International B-Boy Championships

B-boying or Breaking, also called Breakdancing, is a style of street dance that originated among African-American and Puerto Rican youths in New York City during the early 1970s. The dance spread worldwide due to popularity in the media, especially in regions such as South Korea, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and Japan. Now, b-boying has gained much popularity around the world with countless competitions crowning the best bboy crews and solo bboys. Many consider Battle of the Year, UK B-Boy Championships[1] and R-16 Korea to be the 3 major international bboy competitions which determine the best bboy crew in the world. Along with crew battles, solo, or 1 on 1 battles, have also gained much popularity around the world. UK B-Boy Championships, Battle of the Year and R-16 Korea are also well known for their 1 on 1 b-boy championships. However, Red Bull BC One is argued to be the most coveted competition to crown the best solo b-boy due to their audience and popularity worldwide.


International Solo B-boy Champions list

In 2014 the most renowned international solo Breaking competitions joined together in the creation of the Undisputed World BBoy Series and a masters event called Undisputed Masters to determine the supreme individual Breaking champion. The events included in the Undipsuted World B-Boy Series are UK B-Boy Championships, Battle of the Year, R-16 Korea, Notorious IBE, Silverback Open Championships, Freestyle Session, Chelles Battle Pro, Outbreak Europe, Taipei BBoy City, Green Panda Festival and Legits Blast Winter. Former events for Undisputed include Red Bull BC One.

Year Red Bull BC One UK BBoy Champs Battle of the Year R16 IBE Battle Pro Outbreak Freestyle Session Silverback Unbreakable2 Taipei Bboy City Legits Blast Winter Green Panda Nordic Qualifier Undisputed
2019 Menno Kid Karam Zeku Shade Phil Wizard Lil G Victor not held not held Zoopreme Illz Victor Alkolil Grom Zoopreme
2018 Lil Zoo not held Dany not held Phil Wizard Issei Cheerito not held Victor Stripes Onel Greku Lil G Phil Wizard
2017 Menno Sunni Onel not held Kuzya Lussy Sky Victor Thesis Issei Kill Vero not held Thesis Victor
2016 Issei Sunni Bruce Almighty Issei Victor Soso Kuzya El Niño Thesis Kuzya Issei not held not held Thesis
2015 Victor not held Menno Menno Sunni Mounir El Niño Victor Victor Sunni not held not held not held Victor
2014 Menno Lilou Alkolil Issei Tonio Menno Kleju El Niño Thesis 1 Bruce Almighty not held not held not held Lilou
2013 Hong10 Menno Menno Issei Issei Menno
2012 Mounir Kareem Niek Issei Killa Sebi Menno
2011 Roxrite Morris Niek Taisuke Niek Neguin
2010 Neguin Flying Buddha Thesis Niek Hill Thesis
2009 Lilou Morris Lilou Roxrite
2008 Wing Kosto Wilson
2007 Ronnie Menno
2006 Hong10 Mouse
2005 Lilou Roxrite Menno
2004 Omar Physicx Abd-L
2003 Ruen Airdit
2002 Super G
2001 Sonic
2000
1999 Tim Twist
1998 Evo
1997 Evo
1996 Evo


Success by country

Note: The following table only takes into consideration Red Bull BC One, Battle of the Year, UK B-Boy Championships and R-16 Korea as well as other Undisputed events starting from 2014.

Country RBBC1 UK B-Boy BOTY R-16 Other Undisputed events Total Championships
USA45211325
Netherlands3242112
Britain080019
Japan100539
France202037
Korea311027
Russia021025
Ukraine000044
Canada000033
Algeria110002
Denmark010012
Greece001012
Poland000022
Venezuela000022
Belgium010001
Brazil100001
Morocco100001
Portugal001001

Undisputed

The World B-Boy Series is the world's first B-Boying competition connecting eight different events around the world. Since 2014, the 8 solo B-Boy champions of these international events will meet in a new masters event called Undisputed and battle to establish who is the supreme champion, who is "Undisputed".[2]

Undisputed Champions list
Year Masters event Location Name Crew City
2019Undisputed VMarrakech, Morocco Phil WizardWizards/United Rivals/7 CommandozVancouver
2018Undisputed IVSan Diego, United States VictorMF Kidz/SquadronKissimmee
2017Undisputed IIIPrague, Czech Republic ThesisKnuckleheads CaliPhoenix
2015Undisputed IIMarseille, France VictorMF Kidz/SquadronKissimmee
2014Undisputed ILondon, England LilouPockemonLyon

World BBoy Series 2015

Events participating in the 2015 World BBoy Series.

To qualify to Undisputed, b-boys had to win 1 of the 8 World B-Boy Series events. In the event that one b-boy won multiple championships, the next highest ranked b-boy would qualify.

  • Victor Silverback Open Championships, Freestyle Session and Red Bull BC One winner
  • Menno R-16 Korea and Battle of the Year winner
  • Mounir Chelles Battle Pro winner
  • Kleju qualified as third highest rank among non-winners
  • Alkolil replaced Issei as fourth highest rank among non-winners
  • Fleau replaced El Niño as fifth highest rank among non-winners
  • Thomaz replaced Kareem as sixth highest rank among non-winners
  • Kid Colombia replaced Sunni

Issei () had originally qualified as highest rank among non-winners but was unavailable for competition. El Niño () and Kareem () had both qualified to Undisputed by winning Outbreak Europe and being second highest rank among non-winners respectively. However, both got injured prior to the competition. Sunni (), the Notorious IBE winner, was also ruled out due to an injury.

World BBoy Series 2014

Events participating in the 2014 World BBoy Series.

Bboys who competed for Undisputed

  • Menno Chelles Battle Pro and RedBull BC One winner
  • Issei R16 Korea winner
  • Kleju Outbreak Europe winner
  • Alkolil Battle of the Year winner
  • Lilou UK Championships winner
  • El Niño Freestyle Session winner
  • Gravity qualified as highest rank among non-winners
  • Spin replaced Tonio as second highest rank among non-winners

Tonio () had originally qualified to Undisputed by winning The Notorious IBE earlier in the year. However, due to visa complications, Tonio had to withdraw from the competition. As a result, Spin will be replacing Tonio for being the second ranked among non-winners.

References
  1. B-Boy Championships Archived 2013-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved August 18, 2013
  2. Undisputed Official Website Retrieved February 20, 2014
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