Battle of the Year

The Battle of the Year, in short, BOTY, is the largest annual international breakdancing battle. In the tournament, which consists of finals and Vorwettkämpfen, enter crews of dancers from many regions of the world against each other.

3.1 Qualification of country groups
3.2 National Qualifications

4.1 Battle of the Year Germany
4.2 BOTY International Champions since 1990

5.1 World Cup 2013: Results
5.2 2013: List of Crews

6.1 World Cup 2012: Results
6.2 2012: List of Crews

7.1 World Cup 2009: Results
7.2 2009: List of Crews

8.1 World Cup 2008: Results
8.2 2008: List of Crews

9.1 World Cup 2007: Results
9.2 2007: List of Crews

General

The Battle of the Year brings people together across the boundaries of geography, language and origin and offers them a platform for their dance form. The filmmaker Benson Lee turned with "Planet B- Boy" a multi-award winning documentary about the BOTY, which gives insight, themselves which kind of people and artists in the Battle of the Year and participate. BOTY becomes more and more international, that is becoming more popular. The capacity of the venues grows and every year there are more tournaments and key figures in the Battle of the Year team. One of the goals of the Battle of the Year is to integrate and promote young, motivated people. Founded as the event in 1990 by a German, a B -Boy the "Burning Moves" Thomas Hergenrother.

While there has been a forerunner in the year in 1989, took place in 1990, the first event of the battle in Freizeitheim Doehren in Hanover. 2009 it was already Brunswick Volkswagen Halle. The tournament begins every year ahead with a series of qualifying tournaments (so-called preliminaries ) in groups of countries as well as in some countries, the winners of which ultimately participate in the BOTY International, the finale. Because it is the greatest breakdance event in the world, the Battle of the Year is often referred to as the " World Series of break dancing ." Current champions are the South Korean Fusion MC. The second place went to The Ruggeds from the Netherlands. The merger MC could just enforce previously in the semifinals against the German B -Town Allstars. After the Battle of the Year International was held for three consecutive years in Montpellier / France, the BOTY finals in 2013 returned to Germany to long-time venue Brunswick.

Format of the Series

Format

At the beginning are the choreography of each group, in which the crews perform a show of not more than 6 minutes and so their ability to combine the different styles breakdance demonstrate. A jury will evaluate the competing groups, with specific criteria for the shows are. The four best groups will be determined subsequently based on the shows, which then compete in so-called Battles, a kind of a dance competition, directly opposite each other. In the semifinals, the top ranked crew dances against the fourth-placed, and the second-placed against the third-placed crew. The winners of each semifinal then finally fighting for the world championship title. In addition, the Department receives the highest rating for the choreography award for the best show.

Evaluation criteria

A five - member jury, consisting of B -boy legends that shows evaluated based on two main elements: elements of art and technology, these additional criteria include. The artistic element includes, inter alia, the dots theme, music, synchronicity, and choreography. The technical element includes, for example, the points Toprock, Uprock, Footwork and power moves.

Qualification and Preliminaries

The Champion of the World Cup is always invited directly to the event next year to defend his titles. All other groups will qualify in the world, held preliminary rounds. In some exceptions, it happened that crews were invited directly (usually when there is no preliminary rounds in each region ).

The qualifications consist firstly of country-specific preliminary and further from regional preliminary rounds. Originally, each country had its own qualifying competition and thus sent a group to the world championships. However, some countries grew over the years to regions. For example, launched in 2007, the new BOTY Asia as a regional preliminary round, which is now the best 3 crews this competition will be sent to the world championship. In previous years, however, countries such as Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan sent their best crew from qualifying their own in the competition.

Qualification of country groups

This table shows the regions and the countries of the region, and the number of crews that were sent to the World Cup or be.

* BOTY North East Europe and Scandinavia were regional preliminary decisions. All countries from Europe, who do not have a preliminary decisions at the national level can participate from 2013 in the new BOTY Central Europe. The above registered in the group BOTY Central Europe countries from these groups are resolved according to the website of the organizer Six Step GmbH this year.

National qualifications

States in 2013 with his own preliminary rounds ( one crew per country) are represented: Brazil, Brazil, France, Germany Germany, Israel Israel Italy Italy, Singapore, South Africa South Africa, United States, United States, Belarus Belarus.

Qualification of German-speaking countries

In Germany there is since 2011 a common national finals for the tournament Battle of the Year. Before there was for four separate regional contests within the country. 2013 will be held in Münster, this competition.
Austria so far competed in the group Southeast Europe, now in the group Central Europe ( BOTY Central Europe). The Retiring will be held in Zurich on 24 August 2013.
Switzerland, too, the annual tournament was to apply to the International BOTY, the Battle of the Year Switzerland in Zurich, now in the group of Central and Central Europe takes.

The former Vorwettkämpfe Germany were:

Battle of the East

The Battle of the East, the East German championship in break dancing, from 1997 to 2010 one of the four preliminary decisions for the qualification to Battle of the Year was national. The MESSENGER is the tournament for the states of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony -Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. Since 1997, the stone house eV from Bautzen promoter and organizer of the annual competition. In cooperation with various partners, the association regularly organizes a program of workshops, exhibitions, film screenings and parties around the event. Since 2005, the Battle of the East will be held in Leipzig.

Battle of the South

The Battle of the South or Battle of the South is the South German championship in Breakdance and thus also for the qualification to BOTY national importance. Represented here are the states of Bavaria, Baden- Württemberg, Rhineland -Palatinate, Hesse and Saarland.

Battle of the Year North and West Germany

The finals for North and West Germany, formerly called Münster Battle, is for the states of North Rhine -Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Schleswig -Holstein and Bremen and Hamburg.

Battle of Berlin

Due to the particular size of the breakdancing scene in the city of Berlin was the capital until 2010 with the Battle of Berlin (formerly B- Berlin Open), the Berlin Championships, their own preselection for the Battle of the Year nationally.