- match ed ". ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁a ▁power - prote ct ▁tournament , ▁the ▁highest ▁seed ▁will ▁debate ▁the ▁lowest ▁seed , ▁and ▁in ▁a ▁power - match ed ▁tournament , ▁the ▁high ▁seed ▁will ▁debate ▁the ▁high ▁seed . ▁At ▁most ▁tournament s ▁the ▁out - r ounds ▁will ▁start ▁at ▁the ▁oct o - final ▁level , ▁although ▁at ▁large ▁tournament s ▁out - r ounds ▁may ▁begin ▁at ▁the ▁double ▁or ▁even ▁triple ▁oct o - final ▁level ▁and ▁some ▁very ▁small ▁local ▁tournament s ▁could ▁break ▁to ▁Qu arter final s , ▁or ▁in ▁extremely ▁small ▁tournament s ▁Sem if inals . ▁These ▁r ounds ▁are ▁commonly ▁adj ud ic ated ▁with ▁a ▁panel ▁of ▁three ▁or ▁more ▁jud ges . ▁The ▁s iding ▁of ▁the ▁debate ▁is ▁often ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁coin ▁f lip , ▁unless ▁the ▁two ▁oppos ing ▁teams ▁had ▁deb ated ▁one ▁another ▁earlier ▁in ▁the ▁tournament . ▁ ▁S we ep st akes ▁Each ▁school ▁will ▁fill ▁an ▁entry ▁with ▁speak ers ▁and ▁deb aters ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁swe ep st akes ▁award , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁collect ive ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁the ▁teams ▁are ▁compared ▁to ▁decide ▁which ▁school ▁will ▁win ▁that ▁tournament . ▁Point s ▁are ▁awarded ▁for ▁deb aters ▁and ▁speak ers ▁who ▁break ▁into ▁out - r ounds , ▁with ▁the ▁higher ▁points ▁awarded ▁for ▁final ists . ▁During ▁the ▁tab ulation ▁of ▁the ▁tournament , ▁a ▁winner ▁is ▁decided ▁and ▁awarded ▁during ▁the ▁Awards ▁Cer