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The Just Dance World Cup 2019, alternatively subtitled Brazil 2019, was the fifth and final annual Just Dance World Cup, held in 2018 and 2019 by Ubisoft and Webedia. The competition was announced on June 11, 2018, with online qualifications held weekly from July 20 to August 26, 2018, and offline qualifications held throughout the year. Similar to the previous year, the top online and offline players faced each other in national finals for a spot in the world finals. In countries without in-person qualifiers, the online winner moved directly onto the world finals. The finals were held on March 30, 2019, in São Paulo, Brazil, and were won by Turkish competitor Umutcan Tütüncü for the third year in a row. After the conclusion of the finals, it was announced that the World Cup would be going on hiatus, and no global competition has occurred since.[1] However, some regional competitions would be held and some competitors would compete at the Olympic Esports Series 2023.

Digital Qualifications[]

Online qualifications were held three times per week, with each time catering to a different region. Players could compete in any session, regardless of region.

Songs[]

The competitors played the following songs on the World Dance Floor on Just Dance 2018:[2]

Session Times[]

Competitors were able to enter online during any of the following sessions.[2]

Americas[]

Session # Date Time (UTC -7)
1 Saturday 21 July 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2 Saturday 28 July 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3 Saturday 4 August 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4 Saturday 11 August 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5 Saturday 18 August 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6 Saturday 25 August 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Asia/Oceania[]

Session # Date Time (UTC +10)
1 Sunday 22 July 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
2 Sunday 29 July 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
3 Sunday 5 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
4 Sunday 12 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5 Sunday 19 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6 Sunday 26 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Europe[]

Session # Date Time (UTC +2)
1 Friday 20 July 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
2 Friday 27 July 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
3 Friday 3 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
4 Friday 10 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5 Friday 17 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6 Friday 24 August 2018 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Qualifiers[]

The winner of the previous Just Dance World Cup, Umutcan Tütüncü, qualified automatically. The remaining contestants had to qualify through weekly tournaments on the World Dance Floor from July 20 to August 26, 2017. Players in Mexico, France, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Russia, and the Americas, could also qualify through in-person events. The top players from these events would move onto the national finals, where they would go against the top online players from their country to compete for a spot in the finals. The United States also held an in-person national finals, but just with the top online players. In countries without a national final, the top online player moved onto the finals automatically.

Event Location Date Winner Picture
Just Dance World Cup 2018 (returning champion) Paris, France April 21, 2018 Umutcan Tütüncü
(Turkey)
Jdwc 2019 winner umutcan

Online qualifiers[]

The following players advanced to the finals automatically after becoming the top player in their region.[3][4]

Region Country Winner Username Picture
Australia Denzal Van Uitregt JustDenz95
Jdwc 2019 winner au
Canada Che Tan Stormex
Jdwc 2019 winner ca
Poland Konrad Stobierski Fineasz.U
Jdwc 2019 winner pl
Nordic Finland Aleksanteri Landström TheAllu97
Jdwc 2019 winner nordic
Benelux Netherlands Dion Visser Dionvisserrr
Jdwc 2019 winner benelux
Rest of Europe Romania Rob AriaRob
Jdwc 2018 finalist placeholder
Rest of World Uzbekistan Manuchekhr Mukhammedov Manujon27
Jdwc 2019 winner rest

Offline qualifiers[]

In the following countries and region, offline qualifications were held in addition to online qualifications, excluding the United States. The top players from each then competed in a national final for a spot in the world finals.[3][4] The national finals, along with the winner of each, is listed below. In Russia and the United Kingdom, the top four online players competed against the top four players from the in-person qualifications. In France, the top player from Paris Games Week competed against the top three players from Just Dance Day and the top four online players. In the United States, the top eight online players competed in the finals. In Italy, the top eight players competed, though the exact amount of online and offline players is unknown.

In Mexico, qualifying events were held in seven cities at Cinemex movie theaters as part of a promotional campaign with Fanta. With the exception of Mexico City, the top player from each city moved onto the finals. In Mexico City, qualifying events were held at four different theaters in Greater Mexico City and the top player from each moved onto the Mexico City finals. The winner of that event moved onto the national finals, where they faced the other six winners and the top online player from Mexico.

In Brazil, qualifying events were held across the country as part of the "Just Dance Tour" event. These included GameXP, Brasil Game Show, and 10 events held at Cinemark movie theaters in 10 different cities. The winners from these 12 events faced the top two online players at the finals at Comic-Con Experience.[5]

In the Rest of America region category, marketed as South America, qualifying events were held in Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. Each country had their own national final, and the winner from each country competed against the top online player for the region at the regional finals.

In Germany, in-person qualifiers were held at Gamescom and during 12 "Just Dance Roadshow" events across the country, with additional events held with MediaSaturn. The top 16 players moved onto the finals, though it is unclear how many online players were included.[6][7] In Spain, four events were held at C&A stores and the winner from each event moved onto the finals, where they competed against the top four online players.[8]

Qualifying events[]

Event Location Date
Festigame[9] Santiago, Chile August 3 - 5, 2018
RDS Play on Tour[10] Vieste, Italy August 11 - 12, 2018
Gamescom[6] Cologne, Germany August 21 - 25, 2018
Insomnia Gaming Festival[11] Birmingham, UK August 24 - 26, 2018
GameXP[12]
(Just Dance Tour)[13]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 7 - 8, 2018
Just Dance Roadshow[6] Berlin, Germany September 18, 2018
Zwenkau, Germany September 19, 2018
Leipzig, Germany September 20, 2018
Clasificatorias Argentina[14] Córdoba, Argentina September 21, 2018
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Just Dance Roadshow[6] Bremen, Germany September 22, 2018
World Children’s Day
(Just Dance Roadshow)[6]
Cologne, Germany September 23, 2018
Clasificatorias Colombia[15] Medellín, Colombia
Just Dance Roadshow[6] Rossmarkt, Frankfurt, Germany September 25, 2018
Konstablerwache, Frankfurt, Germany September 26, 2018
Clasificatorias Colombia[15] Barranquilla, Colombia September 28, 2018
Just Dance Roadshow[6] Oberhausen, Germany September 28 - 30, 2018
Dortmunder Herbst
(Just Dance Roadshow)[6]
Messe, Germany October 3 - 7, 2018
Igromir[16] Moscow, Russia October 5 - 6, 2018
Milan Games Week[17][18] Milan, Italy October 6, 2018
Clasificatorias Colombia[15] and Colombian Finals[19] Bogotá, Colombia October 6 - 7, 2018
Infa
(Just Dance Roadshow)[6]
Hannover, Germany October 13 - 21, 2018
Brasil Game Show[12]
(Just Dance Tour)
São Paulo, Brazil October 14, 2018
Argentinian Game Show[14] Buenos Aires, Argentina October 26 - 27, 2018
Consumenta
(Just Dance Roadshow)[6]
Nürnberg, Germany October 27 - November 4, 2018
Paris Games Week[20] Paris, France October 29, 2018
Just Dance Tour at Cinemark[21] São Paulo, Brazil October 31, 2018
Mexico City Qualifications[22] Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico November 1 - 4, 2018
Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico
Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexican Qualifications[22] Guadalajara, Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Puebla, Mexico
Just Dance Tour at Cinemark[21] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 3, 2018
Spielraum
(Just Dance Roadshow)[6]
Dresden, Germany November 3 - 4, 2018
Just Dance Tour at Cinemark[21] Belo Horizonte, Brazil November 7, 2018
Mexico City Qualifications[22] Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico November 8 - 11, 2018
Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico
Mexican Qualifications[22] Guadalajara, Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Puebla, Mexico
Metepec, Mexico
C&A Qualifications[23] Centro Comercial Madrid 2 Vaguada, Madrid, Spain November 9 - 11, 2018
Centro Comercial Parquesur Leganés, Madrid, Spain
Just Dance Tour at Cinemark[21] Porto Alegre, Brazil November 10, 2018
Curitiba, Brazil
Mexico City Qualifications[22] Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico November 15 - 18, 2018
Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico
Mexican Qualifications[22] Guadalajara, Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Puebla, Mexico
Querétaro, Mexico
MediaSaturn event[7] Cologne, Germany November 16 - 17, 2018
Just Dance Day[24] Paris, France November 18, 2018
MediaSaturn event[7] Berlin, Germany November 23 - 24, 2018
Mexico City Finals[22] Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico November 24, 2018
Just Dance Tour at Cinemark[21] Salvador, Brazil
Recife, Brazil November 25, 2018
MediaSaturn event[7] Weiterstadt, Germany November 30 - December 1, 2018
C&A Qualifications[23] Barcelona, Spain
Málaga, Spain
Just Dance Tour at Cinemark[21] Goiânia, Brazil December 1, 2018
Brasília, Brazil December 2, 2018

National finals[]

Event Location Date Winner Username Picture
Insomnia Gaming Festival[11] Birmingham, UK August 27, 2018 Alex Kain Fuzzyduck99
Jdwc 2019 winner uk
Igromir[16] Moscow, Russia October 7, 2018 Beligma Cirendorjieva Diamond_B
Jdwc 2019 winner ru
Argentinian Game Show
(Rest of America Finals)
Buenos Aires, Argentina October 28, 2018 Camila Blas
(Argentina)
Camyblas15
Jdwc 2019 winner latam
Just Dance Day[25][26] Paris, France November 18, 2018 Chakib Benssoum LicornusMoluskus
Jdwc 2019 winner fr
Mexican Finals Mexico City, Mexico November 25, 2018 Alexis Fernández IeFerDz
Jdwc 2019 winner mx
United States National Finals[27] New York, New York, U.S. December 1, 2018 Joseph Cordero Aazzlano
Jdwc 2019 winner us
Comic-Con Experience São Paulo, Brazil December 8, 2018 Tarcisio Dos Santos Jr. TarcisioJr99
Jdwc 2019 winner br
German Finals[28] Cologne, Germany December 9, 2018 Pachuco McPower Pachuco McPower
Jdwc 2019 winner de
Spanish Finals Madrid, Spain December 15, 2018 Roberto Vargas Robert00robert
Jdwc 2019 winner es
Italian Finals[29] Live on MTV Italy and Nickelodeon Italy January 3, 2019 Antonino Pomilia Dancer280
Jdwc 2019 winner it

Judges[]

While some events relied solely on the in-game scoring system, some also had judges. The following judges were present at the events:

  • Festigame:[30]
    • iCata, cosplayer and content creator
    • Tabatha Pacer, cosplayer and content creator
  • Igromir:[16]
    • Alexey Shalburov, creator, chief choreographer and artistic director of the Flyographers Dance Team
    • Inga Fominykh, winner of Big Up Kemp Europe 2014 (France) and Jamaican Hot Weekend 2014, judge of numerous major Russian Reggaeton battles, and organizer of Siberian Reggaeton Festival vol 1-5
  • Argentinian Game Show:[31]
    • Nazareno Casero, actor
    • Noe Antunez, actress
    • Agostina Ochoa, Just Dance ambassador for Argentina
  • French Finals:[32]
  • Mexican Finals:[33]
  • U.S. National Finals:[34]
  • Comic-Con Experience:[35]
    • Aiquefun, influencer
    • Mari Nery, influencer and livestreamer
    • Rosana Maria, actress, dancer, and influencer
  • German Finals:[36]
    • Jokah Tululu, musician and YouTuber
    • Cheyenne Pahde, actress
    • Sugar Rae, dancer, choreographer, and director of Bamschool
  • Spanish Finals:[8]
    • Paula Gonu, influencer
    • Damián Veiga, professional dancer
    • José Gabriel Ortiz, professional dancer
  • Italian Finals:[37]
    • LaSabri, YouTuber
    • Lala Blhite, Just Dance dancer and choreographer
  • Finals:[38]
    • Jayden Rodrigues, Just Dance ambassador and YouTuber
    • Jerky Jessy, professional dancer and choreographer
    • Maira Medeiros, influencer

World Finals[]

World Finals were held on March 30, 2019. Similar to the previous competition, the competition was divided into two brackets: a winner’s bracket and a loser’s bracket. Players would face off 1v1 and the winner would move onto the next round, while the loser would move down to the loser’s bracket and compete there.

Playoffs[]

Playoffs were held prior to the livestream and consisted of 1v1 matches in a best of three format. These consisted of the first three rounds in the winner’s bracket and the first four in the loser’s bracket, with the top 6 moving on to the livestreamed finals.

Winner’s Bracket[]

Winner’s Bracket playoff results[39]
WB Round 1 WB Round 2 WB Round 3
Fineasz.U (2) Fuzzyduck99 (0) Fineasz.U (0)
Fineasz.U (2)
TheAllu97 (0) Manujon27 (2)
Manujon27 (2)
JustDenz95 (1) Umutcan Tütüncü (2) Umutcan Tütüncü (2)
LicornusMoluskus (1)
TarcisioJr99 (2) TarcisioJr99 (0)
IeFerDz (1)
Stormex (1) Dancer280 (2) Dancer280 (2)
AriaRob (0)
Diamond_B (0) Aazzlano (1)
Aazzlano (2)
AriaRob (2) Pachuco McPower (2) Pachuco McPower (0)
Camyblas15 (0)
Dionvisserrr (L)
(withdrawn)
Robert00robert (2)
Robert00robert (W)
(advanced by default)

Loser’s Bracket[]

Loser’s Bracket playoff results[39]
LB Round 1 LB Round 2 LB Round 3 LB Round 4
AriaRob (1) Dionvisserrr (L)
(withdrawn)
TarcisioJr99 (2) TarcisioJr99 (2)
Camyblas15 (W)
(advanced by default)
Camyblas15 (0)
JustDenz95 (2) Diamond_B (0) Fineasz.U (1) JustDenz95 (0)
JustDenz95 (2) JustDenz95 (2)
Fuzzyduck99 (2) IeFerDz (1) Pachuco McPower (0) LicornusMoluskus (1)
LicornusMoluskus (2) LicornusMoluskus (2)
Stormex (1) TheAllu97 (2) Aazzlano (0) TheAllu97 (2)
Fuzzyduck99 (0) TheAllu97 (2)

Finals[]

The top 6 players moved on to the finals, consisting of the last two rounds of the Winner’s Bracket, the last three rounds of the Loser’s Bracket, and the grand finals. These matches were best of three, except for the grand finals, which were best of five. The winner of each song was determined by the three judges and the game score, with a poll in Twitch chat breaking ties.

Winner’s Bracket[]

Winner’s Bracket and Grand Finals results[39]
WB Round 4 WB Finals Grand Finals
Manujon27 (1) Umutcan Tütüncü (2)
(advanced to grand finals)
Umutcan Tütüncü (3)
(first place)
Umutcan Tütüncü (2)
Dancer280 (2) Dancer280 (1)
(advanced to loser’s bracket finals)
TarcisioJr99 (0)
(second place)
Robert00robert (1)

Loser’s Bracket[]

Loser’s Bracket finals results[39]
LB Round 5 LB Round 6 LB Finals
Robert00robert (0) TarcisioJr99 (2) Dancer280 (0)
(third place)
TarcisioJr99 (2)
Manujon27 (1) TheAllu97 (0) TarcisioJr99 (2)
(advanced to grand finals)
TheAllu97 (2)

Trivia[]

  • This is the first World Cup event to have the final take place in Brazil instead of Paris, France.
  • This is the first World Cup to use Twitch chat to break ties.
  • Benelux champion Dion Visser attended the finals but had to drop out due to illness prior to competing in any matches.[40] Players who were set to compete against him moved on by default.

Gallery[]

Promotional Images[]

Offline Qualifications[]

Finals[]

Videos[]

Promotional Content[]

National Finals[]

Finals[]

References[]

  1. https://www.facebook.com/justdancegame/posts/greetings-dancers-the-just-dance-team-is-taking-a-break-from-the-just-dance-worl/1554298121372299/
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  41. https://www.ubisoft.com.cn/games/jd2019

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