World BBoy Series

The World B-Boy Series is a b-boy championship series established in 2013 that connects nine 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 first round of Undisputed is a round-robin tournament this system was used in 2014 and 2015. For the Undisputed 2016 a system of pre-rounds was used in which each participant battles 3 opponents and receives points for a battle victory. Also the number rounds and votes the participant won in his battles are counted. After 3 battle rounds the top 4 participants of the ranking advance to the semi finals and finals.

World BBoy Series events:

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
The Legits Blast Winter, Czech Republic
Green Panda, China
Silverback Open Championships / Pro Breaking Tour, Philadelphia, USA^{[note 2]}
Unbreakable, Belgium^{[note 3]}
Taipei BBoy City, Taiwan^{[note 4]}

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

Former World BBoy Series events:

R-16 Korea, South Korea
Red Bull BC One World Finals

Undisputed winners

Year	Location	Name	Crew	City
2017	San Diego, United States	Victor	MF Kidz/Squadron	Kissimmee
2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Thesis	Knuckleheads Cali	Phoenix
2015	Marseille, France	Victor	MF Kidz/Squadron	Kissimmee
2014	London, England	Lilou	Pockemon	Lyon

World Bboy Series winners

Year	Red Bull BC One⁴	R-16 Korea/Taipei Bboy City³	Battle of the Year	The Notorious IBE	Battle Pro	Outbreak Europe	Freestyle Session	Silverback Open Championship	UK BBoy Championship	Unbreakable²	The Legits Blast Winter	Green Panda
2018	Lil Zoo			Phil Wizard	Issei	Cheerito				Stripes	Greku	Lil G
2017	Menno	Vero	Onel	Kuzya	Lussy Sky	Victor	Thesis	Issei	Sunni	Kill	not held	Thesis
2016	Issei	Issei	Bruce Almighty	Victor	Soso	Kuzya	El Niño	Thesis	Sunni	Kuzya	not held	not held
2015	Victor	Menno	Menno	Sunni	Mounir	El Niño	Victor	Victor	not held	Sunni	not held	not held
2014	Menno	Issei	Alkolil	Tonio	Menno	Kleju	El Niño	Thesis ¹	Lilou	Bruce Almighty	not held	not held

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.

³ Taipei Bboy City replaced R16 after 2015 for Undisputed.

⁴ Red Bull BC One no longer part of Undisputed after 2016.

Undisputed World BBoy Masters 2017

World BBoy Series 2017

To qualify to Undisputed, b-boys had to win 1 of the 9 World B-Boy Series events. In the event that one b-boy won multiple championships, the next highest ranked b-boy would qualify.

Rank	Name	Qualification	Pts
1	Lussy Sky	Battle Pro Winner	38
2	Kuzya	IBE Winner	32
3	Spin	Highest rank among non-winners	28
4	Dr. Hill	2nd Highest rank among non-winners	24
5	Victor	Outbreak Winner	22
6	Onel	BOTY Winner	22
7	Vero	TBC Winner	20
8	Issei	Silverback Open Winner	14
9	Thesis	Freestyle Sessions Winner	14

The 2017 edition of Undisputed World BBoy Masters was held in San Diego, California on January 27 and 28 of 2018.

Sunni – winner of UK Champs was unable to obtain a US Visa.

Kill – winner Unbreakable is unable to attend due to military service in Korea.

Group A

Seed	Bboy	Wins	Rounds	Votes
A1	Thesis	2	5	22
A2	Vero	1	4	18
A3	Onel	0	0	5

Group B

Seed	Bboy	Wins	Rounds	Votes
B1	Victor	2	5	24
B2	Dr. Hill	1	3	14
B3	Lussy Sky	0	1	7

Group C

Seed	Bboy	Wins	Rounds	Votes
C1	Issei	2	6	28
C2	Kuzya	1	2	12
C3	Spin	0	1	5

Vero qualified to the Knockout Stage as best runner-up

Knockout Stage

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Semi-finals		Final



Thesis	L

Vero	W
		Vero	L

		Victor	W
Victor	W

Issei	L

Undisputed World BBoy Masters 2016

World BBoy Series 2016

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.

Rank	Name	Qualification	Pts
1	Issei	Red Bull BC One and Taipei Bboy City Winner	58
2	Sunni	UK Championships Winner	48
3	Kuzya	Unbreakable and Outbreak Europe Winner	42
4	Bruce Almighty	Battle of the Year Winner	32
5	Victor	IBE Winner	30
6	Kleju	Highest rank among non-winners	24
7	El Niño	Freestyle Sessions Winner	22
8	Thesis	Silverback Open Winner	18
9	Soso	Marseille BattlePro Winner	18
10	Kid Colombia	Second highest rank among non-winners	18

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

Taisuke had originally qualified by having the highest rank among non-winners (28 points). However, he was unavailable to compete. Thus, Kleju would take his place as the highest rank among non-winners.

Round 1

Winner		Loser
Issei	3-0	Kid Colombia
Kleju	3-0	Sunni
Kuzya	3-0	Soso
Thesis	2-1	Bruce Almighty
Victor	2-1	El Niño

Round 2

Winner		Loser
Issei	3-0	Soso
Kleju	3-0	Kid Colombia
El Niño	2-1	Kuzya
Thesis	2-1	Sunni
Bruce Almighty	2-1	Victor

Round 3

Winner		Loser
Kleju	3-0	Soso
Thesis	3-0	Kid Colombia
Issei	3-0	Victor
Bruce Almighty	2-1	Kuzya
Sunni	2-1	El Niño

Ranking after 3 rounds

Pos	Bboy	Wins	Rounds
1	Kleju	3	9
2	Issei	3	9
3	Thesis	3	7
4	Bruce Almighty	2	5
5	Kuzya	1	5
6	Victor	1	4
7	El Niño	1	4
8	Sunni	1	3
9	Kid Colombia	0	0
10	Soso	0	0

Knockout Stage

Individuals in bold won their respective battles.

Semi-finals		Final



Thesis	2

Kleju	0
		Thesis	2

		Issei	1
Issei	2

Bruce Almighty	0

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.^[4] 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	Alkolil	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

Alkolil	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.^[5] B-boys are not limited to the number of events he or she can participate in.^[6]

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 December 8, 2014
^ 2015 Results, World BBoy Series Official Site, Retrieved November 21, 2015
^ Lifetime Undisputed Bboy Ranking, World BBoy Series Official Site, Retrieved November 21, 2015

External links

[4] UK Bboy Championships was not held in 2015.

[5] Silverback Open Championship joined the World B-Boy Series in 2015.

[6] Unbreakable joined the World B-Boy Series in 2016.

[four-7] Taipei BBoy City replaced R16 Korea in 2016.

[1] [1] Retrieved March, 2014

[2] [2] Retrieved February 20, 2014

[3] [3] Retrieved November, 2015

[8] [4] Retrieved December 8, 2014

[9] 2015 Results, World BBoy Series Official Site, Retrieved November 21, 2015

[10] Lifetime Undisputed Bboy Ranking, World BBoy Series Official Site, Retrieved November 21, 2015

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