debate tournament of the Netherlands. Since 1998, it is organised annually by the Utrecht Debating Society (UDS).
History
The tournament held the status of Dutch Debating Championships (colloquially called NK after the Dutch “Nederlands Kampioenschap”) three times, in 2001, 2004, and 2008. In 2020, the tournament was not organised. In its place, the UDS organised the NK around the same time. The DTU was held in the AP-style until 2011. Until 2003, the tournament was organised under the name of the UDS Toernooi.
Previous editions
| Year | Teams | Champions | Best speaker | Tab |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 48 | Jeroen Heun & Abulhassan al-Jaberi | Jeroen Heun | Tab |
| 2011 | 48 | Ali al-Khatib & Rogier Baart | Victor Vlam | Tab |
| 2010 | 24 | Jeroen Heun & Daniël Springer | Jelle Lössbroek | Tab |
| 2009 | 32 | Maarten Berg & Wolf Zwartkruis | Reinier de Adelhart Toorop | Tab |
| 2008 (NK) | 56 | Ali Al-Jaberi & Julien Spliet | Daniël Schut | |
| 2007 | 32 | Jona Linde & Simon Dikker Hupkes | Julien Spliet | Tab |
| 2006 | 32 | Adriaan Andringa & Fleur Praal | Daniël Schut | Tab |
| 2005 | 28 | Beinte Koopmans & Wolf Zwartkruis | Daniël Schut | Tab |
| 2004 (NK) | 42 | Marc Roels & Lars Duursma | Guido Camps | |
| 2003 | 28 | Gijs Schumacher & Jona Linde | Marc Roels | |
| 2002 | ? | Marc Roels & Colin Wensveen | Colin Wensveen | |
| 2001 (NK) | 30 | Edward van Geuns & Alexander Eerdmans | Marc Roels | |
| 2000 | ? | Rens de Jong & Wytze Schouten | Alexander Eerdmans | |
| 1999 | 28 | Merijn van der Zalm & Elsewine Rietveld | Merijn van der Zalm | |
| 1998 | ? | Hella Borking & Jeroen Bouman | Jeroen Bouman |