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, The Notorious IBE, UK B-Boy Championships[1] and R-16 Korea to be the 4 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.
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.
Country
RBBC1
UK B-Boy
BOTY
R-16
Other Undisputed events
Total Championships
USA
4
5
2
1
13
25
Korea
3
1
1
6
2
13
Netherlands
3
2
4
1
1
11
Japan
2
0
0
6
3
11
Britain
0
8
0
0
1
9
France
2
0
2
0
3
7
Russia
0
2
1
0
2
5
Ukraine
0
0
0
0
4
4
Cameroon
0
0
0
0
1
1
Canada
0
0
0
0
3
3
Algeria
1
1
0
0
0
2
Denmark
0
1
0
0
1
2
Greece
0
0
1
0
1
2
Poland
0
0
0
0
2
2
Venezuela
0
0
0
0
2
2
Belgium
0
1
0
0
0
1
Brazil
1
0
0
0
0
1
Morocco
1
0
0
0
0
1
Portugal
0
0
1
0
0
1
Philippines
1
0
0
0
0
0
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]
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.
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.
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.
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