Speech TOC Bid Requirements (UK TOC)

A fully qualified Speech entry is an individual competitor, or intact duo partnership, with at least 2 bids earned during the 2024–2025 season. If one or more qualifying tournaments has only 2 preliminary rounds, then to be fully qualified, the entry must have 3 bids. Bids earned in Prose or Poetry count toward qualification in Oral Interpretation. All varsity-level Speech tournaments are eligible to receive bids in events offered by the Tournament of Champions, so long as they meet the following criteria:

• Champion (1 Bid) - Minimum 8 Entries / 3 Schools / 3 Prelims* AND Finals
• Top 3 (Up to 3 Bids) - Minimum 16 Entries / 4 Schools / 3 Prelims* AND Finals
• Finals (Up to 6 Bids) - Minimum 30 Entries / 5 Schools / 3 Prelims AND Semifinals + Finals
• Semifinals (Up to 12 Bids) - Minimum 60 Entries / 10 Schools / 4 Prelims AND Quarterfinals Onward
• Quarterfinals (Up to 24 Bids) - Minimum of 120 Entries / 10 Schools / 4 Prelims AND Octofinals Onward
• * If one or more qualifying tournaments has only 2 preliminary rounds, then to be fully qualified, the entry must have 3 bids.
• ** Bids earned in Prose or Poetry count toward qualification in Oral Interpretation.

JW Patterson Tournament of Champions
April 26-28, 2025
https://ci.uky.edu/debate/toc