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Understand Debate Desk's Tournament Features
Go way beyond existing tournament tools with our powerful features, built to save you time and energy at every step.
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Explore Ballots
Ballots
A beautiful, fully integrated ballot system that transforms the way you manage tournaments.
Speaker Point Card
Discover a new level of efficiency and precision in speech and debate evaluation.
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Student Ballots
Give students the tools to view their feedback and track their progress throughout their journey as a competitor.
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Speech & Debate
Ballots designed for each speech and debate event type, featuring itemized scoring, rubrics, and event-specific fields.
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Ballot Controls
Real-time ballot tracking, judge assignment and preferences, release timings, and more.
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Explore Tabulation
Tabulation
Designed to save you time and effort at every step of the tournament tabulation process.
Postings
Bring together students, judges, and admins, allowing everyone to stay informed throughout the tournament.
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Rounds
Choose from preliminary, knockout, and utility rounds to create the perfect tournament experience.
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Pairings
Configure preliminary rounds with options like power matching, random pairings, and round robin.
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Results
Editable, sortable data, available only to admins. Release to participants whenever you choose.
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Explore Tournament Management
Tournament Management
A clean, user-friendly interface that simplifies every aspect of managing a tournament
Entrants
An entrant management system designed to view, modify, and organize tournament participants across all events.
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Enrollment
Grab full control over the registration process, from setting dates and fees to adding students.
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Events
Select and configure a wide range of speech and debate events, so tournament is customized to your specific preferences.
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Payments
Connect to Stripe to securely process tournament entry fees. Debate Desk takes no cut.
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Creation
Creating a tournament has never been easier or faster. A step-by-step wizard lets you have your tournament up in no time.
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Staff
Manage different roles within your tournament including Tournament Admin, Tournament Judge, and Tabulation Admin.
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