Just Dance World Cup/2017

The Just Dance World Cup 2017 (initially known as the Just Dance World Cup 2016) was the third annual Just Dance World Cup event, held in 2016 and 2017 by Ubisoft in collaboration with the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC). The competition was announced on August 17, 2016,https://web.archive.org/web/20170117025448/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/just-dance-world-cup-is-back-in-2016/V7Rh0CwAAK0PGHZL with offline qualifications held at various Ubisoft and ESWC events from September 2016 to January 2017, and online qualifications held weekly on the World Dance Floor from November 13, 2016, to January 8, 2017. Finals were held during ESWC Winter in February 2017 and were won by Turkish competitor Umutcan Tütüncü, also known as Technoth.
==Qualifiers==
Diegho San, the winner of the previous World Cup, qualified automatically. The remaining 17 competitors were chosen through online and in-person qualifiers.
===Offline Qualifications===
The following contestants qualified via in-person events around the world.https://web.archive.org/web/20170502193055/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/qualifiers/events The returning champion is listed here as well. German qualifiers were originally going to be held at Tubecon on November 20, but this was postponed to be held at the Meet & Play Event instead.
Event 	Location 	Date 	Winner	Username 	Picture
World Cup 2015 (returning champion)	Paris, France 	November 1, 2015 	Diego 	Diegho San	
Brasil Game Show 	São Paulo, Brazil 	September 3, 2016 	Hian 	Hian 	
IgroMir Expo 	Moscow, Russia 	September 29, 2016	Danila	DeaDanRus 	
Paris Games Week 	Paris, France 	October 27, 2016 	Manu 	ManuJD1 	
Meet & Play Event 	Oberhausen, Germany	January 29, 2017 	Justin	WiesnerJJ 	
===Online Qualifications===
Digital qualifications took place during sessions on the World Dance Floor on Wii U, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The sessions went through 10 songs: Bonbon, Wherever I Go, Bang, Sorry, Lean On, Worth It, Can’t Feel My Face, Like I Would, Bailar, and Scream & Shout (Extreme Version). At the end of each session the score the player obtained in each song was totaled up and scaled based on number of participants on the console during that performance.https://web.archive.org/web/20161130154811/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/bundles/applicationsitegeneral/pdf/2016/rules_jdwc_en-20161115.pdf Sessions took place weekly from November 13, 2016, to January 8, 2017, with times alternating between 10-11am and 5-6pm UTC -8 each week. A session was meant to occur on November 6 from 5-6pm UTC -8, but this was canceled and postponed due to a rule change.https://web.archive.org/web/20161130073750/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/world-dancefloor--tournament-rules-update/WCSGRSYAAEYruW1v
Region 	Country 	Winner 	Username 	Picture
 	 	Dina 	TheFairyDina 	
 	 	Charlie 	Chazza 	
Germany 	Germany 	Maik 	AkaMisaki 	
Italy 	Italy 	Silvia 	MoonAngel90 	
Spain 	Spain 	Roberto 	Robert100Robert	
United States	United States	Joseph 	Aazzlano 	
Canada 	Canada 	Gabriel 	Gabthenostalgic	
Russia 	Russia 	Vladislav	SiViOMango 	
Brazil 	Brazil 	Pamella 	PamellaRibeiro 	
Australia 	Australia 	Denzal 	JustDenz95 	
 	Peru 	Fabrizio 	Dial-k901 	
 	Hungary 	Kevin 	KevinDudas 	
 	Turkey 	Umutcan 	Technoth 	
==Judges==
Name 	Judge	Profession
Olivier Adelh 	 	Game Director
Barbara Chane-Kane	 	Choreography Director
Mehdi Kerkouche 	 	Professional Dancer/Choreographer
Damien Poussé 	 	Associate Creative Director 
Gigi Rowe  	 	Singer/Songwriter
==Results==
The tournament was held from February 17 - 19, 2017, in Paris, France, as part of ESWC Winter. The 18 competitors were split into a with four rounds consisting of nine best of three matches. The top four players moved to the playoffs, where they faced off one-on-one in best of three matches. The winners of the semi-final round moved on to the finals while the losers played for third place.https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/436307339301155736/stages/436307372620706758/groups/436307372620706759/
The following songs were played: Break Free, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Holding Out for a Hero, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Titanium, Bailar, Bonbon, I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll, PoPiPo, Just Dance, Carnaval Boom, Better When I’m Dancin’, One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks), Don’t Stop Me Now, Walk This Way (Old School), Hips Don’t Lie, Cheap Thrills, Can’t Feel My Face, What Is Love, and Scream & Shout (Extreme).https://web.archive.org/web/20170530171028/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/champions-here-are-your-songs-/WIeEyiAAAK4BIKFX
===Swiss system===
The following is adapted from the official bracket on Toornament. Matches are listed in the order present on the website. Winners of each match are listed in bold with the number of songs they won listed in parentheses.
Swiss system results
Match	Round 1https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/436307339301155736/stages/436307372620706758/groups/436307372620706759/rounds/436307372620706760/	Round 2https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/436307339301155736/stages/436307372620706758/groups/436307372620706759/rounds/436307372754924599/	Round 3https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/436307339301155736/stages/436307372620706758/groups/436307372620706759/rounds/436307372855588004/	Round 4https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/436307339301155736/stages/436307372620706758/groups/436307372620706759/rounds/436307372956251413/
1 	Diegho San (2) 	Dial-k901 (2) 	JustDenz95 (2) 	JustDenz95 (2)
1 	KevinDudas (1) 	Chazza (1) 	Dial-k901 (1) 	Technoth (1)
2 	Dial-k901 (2) 	PamellaRibeiro (1) 	Technoth (2) 	Hian (2)
2 	SiViOMango (0) 	Diegho San (2) 	Diegho San (1) 	Danila (0)
3 	Manu (1) 	JustDenz95 (2) 	Hian (2) 	PamellaRibeiro (2)
3 	Hian (2) 	Aazzlano (0) 	Chazza (0) 	Roberto00 (1)
4 	PamellaRibeiro (2) 	Roberto00 (0) 	Manu (2) 	Manu (0)
4 	MoonAngel90 (0) 	Technoth (2) 	Dina (1) 	Diegho San (2)
5 	AkaMisaki (0) 	Hian (2) 	PamellaRibeiro (2) 	Dial-k901 (1)
5 	Roberto00 (2) 	KevinDudas (1) 	Gabthenostalgic (0) 	Dina (2)
6 	Dina (0) 	Manu (2) 	Danila (2) 	Chazza (2)
6 	Chazza (2) 	AkaMisaki (0) 	Aazzlano (0) 	Aazzlano (0)
7 	Aazzlano (2) 	Gabthenostalgic (2) 	Roberto00 (2) 	Gabthenostalgic (2)
7 	Gabthenostalgic (1) 	SiViOMango (1) 	KevinDudas (1) 	MoonAngel90 (0)
8 	Technoth (2) 	Danila (2) 	SiViOMango (1) 	AkaMisaki (0)
8 	Danila (1) 	MoonAngel90 (0) 	AkaMisaki (2) 	KevinDudas (2)
9 	JustDenz95 (2) 	Dina (2) 	WiesnerJJ (1) 	SiViOMango (2)
9 	WiesnerJJ (0) 	WiesnerJJ (0) 	MoonAngel90 (2) 	WiesnerJJ (0)
Swiss system rankinghttps://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/436307339301155736/stages/436307372620706758/groups/436307372620706759/
Rank	Name 	Points
1 	Hian 	8
2 	JustDenz95 	8
3 	PamellaRibeiro 	6
4 	Technoth 	6
5 	Diegho San 	6
6 	Dial-k901 	4
7 	Chazza 	4
8 	Danila 	4
9 	Manu 	4
10 	Roberto00 	4
11 	Dina 	4
12 	Gabthenostalgic	4
13 	KevinDudas 	2
14 	SiViOMango 	2
15 	Aazzlano 	2
16 	MoonAngel90 	2
17 	AkaMisaki 	0
18 	WiesnerJJ 	0
===Playoffs===
Final resultshttps://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/436307339301155736/stages/436307373090469311/
Semifinals 	Finals
Hian (1) 	Technoth (2)
Technoth (2) 	Technoth (2)
JustDenz95 (1) 	PamellaRibeiro (0)
PamellaRibeiro (2)	PamellaRibeiro (0)
Third place 	Third place
JustDenz95 (2) 	JustDenz95 (2)
Hian (0) 	Hian (0)
==Trivia==
*The competition was initially confirmed as "Just Dance World Cup 2016".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rUa1htsKUY
*This is the first time Unlimited songs are part of the final round.
*The winner of the Canada qualifications was first projected to be RODRIGOBRDC from Brazil. However, it was eventually discovered that the player was not Canadian, and Gabthenostalgic was projected as the winner instead.
*This is the first time Turkey won.
==Gallery==
===Promotional Images===
Jdwc 2017 overview.jpg|Overview
Jdwc 2017 rules.jpg|Rules
Jdwc 2017 rules update.png|Rules update
Jdwc 2015 2017 promo.png|Promotional banner
Jdwc 2017 prize.jpg|Prize announcement
Jdwc2017 eswc promo.jpg|Promotional image for news regarding the World Cup
Jdwc 2017 champion promo.jpg|Song announcement
===Offline Qualifications===
JDWC BGS Qualifier Hian.jpg|Brazilian winner
Jdwc 2017 ru 1.jpg|Russian qualifications
Jdwc 2017 ru 2.jpg|Russian qualifications
Jdwc 2017 ru 3.jpg|Russian qualifications
Jdwc 2017 ru 4.jpg|Russian qualifications
Jdwc 2017 ru winner.jpg|Russian winner
JDWC Igromir Qualifier Danila.jpg|Russian winner
Jdwc 2017 fr finals 1.png|French qualifications
Jdwc 2017 fr finals 2.png|French qualifications
Jdwc 2017 fr 1.jpg|French qualifications
Jdwc 2017 fr 2.jpg|French qualifications
Jdwc 2017 fr 3.jpg|French qualifications
Jdwc 2017 fr 4.jpg|French qualifications
Jdwc 2017 fr 5.jpg|French qualifications
JDWC Paris Games Week Qualifier Manu.jpg|French winner
Jdwc 2017 de 1.jpg|German qualifications
Jdwc 2017 de 2.jpg|German qualifications
Jdwc 2017 de 3.jpg|German qualifications
Jdwc 2017 de 4.jpg|German qualifications
Jdwc 2017 de 5.jpg|German qualifications
Jdwc 2017 de 6.jpg|German qualifications
16230807 1078410212305082 2526395287874830336 n.jpg|German winner
===Online Qualifications===
Jdwc 2017 wdf schedule.jpg|World Dance Floor schedule
Jdwc2017 wdf promo 1.jpg|World Dance Floor qualifications promotional image
Jdwc 2017 wdf week 1.jpg|Week 1
Jdwc 2017 wdf week 2.jpg|Week 2
Jdwc 2017 wdf week 3.jpg|Week 3
Jdwc 2017 wdf week 4.jpg|Week 4
Jdwc 2017 wdf finalists list.png|Finalists
Jdwc 2017 wdf finalists.png|Finalists
Jdwc2017 map promo.jpg|Online qualifiers map promotional image
Jdwc2017 europe promo.jpg|European qualifiers promotional image
===Finals===
Jdwc 2017 final promo.jpg|Finals promo
Jdwc 2017 jury.jpg|Jury
Jdwc 2017 eswc schedule promo.png|Schedule
Jdwc 2017 location.png|Location
Jdwc 2017 livestream schedule.png|Livestream schedule
Jdwc 2017 livestream join 1.jpg|Livestream promotional image 1
Jdwc 2017 livestream join 2.jpg|Livestream promotional image 2
Jdwc 2017 livestream join 3.jpg|Livestream promotional image 3
Jdwc 2017 livestream join 4.jpg|Livestream promotional image 4
Jdwc2017 worldfinals promo.jpg|World Finals promotional image
Jdwc 2017 finalists.png|Finalists
Jdwc 2017 saturday recap.png|Finals
Jdwc 2017 winners.png|Top 3
IMG 1158.jpg|Winner
==Videos==
===Announcement===
Just Dance 2017 - Official World Cup 2016 Trailer -AUT-
Just Dance Minute - Special Just Dance World Cup
===Just Dance Minute===
Just Dance Minute - Just Dance World Cup Tips 1
Just Dance Minute - Just Dance World Cup Tips 2
Just Dance Minute - Just Dance World Cup Some Dancing tips
Just Dance Minute - Just Dance World Cup Tips 4
===In-person Qualifiers===
-BGS 2016- Final das Classificarórias de Just Dance
Отборочные соревнования Just Dance World Cup
Just Dance World Cup - Показательное выступление Амандины Мориссе
Just Dance World Cup - Четвертьфинал отборочных соревнований
Just Dance World Cup - Полуфинал отборочных соревнований
Just Dance World Cup 2017 – Deutscher Live-Vorentscheid
===Finals===
JUST DANCE 2017 WORLD CUP FINALE TEASER
Just Dance World Cup - A Word From The Finalists!
Demi-finales de la Just Dance World Cup à l'ESWC !
Just Dance World Cup 2017 - ФИНАЛ
==References==
==Site Navigation==
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