Just Dance World Cup/2014

The Just Dance World Cup 2014 was the inaugural edition of the World Cup, held in 2014 by Ubisoft in collaboration with the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC). The competition was announced on June 24, 2014, with a wider announcement on July 10, 2014.https://web.archive.org/web/20140629062445/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en Finals were held from October 30 to November 1, 2014, at Paris Games Week.https://web.archive.org/web/20140716143547/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/final Brazilian competitor Diegho San won the competition.
==Participants==
Participants were chosen through three ways: in-person qualifications, digital qualifications through the World Dance Floor, and handpicked entries from TV.https://web.archive.org/web/20140716143611/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/selections
===In-person qualifiers===
In-person qualifiers were available at the following events:https://web.archive.org/web/20141031160736/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com:80/en/selections/events
*July 12-19: ESWC North America, Mondial des Jeux Loto Québec, Montreal, Canadahttps://web.archive.org/web/20140716042454/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/the-north-american-selections/U8A6HigAACYAvVJ-
**July 12-17: Qualifiers at the Grand-Place of Complexe Desjardins, Montreal, Canada
**July 18: Finals at the Théâtre Telus, Montreal, Canada
*October 2-5: Ubisoft stand at Igromir, Crocus, Moscow, Russia
*October 3-5: Ubisoft stand at EB Expo, Sydney, Australia
**Australian qualifiers:https://web.archive.org/web/20141013042638/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/the-australian-selections-local-events/VAX6uysAACkAuwvQ
***September 14: Jason Coleman’s Ministry of Dance, Melbourne, Victoria
***September 21: Q2 Dance, Camperdown, New South Wales
***September 28: RAW Dance Company, Moorooka, Queensland
*October 11-12: ESWC Finals, Sports-gaming.dk, Copenhagen, Denmark
*October 29: ESWC Finals, Paris Games Week, Paris, France
The following people qualified:
*Che "TheStormex" Tan (Canada)https://web.archive.org/web/20140904070345/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/che-tan-first-dancer-qualified-in-canada/U9e3QigAAAIgDDsa
*Dmitrii "dim0n19" Stepanov (Russia)https://web.archive.org/web/20141020033616/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/russia-crowns-dmitrii-stepanov/VDf55CoAACoA1NT8
*Denzal "Denz" Van Uitregt (Australia)https://web.archive.org/web/20141019002340/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/denzal-van-uitregt-is-the-just-dance-australian-champion/VDzkYioAACkA3qht
*Stefania "Stef" Daniela Marras (Denmark)https://web.archive.org/web/20141020033634/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/stefania-daniela-marras-is-the-best-dancer-in-denmark/VD1EnyoAACcA32fn
*Manuel "roxsora13U" Rodriguez (France)https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/435875663372422694/stages/435875664144174677/#structure
*Dina "TheFairyDina" Morrisset (France)
===World Dance Floor qualifiers===
Qualification tournaments were held on the World Dance Floor (on all consoles except Wii) on July 13th, 20th, 27th, August 3rd and 31st, and September 7th, 14th and 21st.https://web.archive.org/web/20140915085321/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/the-3-selection-modes/U7mEHigAACgAQIRG Three sessions were held each day (times are in UTC):https://web.archive.org/web/20141222074915/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/bundles/applicationsitegeneral/pdf/rules_jdwc_en-10072014.pdf
*7:00AM-8:00AM
*12:00PM-1:00PM
*5:00PM-6:00PM
The top 10 competitors qualified:https://web.archive.org/web/20141115180944/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/ubisoft-and-eswc-unveil-the-final-phase/VD_MnCoAACgA3uhR
#Kelvin Jaeder Da Rocha Santos (Brazil)
#Flavien "Racein2ix" Alonzo (France)
#Alan "AIFO13" Faundez (Chile)
#Diego "Diegho San" Dos Santos Silva (Brazil)
#Avery "Littlesiha" Price (United States)
#Rosalia "Moogly-H" Rowher (New Zealand)
#Josué Delgado Rosales (Peru)
#Linda Huante Caballero (Mexico)
#Nyugent Villanueva Rueda (Peru)
#Jochem "RenoGroove" Romijn (Netherlands)
=== TV qualifiers===
The following competitors were chosen "based on creativity, choreography, charisma and originality".
*Carrie "Keikodancer" Swidecki (United States)
*Luis Fernando Lopez Cortez (Mexico)
*Tulio "Tulioakar96" Furst Akar (Brazil)
*Mario "Masanori" Santoro (France)
==Jury==
The following judges were present during the Danish qualifications:
*Simon Juul Mortensen, Sports-Gaming.dk representative
*Tim Kürstein Wolter, Ubisoft representative
*Patricia Tjørnelund, dancer
The following judges were present during the French qualifications:
*Damien Poussé, creative director
*, esports player and journalist
*Mouss Otakool, ambassador
The following judges were present during the final:
*Matthew Tomkinson, game director
*Véronique Halbrey, character director
*Mehdi Kerkouche, choreographer
==Results==
The finalists were split into five groups (A-E) of four. Within those groups, they competed 1v1 in a round-robin format. The game score awarded three points while the jury awarded three points, with ties broken by the audience. Finalists were originally split into seeds based on their performance in the qualifiers, but these were not used due to four people not attending.https://web.archive.org/web/20141031154051/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/just-dance-pools-compositions/VEUf7CkAACYAjbtw
*Top seed: Avery Price / samurox89 / Moogly-H / Diegho.san / KelvinJaeder
*High seed: AIFO13 / Racein2x / Babylin / Axelrv93 / RenoGroove
*Challenger seed: Ferch12 / Tulioakar96 / Carrie / Masanori / Stefania / Denzal / Dmitrii / M.Che / Manuel / Dina
===Group A===
Group A took place on October 30.https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/435875663372422694/stages/435875664144174677/groups/435875664144174678/#structure
#Diegho San (9)
#Denzal Van Uitregt (6)
#Mario Santoro (3)
#Alan Faundez (0)
===Group B===
Group B took place on October 30.https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/435875663372422694/stages/435875664144174677/groups/435875664177729137/#structure
#Kelvin Jaeder (6)
#Flavien Alozo (6)
#Che Tan (3)
#Manuel Rodriguez (3)
===Group C===
Group C took place on October 31.https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/435875663372422694/stages/435875664144174677/groups/435875664177729164/
#Dina Morisset (9)
#Rosalia Rowher (6)
#Dmitrii Stepanov (3)
#Carrie Swidecki (0)
===Group D===
Group D took place on October 31.https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/435875663372422694/stages/435875664144174677/groups/435875664211283623/
#Tulio Akar (9)
#Avery Price (6)
#Stefania Daniela Marras (3)
#Jochem Romijn (0)
===Group E===
Group E was meant to take place on November 1. However, this group is not present on the official tournament listings and the video uploaded as Group E on the official ESWC channel shows the semi-finals.https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x295809 The schedule also says that these matches did not occur.https://web.archive.org/web/20150101011748/http://www.toornament.com/widget/tournaments/5444d0a49a6d9cfd67000000/matches/schedule It is unclear why these matches did not occur, or if these players were even able to attend, as they appeared in the seed compositions on October 20, 2014. The following players fall into this category:
*Josué Delgado Rosales
*Linda Huante Caballero
*Luis Fernando Lopez Cortez
*Nyugent Villanueva Rueda
===Playoffs===
The finals took place on November 1. The top four players from the group stage were placed into a bracket and competed 1v1. The semifinal winners moved onto the final round while the runner-ups competed for third place.
Final resultshttps://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/435875663372422694/stages/435875664211283682/
Semifinals 	Finals
Diegho San (2) 	Diegho San (2)
Kelvin Jaeder (0)	Diegho San (2)
Dina Morisset (0)	Tulio Akar (0)
Tulio Akar (2) 	Tulio Akar (0)
Third place 	Third place
Dina Morisset (2)	Dina Morisset (2)
Kelvin Jaeder (0)	Kelvin Jaeder (0)
==Gallery==
===Promotional Images===
Worldcup logo.png|Logo
Jdwc 2014 logo.jpg|Logo 2
Jdwc jdtv promo.jpg|Just Dance TV promotional image
Jdwc 2014 e3 promo.jpg|Promotional image 1
Jdwc 2014 dancers promo.jpg|Promotional image 2
Jdwc 2014 convention promo.jpg|Promotional image 3
===World Dance Floor qualifiers===
Jdwc 2014 wdf promo 1.jpg|Promotional image 1
Jdwc 2014 wdf promo 2.jpg|Promotional image 2
Jdworldcup 2015 wdf promo.jpg|Promotional image 3
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 2.jpg|Promotional image 4
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 3.jpg|Promotional image 5
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 4.jpg|Promotional image 6
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 5.jpg|Promotional image 7
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 6.jpg|Promotional image 8
Jdwc 2014 wdf leaders july.jpg|Rankings as of July 16, 2014
Jdwc 2014 wdf leaders july 23.jpg|Rankings as of July 23, 2014
Jdwc 2014 wdf leaders aug 6.jpg|Rankings as of August 6, 2014
Jdwc 2014 1st place aug 29.jpg|First-place rankings as of August 29, 2014
Jdwc 2014 wdf leaders sep 17.jpg|Rankings as of September 17, 2014
===In-person qualifiers===
Jdwc 2014 canada qualifiers.png|Canadian staff
Jdwc 2014 canada qualifiers 2.png|Canadian qualifiers
Jdwc 2014 canada winner.jpg|Canadian winner
Jdwc 2014 russia qualifiers.jpg|Russian qualifiers
Jdwc 2014 russia audience.jpg|Audience at the Russian qualifiers
Jdwc 2014 russia winner.jpg|Russian winner
Jdwc 2014 australia winner.jpg|Australian winner
Jdwc 2014 australia winner 2.jpg|Australian winner with cosplayers
Jdwc 2014 denmark judges.jpg|Danish judges
Jdwc 2014 denmark qualifiers.jpg|Danish qualifiers
Jdwc 2014 denmark qualifiers 2.jpg|Danish qualifiers
Jdwc 2014 denmark qualifiers 3.jpg|Danish qualifiers
Jdwc 2014 denmark competitors.jpg|Danish competitors
Jdwc 2014 denmark winner.jpg|Danish winner
Jdwc 2014 fr judges.png|French judges
Jdwc 2014 fr winner 1.png|French winner (Group 1)
Jdwc 2014 fr winner 2.png|French winner (Group 2)
===Finals===
Jdwc 2014 contestants.jpg|Finalists
Jdwc 2014 audience panorama.jpg|Audience panorama
Jdwc 2014 offstage dancing.jpg|Finalists dancing offstage
Jdwc 2014 finals judges.jpg|Judges
Jdwc 2014 finals carrie dmitrii.jpg|Group C, round 1, match 2
Jdwc 2014 finals dina kelvin.jpg|Third place match
Jdwc 2014 finals diego tulio.jpg|Finals
Jdwc 2014 winners.jpg|Winners
Jdwc 2014 finalists group.jpg|Winners with judges and staff
==Videos==
===Announcements===
Just Dance World Cup 2014- Announcement Trailer
Just Dance World Cup 2014 - Announcement trailer -UK-
Just Dance ESWC Clip EN
===In-person Qualifiers===
Just Dance 2014 at Paris Games Week- First Just Dance worldwide championship
===Official Competition===
Just Dance World Cup - FR Group 1
Just Dance World Cup - FR Group 2
Just Dance World Cup - INTER Group A
Just Dance World Cup - INTER Group B
Just Dance World CUP - INTER Group C
Just Dance World Cup - INTER Group D
Just Dance World Cup - INTER Group E
Just Dance World Cup - Grand Final
===Individual Matches===
"It's My Birthday" - Duel Dina vs David - Just Dance World Cup 2014 (ESWC - PGW)
"Addicted To You" - Duel Dina vs Loic - Just Dance World Cup 2014 (ESWC - PGW)
==References==
==Site Navigation==
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