SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU), SEOUL, KOREA

Sungkyunkwan University Mandarin Debating Team (Team SKKU) participated in the 8^th World Mandarin Debating Championship, held April 27^th.

The participants of the preliminary rounds included 461 universities (399 from China, 73 from the other). Rounds were held in 31 quarters all around the world from October to December, 2017, and 24 teams obtained participation rights to the final championship. Team SKKU won the Korea/Japan quarter preliminary and was admitted to the final rounds.

Team SKKU was in Group A with the Tianjin University Team and Fuzhou University Team. All of the debates were broadcast live on the People's Daily website. The rounds were on April 28^th.

** SKKU VS Tianjin University: April 28^th, 09:30~10:00 (China Time)
** SKKU VS Fuzhou University: April 28^th, 15:30~17:00 (China Time)

Sungkyunkwan University Mandarin Debating Team started by participating in the "Chinese Student Debating Competition of 8 Schools in Seoul by Huawei" where it won 1^st prize in 2015. The SKKU team won 2^nd prize in the National Mandarin Debating Competition in 2016 and 1^st prize in competition in 2017. It also won 1^st prize in the Korea/Japan quarter preliminary of the 8^th World Mandarin Debating Championship.