The Beatbox Battle World Championship (BBBWC) is hosted triennially (every three years) hosted by Beatbox Battle Tv in a week-long festival held in Berlin, Germany. Face-to-face beatbox battles take place in five categories:- individual male, individual female, tag-team, loop station and crew battle. In 2015, more than 150 national or major event champions of beatboxing gathered from 50 or so countries, after qualifying to participate in the world event by winning their respective national championships.

The sixth Beatbox Battle World Championship was held in Berlin, Germany from 2 to 6 August 2023. The women's battle has been reinstated. The tag-team, loop station and crew battle, also two new categories: Best new sound FX and Best vocal scratching.

2023 Qualifying (competitors list to 27 July 2023)

+ Men's Individual Competitors 2023 EuropeCäspian Euzn FootboxG G-Wizz Stan BassBro M1xx1ng MaxO Mgf Kakerlake PJ Bozz Calexy S ABH Milky Bookie Blanco Pacmax River Madox Mr. Ben S-Dope DeMellow Elian Azel Jbeat BlackRollBenja SVM Timmeh Filip Grooveson Watome Xankish MixFX Stalkrixx Undefined Shoter SahZuCobli Manupe Shadowless Zekka Zerpa DMB Flawapawa Denis The Menace  TurkeyLexomafo Soulz Greycloud

+ Men's Individual Competitors 2023 North AmericaDen Yess Yensel Ralik Jonex Bloomer NaPom Pono Vocodah -South AmericaAxel Hernion Niktef Phenom Sharkz Dudz Beatmeda Ordinal AsiaSevan 3H Krey Jack beats Sarthak Subudhi Ego Hookha Samer Awni Stitch Aman Adhikari Varen Julius Mitchell Huckle AfricaSeif Killa Fabley Apocalips ZigZap OceanaCrkzu - -

+ Crew Competitors 2023 FlowGuardz MOM Kowler Rangers Desible Meelky -

+ Women's Individual Competitors 2023 Gamuz Romy Pe4enkata LadyAngel Dana Anderson Prichia Tressym Paradox Satana Kiyo Na-Na Bask Juls Damkina Solar Flare - - . . + Tag Team 2023 A&M Beat Junkies Tummelplatz GerBig Buddah Cheese Bizzaro Black Jack Choripan La caja de MeeseeksTwo Brothers CombosureDeliverance Double Kill U.SDreamerZ E.L.R Enjoy Lo-Fi NiceGuys Evilution Fresh tonic ZenHit Horbeatz Pahlawan SomeClop WingSail YeahNo

History The first ever Beatbox Battle World Championship was started in 2005 by Alexander "BeeLow" Bülow and took place in 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. The event was the first international beatboxing championship.

The second Beatbox Battle World Championship, took place at the 2BE Club am Hauptbahnhof near Berlin-Central Station in 2009.

The 3rd BBBWC in 2012, the 4th in 2015 and the 5th in 2018 were held at the Astra Kulturhaus in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin. In 2012, over 1000 people attended the event and over 100,000 people viewed the event live online.

In 2018, more than 150 artists from 6 continents and 50 countries qualified for the event, including musicians from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Venezuela, Vietnam, South Africa, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, + 26 European countries were invited to perform in front of around 1,500 spectators.

Event format and qualification All competitors have had to qualify for the Beatbox Battle World Championship by winning their national Beatbox Battle championships, or having reached the knock-out stages of the previous Beatbox Battle World Championship, wildcard or special invitation. In the first round, each performer has two minutes time to demonstrate their skills to an international panel of elite judges from the beatboxing world, (such as Reeps One of England) and previous world champions from this tournament, to decide which performers qualify for the Knock-out rounds that are contested in ‘battle mode’ to determine the world champion. The judges base their decision on musicality, technicality, originality, pattern and show quality on the stage.

BBBWC Gallery

BBBWC results

Individual MaleEditionYearVenueChampionVice ChampionReference 1st BBBWC 2005 Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany Joel Turner RoxorLoops (Senjka Danhieux) 2nd BBBWC 20092BE Club, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany ZeDe (Joel Marian) Vahtang (Vahtang Kalandadze) 3rd BBBWC 2012Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin SkilleR (Alexander Deyanov) Alem (Maël Gayaud) 4th BBBWC 2015 Alem (Maël Gayaud) NaPoM (Neil Meadows) 5th BBBWC 2018 Alexinho (Alexis Grimaud) B-Art (Bart Voogt) 6th BBBWC 2023 Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin Footbox G (Tim Van Droogenbroeck) PACMax (Max Ostrowska)

Individual FemaleEditionYearVenueChampionVice ChampionReference 1st BBBWC 2005 Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany Butterscotch (Antoinette Clinton) Evangeli 2nd BBBWC 2009 2BE Club, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany Bellatrix (Isabel Ehresmann) Steff la Cheffe (Stefanie Peter) 3rd BBBWC 2012Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin Pe4enkata (Adriana Nikolova) Flashbox 4th BBBWC 2015 Kaila (Kaila Mullady) Sparx (Emilie Carrey) 5th BBBWC 2018 Kaila (Kaila Mullady) Chiwawa (Karolina Olech) 6th BBBWC 2023 Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin Pe4enkata (Adriana Nikolova) Prichia (Inês Abreu Pinho Tavares)

Tag TeamEditionYearVenueChampionsVice ChampionsReference 1st BBBWC 2005 Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany Attention Deficit Disaudio (Joel Turner, Tom Thum) 4xSample

(Chrlorophill and Mando)

Beatoxic

(RoxorLoops, Copycat and Karen) 4th BBBWC 2015 Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin Twenteam’8 (Alem and BMG) 4xSample (Chrlorophill and Mando) 5th BBBWC 2018 Spider Horse (Gene Shinozaki and Chris Celiz) Mad Twinz (Jayton and Pash) 6th BBBWC 2023 Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin Zen'Hit (kenôzen and Akindé) Choripan (Gako and Juano)

CrewEditionYearVenueChampionsVice ChampionsReference 2nd BBBWC 2009 2BE Club, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany Under Kontrol (Micflow, Mr Lips, Tiko, Faya Braz) Beatburger Band (Jaro Cossiga, Nasty, Johny Typek, En.dru, Ivan Hoe) 4th BBBWC 2015Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin Beatbox Collective (Ball-Zee, Bass6, Bellatrix, BFG, Experimental, Hobbit, MC Zani) Under Kontrol (Micflow, Mr Lips, Tiko, Faya Braz) 5th BBBWC 2018 Berywam (MB14, Wawad, Beatness, Rythmind, Beasty) Beatbox House (Neil "NaPoM" Meadows, Gene Shinozaki, Kenny Urban, Amit Bhowmick, Chris Celiz) 6th BBBWC 2023 Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin M.O.M (EON, Geo Popoff, Slizzer) Kowler Rangers (Epock, Osy, Tunecinoo, Aelmight)

LoopstationEditionYearVenueChampionsVice ChampionsReference 5th BBBWC 2018Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin Saro (Tristan Coudray) Inkie (Yuri Obukhov) 6th BBBWC 2023 Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin 808Banon (Canon Morgan) Yaswede (Ilya de Swerdt)

Best new sound FXEditionYearVenueChampionsVice ChampionsReference 6th BBBWC 2023 Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin Bass Spain

Best Vocal ScratchingEditionYearVenueChampionsVice ChampionsReference 6th BBBWC 2023 Neue Welt, Neukölln, Berlin Do-B O'Slim

Archived history Qualifying history BBBWC 2018 +MaleCountryNameClassificationsEuropeAlem BBBWC World Champion 2015AlexinhoFrench Beatbox Champion 2015 BMGBBBWC World Champion 2015ColapsFrench Beatbox Champion 2017EfaybeeBBBWC World Champion 2015K.I.MBBBWC World Champion 2012Wawad French Beatbox Champion 2014 & 2016AmeronIrish Beatbox Champion 2015MagicIrish Beatbox Champion 2017BabeliGerman Beatbox Champion 2011-2012Chezame German Beatbox Champion 2017MadoxGerman Beatbox Champion 2018RobeatBBBWC World Champion 2009BigBenBBBWC World Champion 2015FootboxGBelgium Beatbox Champion 2018SupernovaBelgium Beatbox Champion 2016B-ArtNetherlands Beatbox Champion 2014 & 2016IbarraNetherlands Beatbox Champion 2017Bass broBulgarian Beatbox Champion 2018KillaBeeBulgarian Beatbox Champion 2016MaxOBulgarian Beatbox Champion 2017Blue LipyDanish Beatbox Champion 2013-2015RawclawDanish Beatbox Champion 2017Bobby Polish Beatbox Champion 2017CarloPolish Beatbox Champion 2015Mic BanditPolish Beatbox Champion 2017Zorak 3000BBBWC World Champion 2009ContrixUK Beatbox Champion 2015FrostyUK Beatbox Champion 2017D-Low UK Beatbox Champion 2016Greycloud Welsh Beatbox Champion 2016JomezWelsh Beatbox Champion 2017Cosmin Romanian Beatbox ChampionDenis the menaceSwiss Beatbox Champion 2017-2018EonAustrian Beatbox Champion 2013 & 2016EuznAustrian Beatbox Champion 2018FredbullAustrian Beatbox Champion 2015MitroAustrian Beatbox Champion 2017Geo PopoffAustrian Beatbox Champion 2015 & 2019Fenya Ukrainian Beatbox Champion 2017KaniflowUkrainian Beatbox Champion 2017Fredy BeatsSpanish Beatbox Champion 2015-2016Zekka Spanish Beatbox Champion 2017GnebenSwedish Beatbox Champion 2017JaytonRussian Beatbox Champion 2015PashRussian Beatbox Champion 2015OutcheckRussian Beatbox Champion 2015PizzicatoRussian Beatbox Champion 2016KulprateSlovakian Beatbox Champion 2016ShoterSlovakian Beatbox Champion 2017Matufa Lithuanian Beatbox Champion 2016SlyGridLithuanian Beatbox Champion 2015Nick Slovenian Beatbox Champion 2017S-Dope Greek Beatbox Champion 2017Sevan Armenian Beatbox Champion 2017-2018ShadyArmenian Beatbox Champion 2016SlizzerBBBWC World Champion 2015Tiny Beat Czech Beatbox Champion 2016North AmericaAudicalWildcard Winner 2018Mark MartinAmerican Beatbox Champion 2016Gene2015 BBBWC QFKenny UrbanGBBB Champion 2016NaPoMBBBWC Vice Champion 2015WunknownAmerican Beatbox Champion 2017BBKCanadian Champion 2014, 2015HeAtCanadian Champion 2016ElisiiCanadian Champion 2017BASSMexican Champion 2018BeatGSalvadorian Champion 2017Black RhythmPuerto Rico Champion 2016South AmericaBatmanUruguayan Champion 2015FabulousUruguayan Champion 2017Ex-BiTTChilean Champion 2016Mr.AndroideLatin American Champion 2017OnetimeChilean Champion 2015WaaliChilean Champion 2017PhenomArgentinian Champion 2017ZnowszColombian Champion 2018 Asia3HHongkong Champion 2016, 2017HeartgreyHongkong Champion 2012, 2015, 2016JERTaiwanese Champion 2018JimixTaiwanese Champion 2011-2014 + 2016Zhang ZeChinese Champion 2014, 2015 & 2016.BatacoAsian Champion 2017EttomanJapanese Champion 2017KairiJapanese Champion 2015TatsuakiJapanese Champion 2016H HasSouth Korean Champion 2015HissSouth Korean Champion 2018Two HSouth Korean Champion 2010WinGSouth Korean Champion 2017AustinVietnamese Champion 2018Trung BaoAzazelIndian Champion 2017FahedJordanian Champion 2015, 2016, 2017Zer0Azerbaijan Champion 2014PiratheebanSingapore Champion 2016, Asian Champion 2016EgoIndonesian Champion 2015VincentPhilippines Champion 2018 OceaniaCLRAustralian Champion 2016CodfishAustralian Champion 2017Z-ManAustralian Champion 2015CrkzuNew Zealand Champion 2017 AfricaDemoEgyptian Champion 2015FRKEgyptian Champion 2017Double-MMoroccoan Champion 2018

+FemaleCountryNameClassifications EuropeFlashboxBBBWC Vice Champion 2012KarlottaFrench Champion 2017ChiwawaMysticPolish Champion 2013Bedsn BeatsDana McKeonJ9BBWC-QF 2015LadyWakeItalian Champion 2013North AmericaHerSheKaila MulladyBBBWC Champion 2015VerverPsyreineSouth AmericaGamuzArgentinian Champion 2017AsiaNickyKiyozoE-LingMadibeatsAfricaNeomi

See also Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box Grand Beatbox Battle List of beatboxers Mouth drumming UK Beatbox Championships

References

External links

Swissbeatbox - World beatbox platform Beatbox Battle - organizer of the BBWC world championships Humanbeatbox - One of the first beatboxing online-communities Documentary on 1st ever Beatbox Battle World Championship in 2005