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World Champions 2026

		BALLROOM
Date/Country Held	Category	Full Names	Country

















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		FORMATION
27.02.2026 England	Adult 4 Couple	KLA Adult Team	Wales
27.02.2026 England	Senior 1 4 Couple	Art in Motion - Senior	England
27.02.2026 England	Senior 2 4 Couple	Accent Dance - Legends	England
27.02.2026 England	Adult Solo 8/24 Dancer	Elita - Lejdis	Poland
27.02.2026 England	Senior 1 & 2 Solo	Flow Latino Dance Studio	Poland
27.02.2026 England	Adult 6/8 Couple	Double V	Netherlands
27.02.2026 England	Senior 1 6/8 Couple	Double V - Legends	Netherlands
28.02.2025 England	6yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	Shappelles - Stitch	Wales
28.02.2026 England	8yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - Wicked	Wales
28.02.2026 England	10yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - Robin Hool	Wales
28.02.2026 England	12yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - Gladiator	Wales
28.02.2026 England	16yrs & Under Solo 8/24 Dancer Team	Elita - Junior	Poland
28.02.2026 England	12yrs & Under Solo 8/24 Dancer Team	Dance Envy - Hocus Pocus	England
28.02.2026 England	14yrs & Under 4 Couple	KLA - Romeo & Juliet	Wales
28.02.2026 England	16yrs & Under 4 Couple	KLA - Junior	Wales
28.02.2026 England	6yrs & Under 4 Couple	Fevers - Peter Rabbit	England
28.02.2026 England	8yrs & Under 4 Couple	KLA - Sound of Music	Wales
28.02.2026 England	10yrs & Under 4 Couple	KLA - Latin	Wales
28.02.2026 England	12yrs & Under 4 Couple	KLA - Juvenile	Wales
28.02.2026 England	14yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - The Story's Not Over Yet	Wales
28.02.2026 England	16yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - Junior	Wales
28.02.2026 England	16yrs & Under 6/8 Couple Ballroom	Zig Zag- 911	England

World Champions 2025

		BALLROOM
Date/Country Held	Category	Full Names	Country
30.03.2025 Italy	Senior O/35	Michal Baran & Eva Dyk	Poland
30.03.2025. Italy	Senior O/45	Domenica Mazzaglia & Giuseppina Borgonova	Italy
30.03.2025. Italy	Senior O/55	Antonio Falsetti & Mariapia Mari	Italy
30.03.2025. Italy	Senior O/65	Claudio De Stefano & Marina Marini	Italy
13.06.2025 Lithuania	ProAm Ballroom/Smooth Showdance	Jeschke Jacek & Barbara Trzepacz	Poland
06.07.2025. Denmark	Junior U16 5 Dance	Antoni Bebeniec & Sofia Komisarovas	United Kingdom
06.07.2025. Denmark	Youth U19 5 Dance	Marcus Egstrand & Veronika Myrko	Denmark
01.08.2025. Taiwan	U21 Ballroom	Kyrylo Novikov & Tallulah Wilkinson	United Kingdom
20.08.2025. China	Professional Ballroom	Stanislav Zelianin & Irina Cherepanova	Singapore
06.09.2025 Poland	ProAm Ballroom	Julia Tumanova & Dmytro Rodin	Poland
14.09.2025 Poland	U14 Junior Ballroom	Oleksandr Vashchuk & Oleksandra Tsutskiridze	Ukraine
14.09.2025. Poland	Amateur Ballroom	Marco Sirocchi & Dora Kilin	Italy
22.11.2025 Budapest	Professional Ballroom Showdance	Nicolo Barbizi & Sara Ros Jakobsdottir	Iceland
22.11.2025. Budapest	Professional Smooth	Oleg Kharlamov & Tatiana Kudryatzeva	Neutral



		LATIN
22.02.2025. Greece	Amateur Latin	Joel Lopez & Kristina Bespechnova	Spain
18.05.2025 Greece	Junior U16 Solo	Efthymia Tsinouli	Greece
18.05.2025. Greece	Juvenile U12 Solo	Elisabeth Malik	Austria
13.06.2025. Lithuania	ProAm Latin/Rhythm Showdance	Kamil Szymczak & Katarzyna Sobus	Poland
12.07.2025. China	Professional Latin	Nino Langella & Andra Vaidilaite	Italy
16.08.2025 Malaysia	Youth U21 Latin	Nicola Varriale & Barbare Tsverava	Italy
14.09.2025 Poland	Youth U19 Latin	Antoni Pacan & Nikola Bilinska	Poland
14.09.2025. Poland	Juvenile U12 Latin	Ziv Weizman & Aline Zur	Israel
22.11.2025 Budapest	Professional Latin Showdance	Massimo Arcolin & Laura Arcolinova	Italy
11.12.2025. Italy	Junior U16 Latin	Giovanni cocco & Chiara Tumatis	Italy






		10 DANCE
14.09.2025 Poland	Youth 10 Dance	Enrique Adolphus & Sienna Tia	United Kingdom
11.10.2025 Dubai	U16 10 Dance Solo	Tomiris Zhangeldi	Kazakhstan
22.11.2025 Budapest	Amateur 10 Dance	Mark Chilcote & Madison Ingoldsby	England
22.11.2025 Budapest	Professional 10 Dance	Artti Oskar Maasik & Chrislyn Kullamaa	Estonia





		FORMATION
01.03.2025 England	Adult 4 Couple	KLA - Robin Hood	Wales
01.03.2025 England	Senior 1 4 Couple	Latin Steps - Burlesque	England
01.03.2025 England	Senior 2 4 Couple	Swing - Gold	Poland
01.03.2025 England	Adult Solo 8/16 Dancers	Estrella - Swing	Poland
01.03.2025 England	Adult Classical Sequence	Emerald Formation Team	Ireland
01.03.2025 England	Adult 6/8 Couple	Double V	Netherlands
01.03.2025 England	Senior 1 6/8 Couple	Art in Motion - Senior	England
01.03.2025 England	Senior 2 6/8 Couple	Art Dance - Poznan	Poland
01.03.2025 England	6yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	Shappelles - Stitch	Wales
01.03.2025 England	14yrs & Under 4 Couple	Dance Envy - Latin	England
01.03.2025 England	16yrs & Under 4 Couple	Dance Envy - Jackson	England
01.03.2025 England	8yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	Fevers - Sing	England
01.03.2025 England	10yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - Marvel	Wales
01.03.2025 England	12yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - Latin	Wales
01.03.2025 England	16yrs & Under Solo	Estrella - Junior	Poland
01.03.2025 England	12yrs & Under Solo	Shappelles - Disco	Wales
01.03.2025 England	Junior Beginner 4 Couple	Shappelles - Meatloaf	Wales
01.03.2025 England	6yrs & Under 4 Couple	Latin Steps - High School Musical	England
01.03.2025 England	8yrs & Under 4 Couple	KLA - Moana	Wales
01.03.2025 England	10yrs & Under 4 Couple	KLA - Jersey Boys	Wales
01.03.2025 England	12yrs & Under 4 Couple	Shappelles - Juvenile	Wales
01.03.2025 England	14yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	KLA - Monarchy	Wales

World Champions 2024

		BALLROOM
Date/Country Held	Category	Full Names	Country
14.01.2024. USA	Senior 1 Smooth	Justin Chiou & Hannah Bundus	USA
14.01.2024. USA	Senior 2 Ballroom	Richard Leclerc & Martine Lambert	Canada
14.01.2024. USA	Senior 3 Ballroom	Richard Leclerc & Martine Lambert	Canada
15.02.2024 Germany	U21 Ballroom	Mark Chilcote & Maddie Ingoldsby	England
13.04.2024. England	Juvenile Ballroom	Luca Ivanets & Pebble-Rose Spratt	England
13.04.2024 Poland	Junior U16 Ballroom	Ivan Tiupa & Yekateryna Galamai	Ukraine
13.04.2024. Poland	U19 Ballroom	Maksymilian Serafin & Weronika Majerowska	Poland
28.04.2024. Italy	Professional Smooth	Oleg Kharlamov & Tatiana Kudryavtseva
04.05.2024. Germany	Junior U14 Ballroom	Piotr Skwarnicki & Anastasiia Lykhodid	Poland
17.05.2024. England	Professional Ballroom	Stanislav Zelianin & Irina Cherepanova	Singapore
15.06.2024. USA	Pro/Am 41/50 Intl Showdance	Gianni Caliandro & Reena Kaul	USA
01.12.2024 Dubai U.A.E	Juvenile U12 Solo Ballroom	Polina Carasiova	Moldova
04.12.2024. Italy	Amateur Ballroom	Glenn Richard Boyce & Caroly Janes	England
04.12.2024 Italy	Amateur Showdance	Marco Barbera & Federica Dorazi	Italy
04.12.2024. Italy	Professional Showdance	Gianni Caliandro & Arianna Esposito	USA
05.12.2024. Italy	Senior 4 Ballroom	Jean-Yves Murzin & Christine Murzin	France

		LATIN
14.01.2024. USA	Senior 1 Rhythm	Ross Hill & Carolyn Reis	USA
14.01.2024 USA	Senior 2 Latin	Anatoliy Shvarts & Tatiana Keegan	USA
14.01.2024. USA	Senior S55 Latin	Michael Murphy & Christine Lys	USA
14.01.2024. USA	Senior O55 Latin	Leland Andrew Prouty & Ilona Prouty	USA
13.04.2024 England	Juvenile Latin	Luca Ivanets & Pebble-Rose Spratt	England
13.03.2024. Poland	Junior U16 Latin	Lukas Jasinevicius & Meida Kybartaite	Lithuania
13.03.2024. Poland	Amateur Latin	Joel Lopez & Kristina Bespechnova	Spain
28.04.2024 Italy	Prof. Latin Showdance	Egor Petrov & Daria Petrova
04.05.2024. Germany	Junior U14 Latin	Georgii Khvostov & Ahata Buzykina	Ukraine
30.06.2024. China	ProAm Latin	Oleksandr Kravchuk & Nataliia Kryshchuk	Ukraine
07.09.2024. Poland	Professional Latin	Nino Langella & Andra	Italy
04.12.2024. Italy	Youth U21 Latin	Matvii Jensen & Anisiia Honymovych	Ukraine
04.12.2024. Italy	Youth U19 Latin	Lukas Jasinevicius & Meida Kybartaite	Lithuania
05.12.2024. Italy	Senior 4 Latin	Jean-Yves Murzin & Christine Murzin	France
05.12.2024 Italy	Senior 1 Latin	Tommi Raty & Maria Skytta	Finland

		10 DANCE
04.05.2024. Germany	Professional 10 Dance	Valera Musuc & Antonia Schwarz	Germany
03.08.2024. Taiwan	Junior 10 Dance	Davyd Komarnytsky & Angelina Cherkovska	Ukraine
10.11.2024. Budapest	U21 10 Dance	Riccardo Marzaro & Marta Poshyvak	Italy
01.12.2024. Taiwan	Amateur 10 Dance	Mark Chilcote & Maddie Ingoldsby	England
04.12.2024. Italy	Juvenile 10 Dance	Oleksandr Berezhnyi & Yulianna Vasylyshyn	Ukraine




		FORMATION
02.03.2024. England	6yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	Shappelles Oliver & Company Team
02.03.2024. England	14yrs & Under 4 Couple	Latin Steps Beyonce Team
02.03.2024. England	Junior 4 Couple	Latin Steps Angels & Demons Team
02.03.2024. England	Adult 6/8 Couple	DSV Dance Impression
02.03.2024. England	Senior 1, 35yrs & Over 6/8 Couple	KLA Senior Team
02.03.2024 England	8yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	Fevers Frozen Team
02.03.2024. England	10yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	Latin Steps Carnival Team
02.03.2024. England	Juvenile 6/8 Couple	Latin Steps Juvenile Team
02.03.2024. England	Junior 16ys & Under Solo	Dance Unity Icons Team
02.03.2024 England	Juvenile 12yrs & Under Solo	Dance Unity Witches and Wizards
02.03.2024. England	Junior Beginner 4 Couple	Zig Zag Putting On The Ritz
02.03.2024. England	6yrs & Under 4 Couple	Stardust Teenie Gems
02.03.2024. England	Adult 4 Couple	Shappelles Queen Team
02.03.2024. England	Senior 1 4 Couple	Stardust Over 35s Ladies Team
02.03.2024 England	8yrs & Under 4 Couple	Art In Motion Beauty and the Beast
02.03.2024 England	10yrs & Under 4 Couple	Latin Steps Mamma Mia Team
02.03.2024. England	Juvenile 4 Couple	Latin Steps Tribal Team
02.03.2024. England	Adult Solo 8/16 Dancers	Stardust Ibiza Team
02.03.2024. England	Adult Classical Sequence 4/8 Couple	Parkerdance
02.03.2024. England	Junior Beginner 6/8 Couple	Stardust Divas
02.03.2024. England	14yrs & Under 6/8 Couple	Dance Unity Chicago Team
02.03.2024. England	Junior 6/8 Couples	Latin Steps Hunger Games Team

World Champions 2023

		BALLROOM
Date/Country Held	Category	Full Names	Country
22/04/2023 Poland	Teacher/Student	Agnieszka Sliwinska & Pawel Kostrzewa	Poland
19/05/2023 England	Amateur Ballroom	Glenn Richard Boyce & Caroly Janes	England
03/06/2023 Lithuania	U19 Youth Ballroom	Kirill Samsonov & Polina Nemyro	Ukraine
04/06/2023. Lithuania	Pro/Am Open Ballroom A	Agnieszka Sliwinska & Pawel Kostrzewa	Poland
04/06/2023 Lithuania	Pro/Am Open Ballroom B	Barbara Trzepacz & Jacek Jeschke	Poland
02/07/2023. Denmark	Amtr Ballroom Showdance	Dora Kilin & Marco Sirocchi	Italy
03/09/2023. Poland	Prof Ballroom Showdance	Mark Elsbury & Olga Elsbury	England
03/09/2023. Poland	Under 21 Ballroom	Dmytro Rodin & Sofiia Alba	Ukraine
05/11/2023. Italy	Senior O/45 Ballroom	Ralf Laemmermaier & Stella Laemmermaier	Germany
05/11/2023. Italy	Senior O/55 Ballroom	Evgeny Olkov & Marina Belyaeva
05/11/2023. Italy	Senior O/65 Ballroom	Nicola Nero & Anna Maria Arzenton	Italy
11/11/2023. Turkey	Senior O/35 Ballroom	Linar Siraziev & Tatyana Borisovskaya
09/12/2023. Italy	Professional Ballroom	Stanislav Zelianin & Irina Cherepanova	Singapore
		LATIN
22/04/2023 Poland	Teacher/Student	Tetiana Podvysotska & Andrzej Jarosz	Poland
09/05/2023 England	Professional Latin	Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova	USA
04/06/2023. Lithuania	Pro/Am Open Latin A	Nataliia Kryshchuk & Oleksandr Kravchuk	Ukraine
04/06/2023. Lithuania	Pro/Am Open Latin B	Aurimas Bartkus & Aukse Zukauskiene	Lithuania
02/07/2023. Denmark	Amtr Latin Showdance	Line Smed & Valeriu Leontiev	Denmark
26/08/2023. Lithuania	Junior U16 Latin	Lukas Jasinevicius & Meida Kybartaite	Lithuania
03/09/2023. Poland	Prof Latin Showdance	Ferdinando Iannaccone & Yulia Musikhina	England
03/09/2023. Poland	Under 21 Latin	Ivan Sakhanenko & Yana-Sofia Moroz	Ukraine
05/11/2023. Italy	Senior O/45 Latin	Martin Macoun & Ivana Lutovska	Czech Republic
05/11/2023. Italy	Senior O/55 Latin	Peppino Simbula & Antonella Sanna	Italy
11/11/2023. Turkey	Senior O/35 Latin	Linar Siraziev & Tatyana Borisovskaya
09/10/2023. Italy	Amateur Latin	Petar Daskalov & Zia James	England
		10 DANCE
19/08/2023. Taiwan	Amateur 10 Dance	Mark Chilcote & Madison Ingoldsby	England
18/11/2023. Italy	U19 10 Dance	Riccardo Marzaro & Marta Poshivak	Italy


		FORMATION
04/03/2023 Blackpool	10yrs & Under 6/8 Couples	Latin Steps 40s Team	England
	Juvenile 6/8 Couples	KLA Juvenile Team - Planet Earth	Wales
	Juv 14yrs & Under	Dance Unity Immortal Team	Wales
	Junior 4 Couples	Shappelles Alegria Team	Wales
	6yrs & Under 4 Couples	Latin Steps Milkshake Team	England
	8yrs & Under 4 Couples	Latin Steps Mamma Mia Team	England
	10yrs & Under 4 Couples	Dance Unity Grease Team	Wales
	Juvenile 4 Couples	KLA Juvenile Gladiator Team	Wales
	14yrs & Under 6/8 Couples	Dance Unity Opera Team	Wales
	Junior 6/8 Couples	KLA Junior Team	Wales
	Adult 4 Couples	Shappelles Adult Bond Team	Wales

World Champions 2022

		BALLROOM
Date/Country Held	Category	Full Names	Country
17/12/22 Poland	Amateur Ballroom	Michael Le & Sandra Jablonska	Poland
25/11/22 Kazakhstan	Youth U/19 Ballroom	Sergei Barinov & Polina Ignatenko	Russia
12/11/22 Germany	Youth U/21 Ballroom	Dmytro Rodin & Kateryna Synenko	Ukraine
25/10/22 England	Professional Ballroom	Dusan Dragovic & Valeria Dragovic	England

		LATIN
10/12/22 Italy	Professional Latin	Nino Langella & Andra Vaidilaite	Italy
26/11/22 Kazakhstan	Junior U/16 Latin	David Mikhailan & Izabella Yagudaeva	Russia
17/09/22 Poland	Amateur Latin	Petar Daskalov & Zia James	England
18/06/22 Kazakhstan	Junior U/14 Latin	Matvey Starikov & Athena Rakhmetzhan
01/05/22 Italy	Youth U/21 Latin	Montel Vasiliu & Jillian Bromwich	Ireland
01/05/22 Italy	Youth U/19 Latin	Arsenii Moroz & Anastacia Zakharova	Ukraine
25/03/22 England	Senior 3 Latin	Krystztof Popa & Jolanta Popa
25/03/22 England	Senior 2 Latin	Alexander Doskotz & Svetlana Doskotz	Germany


		10 DANCE
26/11/22 Kazakhstan	Junior 10 Dance	David Mikhailau & Izabella Yagudaeva	Russia
01/05/22 Italy	Amateur 10 Dance	Richard Glenn Boyce & Caroly Janes	England

World Champions 2021

		BALLROOM
Date/Country Held	Category	Full Names	Country
19/12/21 Poland	Professional Ballroom	Domen Krapez & Natascha Karabey	Germany
27/11/21 Ukraine	Youth U/19 Ballroom	Dmytro Rodin & Yelyzaveta Perepelytsa	Ukraine
24/10/21 Italy	Senior O/35 Ballroom	Cristian Gatti & Marianna Cadei	Italy
24/10/21 Italy	Senior O/45 Ballroom	Ralf Lammermaier & Stella Lammermaier	Germany
24/10/21 Italy	Senior 0/55 Ballroom	Alessandro Immer & Paola Masi	Italy
24/10/21 Italy	Senior 0/65 Ballroom	Nicola Nero & Anna Maria Arzenton	Italy
09/10/21 Lithuania	Junior U/16 Ballroom	Roman Shchochka & Marta Tyutyunnyk	Ukraine
09/10/21 Lithuania	Junior U/14 Ballroom	Mykyta Pishyi & Oleksandra Savchuk	Ukraine
19/09/21 Ukraine	Amateur Ballroom	Igor Reznik & Maria Polishchuk	Ukraine

		LATIN
17/12/21 USA	Youth U/21 Latin	Vadim Pidhoretskyy & Ruby Castro	USA
11/12/21 Italy	Amateur Latin	Petar Daskarov & Zia James	England
11/12/21 Italy	Junior U/16 Latin	Arsenii Moroz & Anastacia Zakharova	Ukraine
11/12/21 Italy	Junior U/14 Latin	Matvii Jensen & Anisiia Honymovych	Ukraine
28/11/21 Ukraine	Youth U/19 Latin	Ronan Shyrokyi & Daria Bondarenko	Ukraine
06/11/21 UAE	Professional Latin	Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova	USA
12/09/21 Italy	Senior 1 Latin	Milan Dufek & Romana Motlova	Czech Republic

		10 DANCE
18/09/21 Ukraine	Professional 10 Dance	Jonas Kazlauskas & Kathleen llo	USA

World Champions 2020

		BALLROOM
USA 18/19.01.20	Senior 1	Jaroslav Cekl and Dagmar Ceklova	Czech Republic
USA 18/19.01.20	Senior 2	Xingmin Lu and Katerina Lu	USA
USA 18/19.01.20	Senior 3	Xingmin Lu and Katerina Lu	USA

		LATIN
ENGLAND 14.02.20	Youth U21	Vadym Pidhoretskyy & Abigail Srulevich	USA
ENGLAND 14.02.20	Youth U19	Vadym Pidhoretskyy & Abigail Srulevich	USA
USA 18/19.01.20	Senior 1	Edson Jeune and Sarah Giordano	USA
USA 18/19.01.20	Senior 2	Evan Yeh and Vanessa Adelmann	USA
USA 18/19.01.20	Senior 3	Andrey Ivanov and Anna Ivanova	RUSSIA

World Champions 2019

		BALLROOM
Date/Country Held	Category	Full Names	Country
CHINA 28.11.19	Amateur	Fedor Isaev & Anna Zudilina	RUSSIA
CHINA 31.10.19	Youth U21	Glenn Richard Boyce & Caroly Janes	ENGLAND
CHINA 31.10.19	Youth U19	Glenn Richard Boyce & Caroly Janes	ENGLAND
POLAND 22.09.19	Juveniles U12	Marcus Egstrand & Kaya Vinther	DENMARK

		LATIN
ENGLAND 04.10.19	Amateur	Ferdinando Iannaccone & Yulia Musikhina	ENGLAND
ITALY 14.12.19	Youth U21	Shonia Avtanoili & Yulia Zhukpova	SPAIN
ITALY 14.12.19	Youth U19	Nikita Grigonchuk & Naomi Spektor	USA
ITALY 02.11.19	Junior U16	Arsemii Moroz & Anastasia Zakharova	UKRAINE
ITALY 02.11.19	Junior U14	Arsemii Moroz & Anastasia Zakharova	UKRAINE
POLAND 22.09.19	Juveniles U12	Junior Rodriguez & Maria Grazia Luongo	ITALY
POLAND 22.09.19	Juveniles U10	Daniel Grinberg & Ariel Vilensky	ISRAEL

		10 DANCE
ITALY 02.11.19	Amateur Over 16	Glenn Richard Boyce & Caroly Janes	ENGLAND
ITALY 02.11.19	Junior U16	Mason Bevan & Ilinca Badic	ENGLAND
POLAND 22.09.19	Juveniles U12/10 Dance	Marcus Egstrand & Kaya Vinther	DENMARK
POLAND 22.09.19	Juveniles U10/8 Dance	Yaroslav Teplov & Iliana Kozlova	RUSSIA

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