Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) won the Qatar Universities Debate League Nationals (QUDL) in English held recently, it was announced yesterday. Qatar University was the runner-up. The competition was organised by QatarDebate, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development on March 29 and 30 at Al Multaqa (HBKU Student Center). The QUDL Awards Ceremony also honoured the winners of the four league tournaments spread out between October 2018 and February 2019. Qatar University won the award for the best university. Participants also received certificates and the top 10 speakers took home certificates and medals. The QUDL had a total of 16 participating teams from seven institutions. The participants debated around five motions during the tournament. The other universities that sent teams were: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Northwestern University in Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.