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Connection over performance
The best social dancer is not the one with the most tricks. It is the one who listens, adapts and makes every partner feel safe and enjoyed. We judge that, and we try to live it off the floor too.
About the World Cup
Find the best social dancers in the world and bring the world together doing it
The Bachata Social World Cup is a social dance competition. Every round, dancers meet partners they may never have danced with, to music they have never heard. What we look for is the dancer who makes any partner feel good. Through qualifiers in more than 25 countries and a World Cup Final in Geneva, we bring dancers from every nation onto one floor, each under their own flag.
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Qualifiers
26
Host countries
47
Nations at the Finals
180
Finalists
The 2026 season.
What we stand for
Our values
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Respect comes first
Every partner, every judge, every volunteer and every person in the audience deserves the same respect. Nobody is a joke: not for their country, their skin, their face, their accent, their body or who they are.
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One world, one floor
Dancers come to us from dozens of countries. Nationality, culture and origin are something we celebrate and carry with pride, never something to mock. Bachata was born in the Dominican Republic and belongs to everyone who dances it.
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Fair and transparent
The same criteria everywhere, independent judges, published scores and honest results. When we get a result wrong, we say so and fix it.
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Safe to dance
Consent, boundaries and physical safety are part of good social dancing. A dancer who does not feel safe cannot connect, and a competition that is not safe has no winner worth the title.
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We own our mistakes
Accountability applies to us first: the organization, its directors, its MCs and its judges. When something goes wrong, we say it, we act, and we learn from it in public.
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Room to grow
We are open to every level, from first-time competitors to world champions. We believe in consequences, and also in education and second chances.
From values to rules
Our Code of Conduct turns these values into rules for everyone at our events: competitors, judges, MCs, staff, organizers and our own team.