The goal of Tabroom.com is to provide a tournament management system to debate and speech tournaments worldwide, for as many formats of debate as possible. Tabroom is a project owned and operated by the National Speech & Debate Association.

The Tabroom system handles public pairings, enables judges to enter decisions and scores online, and publishes and track results all online. You can also run a tournament totally offline with Tabroom; online features are optional. Tabroom also supports speech events, debate events including Worlds Schools and Congressional Debate, and Mock Trial.

If you have a format of debate that isn't on our list, please let us know at help@tabroom.com. Please also test your format if you do not know that Tabroom has run your format or rules successfully before. There's a lot of settings in Tabroom, but we cannot promise it will run your particular form of speech or debate without testing before your tournament

History

The Tabroom system began as two projects; the CAT (Computer Assisted Tab) and debateresults.com, created by Professor Jon Bruschke at the California State University at Fullerton, and Tabroom.com, begun as a side project by Chris Palmer. It also owes a debt of inspiration, ideas and gratitude to Professor Rich Edwards at Baylor University's foundational TRPC and TRIE-PC programs.

Disclaimer

THIS SOFTWARE AND SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, HOST PROVIDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Tabroom.com © 2013-2025 National Forensic League dba National Speech & Debate Association. All rights reserved.

Guides Tabroom Online Manual Monthly Tabroom Newsletter Need help?

If you're a student, coach, or parent and have a question about a particular tournament, email them directly - they're more likely to be able to help you. Contact information can usually be found in the tournament invitation or main website here.

If you're having trouble using the Tabroom software itself, try the manual using the question mark in the top right corner, or here:

Tabroom Documentation

If those don't work or your question deals with something private (e.g. personal student info, access needs) email us at

help@tabroom.com

Please be sure to include as much detail as you can about the tournament, event, entry, school or round affected, as well as the particular URL of the page you're having trouble with.

To run a tournament on Tabroom, log in and hit "Request a tournament" on the right hand toolbar. The how-to guide is available from the question mark icon on the top right corner. No approval, pre-notification or cost is required to register or tabulate a tournament on Tabroom.