World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships

World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships
Tournament information
GameDebating and Public Speaking
Established1988
Number of
events
5 + 1 Overall Winner
Website
Current champion
Helen Ziomecki (Overall)
Individual Events
Champion
  • Caridee Chau
  • (Parliamentary Debate)
  • Sania Grewal
  • (Impromptu Speaking)
  • Sania Grewal
  • (Interpretive Reading)
  • Azwile Ngubo
  • (Persuasive Speaking)
  • Jio Yim
  • (After-dinner Speaking)

The World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships (WIDPSC) is an annual English language debating and public speaking tournament for individual high school-level students representing different countries. It is the public speaking equivalent of the World Schools Debating Championships.

The most recent event was hosted in April 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and crowned Canada's Helen Ziomecki as the overall world champion.