The final is over! Team Colgate Extra White, Austin Schwartz and Travis Steele, have won the Vienna IV 2011 from the position of Opening Government. The final motion read: “This house believes that parties’ electoral campaigns should only be funded by the state.” Their opponents were the following:

Austin (l.) and Travis, first ever Vienna IV's winners. Foto: Jakob Reiter / DKW

• Galatasaray Ottomans (Opening Opposition): Engin Arikan, Denizhan Kilic
• Heidelberg Early Blossom (Closing Government): Jan Lüken, Marcus Ewald
• Belgrade Tik Tok (Closing Opposition): Goran Jankuloski, Tijana Mejalkovic

Grand final judges were the CAs Isabelle Loewe (Debattierclub Bonn), Manos Moscholpoulos (Athens) and Maja Cimmerman (Ljubljana).They were assisted by Michael Shapira (Haifa), Leonhard Weese (Debattierklub Wien), Gudrun Lux (Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz) and Filip Muki Dobranic (Ljubljana). The final was hosted byMelanie Sindelar from DK Wien.

The final was live streamed and was recorded online. You will find it on the homepage of DK Wien.

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