World DanceSport Federation

World DanceSport Federation

Formation	12 May 1957 (1957-05-12)
Type	International sport federation
Headquarters	Maison du Sport International, Lausanne, Switzerland
Membership	97 national member bodies (October 2023)
President	Shawn Tay
Website	www.worlddancesport.org
Formerly called	International DanceSport Federation (1990) International Council of Amateur Dancers (1957)

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), formerly the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF), is the international governing body of dancesport and Para dancesport, as recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Founded in 1957 as the International Council of Amateur Dancers (ICAD), it took the name IDSF in 1990. In 2011, it was renamed to WDSF to emphasise the global character of the organization.

Presidents

Name	Country	Presidency
Otto Teipel	Germany	12 May 1957 – 13 May 1962
Heinrich Bronner	Germany	13 May 1962 – 23 June 1963
Rolf Finke	Germany	23 June 1963 – 27 June 1965
Detlef Hegemann	Germany	27 June 1965 - 6 November 1997 elected honorary life president in 1998
Peter Pover	USA	6 November 1997 – 14 June 1998
Rudolf Baumann	Switzerland	14 June 1998 – 11 June 2006 retired as honorary life president
Carlos Freitag	Spain	11 June 2006 – 23 January 2016
Lukas Hinder	Switzerland	23 January 2016 - 17 November 2018
Shawn Tay	Singapore	17 November 2018 – present

History

• 1909 First unofficial ballroom championships in Paris
• 1957 ICAD founded in Wiesbaden on 12 May 1957
• 1960 First television broadcast of Dancesport
• 1990 Name changed to IDSF
• 1992 Becomes a member of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
• 1995 World Rock & Roll Confederation (WRRC) joins IDSF as an associate member
• 1997 Recognised by the IOC
• 2001 Subscribes to World Anti-Doping Code
• 2004 International Dance Organisation (IDO) joins IDSF as an associate member
• 2007 Presentation of the VISION 2012 project to the IDSF General Meeting
• 2008 IDSF and the International Paralympic Committee "enter into a collaboration agreement to promote Wheelchair DanceSport jointly"
• 2008 United Country and Western Dance Council (UCWDC) joins IDSF as an associate member
• 2008 IDSF General Meeting delegates the praesidium to pursue a restructure of the federation under VISION 2012
• 2010 Launches the IDSF Professional Division
• 2011 Changes name to WDSF on 19 June

Members

Regions

The WDSF has 97 national member associations (In 5 October 2023: 14 in Americas, 48 in Europe, 2 in Oceania, 11 in Africa and 20 in Asia), 76 of which are recognised by their National Olympic Committee. 77 of them are full members while 20 are provisional members:

1. Asia (17+3): DanceSport Asia (DSA-1996-Taipei,Taiwan): India-China-Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan-Hong Kong-Indonesia-Japan-South Korea-Lebanon-Macau-Malaysia-Philippines-Singapore-Thailand-Uzbekistan-Vietnam + (Cambodia-Mongolia-Turkmenistan)
2. Oceania (2+0): DanceSport Oceania (DSO): Australia-New Zealand
3. Africa (3+8): DanceSport Africa: Botswana-South Africa-Lesotho + (Namibia-Cameroon-Democratic Republic of Congo-Morocco-Senegal-Tunisia-Uganda-Zimbabwe)
4. Europe (47+1): DanceSport Europe (DSE-Stuttgart,GER): Albania-Russia-Ukraine-Armenia-Austria-Azerbaijan-Belarus-Belgium-Bulgaria-Croatia-Cyprus-Czech Republic-Poland-England-Luxembourg-Ireland-Serbia-Slovenia-Denmark-Germany-Estonia-Portugal-Andorra-France-Italy-Finland-Georgia-Hungary-Iceland-Israel-Latvia-Liechtenstein-Lithuania-Macedonia-Malta-Moldova-Montenegro-Greece-Netherlands-Norway-Romania-San Marino-Switzerland-Slovakia-Spain-Sweden-Türkiye + (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
5. Americas (6+8): DanceSport Americas: Argentina-Canada-United States-Colombia-Ecuador-Trinidad and Tobago + (Guatemala-Panama-Uruguay-Brazil-Peru-Chile-Dominican Republic-El Salvador)

Associate Member: World Rock'n'Roll Confederation

Full members

Country	Member name	NOC recognized
Albania	Albanian Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Argentina	Asociación Argentina de Baile Deportivo	No
Armenia	Armenian Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Australia	Dancesport Australia Ltd.	Yes
Austria	Austrian DanceSport Federation	No
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Belarus	Belarusian Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Belgium	Belgian Dancesport Federation	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dance Sport Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina	No
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Dance Sport Federation	No
Canada	Canada DanceSport	Yes
Colombia	Colombian DanceSport Federation	Yes
Chile	Federación Chilena de Baile Deportivo y Competición	Yes
People's Republic of China	Chinese DanceSport Federation	Yes
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei DanceSport Federation	Yes
Croatia	Croatian DanceSport Federation	Yes
Cyprus	Cyprus Federation of Social and Sport Dance	Yes
Czech Republic	Czech Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Denmark	Danmarks Sportdanserforbund	Yes
Ecuador	Federación Ecuatoriana de Baile Deportivo	Yes
England	DanceSport England	No
Estonia	Estonian DanceSport Union	Yes
Finland	Finnish Dance Sport Association	Yes
France	Fédération Française de Danse	Yes
Georgia	Georgian National DanceSport Federation	Yes
Germany	Deutscher Tanzsportverband e.V.,	Yes
Greece	National DanceSport Federation of Greece	No
Hong Kong	Hong Kong DanceSport Association Limited	Yes
Hungary	Hungarian Dancesport Association	Yes
Iceland	Icelandic Dance Sport Federation, DSI	Yes
India	All India Dance Sport Federation	No
Indonesia	Indonesian Dancesport Association, IODI	Yes
Ireland	DanceSport Ireland, LTD	No
Israel	The Israel Dance Sport Association	Yes
Italy	Federazione Italiana Danza Sportiva	Yes
Japan	Japan DanceSport Federation	Yes
Kazakhstan	National Association of Dance of Kazakhstan	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Dance Sport Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic	Yes
Latvia	Latvian Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Lebanon	Lebanese Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Lesotho	Lesotho Dance Sport Association	Yes
Liechtenstein	Liechtensteiner Tanzsportverband	Yes
Lithuania	Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Luxembourg	DanceSport Federation Luxembourg	Yes
Macao	Macau DanceSport Federation	Yes
Macedonia	Macedonian Dance Sport Federation	No
Malaysia	Malaysia DanceSport Federation	No
Malta	Malta Dancesport Association	Yes
Mexico	Federation Mexicana De Baile A.C.	No
Moldova	Moldova Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Monaco	The Monaco DanceSport Association Stade Louis II	No
Mongolia	The Mongolia DanceSport Federation	Yes
Montenegro	Montenegro Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Nepal	Nepal Breakin and Dance Sports Association	No
Netherlands	Nederlandse Algemene Danssport Bond	Yes
New Zealand	New Zealand Dancesport Association	Yes
Norway	Norges Danseforbund	Yes
Philippines	DanceSport Council of the Philippines, Inc	Yes
Poland	Dance Sport Federation Poland	Yes
Portugal	Federacao Portuguesa de Danca Desportiva	Yes
Romania	Romanian DanceSport Federation	Yes
Russia	All Russian Federation of DanceSport and Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll	Yes
San Marino	San Marino DanceSport Federation	No
Scotland	DanceSport Scotland	No
Serbia	DanceSport Federation of Serbia	Yes
Singapore	Singapore DanceSport Federation	Yes
Slovakia	Slovak Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Slovenia	Slovene Dancesport Federation	Yes
South Africa	Federation of Dance Sport South Africa	Yes
South Korea	Korean Federation of DanceSport	Yes
Spain	Spanish DanceSport Federation	Yes
Sweden	Svenska Danssportförbundet	Yes
Switzerland	Schweizer Tanzsport Verband	Yes
Thailand	Thailand DanceSport Association	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	National Ballroom Dance Association of Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Turkey	Turkish DanceSport Federation	No
Uganda	Uganda DanceSport Federation	Yes
Ukraine	All Ukrainian DanceSport Federation	Yes
United States	USA Dance	Yes
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Dance Sport Federation	Yes
Vietnam	Vietnam DanceSport Association	Yes
Wales	DanceSport Wales	No

Provisional members

Country	Member name	NOC recognized
Bosnia and Herzegovina	The Association of Sports Dance Clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina	No
Bolivia	Federacion Boliviana de Baile Deportivo	No
Brazil	Conselho Nacional de Dança Desportiva e de Salão	No
Cameroon	Fédération Camerounaise Des Danses Sportives et Assimilé	Yes
Cambodia	Cambodian DanceSport Federation	Yes
Dominican Republic	Federacion Dominicana Baile de Salón Deportivo	Yes
Guatemala	Asociación Deportiva Nacional de Baile de Guatemala	No
Mongolia	Mongolian Dancesport Federation	Yes
Panama	Asociación Panameña de Baile Deportivo	Yes
Peru	Federación Deportiva de Danza Deportiva	No
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan Federation of DanceSport	Yes
Uruguay	Asociación Uruguaya de DanceSport	No
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Amateur Dance Sport Association	No

Associate members

Country	Member name
International federation, legal seat Switzerland	World Rock 'n' Roll Confederation

Sport directors

Name	Country	Directorship
Heinz Speaker	Germany	1994 - 10 June 2010
Marcus Sietas	Spain	10 June 2010 - 31 December 2016
Thomas Shaughnessy	Ireland	21 January 2017 - 21 January 2018
Nenad Jeftić	Serbia	21 January 2018 – present

Membership in other organisations

• Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF; formerly SportAccord)
• International World Games Association (IWGA)
• Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF)
• International Masters Games Association (IMGA)

Relationship with the World Dance Council

The WDSF is not the only international organisation in the field of competitive dance: the World Dance Council (WDC) is another prominent international dance organisation.

In the past, the WDC focus was on administering professional dancers and competitions. However, the launch of the WDC Amateur League in 2007 put the two organisations in direct conflict. The launch of the IDSF Professional Division in 2010 has since become an additional point of conflict.

The WDSF formerly prohibited its members from participating in any competition that is not listed and registered by either WDSF or a WDSF National Member Body. WDC competitions fall into this prohibited category. This policy was revoked in 2012 at the Annual Meeting by vote of the members and since then WDSF encourages athletes to support only WDSF DanceSport and imposes certain restrictions on athletes who compete outside the WDSF DanceSport system.

Like the WDC, WDSF bans same-sex couples from entering competitions, under rule D2.1.1, which states a couple must consist of a man and a woman.

Publications

The International News (Tanzsportmagazin), which served as WDSF's official publication since 1998, was replaced in 2004 by DanceSport Today, and in 2009 by World DanceSport magazine.

Latin World champions - Adult

Year	World champions	Country	Championship held in	Name of organization
1947	René Foucard - Jacqueline Foucard	FRA
1948	Andre Michaud & Renee Collin	FRA
1949	René Foucard - Jacqueline Foucard	FRA
1950	René Foucard - Jacqueline Foucard	FRA	Velden - Austria
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959 *				ICAD
1960	Dr. Paul Hillion - Lucienne Hillion	FRA		ICAD
1961	Karl Breuer - Ursula Breuer	GER		ICAD
1962	Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold	GER		ICAD
1963	Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold	GER		ICAD
1964	Robert Taylor - Anita Gent	GBR		ICAD
1965	John Westley - Betty Westley	GBR		ICAD
1966	dr. Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold	GER		ICAD
1967	dr. Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold	GER		ICAD
1968	Peter Neubeck - Hanni Kaufmann	GER		ICAD
1969	Raymond Root - Francis Spires	GBR		ICAD
1970	Peter Neubeck - Hanni Kaufmann	GER		ICAD
1971	Peter Neubeck - Hanni Neubeck	GER		ICAD
1972	Alan Fletcher - Hazel Fletcher	GBR		ICAD
1973	Alan Fletcher - Hazel Fletcher	GBR		ICAD
1974	Peter Maxwell - Lynn Harman	GBR		ICAD
1975	Jan Walker - Ruth Walker	GBR		ICAD
1976	Espen Salberg - Kirsten Salberg	NOR		ICAD
1977	Jeffrey Dobbinson - Debbie-Lee London	GBR		ICAD
1978	David Sycamore - Denise Weavers	GBR		ICAD
1979	David Sycamore - Denise Weavers	GBR		ICAD
1980	Raymond Myhrengen - Gunn-Berglen Johannesen	NOR		ICAD
1981	Donnie Burns - Gaynor Fairweather	SCO		ICAD
1982	Marcus Hilton - Karen Johnstone	ENG		ICAD
1983	Marcus Hilton - Karen Johnstone	ENG		ICAD
1984	Colin James - Lene Mikkelsen	DEN		ICAD
1985	Horst Beer - Andrea Lankenau	GER		ICAD
1986	Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli	NOR		ICAD
1987	Knut Saeborg - Tone Nyhagen	NOR		ICAD
1988	Knut Saeborg - Tone Nyhagen	NOR		ICAD
1989	Hans-Reinhard Galke - Bianca Schreiber	GER		ICAD
1990	Hans-Reinhard Galke - Bianca Schreiber	GER		IDSF
1991	Bryan Watson - Claudia Leoni	ITA		IDSF
1992	Allan Tornsberg - Vibeke Toft	DEN		IDSF
1993	Paul Killick - Inga Haas	GER		IDSF
1994	Louis van Amstel - Julie Fryer	NED	Stuttgart -Germany	IDSF
1995	Louis van Amstel - Julie Fryer	NED	Aarhus - Denmark	IDSF
1996	Ralf Müller - Olga Müller-Omeltchenko	GER	Kassel - Germany	IDSF
1997	Holger Nitsche - Charlotte Egstrand	DEN	Gothenburg - Sweden	IDSF
1998	Michael Wentink - Beata Onefater	RSA	Bremerhaven - Germany	IDSF
1999	Matthew Cutler - Nicole Cutler	ENG	Bern - Switzerland	IDSF
2000	Slavik Kryklyvyy - Joanna Leunis	BEL	Los Angeles - United States	IDSF
2001	Andrej Škufca - Katarina Venturini	SLO	Ljubljana - Slovenia	IDSF
2002	Franco Formica - Oksana Nikiforova	GER	Vienna - Austria	IDSF
2003	Franco Formica - Oksana Nikiforova	GER	St. Petersburg - Russia	IDSF
2004	Franco Formica - Oksana Nikiforova	GER	Leipzig - Germany	IDSF
2005	Ricardo Cocchi - Joanne Wilkinson	ITA	Ostrava - Czech Republic	IDSF
2006	Peter Stokkebroe - Kristina Juel-Stokkebroe	DEN	Karlsruhe - Germany	IDSF
2007	Maurizio Vescovo - Melinda Törökgyörgy	HUN	Vilnius - Lithuania	IDSF
2008	Stefano Di Filippo - Anna Melnikova	ITA	Melbourne - Australia	IDSF
2009	Alexey Silde - Anna Firstova	RUS	Maribor - Slovenia	IDSF
2010	Alexey Silde - Anna Firstova	RUS	New York - United States	IDSF
2011	Zoran Plohl - Tatsiana Lahvinovich	CRO	Singapore - Singapore	WDSF
2012	Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska	ITA	Vienna - Austria	WDSF
2013	Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska	ITA	Berlin - Germany	WDSF
2014	Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska	ITA	Ostrava - Czech Republic	WDSF
2015	Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus	MDA	Vienna - Austria	WDSF
2016	Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus	MDA	Chengdu - People's Republic of China	WDSF
2017	Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus	MDA	Vienna - Austria	WDSF
2018	Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno	RUS	Ostrava - Czech Republic	WDSF
2019	Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno	RUS	Moscow - Russia	WDSF
2020	No championship held		Pandemic - COVID-19	WDSF
2021	Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska	GER	Pforzheim - Germany	WDSF
2022	Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska	GER	Muelheim an der Ruhr - Germany	WDSF
2023	Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska	GER	Sibiu - Romania	WDSF
2024	Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska	GER	Wuxi - China	WDSF	Latin European champions - Adult Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 1947 1948 Maurice Fouloy & Mme Falcooz FRA 1949 Aldo Crivelli - Edith Crivelli SUI 1950 No championship held 1951 René Foucard - Jacqueline Foucard FRA 1952 Otto Teipel - Inge Teipel GER 1953 No championship held 1954 No championship held 1955 Paul Hillion - Lucienne Descamps FRA 1956 Dr. Paul Hillion - Lucienne Hillion FRA 1957 Dr. Paul Hillion - Lucienne Hillion FRA 1958 Dr. Paul Hillion - Lucienne Hillion FRA 1959 * Karl Breuer - Ursula Breuer GER ICAD 1960 Karl Breuer - Ursula Breuer GER ICAD 1961 No championship held ICAD 1962 dr. Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold GER ICAD 1963 dr. Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold GER ICAD 1964 Karl Breuer - Ursula Breuer GER ICAD 1965 René Barsi - Josette Barsi FRA ICAD 1966 Peter Davis - Gwendoline Sales GBR ICAD 1967 dr. Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold GER ICAD 1968 Peter Neubeck - Hanni Kaufmann GER ICAD 1969 Raymond Root - Francis Spires GBR ICAD 1970 Stan Shippey - Iris Kane GBR ICAD 1971 Peter Neubeck - Hanni Neubeck GER ICAD 1972 Alan Fletcher - Hazel Fletcher GBR ICAD 1973 Peter Maxwell - Lynn Harman GBR ICAD 1974 Joachim Kordon - Christa Breuning GER ICAD 1975 Jan Walker - Ruth Walker GBR ICAD 1976 Jeffrey Dobbinson - Debbie-Lee London GBR ICAD 1977 Keith Clifton - Judy Clifton GBR ICAD 1978 David Sycamore - Denise Weavers GBR ICAD 1979 Raymond Myhrengen - Gunn-Berglen Johannesen NOR ICAD 1980 Raymond Myhrengen - Gunn-Berglen Johannesen NOR ICAD 1981 Marcus Hilton - Karen Johnstone ENG ICAD 1982 Marcus Hilton - Karen Johnstone ENG Münster - Germany ICAD 1983 Colin James - Lene Mikkelsen DEN ICAD 1984 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1985 Horst Beer - Andrea Lankenau GER ICAD 1986 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1987 Knut Saeborg - Tone Nyhagen NOR ICAD 1988 Knut Saeborg - Tone Nyhagen NOR ICAD 1989 Hans-Reinhard Galke - Bianca Schreiber GER ICAD 1990 Hans-Reinhard Galke - Bianca Schreiber GER IDSF 1991 Allan Tornsberg - Vibeke Toft DEN IDSF 1992 Allan Tornsberg - Vibeke Toft DEN IDSF 1993 Paul Killick - Inga Haas GER IDSF 1994 Ralf Müller - Olga Müller-Omeltchenko GER IDSF 1995 Louis van Amstel - Julie Fryer NED IDSF 1996 Ralf Müller - Olga Müller-Omeltchenko GER Copenhagen - Denmark IDSF 1997 Holger Nitsche - Charlotte Egstrand DEN Saarbruecken - Germany IDSF 1998 Holger Nitsche - Charlotte Egstrand DEN Innsbruck - Austria IDSF 1999 Matthew Cutler - Nicole Cutler ENG Helsinki - Finland IDSF 2000 Slavik Kryklyvyy - Joanna Leunis BEL Aarhus - Denmark IDSF 2001 Dimitri Timokhin - Anna Bezikova RUS Warsaw - Poland IDSF 2002 Dimitri Timokhin - Anna Bezikova RUS Manresa - Spain IDSF 2003 Franco Formica - Oksana Nikiforova GER Lausanne - Switzerland IDSF 2004 Franco Formica - Oksana Nikiforova GER Aarhus - Denmark IDSF 2005 Klaus Kongsdal - Viktoria Franova DEN Vilnius - Lithuania IDSF 2006 Peter Stokkebroe - Kristina Juel-Stokkebroe DEN Szombathely - Hungary IDSF 2007 Peter Stokkebroe - Kristina Juel-Stokkebroe DEN Aarhus - Denmark IDSF 2008 Maurizio Vescovo - Melinda Törökgyörgy HUN Salou - Spain IDSF 2009 Stefano Di Filippo - Anna Melnikova ITA Oldenburg - Germany IDSF 2010 Alexey Silde - Anna Firstova RUS Ostrava - Czech Republic IDSF 2011 Zoran Plohl - Tatsiana Lahvinovich CRO Marseille - France WDSF 2012 Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska ITA Cambrils - Spain WDSF 2013 Andrey Zaytsev - Anna Kuzminskaya RUS Krasnodar - Russia WDSF 2014 Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska ITA Aarhus - Denmark WDSF 2015 Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno RUS Aarhus - Denmark WDSF 2016 Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus MDA Rimini - Italy WDSF 2017 Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno RUS Cambrils - Spain WDSF 2018 Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno RUS Debrecen - Hungary WDSF 2019 Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno RUS Paris - France WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska GER Cagliari - Italy WDSF 2022 Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska GER Calvià - Spain WDSF 2023 No championship held WDSF Standard World champions - Adult Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 1959 Peter Eggleton - Diana Gradwell GBR ICAD 1960 Michael Houseman - Valerie Waite GBR ICAD 1961 Anthony Hurley - Fay Saxton GBR ICAD 1962 Len Armstrong - Elain Welch GBR ICAD 1963 John Westly - Betty Westley GBR ICAD 1964 John Westly - Betty Westley GBR ICAD 1965 John Westly - Betty Westley GBR ICAD 1966 George Coad - Patricia Thompson GBR ICAD 1967 George Coad - Patricia Thompson GBR ICAD 1968 Mervin Higgins & June Hunt GBR ICAD 1969 Richard Gleave - Janet Wade GBR ICAD 1970 Richard Gleave - Janet Wade GBR ICAD 1971 Byron Charlton - Maureen Alexander GBR ICAD 1972 Michael Barr - Vicky Green GBR ICAD 1973 Michael Barr - Vicky Green GBR ICAD 1974 Frank Venables - Linda Horwood GBR ICAD 1975 Glen Boyce - Lynette Boyce GBR ICAD 1976 Robert Grover & Barbara Grover GBR ICAD 1977 Greg Smith - Marion Alleyne AUS ICAD 1978 Stephen Hillier - Lindsay Hillier GBR ICAD 1979 Hans-Henrik Laxholm- Anne Margrethe Laxholm DEN ICAD 1980 Hans-Henrik Laxholm - Anne Margrethe Laxholm DEN ICAD 1981 Kenny Welsh - Kathy Gilmartin GBR ICAD 1982 Max-Ulrich Busch & Renate Hilgert GER ICAD 1983 John Wood - Heather Stuart GBR ICAD 1984 Glenn Weiss - Gillian Thickett DEN ICAD 1985 Glenn Weiss - Gillian Thickett DEN ICAD 1986 Oliver Wessel-Therhorn - Martina Wessel-Therhorn GER ICAD 1987 Oliver Wessel-Therhorn - Martina Wessel-Therhorn GER ICAD 1988 Andrew Sinkinson & Lorraine Barry GBR ICAD 1989 Andrew Sinkinson & Lorraine Barry GBR ICAD 1990 Lasse Ödegaard & Leila Krageböl NOR IDSF 1991 Kim Rygel & Cecilie Brink NOR IDSF 1992 Kim Rygel & Cecilie Brink NOR IDSF 1993 Augusto Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton ITA IDSF 1994 Jens Werner - Charlotte Jörgensen DEN IDSF 1995 Massimo Giorgianni & Alessia Manfredini ITA Slagharen - Netherlands IDSF 1996 Massimo Giorgianni & Alessia Manfredini ITA Vienna - Austria IDSF 1997 Christopher Hawkins - Hazel Newberry GBR Karlsruhe - Germany IDSF 1998 William Pino - Alessandra Bucciarelli ITA Tokio - Japan IDSF 1999 William Pino - Alessandra Bucciarelli ITA London - England IDSF 2000 Jonathan Crossley - Kylie Jones GBR Bratislava - Slovakia IDSF 2001 Jonathan Crossley - Kylie Jones GBR Miami - United states IDSF 2002 Mirko Gozzoli - Alessia Betti ITA Espoo - Finland IDSF 2003 Mirko Gozzoli - Alessia Betti ITA Vienna - Austria IDSF 2004 Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli ITA Vilnius - Lithuania IDSF 2005 Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli ITA Krefeld - Germany IDSF 2006 Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton ITA Aarhus - Denmark IDSF 2007 Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton ITA Moscow - Russia IDSF 2008 Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton ITA Vienna - Austria IDSF 2009 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Aarhus - Denmark IDSF 2010 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Wetzlar - Germany IDSF 2011 Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet DEN Moscow - Russia WDSF 2012 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Melbourne - Australia WDSF 2013 Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet DEN Kyiv - Ukraine WDSF 2014 Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol GER Vienna - Austria WDSF 2015 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Vilnius - Lithuania WDSF 2016 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Aarhus - Denmark WDSF 2017 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Chengdu - People's Republic of China WDSF 2018 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Vienna - Austria WDSF 2019 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite LTU Vilnius - Lithuania WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite LTU Brno - Czech Republic WDSF 2022 Francesco Galuppo - Debora Pacini ITA Rimini - Italy WDSF 2023 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite LTU Wuxi - People's Republic of China WDSF Standard European champions - Adult Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 1934 Niels Boel Rasmussen - Lise Pehrsson DEN 1935 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1936 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1937 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1938 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1939 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1940 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1941 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1942 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1943 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1944 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1945 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1946 Due to a prohibition, no championships have been held in this discipline 1947 Jakob Gerschwiler - Maise Walker SUI 1948 Niels Boel Rasmussen - Anne Lise Bech DEN 1949 Niels Boel Rasmussen - Anne Lise Bech DEN 1950 Niels Boel Rasmussen - Anne Lise Bech DEN 1951 Jack Mc Gregor - Bemil Twiggs GBR 1952 No championship held 1953 James Cullip - Olive Cullip GBR 1954 Sammy Harris - Pearl Rudd GBR 1955 Detlef Hegemann - Ursula Hegemann GER 1956 Dennis Uddel - Joyce Bramton GBR 1957 Peter Eggleton - Diana Gradwell GBR 1958 Peter Eggleton - Diana Gradwell GBR 1959 Michael Houseman - Valerie Waite GBR ICAD 1960 Michael Houseman - Valerie Waite GBR ICAD 1961 No championship held ICAD 1962 Len Armstrong - Elain Welch GBR ICAD 1963 John Westly - Betty Westley GBR ICAD 1964 John Westly - Betty Westley GBR ICAD 1965 George Coad - Patricia Thompson GBR ICAD 1966 George Coad - Patricia Thompson GBR ICAD 1967 Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold GER ICAD 1968 Ernie Chatt - Myra Chatt GBR ICAD 1969 Richard Gleave - Janet Wade GBR ICAD 1970 Richard Gleave - Janet Wade GBR ICAD 1971 Michael Barr - Vicky Green GBR ICAD 1972 Michael Barr - Vicky Green GBR ICAD 1973 Michael Barr - Vicky Green GBR ICAD 1974 Frank Venables - Linda Horwood GBR ICAD 1975 Frank Venables - Linda Horwood GBR ICAD 1976 Glen Boyce - Lynette Boyce GBR ICAD 1977 Glen Boyce - Lynette Boyce GBR ICAD 1978 Stephen Hillier - Lindsay Tate GBR ICAD 1979 Hans-Henrik Laxholm - Anne Margrethe Laxholm DEN ICAD 1980 Kenny Welsh - Kathy Gilmartin GBR ICAD 1981 Max-Ulrich Busch & Renate Hilgert GER ICAD 1982 Erling Langset - Anita Nagren NOR ICAD 1983 John Wood - Heather Stuart GBR ICAD 1984 Glenn Weiss - Gillian Thickett DEN ICAD 1985 Glenn Weiss - Gillian Thickett DEN ICAD 1986 Oliver Wessel-Therhorn - Martina Wessel-Therhorn GER ICAD 1987 Oliver Wessel-Therhorn - Martina Wessel-Therhorn GER ICAD 1988 Andrew Sinkinson & Lorraine Barry GBR ICAD 1989 Lasse Ödegaard & Leila Krageböl NOR ICAD 1990 Lasse Ödegaard & Leila Krageböl NOR IDSF 1991 Kim Rygel & Cecilie Brink NOR IDSF 1992 Kim Rygel & Cecilie Brink NOR IDSF 1993 Jens Werner - Charlotte Jörgensen DEN IDSF 1994 Timothy Howson - Joanne Bolton GBR IDSF 1995 Timothy Howson - Joanne Bolton GBR IDSF 1996 Christopher Hawkins - Hazel Newberry GBR Bratislava - Slovakia IDSF 1997 Christopher Hawkins - Hazel Newberry GBR Karlsruhe - Germany IDSF 1998 William Pino - Alessandra Bucciarelli ITA Tallinn - Estonia IDSF 1999 William Pino - Alessandra Bucciarelli ITA Copenhagen - Denmark IDSF 2000 Roberto Villa & Michelle Barry GBR Vilnius - Lithuania IDSF 2001 Jonathan Crossley - Kylie Jones GBR Miami - USA IDSF 2002 Mirko Gozzoli - Alessia Betti ITA Aarhus - Denmark IDSF 2003 Mirko Gozzoli - Alessia Betti ITA Barcelona - Spain IDSF 2004 Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli ITA Ljubljana - Slovenia IDSF 2005 Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli ITA St. Petersburg - Russia IDSF 2006 Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli ITA Calviá - Spain IDSF 2007 Arunas Bizokas - Edita Gozzoli LTU Madrid - Spain IDSF 2008 Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton ITA Moscow - Russia IDSF 2009 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Megeve - France IDSF 2010 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Moscow - Russia IDSF 2011 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Kalisz - Poland IDSF 2012 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Koblenz - Germany WDSF 2013 Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet DEN Aarhus - Denmark WDSF 2014 Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet DEN Moscow - Russia WDSF 2015 Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol GER Cambrils - Spain WDSF 2016 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Wroclaw - Poland WDSF 2017 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Olomouc - Czech Republic WDSF 2018 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Copenhagen - Denmark WDSF 2019 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite LTU Salaspils - Latvia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2022 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite LTU Bucharest - Romania WDSF 2023 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite LTU Vilnius - Lithuania WDSF 2024 Alexey Glukhov - Anastasia Glazunova MDA Chisinau - Moldova WDSF 10 dance World champions - Adult Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 1959 Peter Eggleton - Diana Gradwell GBR ICAD 1960 Karl Breuer - Ursula Breuer GER ICAD 1961 Anthony Hurley - Fay Saxton GBR ICAD 1962 Jürgen Bernhold - Helga Bernhold GER ICAD 1963 John Westley - Betty Westley GBR ICAD 1964 No championship held ICAD 1965 No championship held ICAD 1966 No championship held ICAD 1967 No championship held ICAD 1968 No championship held ICAD 1969 No championship held ICAD 1970 No championship held ICAD 1971 No championship held ICAD 1972 No championship held ICAD 1973 No championship held ICAD 1974 No championship held ICAD 1975 No championship held ICAD 1976 No championship held ICAD 1977 No championship held ICAD 1978 No championship held ICAD 1979 No championship held ICAD 1980 No championship held ICAD 1981 No championship held ICAD 1982 Marcus Hilton - Karen Johnstone GBR ICAD 1983 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1984 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1985 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1986 Oliver Wessel-Therhorn - Martina Wessel-Therhorn GER ICAD 1987 Hans-Reinhard Galke - Bianca Schreiber GER ICAD 1988 Jason Gilkison - Peta Roby AUS ICAD 1989 Kim Rygel - Cecile Brink NOR ICAD 1990 Kim Rygel - Cecile Brink NOR IDSF 1991 Kim Rygel - Cecile Brink NOR IDSF 1992 Frank Knief - Andrea Knief GER IDSF 1993 Paul Green - Karren Rufus AUS Sydney - Australia IDSF 1994 Jan Zwijsen - Mirjam Zwijensen NED IDSF 1995 Sven Traut - Sybill Daute GER IDSF 1996 Andrej Škufca - Katarina Venturini SLO Wettingen - Switzerland IDSF 1997 Andrej Škufca - Katarina Venturini SLO IDSF 1998 Andrej Škufca - Katarina Venturini SLO Hilleroed - Denmark IDSF 1999 Neilas Katinas - Anita Pocz GER Riga - Latvia IDSF 2000 Peter Stokkebroe - Kristina Jull DEN Espoo - Finland IDSF 2001 Marat Gimaev - Alina Bassiouk RUS Turin - Italy IDSF 2002 Marat Gimaev - Alina Bassiouk RUS Loulé - Portugal IDSF 2003 Marat Gimaev - Alina Bassiouk RUS Vancouver - Canada IDSF 2004 Misa Cigoj - Anastazija Novozilova SLO Melbourne - Australia IDSF 2005 Misa Cigoj - Anastazija Novozilova SLO Vienna - Austria IDSF 2006 Christoph Kies - Blanca Ribas Turon GER Moscow - Russia IDSF 2007 Christoph Kies - Blanca Ribas Turon GER Tokyo - Japan IDSF 2008 Christoph Kies - Blanca Ribas Turon GER Berlin - Germany IDSF 2009 Andrey Zaytsev - Anna Kuzminskaya RUS Platja d'Aro - Spain IDSF 2010 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Vienna - Austria IDSF 2011 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Shanghai - People's Republic of China WDSF 2012 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Oslo - Norway WDSF 2013 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Vienna-Schwechat - Austria WDSF 2014 Miha Vodicar - Nadiya Bychkova SLO Riga - Latvia WDSF 2015 Miha Vodicar - Nadiya Bychkova SLO Chengdu - People's Republic of China WDSF 2016 Jaak Vainomaa - Taina Savikurki FIN Vienna - Austria WDSF 2017 Dumitru Doga - Sarah Ertmer GER Marseille - France WDSF 2018 Konstantin Gorodilov - Dominika Bergmannova EST Warsaw - Poland WDSF 2019 Winson Tam - Anastasia Novikova CAN Moscow - Russia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Evgeny Sveridonov - Angelina Barkova RUS Elblag - Poland WDSF 2022 Andrea Roccatti - Marika Odikadze ISR Bratislava - Slovakia WDSF 2023 Earle Williamson - Veronika Myshko UKR Vila Nova de Famalicão WDSF 10 dance European champions - Adult Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 1976 David Sycamore - Denise Weavers GBR ICAD 1977 Andrew Smart - Ruby Young GBR ICAD 1978 David Sycamore - Denise Weavers GBR ICAD 1979 Raymond Myhregen - Gunn Johansen NOR ICAD 1980 Max-Ulrich Busch - Renate Hilgert GER ICAD 1981 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1982 Marcus Hilton - Karen Johnstone GBR ICAD 1983 David Griffen - Adele Preston GBR ICAD 1984 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1985 Geir Bakke - Trine Dehli NOR ICAD 1986 Knot Seaborg - Tone Nyhagen NOR ICAD 1987 Andrew Sinkinson - Lorraine Barry GBR ICAD 1988 John Byrnes - Jane Littleton GBR ICAD 1989 Kim Rygel - Cecile Brink NOR ICAD 1990 Asis Og - Iran Khadjeh-Nouri GER IDSF 1991 Kim Rygel - Cecile Brink NOR IDSF 1992 Kim Rygel - Cecile Brink NOR IDSF 1993 Jan Zwijsen - Mirjam Zwijensen NED IDSF 1994 Kai-Andre Lillebo - Monica Rotvold NOR IDSF 1995 Alexander Montenaro - Daniela Skarpil GER IDSF 1996 Andrej Škufca - Katarina Venturini SLO Salzburg - Austria IDSF 1997 Andrej Škufca - Katarina Venturini SLO IDSF 1998 Alessandro Garofolo - Annalisa Di Filippo ITA IDSF 1999 Alessandro Garofolo - Annalisa Di Filippo ITA Vilnius - Lithuania IDSF 2000 Peter Stokkebroe - Kristina Jull DEN Maribor - Slovenia IDSF 2001 Alessandro Garofolo - Annamaria Bassano ITA Salzburg - Austria IDSF 2002 Benedetto Ferruggia - Jana Pokrovskaja ITA Kyiv - Ukraina IDSF 2003 Miša Cigoj - Anastazija Novozilova SLO Loulé - Portugal IDSF 2004 Ivan Zderciuk - Olga Ciubari MDA Chisinau - Moldova IDSF 2005 Dmytro Vlokh - Olga Urumova UKR Kyiv - Ukraina IDSF 2006 Andrey Zaytsev - Anna Kuzminskaya RUS Chisinau - Moldova IDSF 2007 Christoph Kies - Blanca Ribas Turon GER Vienna - Austria IDSF 2008 Christoph Kies - Blanca Ribas Turon GER Chisinau - Moldova IDSF 2009 Timur Imametdinov - Ekaterina Nikolaeva RUS Szombathely - Hungary IDSF 2010 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Chisinau - Moldova IDSF 2011 Timur Imametdinov - Ekaterina Nikolaeva RUS Moscow - Russia WDSF 2012 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Aarhus - Denmark WDSF 2013 Anton Skuratov - Alena Uehlin GER Szombathely - Hungary WDSF 2014 Jaak Vainomaa - Taina Savikurki FIN Cambrils - Spain WDSF 2015 Miha Vodicar - Nadiya Bychkova SLO Megeve - France WDSF 2016 Konstantin Gorodilov - Dominika Bergmannova EST Copenhagen - Denmark WDSF 2017 Dumitru Doga - Sarah Ertmer GER Copenhagen - Denmark WDSF 2018 Konstantin Gorodilov - Dominika Bergmannova EST Brno - Czech Republic WDSF 2019 Daniil Ulanov - Kateryna Isakovych CYP Košice - Slovakia WDSF 2020 Semen Khrzhanovskiy - Elizaveta Lykhina RUS Aarhus - Denmark WDSF 2021 Earle Williamson - Veronika Myshko UKR Kyiv - Ukraina WDSF 2022 Vladislav Untu - Polina Baryshnikova MDA Vagos - Portugal WDSF 2023 World Games - DanceSport champions - Latin Year World Games champions Country Host city Name of organization 1997 Steen Lund - Mie Bach DEN Lahti - Finland IDSF 2001 Andrej Škufca - Katarina Venturini SLO Akita - Japan IDSF 2005 Eugene Katsevman - Maria Manusova USA Duisburg - Germany IDSF 2009 Alexey Silde - Anna Firstova RUS Kaohsiung - Taiwan IDSF 2013 Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus MDA Cali - Colombia WDSF 2017 Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus MDA Wrocław - Poland WDSF 2022 Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus MDA Birmingham - UK WDSF 2025 Chengdu - China WDSF World Games - DanceSport champions - Standard Year World Games champions Country Host city Name of organization 1997 Christopher Hawkins - Hazel Newberry GBR Lahti - Finland IDSF 2001 Jonathan Crossley - Kylie Jones GBR Akita - Japan IDSF 2005 Arunas Bizokas - Edita Gozzoli LTU Duisburg - Germany IDSF 2009 Paolo Bosco - Silvia Pitton ITA Kaohsiung - Taiwan IDSF 2013 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Cali - Colombia WDSF 2017 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Wrocław - Poland WDSF 2022 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite LTU Birmingham - USA WDSF 2025 Chengdu - China WDSF World Games - DanceSport champions - Salsa Year World Games champions Country Host city Name of organization 2013 Jefferson Andres Benjumea Merolanda - Adriana Avila Molina COL Cali - Colombia WDSF 2017 Stevens Rebolledo - Yinessa Ortega COL Wrocław - Poland WDSF World Games - DanceSport champions - Acrobatic rock 'n roll Year World Games champions Country Host city Name of organization 2005 Christophe Payan - Diane Eonin FRA Duisburg - Germany IDSF 2009 Christophe Payan - Kathy Richetta FRA Kaohsiung - Taiwan IDSF 2017 Jacek Tarczylo - Anna Miadzielec POL Wrocław - Poland WDSF 2022 Tobias Bludau - Michelle Uhl GER Birmingham - USA WDSF 2025 Chengdu - China WDSF World Games - DanceSport champions - Breaking B-Boy Year World Games champions Country Host city Name of organization 2022 B-Boy Victor - Victor Montalvo USA Birmingham - USA WDSF 2025 Chengdu - China WDSF World Games - DanceSport champions - Breaking B-Girl Year World Games champions Country Host city Name of organization 2022 B-Girl Ami - Ami Yuasa JPN Birmingham - USA WDSF 2025 Chengdu - China WDSF Latin World champions - U21 Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2012 Joel Lopez - Kristina Bespechnova AND Aarhus - Denmark WDSF 2013 Moldovan Paul - Tatar Cristina ROU Platja D'Aro - Spain WDSF 2014 Moldovan Paul - Tatar Cristina ROU Calvià - Spain WDSF 2015 Artyom Liaskovsky - Liana Odikadze ISR Chisinau - Moldova WDSF 2016 Miculescu Ionut Alexandru - Pacurar Andra ROU Prague - Czech Republic WDSF 2017 Vladislav Kolesnikov - Naja Dolenc SLO Bassano del Grappa - Italy WDSF 2018 Dmitry Kulebakin - Daria Sviridenko RUS Tbilisi - Georgia WDSF 2019 Semen Khrzhanovskiy - Elizaveta Lykhina RUS Chengdu - People's Republic of China WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 German Pugachev - Ariadna Tishova RUS Sibiu - Romania WDSF 2022 Axel Sampino - Anna Zgonnikova FRA Sibiu - Romania WDSF 2023 Brno - Czech Republic WDSF Standard World champions - U21 Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2012 Artem Bronnikov - Daria Bronnikova RUS Mons - Belgium WDSF 2013 Evgeny Nikitin - Dana Spitsyna RUS Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2014 Evgeny Nikitin - Dana Spitsyna RUS Rimini - Italy WDSF 2015 Madis Abel - Aleksandra Galkina EST Vancouver - Canada WDSF 2016 Evgeny Nikitin - Anastasia Miliutina RUS Platja D'Aro - Spain WDSF 2017 Denis Gudovsky - Megija Dana Morite LAT Salaspils - Latvia WDSF 2018 Rednic Paul - Lucaciu Roxana ROU Timisoara - Romania WDSF 2019 Marco Bodini - Kristina Charitonovaite ITA Bilbao - Spain WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Ivan Reshetnikov - Elizaveta Kharinova RUS Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2022 Lupoaie Cosmin - Morariu Alessia Ioana ROU Elblag - Poland WDSF 2023 Salaspils - Latvia WDSF 10 dance world champions - U21 Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2012 Kirill Pavlov - Olga Shcherbina RUS Riga - Latvia WDSF 2013 Patrick Rucinski - Ella Nusenbaum CAN Ashdod - Israel WDSF 2014 Winson Tam - Anastasia Novikova CAN Vancouver - Canada WDSF 2015 Evgeny Sveridonov - Angelina Barkova RUS Riga - Latvia WDSF 2016 Mateusz Brzozowski - Justyna Mozdzonek POL Wetzlar - Germany WDSF 2017 Vladislav Kolesnikov - Naja Dolenc SLO Kranj - Ljubljana WDSF 2018 Semen Khrzhanovskiy - Elizaveta Lykhina RUS Moscow - Russia WDSF 2019 Oleg Chzhen - Alina Ageeva RUS Yerevan - Armenia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Vladislav Untu - Polina Baryshnikova MDA Rishon Le Zion - Israel WDSF 2022 Lupoaie Cosmin - Morariu Alessia Ioana ROU Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2023 Muelheim an der Ruhr - Germany WDSF Standard World champions - Senior IV Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2014 Luca D'Andrea - Regina Scerrato ITA Calvià - Spain WDSF 2015 Luciano Ceruti - Rosa Nuccia Cappello ITA Tilburg - Netherlands WDSF 2016 Luciano Ceruti - Rosa Nuccia Cappello ITA Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2017 Luciano Ceruti - Rosa Nuccia Cappello ITA Pieve Di Cento - Italy WDSF 2018 Renato Sibillo - Anna Cartini ITA Nagano - Japan WDSF 2019 Luciano Ceruti - Rosa Nuccia Cappello ITA Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Roberto Furlan - Daniela Sattin ITA Cagliari - Italy WDSF 2022 Michael Pauser - Claudia Molecz AUT Platja d'Aro - Spain WDSF 2023 Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF Standard European champions - Senior IV Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2023 Roberto Furlan - Daniela Sattin ITA Cartagena - Spain WDSF 2024 2025 Standard World champions - Senior III Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2011 Jouko Leppala - Helja Leppala FIN Mons - Belgium WDSF 2012 Jouko Leppala - Helja Leppala FIN Mallorca - Spain WDSF 2013 Vitam Kodelja - Barbara Kodelja SLO Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2014 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Madrid - Spain WDSF 2015 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2016 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Rimini - Italy WDSF 2017 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Miami - United States WDSF 2018 Moreno Carnelli - Michela Saggiorato ITA Olomouc - Czech Republic WDSF 2019 Moreno Carnelli - Michela Saggiorato ITA Bilbao - Spain WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Moreno Carnelli - Michela Saggiorato ITA Cagliari - Italy WDSF 2022 Gert Faustmann - Alexandra Kley GER Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2023 Standard European champions - Senior III Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2023 Fiorenzo Fortin - Marianna Voltan ITA Varna - Bulgaria WDSF 2024 2025 Latin World champions - Senior III Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2018 Manuel Ramirez - Julia Lopez ESP Bilbao - Spain WDSF 2019 Manuel Ramirez - Julia Lopez ESP Guadalajara - Spain WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Manuel Ramirez - Julia Lopez ESP Platja d'Aro - Spain WDSF 2022 Manuel Ramirez - Julia Lopez ESP Calviá - Spain WDSF 2023 Manuel Ramirez - Julia Lopez ESP Berlin - Germany WDSF Standard World champions - Senior II Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2006 Bernd Kiefer - Monika Kiefer GER Monza - Italy WDSF 2007 Fabio Pilon - Maddalena Merelli ITA Liege - Belgium WDSF 2008 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Liege - Belgium WDSF 2009 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Platja d'Aro - Spain WDSF 2010 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Sitges - Spain WDSF 2011 Heinz-Josef Bickers - Aurelia Bickers GER Palma de Mallorca, Calvià - Spain WDSF 2012 Heinz-Josef Bickers - Aurelia Bickers GER Cambrils - Spain WDSF 2013 Heinz-Josef Bickers - Aurelia Bickers GER Calvia - Spain WDSF 2014 Carlo Righero - Manuela Traversi ITA Vancouver - Canada WDSF 2015 Stefano Bernardini - Stefania Martellini ITA Rimini - Italy WDSF 2016 Alberto Belometti - Barbara Pini ITA Antalya - Turkey WDSF 2017 Pierre Payen - Isabelle Reyjal FRA Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2018 Alberto Belometti - Barbara Pini ITA Olomouc - Czech Republic WDSF 2019 Thorsten Zirm - Sonja Schwarz GER Toronto - Canada WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Gatis Simsons - Julija Simsone LAT Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2022 Manuele Marinozzi - Sara Romagnoli ITA Rimini - Italy WDSF 2023 Bremen - Germany WDSF Latin World champions - Senior II Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2010 Manuel Ramirez - Julia Lopez ESP Sitges - Spain WDSF 2011 Georg Broeker - Susanne Schantora GER Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2012 Petri Jarvinen - Ulla Jarvinen FIN Mallorca - Spain WDSF 2013 Andrea Tozzi - Isabella Galvan ITA Salsomaggiore - Italy WDSF 2014 Timo Lindfors - Ekaterina Krutovskaya-Kauppinen FIN Madrid - Spain WDSF 2015 Timo Lindfors - Ekaterina Krutovskaya-Kauppinen FIN Nice - France WDSF 2016 Timo Lindfors - Ekaterina Krutovskaya-Kauppinen FIN Košice - Slovakia WDSF 2017 Roberto Hernandez - Beatriz Perez ESP Bilbao - Spain WDSF 2018 Timo Lindfors - Ekaterina Krutovskaya-Kauppinen FIN Elblag - Poland WDSF 2019 Frantisek Beres - Miriam Beresova SVK Košice - Slovakia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Carlos Cirera - Eva Nieto ESP Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2022 Carlos Cirera - Eva Nieto ESP Platja d'Aro - Spain WDSF 2023 Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 10 dance World champions - Senior II Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2015 Jordi Mayral Esteban - Eva Aguilera Llobera ESP Nice - France WDSF 2016 Tomasz Kucharczyk - Roza Kucharczyk POL Platja d'Aro - Spain WDSF 2017 Jordi Mayral Esteban - Eva Aguilera Llobera ESP Fidenza - Italy WDSF 2018 Tomasz Kucharczyk - Roza Kucharczyk POL Wroclaw - Poland WDSF 2019 Jordi Mayral Esteban - Eva Aguilera Llobera ESP Tirana - Albania WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Duarte Sousa - Elisabete Pera POR Vagos - Portugal WDSF 2022 Duarte Sousa - Elisabete Pera POR New Orleans - United States WDSF 2023 Ruben Viciana Lopez - Eva Moya ESP Berlin - Germany WDSF Standard World champions - Senior I Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2002 Michael Lindner - Beate Lindner GER Liege - Belgium IDSF 2003 Volker Schmidt - Ellen Jonas GER Usti Nad Labem - Czech Republic IDSF 2004 Volker Schmidt - Ellen Jonas GER Antwerpen - Belgium IDSF 2005 Volker Schmidt - Ellen Jonas GER Wetzlar - Germany IDSF 2006 Slawek Lukawczyk - Edna Klein BEL Antwerpen - Belgium IDSF 2007 Stefano Bernardini - Stefania Martellini ITA Mislata - Spain IDSF 2008 Stefano Bernardini - Stefania Martellini ITA Antwerpen - Belgium IDSF 2009 Slawek Lukawczyk - Edna Klein BEL Kingston - Canada IDSF 2010 Stefano Bernardini - Stefania Martellini ITA Dresden - German IDSF 2011 Tassilo Lax - Sabine Lax GER Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2012 Tassilo Lax - Sabine Lax GER Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2013 Stefano Bernardini - Stefania Martellini ITA Dresden - Germany WDSF 2014 Christian Bono - Elena Bono ITA Rimini - Italy WDSF 2015 Christian Bono - Elena Bono ITA Prague - Czech Republic WDSF 2016 Christian Bono - Elena Bono ITA Boston - United States WDSF 2017 Balogh Csongor - Szabo Anita HUN Kistelek - Hungary WDSF 2018 Fabian Wendt - Anne Steinmann GER Miami - United States WDSF 2019 Dmitry Vorobiev - Oxana Skripnik RUS Berlin - Germany WDSF 2020 Dmitry Vorobiev - Oxana Skripnik RUS Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2021 Martin Schmiel - Carolin Schmiel GER Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2022 Manuel Guidotti - Silvia Mariotti ITA Sibiu - Romania WDSF 2023 Bremen - Germany WDSF Latin World champions - Senior I Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2004 Miguel Alonso - Eva Angues ESP Liege - Belgium IDSF 2005 Miguel Alonso - Eva Angues ESP Salou - Spain IDSF 2006 Petr Bartunek - Eva Bartunkova CZE Helsinki - Finland IDSF 2007 Petr Bartunek - Eva Bartunkova CZE Antwerpen - Belgium IDSF 2008 Manuel Ramirez - Julia Lopez ESP Sant Cugat - Spain IDSF 2009 Gwenael Lavigne - Stéphanie Godet FRA Liege - Belgium IDSF 2010 Gwenael Lavigne - Stéphanie Godet FRA Salou - Spain IDSF 2011 Gwenael Lavigne - Stéphanie Godet FRA Rouen - France WDSF 2012 Sergey Makarenko - Tatiana Nikolaeva RUS Rouen - France WDSF 2013 Sergey Makarenko - Tatiana Nikolaeva RUS Usti Nad Labem - Czech Republic WDSF 2014 Timo Lindfors - Ekaterina Krutovskaya-Kauppinen FIN Rimini - Italy WDSF 2015 Ruben Viciana Lopez - Eva Moya ESP Salou - Spain WDSF 2016 Valentino Esposito - Laura Zaccagnino ITA Bilbao - Spain WDSF 2017 Valentino Esposito - Laura Zaccagnino ITA Miami - United States WDSF 2018 Georgy Osadchy - Tatiana Nikolaeva RUS Miami - United States WDSF 2019 Georgy Osadchy - Tatiana Nikolaeva RUS Ostrava - Czech Republic WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 Aleksander Jokic - Maria Lyngstad NOR Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2022 Aleksander Jokic - Maria Lyngstad NOR Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF 2023 WDSF Latin European champions - Senior I Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2023 David Lopez Fernandez - Jesica Garcia Perez ESP Cambrils - Spain WDSF 2024 2025 Latin World champions - Senior III10 dance World champions - Senior I Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2010 Christian Bono - Elena Bono ITA Palma de Mallorca - Spain IDSF 2011 Gwenael Lavigne - Stéphanie Godet FRA Toronto - Canada WDSF 2012 Gwenael Lavigne - Stéphanie Godet FRA Mons - Belgium WDSF 2013 Christian Bono - Elena Bono ITA Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2014 Rodrigue Vieux - Adriana Teoli FRA Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2015 Rodrigue Vieux - Adriana Teoli FRA Antwerp - Belgium WDSF 2016 Ruben Viciana Lopez - Eva Moya ESP Boston - United States WDSF 2017 Ruben Viciana Lopez - Eva Moya ESP Györ - Hungary WDSF 2018 Simon Sorin Dumitru - Constantinescu Florentina ROU Sibiu - Romania WDSF 2019 Erik Heyden - Julia Luckow GER Szombathely - Hungary WDSF 2020 Ruben Viciana Lopez - Eva Moya ESP Lyon - France WDSF 2021 Ruben Viciana Lopez - Eva Moya ESP Szombathely - Hungary WDSF 2022 Ruben Viciana Lopez - Eva Moya ESP Cambrils - Spain WDSF 2023 Erik Heyden - Julia Luckow GER Dresden - Germany WDSF 2024 Fabian Wendt - Anne Steinmann GER Rotterdam - Netherlands WDSF Breaking World champions - Adult - B-Boy Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2019 B-Boy Menno - Menno Van gorp NED Nanjing - China WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 B-Boy Victor - Victor Montalvo USA Paris - France WDSF 2022 B-Boy Phil Wizard - Philip Kim CAN Seoul - South Korea WDSF 2023 Leuven - Belgium WDSF Breaking world champions - Adult - B-Girl Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2019 B-Girl Ami - Ami Yuasa JPN Nanjing - China WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 B-Girl Ayumi - Ayumi Fukushima JPN Paris - France WDSF 2022 B-Girl Ami - Ami Yuasa JPN Seoul - South Korea WDSF 2023 B-Girl Nicka - Dominika Banevič LTU Leuven - Belgium WDSF Breaking European champions - Adult - B-Boy Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2021 B-Boy Kosto - Konstantin Eliseitsev RUS Sochi - Russia WDSF 2022 B-Boy Dany - Danis Civil FRA Manchester - England WDSF 2023 WDSF Breaking European champions - Adult - B-Girl Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2021 B-Girl Kastet - Natalia Kiliachikhina RUS Sochi - Russia WDSF 2022 B-Girl India - India Dewi Sardjoe NED Manchester - England WDSF 2023 WDSF Breaking European champions - Adult - Crew 5vs5 Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2021 RUS Sochi - Russia WDSF 2022 WDSF 2023 WDSF Hip Hop European champions - U21 Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2021 Doyah BEL Brussels - Belgium WDSF 2022 No championship held WDSF 2023 WDSF Disco dance World champions - Adult solo Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2019 Femke Goovaert BEL Belgrade - Serbia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2022 No championship held WDSF 2023 WDSF Disco dance World champions - Adult duo Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2019 Agnes Holmbäck-Svensson & Natalie Forsberg SWE Belgrade - Serbia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2022 No championship held WDSF 2023 WDSF Disco dance World champions - Youth solo Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2019 Melvin Olofson SWE Belgrade - Serbia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2022 No championship held WDSF 2023 WDSF Disco dance World champions - Youth duo Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2019 Ellen Dupon & Manon Galle BEL Belgrade - Serbia WDSF 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2021 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF 2022 No championship held WDSF 2023 WDSF Latin WDSF PD World champions Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2007 Benedetto Capraro & Marta Faiola ITA Madrid - Spain IPDSC 2008 Benedetto Capraro & Marta Faiola ITA Bassano del Grappa - Italy IPDSC 2009 Evgeniy Imrekov & Elizaveta Divak RUS Ashdod - Israel IDSF PD 2010 Stefano Di Filippo & Olga Urumova ITA Sitges - Spain IDSF PD 2011 Alexei Silde & Anna Firstova RUS Bertrange - Luxembourg IDSF PD 2012 Zoran Plohl & Tatsiana Lahvinovich SLO Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2013 Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup DEN Ostrava - Czech Republic WDSF PD 2014 Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup DEN Horsens - Denmark WDSF PD 2015 Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kuzminskaya RUS Dresden - Germany WDSF PD 2016 Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kuzminskaya RUS Moscow - Russia WDSF PD 2017 Pavel Pasechnik & Marta Arndt GER Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2018 Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus MDA Shijiazhuang City - People's Republic of China WDSF PD 2019 Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus MDA Bangkok - Thailand WDSF PD 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF PD 2021 Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus MDA Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2022 Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus MDA Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2023 Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus MDA Chisinau - Moldova WDSF PD 2024 Andrea Silvestri & Varadi Martina HUN Budapest - Hungary WDSF PD Latin WDSF PD European champions Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2007 IPDSC 2008 Benedetto Capraro & Marta Faiola ITA Megeve - France IPDSC 2009 Maurizio Ghigiarelli & Manuela Ghigiarelli ITA Tampere - Finland IDSF PD 2010 Andrei Prosvirnin & Yulia Rogozina RUS Ashdod - Israel IDSF PD 2011 Alexei Silde & Anna Firstova RUS Moscow - Russia IDSF PD 2012 Zoran Plohl & Tatsiana Lahvinovich SLO Velenje - Slovenia WDSF PD 2013 Zoran Plohl & Tatsiana Lahvinovich SLO Moscow - Russia WDSF PD 2014 Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup DEN Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2015 Andrey Zaytsev & Elizaveta Cherevichnaya RUS Olomouc - Czech Republic WDSF PD 2016 Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kuzminskaya RUS Cambrils - Spain WDSF PD 2017 Vitaly Panteleev & Angelina Nechkhaeva RUS Saint Petersburg - Russia WDSF PD 2018 Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus MDA Boeblingen - Germany WDSF PD 2019 Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus MDA Karlsruhe - Germany WDSF PD 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF PD 2021 Kirill Kolpashchikov & Julia Remizova RUS Košice - Slovakia WDSF PD 2022 Andrea Silvestri - Varadi Martina HUN Szombathely - Hungary WDSF PD 2023 Andrea Silvestri - Varadi Martina HUN Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD Standard WDSF PD World champions Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2007 Alexei Galchun & Tatiana Demina RUS Madrid - Spain IPDSC 2008 Alexei Galchun & Tatiana Demina RUS Madrid - Spain IPDSC 2009 Alexei Galchun & Tatiana Demina RUS Bassano del Grappa - Italy IDSF PD 2010 Paolo Bosco & Silvia Pitton ITA Olsztyn - Poland IDSF PD 2011 Paolo Bosco & Silvia Pitton ITA Tallinn - Estonia IDSF PD 2012 Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli ITA Moscow - Russia WDSF PD 2013 Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Gozzoli LTU Bassano del Grappa - Italy WDSF PD 2014 Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Gozzoli LTU Nanjing - People's Republic of China WDSF PD 2015 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Copenhagen - Denmark WDSF PD 2016 Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet DEN Aarhus - Denmark WDSF PD 2017 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Prague - Czech Republic WDSF PD 2018 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Moscow - Russia WDSF PD 2019 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF PD 2021 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Dubai - United Arab Emirates WDSF PD 2022 Nikolay Darin - Natalia Seredina MDA Toronto - Canada WDSF PD 2023 Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva LTU Kaunas - Lithuania WDSF PD Standard WDSF PD European champions Year European champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2007 Alexei Galchun & Tatiana Demina RUS Moscow - Russia IPDSC 2008 Alexei Galchun & Tatiana Demina RUS Kyiv - Ukraine IPDSC 2009 Paolo Bosco & Silvia Pitton ITA Ashdod - Israel IDSF PD 2010 Paolo Bosco & Silvia Pitton ITA Athens - Greece IDSF PD 2011 Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli ITA Mons - Belgium IDSF PD 2012 Paolo Bosco - Joanne Kirsty Clifton ITA Velenje - Slovenia WDSF PD 2013 Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Gozzoli LTU Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2014 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Magdeburg - Germany WDSF PD 2015 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2016 Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet DEN Cambrils - Spain WDSF PD 2017 Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler GER Debrecen - Hungary WDSF PD 2018 Donatas Vezelis - Lina Chatkeviciute LTU Saint Petersburg - Russia WDSF PD 2019 Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova RUS Chisinau - Moldova WDSF PD 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF PD 2021 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF PD 2022 Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva LTU Rimni - Italy WDSF PD 2023 Edgars Linis - Eliza Line LAT Brno - Czech Republic WDSF PD 10 dance WDSF PD World champions Year World champions Country Championship held in Name of organization 2010 Luca Bussoletti & Tjaša Vulič SLO Salou - Spain IDSF PD 2011 No championship held IDSF PD 2012 Luca Bussoletti & Tjaša Vulič SLO Milan - Italy WDSF PD 2013 Salvatore Caruso & Concetta Cultrera ITA Pomezia - Italy WDSF PD 2014 Janick Glud Loewe & Pia Lundanes Loewe NOR Brasov - Romania WDSF PD 2015 Steeve Gaudet - Marioara Cheptene FRA Böblingen - Germany WDSF PD 2016 Anton Belyayev - Antoaneta Popova CAN Leipzig - Germany WDSF PD 2017 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Marseille - France WDSF PD 2018 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Vila Nova de Famalicão - Portugal WDSF PD 2019 Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson DEN Vila Nova de Famalicao - Portugal WDSF PD 2020 No championship held Pandemic - COVID-19 WDSF PD 2021 Mario Cecinati - Rosaria Messina Denaro ITA Cagliari - Italy WDSF PD 2022 David Odstrcil - Tara Bohak CZE Hradec Kralove - Czech Republic WDSF PD 2023 Viktor Szabo - Vanja Vulic CRO Zagreb - Croatia WDSF PD 2024 Matej Stec - Elena Popova SVK Kosice - Slovakia WDSF PD See also List of dance organizations SportAccord Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations List of DanceSport dances Formation dance Ballroom dance Dance basic topics Wheelchair DanceSport References