Battle Of The Year

Battle of the Year is the largest breakdancing competition being held. It is held every year. “Every year we try to feature the best and most innovative B-Boy crews from all over the world. One of our goals is to make this event as international as we can. The Battle Of The Year is a platform for B-Boys and Hip Hop culture in general and an opportunity for all participants to express themselves in a peaceful and non-racist environment”. Battle of the Year is also commonly referred to as BOTY.

It is an annual international breakdancing series that began in 1990. It is a crew competition. The battles have judges and they will judge the team’s performances. “Regional qualifying tournaments, also known as preliminaries, are held worldwide culminating in the BOTY International, the world finals event which is held at the Volkswagenhalle in Braunschweig, Germany. Battle of the Year is widely regarded as the premier b-boying tournament in the world, frequently referred to as the "World Cup of B-Boying". Battle of the year creates "spaces for a globalization at the bottom, bringing people together across the barriers of geography, language, and race". "BOTY becomes more and more international and that means more and more popular. So the capacity of the venues grows and every year there are some more key men in the BOTY-team. One of their aims is to integrate young and motivated people. And it's necessary to do it because it is getting harder and harder to fulfill all the claims". At BOTY there is only first and third place. Second place is considered as the runner up. There is also another reward at BOTY. This reward is known as the “Best Show”. Best show is for the crew that performed entertaining with style, grace, and attitude.

After 20 years of Battle of the Year in Germany the organization team decided to move the Battle of the Year to Montpellier-France this year. The date will be November 20, 2010.