The World Hip Hop Dance Championships is an international hip-hop dance competition created and operated by Hip Hop International that first occurred in 2002. Countries that have participated in the past are: Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, Mexico

Mexico

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, France

France

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, Japan

Japan

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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, Morocco

Morocco

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, Philippines

Philippines

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, China

China

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, Canada

Canada

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, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Ireland

Ireland

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, Colombia

Colombia

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, Nigeria

Nigeria

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, Denmark

Denmark

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, Spain

Spain

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, Russia

Russia

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, Portugal

Portugal

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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, Argentina

Argentina

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, Brazil

Brazil

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, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

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, Poland

Poland

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 and The United States of America. The World Hip Hop Championships has four sections of competition: hip-hop for adult, varsity (ages 12-18), and junior (ages 7-12) crews, popping

Popping

Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from California during the 1960s-70s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit...

 for solo dancers, locking

Locking

Locking may refer to:* Locking , a style of funk dance invented in the early 1970s* Locking, Somerset, a village in the United Kingdom...

 for solo dancers, and breaking

B-boying

B-boying, often called "breakdancing", is a popular style of street dance that was created and developed as part of hip-hop culture among African Americans and Latino youths in New York City. The dance consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes...

 for adult crews.

Winners

Year	Style	Division	Crew	Country
2011	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Plague	UK
2011	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	Sorority	New Zealand
2011	Hip-Hop	Junior Crews	Bubblegum	New Zealand
2011	Hip-Hop	Megacrews	The Royal Family	New Zealand
2011	Popping	Solo Dancers	Bionic	USA
2011	Locking	Solo Dancers	Tiffany Bong	USA
2011	Allstyles	Solo Dancers	J Boogie	USA
2011	Breaking	Adult Crews	Fallen Kings	USA
2010	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	ReQuest ReQuest Dance Crew ReQuest Dance Crew are an all-female hip-hop dance crew from Auckland, New Zealand. The crew was formed in 2007, with originally five members...	New Zealand
2010	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	Zero	Japan
2009	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	R.A.F. Crew	France
2009	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	ReQuest ReQuest Dance Crew ReQuest Dance Crew are an all-female hip-hop dance crew from Auckland, New Zealand. The crew was formed in 2007, with originally five members...	New Zealand
2009	Hip-Hop	Junior Crews	Lil' Phunk Boyz	USA
2009	Popping	Solo Dancers	Marie Popppins
2009	Locking	Solo Dancers	Omar Thomas
2009	Breaking	Adult Crews	Underground Flow	USA
2008	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Philippine All-Stars	Philippines
2008	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	Sweet & Sour	New Zealand
2008	Hip-Hop	Junior Crews	Next Jr.
2008	Popping	Solo Dancers	Poppin' John
2008	Locking	Solo Dancers	Jo Dance	Germany
2008	Breaking	Adult Crews	Knucklehead Zoo	USA
2007	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Eclectik	Trinidad
2007	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	The Unit
2007	Hip-Hop	Junior Crews	Freshhh
2006	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Philippine All-Stars	Philippines
2006	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	Future Shock
2006	Hip-Hop	Junior Crews	Mini Shock
2005	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Plague	UK
2005	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	Future Shock
2004	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Extreme	Canada
2004	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	4 Real
2003	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Extreme	Canada
2002	Hip-Hop	Adult Crews	Total Workout Dance Club	Netherlands
2002	Hip-Hop	Varsity Crews	Wanted
2002	Hip-Hop	Junior Crews	Divas

Other groups

• 2010: Poreotics
  Poreotics
  Poreotics, also known as Poreotix, is an American all-male dance crew from Westminster, California. The crew was formed in 2007 by "Dumbo" Nguyen and specializes in popping, choreography and robotics, hence the name Po-reo-tics...
  
  , USA: Winners of America's Best Dance Crew
  America's Best Dance Crew
  America's Best Dance Crew, often abbreviated as ABDC, is an American competitive dance reality television series that features street dance crews from the United States and around the world. It is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson and airs on MTV...
  
  , season 5.
• 2009: Justice Crew
  Justice Crew
  Justice Crew are an all-male hip-hop dance and pop music group based in Sydney. They are most notable for winning the fourth season of Australia's Got Talent in 2010. The group consists of Emmanuel Rodriguez, Samson Smith, Len John Ruela Pearce, John Len Ruela Pearce, Lukas Bellesini, Paulie...
  
  , Australia: Winners of Australia's Got Talent
  Australia's Got Talent
  Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television talent show which premiered on 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network. The show was based on the Got Talent series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell...
  
  2010.

External links

• Hip Hop International official website