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September 19, 2026Frankfurt, GermanyFinished

Extravadanza Bachata Congress

Frankfurt Qualifier 2

The event in numbers

Who came, how the competition went and what the scores tell.

40
Dancers
18
Countries
3
Rounds
17
Judges
300
Scores given
1 h 27
Of dancing

01 · The competition

Round by round

40 dancers in Preliminaries, 10 in the Finals. 3 heats and 8 songs. 40 of 40 dancers checked in for the first round.

Preliminaries

40 dancers20L + 20F

Semi-Finals

20 dancers10L + 10F

Finals

10 dancers5L + 5F

Judged by 17 judges from 9 countries, who gave 300 scores.

02 · Moments

What the scores tell

Read straight from the judges' published scores.

A split panelLeaders

The judges had 3 different favourites among the leaders. Guillermo Gonzalez Velazquez won it on the majority.

Guillermo Gonzalez VelazquezMexico
The panel agreedLeaders

All 4 judges placed Omar Tag 5th.

Omar TagEgypt
From the last places to the podiumLeaders

Mehdi Lachheb took one of the last places through Preliminaries (9th of 10) and finished 3rd in the Finals.

Mehdi LachhebMorocco
The deciderFollowers

Among the followers, the tie-break separated Catarina Martins from Natalia Kianickova.

Catarina MartinsPortugal
From the last places to the podiumFollowers

Jana Kablanov took one of the last places through Preliminaries (8th of 10) and finished 3rd in the Finals.

Jana KablanovIndividual Neutral Athlete
Sharpest eye

10 of Roberto Delgado Villa's 10 favourites went through to the next round, the best of the panel.

Roberto Delgado VillaGermany

03 · The field

Who came to dance

Nations

18 countries, 4 continents

55% of the dancers came from outside Germany.

DEGermany
18
UAUkraine
5
ESSpain
2
CACanada
1
EGEgypt
1
GRGreece
1
Germany: 18Ukraine: 5Spain: 2Canada: 1Egypt: 1Greece: 1India: 1Individual Neutral Athlete: 1Iraq: 1Italy: 1Luxembourg: 1Mexico: 1Morocco: 1Poland: 1Portugal: 1Serbia: 1Slovakia: 1Sweden: 1

First-timers and regulars

25%
First World Cup event
10 dancers
11
Regulars
3 or more events before

Most experienced

Emma Altenhammar8 World Cup events before this one

Experience

4.7
Years dancing, on average
Intermediate
17
Advanced
13
Professional
8
Beginner
2

04 · Before and after

Sign-ups and feedback

How registration filled up

16 days
To sell out
63%
Signed up in the last week

05 · What happened next

On to Bachata Social German Championship 2027

How the dancers who qualified at Frankfurt Qualifier 2 did there.