World BBoy Series

The World B-Boy Series is a b-boy championship series established in 2013 that connects ten different renowned solo international b-boy competitions worldwide.^[1] At the end of each year, since 2014, the winners of each solo event meet in a new masters event called "Undisputed" and compete to establish who is the "Undisputed" champion.^[2] Before 2014, each international b-boy competition would crown their own individual world champion but with the creation of the World B-Boy Series and Undisputed, a supreme world champion can be crowned.^[3]

Undisputed utilizes a round-by-round judging system, which allows participants to see the judges decisions after every round. The competition is set for 3 rounds, (5 in the finals) but can end if a dancer beats his opponent in 2 rounds.^[4] The first round of Undisputed is a round-robin tournament where each contestant battles the other b-boys of the group. Contestants are seeded into two groups and the top two contestants of each group advance to the semifinals.

World BBoy Series events:

• Chelles Battle Pro, France
• The UK B-Boy Championships, UK^{[note 1]}
• Freestyle Session / Pro Breaking Tour, USA
• Battle of the Year, Germany
• The Notorious IBE, The Netherlands
• Outbreak Europe, Slovakia
• Red Bull BC One World Finals
• Silverback Open Championships / Pro Breaking Tour, Philadelphia, USA^{[note 2]}
• Unbreakable, Belgium^{[note 3]}
• R-16 Korea, South Korea^{[note 4]}
• Taipei BBoy City, Taiwan^{[note 4]}

1. UK Bboy Championships was not held in 2015.
2. Silverback Open Championship joined the World B-Boy Series in 2015.
3. Unbreakable joined the World B-Boy Series in 2016.
4. Taipei BBoy City replaced R16 Korea in 2016.

Undisputed winners

Year	Location	Name	Crew	City
2016	Prague, Czech Republic	tbd
2015	Marseille, France	Victor	MF Kidz/Squadron	Kissimmee
2014	London, England	Lilou	Pockemon	Lyon

World Bboy Series winners

Year	Red Bull BC One	R-16 Korea	Battle of the Year	The Notorious IBE	Marseille Battle Pro	Outbreak Europe	Freestyle Session	Silverback Open Championship	UK BBoy Championship	Unbreakable^2	Taipei BBoy City
2016	Issei	not held	Bruce Almighty	Victor	Soso	Kuzya	El Niño	Thesis	Sunni	Kuzya
2015	Victor	Menno	Menno	Sunni	Mounir	El Niño	Victor	Victor	not held	Sunni
2014	Menno	Issei	Alkolil	Tonio	Menno	Kleju	El Niño	Thesis ^1	Lilou	Bruce Almighty

¹ Thesis did not qualify to Undisputed due to Silverback Open Championships not being part of the World Bboy Series in 2014.

² Sunni and Bruce Almighty did not qualify to Undisputed since Unbreakable was not part of the World BBoy Series until 2016.

World BBoy Series 2016

Events participating in the 2016 World BBoy Series.

• Chelles Battle Pro, France
• The UK B-Boy Championships, UK
• Freestyle Session / Pro Breaking Tour, USA
• Battle of the Year, Germany
• The Notorious IBE, The Netherlands
• Outbreak Europe, Slovakia
• Red Bull BC One World Finals
• Silverback Open Championships / Pro Breaking Tour, Philadelphia,
• Unbreakable, Belgium
• Taipei BBoy City, Taiwan

To qualify to Undisputed, b-boys had to win 1 of the 10 World B-Boy Series events. In the event that one b-boy won multiple championships, the next highest ranked b-boy would qualify.

Undisputed World BBoy Masters 2016

The 2016 Undisputed World BBoy Masters event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

Undisputed World BBoy Masters 2015

World BBoy Series 2015

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.

Name	Qualification
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.

The 2015 Undisputed World BBoy Masters event will be held in Marseilles, France on Saturday, December 12, 2015.

Judges:

• Cros 1 ()
• Lilou ()
• Kareem ()
• Storm ()
• Focus ()

Group A Seed Bboy Wins Rounds Votes A4 Kid Colombia 2 6 28 A3 Alkolil 2 6 27 A1 Menno 2 6 25 A2 Thomaz 0 0 10

Group B Seed Bboy Wins Rounds Votes B1 Victor 2 6 31 B2 Kleju 2 6 26 B4 Mounir 1 4 23 B3 Fleau 1 2 10

Knockout Stage

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

	Semi-finals				Final
	Kid Colombia	L
	Kleju	W
					Victor	W
					Kleju	L
	Victor	W
	Alkolil	L

Undisputed World BBoy Masters 2014

World BBoy Series 2014

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.

Name	Qualification
Menno	Chelles Battle Pro and RedBull BC One winner
Issei	R16 Korea winner
Kleju	Outbreak Europe winner
Alcolil	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.

The first round of the event was operated under a round robin system. Within two groups of four, each contestant met all other contestants in turn. After the first round, the top 2 dancers of each group advanced to the semi finals. (KO system). The winners of the semi finals me in the Undisputed 2014 Final.^[5] In case of a tie in the group stage, the number of rounds won from the 3 battles per judge go into consideration.

The 2014 Undisputed World BBoy Masters event was held in London, England on Sunday, December 14, 2014.

Judges:

• Storm ()
• Niek ()
• Renegade ()
• Lamine ()
• Roxrite ()

DJ:

• Lean Rock ()

Host:

• Mario Bee ()

Group A Seed Bboy Wins Rounds A2 Menno 3 9 A4 Niño 2 5 A1 Kleju 1 3 A3 Spin 0 1

Group B Seed Bboy Wins Rounds B3 Lilou 2 6 B2 Alcolil 2 6 B1 Gravity 1 4 B4 Issei 1 2

Knockout Stage

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

	Semi-finals				Final
	Lilou	W
	El Niño	L
					Lilou	W
					Menno	L
	Menno	W
	Alcolil	L

Undisputed BBoy Rankings

The World BBoy Series uses a ranking system to rank its participants. Making it the top 16 b-boys of an event earns a b-boy 4 points. Top eight earns 6 points. Making it to the semifinals and finals earns 8 and 10 points respectively. Winning an event earns a bboy 14 points. In 2015, due to Chelles Battle Pro only having 8 competitors, the winner Mounir () received 12 points.^[6] B-boys are not limited to the number of events he or she can participate in.^[7]

Bboy Rankings Rank Bboy Crew Points Events won 1 Victor MF Kidz/Squadron 74 4 2 Sunni Soul Mavericks 82 2 3 Menno Hustle Kids/Def Dogs 66 4 4 Issei FoundNation 60 1 4 Kleju Polskee Flavour 60 1 6 Gravity 5 Crew Dynasty 48 0 7 El Nino Squadron 46 2 7 Kuzya BreakNuts crew 46 2 9 Alkolil Original Breakers Circle 50 1 10 Kareem Fallen Kings 38 0

Country Rankings Rank Country Bboys Points Events won 1 USA 21 300 5 2 Russia 11 128 1 3 Netherlands 8 122 4 4 Japan 8 112 1 5 France 13 100 3 6 South Korea 12 98 0 7 United Kingdom 5 84 1 8 Poland 4 70 1 9 Brazil 6 38 0 10 Ukraine 6 38 0

References

1. Retrieved March, 2014
2. Retrieved February 20, 2014
3. Retrieved November, 2015
4. Retrieved November, 2014
5. Retrieved December 8, 2014
6. 2015 Results, World BBoy Series Official Site, Retrieved November 21, 2015
7. Lifetime Undisputed Bboy Ranking, World BBoy Series Official Site, Retrieved November 21, 2015

External links

• Undisputed World Bboy Series Official site
• R-16 Official site
• UK B-Boy Championships Official site
• BOTY Official site
• Bboy Rankingz