Championship

There are several international hip-hop dance competitions

1. Battle of the Year (BOTY) was started in Germany in 1990. It is exclusively a breaking competition for crews. There are several BOTY regional competitions that lead up to the final international championship that is always held in Braunschweig, Germany
2. B-Boy Summit is an international four day conference created in 1994 in San Diego, CA. The conference includes a breaking ce created in 1994 in San Diego, CA. The conference includes a breaking competition, panels, workshops, and a marketplace. The difference between the B-BoySummit and other hip-hop dance competitions is that the B-Boy Summit places a lot of emphasis on the history of hip-hop culture and the value of b-boys/b-girls across the world understanding the roots of where it     came from
3. UJK B-Boy Championships was started in 1996 in London. There are four world championship titles: breaking crew champions, solo b-boy champion, solo popping champion, and locking 2-on-2 champions.
4.  Freestyle Session was started in 1997 in southern California by graffiti writer and DJ Cros 1. It is the largest breaking competition in the United States. The main competitive event is for b-boy crews but there are also popping and locking competitions.
5. The Notorious IBE is a Dutch based international breaking competition founded in 1998 IBE is a non-traditional competition because there are no stages and no judges. Instead, there are timed competitive events that take place in large arena-style ciphers—circular dance spaces surrounded by observers—where the winners are determined by audience approval.
6. Hip Hop International: World Hip Hop Dance Championships is a hip-hop dance competition founded in 2000 in the United States where both crews and soloist compete.For hip-hop crews there are three divisions: junior (ages 7–12), varsity (12–18), and adult
7. Juste Debout is a street dance competition held annually in Paris, France since 2002. Competition categories include popping, new style (studio hip-hop dance), locking, house, and experimental
8. United Dance Organization: World Street Dance Championships is a hip-hop dance competition based in the UK that was started in 2002. People can compete as solo dancers, in duos, in quads (4 people), or in teams.
9. Red Bull BC One brings together the top 16 b-boys from around the world that are chosen by an international panel of experts. It was created in 2004 by Red Bull and is hosted in a different country every year.
10. R16 Korea is a South Korean based breaking competition started in 2007 by Asian Americans Charlie Shin and John Jay Chon. Like BOTY and Red Bull BC One put together, R16 is a competition for the top 16 ranked b-boy crews in the world.