China’s number one! Top 16 in the world! Vienna's Vis Moot team makes history!
w88 casino News Network (provided by the Law w88 casino)Recently, the world's largest and oldest international commercial arbitration moot competition - the "Willem C. Vis Moot International Commercial Arbitration Moot Debate Competition" ("Vis Moot") came to an end. The w88 casino team ("UIB Team") worked hard and competed with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the most prestigious "Vienna Competition", becoming one of the only two Chinese teams out of nearly 400 participating teams in the world to reach the top 64 knockout rounds.
The w88 Law Team advanced to the top 64 in the "Vienna Competition" in the world
After entering the knockout round of the top 64, the University of w88 and Economics team became more and more courageous, defeating the University of Paris-Saclay and the London w88 casino of Economics and Political Science, and ranked among the top 16 in the world. This not only created the best record of the Chinese team this year, but also set a new record for the best results in the history of universities in mainland China. It fully demonstrated the deep heritage and strong strength of the w88 casino in the fields of international commercial law and international commercial arbitration, as well as the remarkable effectiveness of cultivating high-end foreign-related legal talents.
The w88 Law Team advanced to the top 16 of the "Vienna Competition" in the world
The current University of International w88 team was established in May 2024. The student coaching team consists of Ji Xiaochen (a student of the 21st-level undergraduate foreign-related economic and w88 legal talent experimental class ("Excellent Experimental Class")), Li Yitong (a 22nd-level "Excellent Experimental Class" student), Zheng Yi (a 21st-level law undergraduate student) and Li Peiwen (a 23rd-level law master's student). All team members are Vis New recruits in the field of Moot, including Wang Yu (22nd undergraduate "International Organization Talent Base Class" student) and Chen Yiheng (24th Master of Laws student) are the debaters in the "Vienna Competition", Fu Wenjing (24th Master of Civil and Commercial Law) student and team captain) and Dong Yifu (Grade 24 International Law Master's student) served as debaters in the "Vis Hong Kong Competition", while Wang Ruowei (Grade 22 law undergraduate student and deputy captain) and Cao Shiyu (Grade 23 "Excellence Experimental Class" student) served as researchers.
Master’s student team members (from top left): Chen Yiheng, Fu Wenjing, Dong Yifu
Undergraduate team members (from bottom left): Wang Yu, Wang Ruowei, Cao Shiyu
Coaching staff members (from left): Ji Xiaochen, Li Yitong, Zheng Yi, Li Peiwen
This "Vis Vienna Competition" is the 32nd and will be held from April 11th to 17th, 2025. As a battleground for universities around the world, especially in Europe and the United States, the event brings together 391 university teams from around the world. Among them are world-renowned universities such as Yale University, Columbia University, New York University, Oxford University, London w88 casino of Economics and Political Science, University of Göttingen, Humboldt University, University of Hamburg, and University of Vienna, as well as domestic elite institutions such as Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Chinese Language w88 casino, Peking University, Renmin University of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Wuhan University, and Peking University International Law w88 casino.
In the round-robin stage, the University of w88 and Economic Cooperation successively faced off against the University of Washington in the United States, the Catholic University of Paraná in Brazil, the University of Würzburg in Germany (the top 8 in the world this year) and the Australian Catholic University. Facing powerful teams from Europe, America and Oceania, the main debaters Wang Yu and Chen Yiheng fought steadily and achieved smooth output with rigorous legal arguments and flexible court defense strategies, which were highly recognized and praised by the arbitrators. In the end, the USIM team stood out among nearly 400 teams around the world and became the only mainland Chinese team to advance to the top 64 knockout rounds.
First game of Vienna round-robin tournament: against the University of Washington
The second game of the Vienna round robin: against the Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil
The third game of the Vienna round robin: against the University of Würzburg, Germany
Vienna round robin game 4: against Australian Catholic University
The knockout round starts on April 16th. In the "64 to 32" duel, the University of International w88 and Economic Cooperation and the University of Paris-Saclay went head-to-head. The other party's presentation was fluent and vivid, and the style of argument was steady. We responded with solid research and rigorous argumentation, and our arguments were accurate and powerful, and finally successfully advanced to the top 32 in the world. In the subsequent "32 to 16" competition, the University of International w88 and Economics faced off against the London w88 casino of Economics. With comprehensive pre-judgment, sufficient polishing and precise training before the game, our debaters skillfully integrated the opponent's argument and the attention of the arbitral tribunal, accurately and efficiently conveyed their position, and counterattacked the opponent's strong attack in multiple dimensions. In the end, all arbitrators ruled that our team won, thus successfully advancing to the top 16 in the world.
Vienna Knockout Round ("64 out of 32"): against the University of Paris-Saclay, France
Vienna Knockout Round ("32 out of 16"): against London w88 casino of Economics
The next "16 into 8" was the third game of the day. Under the strong support of the team, the debaters from the University of Shanghai overcame fatigue and calmly faced the University of Würzburg in Germany, which they had already played against in the round-robin competition. At this time, both parties know themselves and the enemy, and can accurately judge the direction of the other party's argument and the focus of the arbitral tribunal, respond promptly and argue forcefully, and the court is often in a stalemate. In the end, the China w88 casino team lost by a narrow margin and stopped among the top 16 in the world. However, it also set a new record for the best results ever achieved by participating universities in mainland China.
Vienna knockout round ("16 out of 8"): against the University of Würzburg, Germany
Looking back on the preparation process over the past year, the University of w88 and Economic Cooperation team has rapidly grown from a brand-new team to an international strong team, and the student coaching staff has played a major role in this. The four student coaches, headed by Ji Xiaochen, taught each other in an almost "apprenticeship" manner. They led the team members to discuss and train day after day. They summarized while practicing and guided everyone to complete pleading writing and court defense training step by step until they led the team to go on an expedition and win international achievements. This is exactly one of the highlights of the International Moot Court Competition at the University of w88.
Since the introduction of the student coaching system in 2015, several international moot court competition teams such as Jessup, Vis Moot, and FDI Moot of the University of w88 Law have established a student-led and self-managed competition preparation model. The breakthrough international results achieved by this Vis team not only once again confirmed the remarkable effectiveness and sustainability of this innovative model, but also fully demonstrated the first-class professional quality and strong international competitiveness of the students of the University of w88 and Economics in the field of international commercial arbitration, as well as w88 casino's outstanding achievements in cultivating foreign-related legal talents.
