The "world sound clash" was started by world promotion in 1993, the first clash was at the Roller express in London. Body guard sound system was the first world sound champion.
The World Clash was an annual sound system clash

Sound clash

A Sound clash is a musical competition where crew members from opposing reggae sound systems pit their skills against each other. Sound clashes take place in a variety of venues, both indoors and outdoors...

 started in 1998 by promoters Irish and Chin and held in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. The final World Clash was held in 2008.
Precursors to World Clash were the UK World Cup which took place in 1993 & 1994 in London

London

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, and the Canada World Clash which took place in 1993 in Toronto

Toronto

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1993

• Location: Roller Express, Edmonton
  Edmonton
  Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
  
  , London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
  
• Host: Sass
• Participants:
  • Coxsone
    Coxsone Dodd
    Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, CD was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond...
    
    
  • Saxon Studio International
    Saxon Studio International
    Saxon Studio International is one of the best known London reggae soundsystems. It is notable for being the first UK soundsystem to win an international competition and also being where three artists who went on to achieve UK Top Forty hits first came to prominence.Saxon Studio International began...
    
    
  •   Afrique
  •   Bodyguard
• Winner: Bodyguard

1994

• Location: Sanctuary
  Sanctuary
  A sanctuary is any place of safety. They may be categorized into human and non-human .- Religious sanctuary :A religious sanctuary can be a sacred place , or a consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.- Sanctuary as a sacred place :#Sanctuary as a sacred place:#:In...
  
  , Milton Keynes
  Milton Keynes
  Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
  
  , Milton Keynes
  Milton Keynes
  Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
  
  
• Host: Sass
• Participants:
  • Kebra Negus
  • Saxon Studio International
    Saxon Studio International
    Saxon Studio International is one of the best known London reggae soundsystems. It is notable for being the first UK soundsystem to win an international competition and also being where three artists who went on to achieve UK Top Forty hits first came to prominence.Saxon Studio International began...
    
    
  •   King Addies
  •   Bodyguard
• Winner: Saxon Studio International

1998

• Location: Club Amazura, Queens
  Queens
  Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
  
  , New York City
  New York City
  New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
  
  
• Host: Squeeze
• Participants:
  • Coxsone
    Coxsone Dodd
    Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, CD was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond...
    
    
  •   Downbeat
  •   Killamanjaro
    Killamanjaro
    Founded in the summer of 1969, Killamanjaro is a Jamaican sound system best known for their clashes and large amount of classical reggae dubplates.It is owned by Noel "Papa Jaro" Harper and named after Mount Kilimanjaro...
    
    
• Winner: Killamanjaro

1999

• Location: The Warehouse, Brooklyn
  Brooklyn
  Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
  
  , New York City
• Host: DJ Roy
• Participants:
  •   Bass Odyssey
    Bass Odyssey
    Bass Odyssey is a Reggae sound system best known for their dominance in clashes and unique juggling style. Selectors on Bass Odyssey are Mark, Worm, Squingy , Damion Delingy, Dwayne, Charly Blacks, Lexxy, Keithy, Harry D, Speng, Villy, Shane and Rat...
    
     (no show)
  •   Killamanjaro
  •   Mighty Crown
  •   Tony Matterhorn
    Tony Matterhorn
    -Tony Matterhorn Bio:Tony Matterhorn His feisty attitude has kept him at or near the top of the sound system game for many years. Tony Matterhorn has now found new territory as a dancehall deejay with a handful of hits pounding the dancehall both locally and overseas.Dubbed 'Mr...
    
    
• Winner: Mighty Crown

2000

• Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City
• Host: DJ Roy
• Participants:
  •   Bass Odyssey
  •   Killamanjaro
  •   Little Rock
  •   Pow Pow Movement
  •   Tony Matterhorn
  •   Mighty Crown
• Winner: Killamanjaro

2001

• Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City
• Host: Bounty Killer
  Bounty Killer
  Bounty Killer is a Grammy nominated Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. He is the founder of a dancehall collective known as The Alliance.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Participants:
  •   Bass Odyssey
  •   Black Kat
  •   King Tubby
    King Tubby
    King Tubby was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer, known primarily for his influence on the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s...
    
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  •   Matsimela
  •   Mighty Crown
  •   Poison Dart
• Winner: Bass Odyssey

2002

• Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City
• Host: Elephant Man
• Participants:
  •   Bass Odyssey
  •   King Agony
  •   Rebel Tone
  •   Red Spider
  •   Ricky Trooper
  •   Tony Matterhorn
• Winner: Rebel Tone

2003

• Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City
• Host: Bounty Killer
• Participants:
  •   Black Cat
  •   King Agony
  •   Matsimela
  •   Mighty Crown
  •   One Love
• Winner: Black Cat

2004

• Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City
• Host: Irish and Chin
• Participants:
  •   Black Kat
  • Klassique
  •   LP International
  •   One Love
  •   Ricky Trooper
  •   Young Hawk
• Winner: Black Kat

2005

• Location: Elite Ark, Brooklyn, New York City
• Host: Noah
• Participants:
  •   Bass Odyssey
  •   Black Cat
  •   Desert Storm
  • Immortal
  •   Mighty Crown
  •   Sentinel
    Sentinel Sound
    Sentinel is a reggae and dancehall sound system from Stuttgart, Germany, best known for winning the 2005 World Clash in Brooklyn, New York.- Clashes :* Kill Or Be Killed 2001 - Sentinel vs Supersonic vs Wadada vs Budadub - Köln...
    
    
• Winner: Sentinel

2006

• Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City
• Host: Irish
• Participants:
  •   Bass Odyssey
  •   Black Kat
  •   Black Reaction
  •   Ricky Trooper
  •   Sentinel
    Sentinel Sound
    Sentinel is a reggae and dancehall sound system from Stuttgart, Germany, best known for winning the 2005 World Clash in Brooklyn, New York.- Clashes :* Kill Or Be Killed 2001 - Sentinel vs Supersonic vs Wadada vs Budadub - Köln...
    
    
• Winner: Bass Odyssey

External links

• Irish and Chin website

• (http://www.worldpromotionuk.com)