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The competition involves nine preliminary rounds, which become power-paired as the tournament progresses, matching the strongest-performing teams against each other.

Two teams form the government ( proposition in the UK and North America ) and two the opposition in each debate room.

The process of scoring and pairing these teams is known as tabbing.

The scoring of teams is done by judges, most of whom are students or former students from the competing institutions, who return ballots with their scores to the adjudication team, led by a Chief Adjudicator who is assisted by one or more deputies.

The deputies are not members of the host institution.