{"id":568,"date":"2015-01-01T08:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsdc.wpengine.com\/?page_id=568"},"modified":"2017-04-04T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T10:27:59","slug":"countries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v2.schoolsdebate.com\/about\/countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So far the following nations have taken part in the World Schools Debating Championships since their inception in 1988.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asdfed.com.ar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/debating.org.au\/\">Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/bdcbd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bangladesh<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Belarus<\/li>\n<li>Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Bermuda<\/li>\n<li>Botswana<\/li>\n<li>Brunei<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csdf-fcde.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chile<\/li>\n<li>Cook Islands<\/li>\n<li>Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Cyprus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.debatovani.cz\/\">Czech Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britishdebate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.debate.ee\/?keel=eng\" target=\"_blank\">Estonia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Finland<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolsdebate.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n<li>Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irishdebating.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Israel<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica<\/li>\n<li>Israel<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica<\/li>\n<li>Japan<\/li>\n<li>Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Kuwait<\/li>\n<li>Latvia<\/li>\n<li>Lesotho<\/li>\n<li>Lithuania<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Moldova<\/li>\n<li>Mongolia<\/li>\n<li>Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>Namibia<\/li>\n<li>Netherlands<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.debating.org.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>Peru<\/li>\n<li>Philippines<\/li>\n<li>Poland<\/li>\n<li>Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Qatar<\/li>\n<li>Romania<\/li>\n<li>Rwanda<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esuscotland.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.debates.org.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Slovenia<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.debate.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>South Korea<\/li>\n<li>Spain<\/li>\n<li>Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>Swaziland<\/li>\n<li>Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Thailand<\/li>\n<li>Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speechanddebate.org\/\">USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"snap_preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walesdebate.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wales<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of these, only Australia, Canada, England and the USA have competed in every World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Where possible we have included a link to the country&#8217;s national schools debating federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far the following nations have taken part in the World Schools Debating Championships since their inception in 1988. 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