Battle of the Year

First Round

Semifinals

Finals

1

Melting Force

W

6

STO

L

5

Kienjuice

L

5

Kienjuice

W

1

Melting Force

L

2

Flooriorz

W

2

The Flooriorz

W

4

Taoyuan City Top Coalition

L

3

Body Carnival

L

3

Body Carnival

W

Best Show: Melting Force

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Bruce Almighty

W

Inside

L

Bruce Almighty

W

Fernandinho

L

Fernandinho

W

Elia

L

Bruce Almighty

W

Poter

L

Poter

W

Kid Colombia

L

Poter

W

Ayumi

L

Ayumi

W

Zoob

L

Bruce Almighty

W

Nasso

L

Nasso

W

Aleks

L

Nasso

W

Lil Zoo

L

Lil Zoo

W

Admiracles

L

Nasso

W

Taisuke

L

Third place

Taisuke

W

Spin

L

Taisuke

W

Pac Pac

L

Pac Pac

W

Akorn

L

Bruce Almighty () earned a bid to the Undisputed World BBoy Series in Prague at the end of the 2016 year by winning BOTY Solo.

First Round

Semifinals

Finals

1

Doble KO

L

4

MB Crew

L

5

Kienjuice

W

5

Kienjuice

W

5

Kienjuice

L

2

The Flooriorz

W

2

The Flooriorz

W

3

U-Taipei

W

3

U-Taipei

L

6

MOS Crew

L

Best Show: Doble KO

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Menno

W

Rafastil

L

Menno

W

Shigekix

L

Shigekix

W

Lawson

L

Menno

W

Sunni

L

Sunni

W

Kacyo

L

Sunni

W

El Niño

L

El Niño

W

Taower

L

Menno

W

Alkolil

L

Alkolil

W

Akorn

L

Alkolil

W

Victor

L

Victor

W

Lagaet

L

Alkolil

W

Fleau

L

Third place

Fleau

W

Onel

L

Fleau

W

Poter

L

Poter

W

Dany

L

Menno () earned a bid to the Undisputed World BBoy Series at the end of the 2015 year by winning BOTY Solo.

First Round

Semifinals

Finals

1

Fusion MC

W

4

Infamous

L

5

Body Carnival

L

5

Body Carnival

W

1

Fusion MC

L

2

Predatorz

W

2

Predatorz

W

3

Ruggeds

L

6

S.I.N.E. Crew

L

6

S.I.N.E. Crew

W

Best Show: Fusion MC

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Gravity

W

Hugga

L

Gravity

L

Alkolil

W

Alkolil

W

Kacyo

L

Alkolil

W

Kazuki Roc

L

Kazuki Roc

W

Ziprock

L

Kazuki Roc

W

Kid Columbia

L

Kid Columbia

W

Rafastil

L

Alkolil

W

Kleju

L

Noe

L

TRock

W

TRock

L

Benny

W

Benny

W

Onel

L

Benny

L

Kleju

W

Third place

Kleju

W

Mini Joe

L

Kleju

W

Lil Zoo

L

Lil Zoo

W

Khalil

L

Alkolil () earned a bid to the Undisputed World BBoy Series at the end of the 2014 year by winning BOTY Solo.

Like in 2012, Battle of the Year 2013 included an additional semifinals placer to add additional battles to the tournament. Six crews qualified after the showcase stage of the competition consisting of the two highest scoring crews automatically qualified for the semifinals and four crews competing for the two remaining places against them.

Semi final placers

Semifinals

Finals

1

B-Town All Stars

L

3

Fusion MC

W

0

Fusion MC

W

6

Vino Tinto

L

Fusion MC

W

The Ruggeds

L

2

The Floorriorz

L

4

The Ruggeds

W

0

The Ruggeds

W

5

KGB TC United

L

Best Show: The Floorriorz

Battle of the Year 2012 included an additional semifinals placer to add additional battles to the tournament. In 2012 six crews qualified after the showcase stage of the competition consisting of the two highest scoring crews automatically qualified for the semifinals and four crews competing for the two remaining places against them.[4]

Semi final placers

Semifinals

Finals

1

Floorriorz

W

3

Morning of Owl

W

0

Morning of Owl

L

6

Formosa

L

Floorriorz

L

Vagabond Crew

W

2

Vagabond Crew

W

4

De Klan

L

0

Pockemon Crew

L

5

Pockemon Crew

W

Best Show: Vagabond Crew

Crew	Qualification
Vagabonds	Champion, BOTY International 2011
Dead Prezz	Winner, BOTY Balkans 2012
Prodigy	Winner, BOTY Central Europe 2012
Supremos	Winner, BOTY Iberica 2012
Pockemon	Winner, BOTY France 2012
Flooriorz	Winner, BOTY Japan 2012
Kosher Flava	Winner, BOTY Israel 2012
Hunters Crew	Winner, BOTY Belarus 2012
Upper Underground	Winner, BOTY North Africa 2012
Reckless Gang	Winner, BOTY Germany 2012
De Klan	Winner, BOTY Italy 2012
Formosa Crew	Winner, BOTY Taiwan 2012
Radical Force	Winner, BOTY SEA 2012
Space Unlimited	Winner, BOTY Nigeria 2012
Team Shmetta	Winner, BOTY BeNeLux 2012
Unity Crew	Winner, BOTY South Africa 2012
Lhiba KingZoo	Winner, BOTY West Africa 2012
Morning of Owl	Winner, BOTY Korea 2012

kamikaz crew Algeria

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Battle Born	W
	4	Nine States B-boyz	L
						Battle Born		L
						Vagabonds		W
	3	Vagabonds	W
	2	TPEC	L

Best Show: Vagabonds

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Jinjo	W
	4	Gamblerz	L
						Jinjo		W
						Mortal Combat		L
	3	Mortal Combat	W
	2	La Smala	L

Best Show: Mortal Combat

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Gamblerz	W
	4	Phase-T	L
						Gamblerz		W
						Top 9		L
	3	All Area	L
	2	Top 9	W

Best Show: All Area

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	T.I.P.	W
	4	Formosa	L
						T.I.P.		L
						Top 9		W
	3	Top 9	W
	2	Smokémon	L

Best Show: Top 9

This list is in chronological order by date qualified.

Crew	Qualification
Extreme Crew	Champion, BOTY International 2007
Bad Taste Cru	Winner, BOTY UK 2008
Groove Kingz	Winner, BOTY Benelux 2008
Smokemon	Winner, BOTY France 2008
Dead Prezz	Winner, BOTY Balkans 2008
Crazy Twisting Tribal Team	Winner, BOTY South East Europe 2008
Top 9	Winner, BOTY Russia 2008
La Halla King Zoo	Winner, BOTY West Africa 2008
T.I.P.	Winner, BOTY Asia 2008
Formosa	2nd place, BOTY Asia 2008
Kaiten Ninja	3rd place, BOTY Asia 2008
Now or Never	Winner, BOTY Canada 2008
Unstopabulls	Winner, BOTY Israel 2008
Ghost Rockz	Winner, BOTY Switzerland 2008
Tsunami Allstars	Winner, BOTY Brazil 2008
TNT Crew	Winner, BOTY Germany 2008
Octagon	Winner, BOTY Scandinavia 2008
Fallen Angels Crew	Winner, BOTY Iberica 2008
Furious Soldiers	Winner, BOTY USA 2008

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Legiteam Obstruktion	L
	4	Extreme Crew	W
						Extreme Crew		W
						Turn Phrase Crew		L
	3	Turn Phrase Crew	W
	2	Funk Fellaz	L

Best Show: Turn Phrase Crew

This list is in chronological order by date qualified. Preliminaries that have not occurred yet have a colored background.

Crew	Qualification
Hoochen	Winner, BOTY Benelux 2007
Sick 7	Winner, BOTY South East Europe 2007
Plastic Def Squad	Winner, BOTY Balkans 2007
Legiteam Obstruktion	Winner, BOTY France 2007
Rapid Soul Moves	Winner, BOTY Italy 2007
Fallen Angels Crew	Winner, BOTY Iberica 2007
Extreme (Obo Wang) Crew	Winner, BOTY Asia 2007
Turn Phrase Crew	2nd place, BOTY Asia 2007
Ground Scatter Crew	3rd place, BOTY Asia 2007
Breakerholics	Winner, BOTY Israel 2007
Ultimate Desperados	Winner, BOTY Scandinavia 2007
Funk Fellaz	Winner, BOTY Germany 2007
Ruff'n'X Crew	Winner, BOTY Switzerland 2007
DF Zulu Breakers	Winner, BOTY Brazil 2007
Vagabonds (withdrew)	Champion, BOTY International 2006
Last Minute Crew (withdrew)	Winner, BOTY South Africa 2007

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Vagabonds	W
	4	Drifterz	L
						Vagabonds		W
						Last For One		L
	3	Last For One	W
	2	B-Town Allstars	L

Best Show: Vagabonds

The format comprises firstly a showcase round in which all crews perform a routine of no more than six minutes in length demonstrating their ability in the different styles of breakdance. Judges rank all competing crews by evaluating certain criteria based on the shows.

Following the showcase round, the top four crews are selected to take part in a crew-vs-crew battle playoff. In the semifinals, the top-ranked crew battles the 4th-ranked crew and the 2nd-ranked crew battles the 3rd-ranked crew. The winner of each semifinal then battle each other for the championship.

An award, "Best Show", is also given to the crew that had the best-scoring showcase.

Judges evaluate the showcase round on two main elements, artistry and technicality, each of which includes several criteria. The artistry element includes theme, music, synchronicity, and choreography, among others. The technicality element includes toprock, uprock, footwork, and power moves, among others.[5]

The champion of the world finals is always invited directly to the following year's world finals to defend their title. All other crews qualify via preliminary tournaments, although historically there have been a few instances of directly-invited crews (usually when there is no preliminary in that crew's region).

Qualification is moving towards a two-step system consisting of individual country preliminaries followed by regional preliminaries. Historically, each country had an individual preliminary and sent one crew to the world finals; however, countries have become more and more regionalized over the years. For example, starting in 2007, there is a new BOTY Asia regional preliminary that will send the top 3 finishers to the world finals; in 2006 and years prior, Asia region countries such as South Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan had their own preliminaries and sent one crew each to the world finals.

The following is a chart showing the regions and countries in the region, as well as number of crews sent to the world finals, for the 2007 season.

Region	Crews Sent	Member Countries
BOTY Asia	3	China,  Indonesia,  Japan,  South Korea,  Laos,  Malaysia,  Philippines,  Singapore,  Taiwan,  Thailand,  Vietnam, India*
BOTY Balkans	1	Albania,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Bulgaria,  Cyprus,  Greece,  North Macedonia,  Montenegro,  Romania,  Serbia,  Turkey
BOTY Benelux	1	Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands
BOTY Iberica	1	Portugal,  Spain
BOTY North East Europe*	0	Belarus,  Estonia,  Latvia,  Lithuania,
BOTY Scandinavia	1	Denmark,  Finland,  Norway,  Sweden; also, BOTY North East Europe member countries are invited to participate*
BOTY South East Europe	1	Austria,  Bosnia,  Croatia,  Hungary,  Slovenia,  Czech Republic,  Poland,  Slovakia

* Winner of BOTY India will participate in BOTY Asia from 2011
* BOTY North East Europe regional preliminary was canceled. On July 10, 2007, it was announced that BOTY North East Europe member countries would be allowed to enter BOTY Scandinavia.[6]
** On September 7, 2007, the BOTY USA 2007 qualifier was announced;[7] however, it was canceled less than one month later.

Prior to 2006, the current championship playoff system was not used. Instead, there were only two battles: two crews would compete for first place, while two other crews would compete for third place. While a "Best Show" award was still granted based on showcase performance, the judges would also rank the crews as to who they thought should participate in the championship battle. This resulted in frequently-occurring situations where the crew that received the "Best Show" award was not even able to compete for the championship, as they were picked for the third place battle instead of the championship battle. Examples include three "Best Show" winners in the final five years under the old format: Break the Funk (2004), Fire Works (2003), and Visual Shock (2001).[8] The change to the playoff system also brought the world finals format into line with some of the qualifier formats, such as the BOTY Korea Preliminary, which has been using the four-crew playoff system for years.

Starting in 2004, a strict 6-minute time limit per crew on the showcase was enforced for the world finals, with scoring penalties assessed for going over time. This was enacted so that the world finals event would finish in a shorter time period. The 6-minute limit was quickly adopted at preliminaries.[9]

In 1990, when the event was known as the International Breakdance Cup,[10] there were only shows and no battles. From 1991-1996, there were battles resulting in a crowned champion, but no "Best Show" award was given.