of The Moroccan National Debate Team
Founder & Director: Soufiane Choubani
Soufiane is the brainchild behind the MNDT, MYDC and MDA. He is also back-to-back national university debate championship coach with 42 wins and only 3 losses in the Moroccan university debate circuit since 2013. He was first introduced to debate and public speaking in high school´s competitive Model United Nations club, a club which is ranked in the top 10 in USA. He now has over 7 years of experience coaching public speakers and debaters with several titles and national best speakers. He was the first person to introduce to World Schools Style (WSS) format to Morocco and North Africa. In 2014 was awarded The Best Coach in Morocco award just months before he founded the MNDT and led them to the 2014 World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC). He recently expanded to Poland where he founded Poland Debate Academy and sent the first ever Polish team to compete in the World Individual Debating & Public Speaking Championship (WIDPSC).
2026 Team Poland WIDPSC: Founder & Coach
2014 WSDC [Thailand] & 2015 WSDC [Singapore]: Morocco Head Coach
2014 USA-Maghreb Youth Debates (UMYD): Champion, Team Morocco
2014 Best Debate Coach in Morocco Award
2014 Moroccan Open Debate Team (MODT): Champion, Team Morocco
2013/2014 Moroccan Regional & National Tournament: Champion
[Debating Experience]
2021 ICU Tournament [Japan]
2018 Philosophy Open: 24th Best Team
2018 Nagoya Debate Open: 16th Best Team [Japan]
2017 Moroccan BP Open Competition: Champion & Best Debater
1999/2001 Franklin High School Model United Nations Club [USA]
[Adjudicator Experience]
2023 Zimbabwe International Schools Debating Championship, Octo-Finals Chair Judge
2022 Polish Schools Debating Championship [Poland]: Semi-Finals Judge
2022 WIDPSC Debate Grand Finals Adjudicator
2022 Moroccan BP Open Competition: Chief Adjudicator
2022 Eurasian Schools Debating Championship: Breaking Judge
2021 & 2022 PDA High School Parliamentary Debate World Congress [Japan]: Semifinals Judge
2021 East Asia Invitational: Chief Adjudicator Panel
2017 PDA High School Parliamentary Debate World Congress [Japan]: Grand Final
2015 American School of Ifrane International Tournament (ASI): Chief Adjudicator
2013-2016 NSDA Morocco: Policy & LD Debate Judge
National Team Head Coach: Przemek Stolarski
Przemek is an experienced and accomplished debate coach, having worked at top schools in Europe, including Saint Paul’s Girls’ School and Westminster School in the UK as well as Akademeia High School in Poland. He has taught in schools and at debate academies in 15+ countries, including the United States, China, South Korea, Bangladesh, Portugal, and the Netherlands. His students have won some of the most prestigious competitions in the world, including Cambridge and Oxford Schools.
In his own debating career, Przemek has reached the final rounds of more than 50 international competitions, including LSE Open, Doxbridge IV, and Imperial Open. His last competitive success was advancing to the open semi-final of Oxford IV in 2021, representing Harvard University A. As a judge, Przemek has been selected to judge breakout rounds at the Athens European Universities Debating Championship and has served as Chief Adjudicator for over 20 tournaments.
Outside of debate, Przemek works for PwC as a learning designer building engaging training programs for corporate audiences. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Social Anthropology from SOAS, University of London, and a Master’s in Education from Harvard University.
National Team Assistant Coach: Angga Djovangka
*Staff member since 02/2026
[Coaching Experience]
October 2025-Present: International Debate Coach (Vietnam) – VTH Vietnam Academy
2020-2025: Polytechnic Wilmar Business Indonesia English Club
2022: International Debate Coach (Korea) – International Debating Society Korea
[Debating Experience]
Semi Finalist DIPO Open – AuXDipo Open 2025
Grand Finalist and Co-9th Best Speaker of National University Debating Championship Novice Category – Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia 2019
Semifinalist NUDC Kopertis 1 – Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia 2019
Semi-Finalist National University Debating Championship North Sumatra Regional- Medan, Indonesia 2019
[Adjudicator Experience]
ESL Semi-Final Uhuru World 2025 – South Africa
Quarter Final Judge of Harvard College World School Invitational – Harvard College 2022
EFL Grand Final Judge Oxford WSDC 2025 – Oxford, UK
Open Grand Final Judge Singapore International School Debating Championship – 2025
Semi Final Open Judge of Tokyo IV 2025 – Tokyo, Japan
CAP English Economic Club National English Competition 2023
Grand Final Judge Open Asia World School Debate 2022
National Team Assistant Coach: Oliver Zhou
*Staff member since 02/2026
National Team Assistant Coach: Belle Ho
*Staff member since 09/2026
Coach: Davida Paul
*Member since 9/2025
2023 WUDC: Language Officer
[Debating Experience]
West African Women’s Open 2X Champion
2023 Sydney Mini: Co-CA
2022 Virago Womxn Open: Champion
2021 Nigerian Universities Debating Championship: Best Female Debater & Open Finalist
2020 PAUDC: Quarterfinalist
[Adjudicator Experience]
2024 WUDC: DCA
2023 WUDC: ESL Grand Finals Panel
2023 Krabi Australs: Open Semifinals Chair & Open Grand Finals Panel
2023 Princeton Intervaristy: Grand Finals Panel
2021 Pre-WUDC Open Grand Finals Panel
Adjudicator: Lina Oujilal
*Member since 09/2021
[Debating Experience]
2022 WSDC Participant
2022 Moroccan National Debate Team Member
2022 Moroccan-Youth Debate Camp
2024 MNDT Team of The Decade Award
[Adjudicator Experience]
2024 Prague Spring Debate Adjudicator
2025 AIDSPC Grand Final
2026 AIDSPC Grand Final
Adjudicator: Yahya Ichakdi
*Staff member since 6/2022
[Debating Experience]
2018 Young Med Voices Morocco
2020 National University Debate Championship
Erasmus+ VE, Anna Lindh Foundation & Connect Nord Africa
Debate Reporter – Young Mediterranean Voices, Anna Lindh Foundation & British Council
[Adjudicator Experience]
2023 WSDC (Vietnam): National Team Judge
2022 Moroccan Youth Debate Tournament: Adjudicator
Connect Nord Africa
EuroMed Debate Competitions
2020 National University Debate Championship
Former Coaching Staff
2014
Ilona Alexandar (USA) – Assistant Coach
2015
Pearl (South Africa) – Assistant Coach
2016
Imad (Morocco) – Assistant Coach
2017-2018
Souradip & Jaya Jain (India) – Co-Coaches
2020-2021
Jaya Jain (India) – Head Coach
2021
Oliver Cummins (Australia) – Coach – WIDPSC Team
2021-2023
Sara Brdnik (Slovenia) – Co-Coach – Debate Team
2022
Olivia Mackender (UK) – Coach – WIDPSC Team
2021-2024
Jessica Musulin (Australia) – Head Coach
2025-2026
Davida Paul (Nigeria) – Head Coach – Debate Team
*Broke/Breaking Team/Adjudicator/Debater= Qualified for the second round after feedback from adjudicators.
1. To break as a team, you have to earned enough wins/ballots.
2. To break as a adjudicators, you must have received enough positive feedback for your decision of the wining and losing team, with clear reasoning for your decisions.
Founding-Coach News Article
MoroccoWorldNews.com
Interested in joining our coaching staff as a coach or adjudicator? Send your debate/public speaking CV to our head coach at MoroccoDebate@gmail.com and we will get back to you within a few days.
Adjudicator Training Courses are offered once a year in August. To find out more information, please visit http://www.TeamMorocco.org/Judge