World Cup Finals 2026
The road to Genevain numbers
29 qualifiers in 26 countries, 2,591 registrations, 23,011 judge scores and 114 dancers confirmed for Geneva. This is what the 2025-2026 season looked like from the first heat to the last qualified list.
- 29
- Qualifiers
- 1,797
- Dancers
- 101
- Countries
- 23,011
- Judge scores
The road to Geneva
29 qualifiers, 26 countries, one weekend
From 2 May 2025 to 9 Oct 2026, dancers competed in 26 host countries for the 180 places on the floor of the World Cup Finals.
One stop per qualifier, in date order. Each shows the dancers confirmed on the platform and the Finals spots it offered. Places given back by qualified dancers who cannot come go to the Geneva prequalifier. 4 qualifiers took registrations outside the platform, so their dancers are not counted.
Pulse of the season
When dancers signed up
Registrations received each month across all counted qualifiers. A gold dot marks a month that held at least one qualifier.
Counted on this page
What the numbers cover
- 29 qualifiers that send dancers directly to the World Cup Finals, from 2 May 2025 to 9 Oct 2026.
- 25 of them took registrations on the platform, so their dancers are counted in every figure about who competed.
- 22 of them recorded judge scores on the platform, so only they feed the figures about scoring and judging.
- 2 qualifiers are still to come, and their numbers will grow until they are held.
Numbers as of 22 Sept 2026.
Nations
101 countries on the floor
Dancers from 101 countries competed on the road to Geneva, and 41 nations have a confirmed finalist. Participation and finalists tell two different stories: the nations that send the most dancers are not always the ones that fill the Finals.
Ranking
Who sends dancers, who goes to Geneva
Distinct dancers who represented each nation in at least one qualifier. A dancer who entered three qualifiers counts once.
- 1152Italy215 registrations across 20 qualifiersL 135 · F 80
- 2128Spain178 registrations across 20 qualifiersL 98 · F 80
- 3108Poland190 registrations across 18 qualifiersL 84 · F 106
- 486France135 registrations across 21 qualifiersL 73 · F 62
- 580Colombia97 registrations across 16 qualifiersL 52 · F 45
- 673USA81 registrations across 10 qualifiersL 41 · F 40
- 769Ukraine112 registrations across 20 qualifiersL 24 · F 88
- 854Germany80 registrations across 18 qualifiersL 34 · F 46
- 947UK72 registrations across 18 qualifiersL 39 · F 33
- 1043Lithuania64 registrations across 14 qualifiersL 9 · F 55
- 1140
Peru54 registrations across 18 qualifiersL 46 · F 8 - 1238
Mexico53 registrations across 12 qualifiersL 37 · F 16 - 1337Sweden92 registrations across 13 qualifiersL 51 · F 41
- 1437Switzerland46 registrations across 12 qualifiersL 24 · F 22
- 1536
Israel52 registrations across 15 qualifiersL 24 · F 28
- 1636
Romania49 registrations across 14 qualifiersL 18 · F 31 - 1736Australia45 registrations across 9 qualifiersL 19 · F 26
- 1833Estonia47 registrations across 8 qualifiersL 19 · F 28
- 1933
Venezuela38 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 20 · F 18 - 2032
Ecuador40 registrations across 14 qualifiersL 33 · F 7 - 2130
Greece39 registrations across 13 qualifiersL 17 · F 22 - 2229
Neutral athlete34 registrations across 13 qualifiersL 9 · F 25 - 2328Hungary55 registrations across 12 qualifiersL 25 · F 30
- 2426Netherlands45 registrations across 14 qualifiersL 26 · F 19
- 2526Belgium34 registrations across 8 qualifiersL 20 · F 14
- 2625Denmark41 registrations across 13 qualifiersL 29 · F 12
- 2725Cyprus36 registrations across 8 qualifiersL 15 · F 21
- 2825Bulgaria31 registrations across 9 qualifiersL 14 · F 17
- 2924Finland43 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 18 · F 25
- 3020
Turkey26 registrations across 12 qualifiersL 16 · F 10 - 3119Czechia29 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 7 · F 22
- 3218
Latvia33 registrations across 11 qualifiersL 11 · F 22 - 3317Norway23 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 2 · F 21
- 3417
India22 registrations across 11 qualifiersL 21 · F 1 - 3516
Portugal28 registrations across 13 qualifiersL 11 · F 17 - 3613
Argentina20 registrations across 12 qualifiersL 11 · F 9 - 3712Tunisia18 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 10 · F 8
- 3812
Serbia16 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 8 · F 8 - 3910
Brazil13 registrations across 10 qualifiersL 8 · F 5 - 4010
South Korea13 registrations across 4 qualifiersL 6 · F 7 - 4110
Canada11 registrations across 5 qualifiersL 9 · F 2 - 429
Morocco22 registrations across 12 qualifiersL 16 · F 6 - 439Kazakhstan12 registrations across 8 qualifiersL 8 · F 4
- 447
China12 registrations across 10 qualifiersL 8 · F 4 - 457Japan8 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 3 · F 5
- 467
Armenia7 registrations across 1 qualifierL 4 · F 3 - 477
Singapore7 registrations across 4 qualifiersL 4 · F 3 - 486
Palestine10 registrations across 8 qualifiersL 6 · F 4 - 496
Austria6 registrations across 4 qualifiersL 2 · F 4 - 505
Chile9 registrations across 5 qualifiersL 6 · F 3 - 515
Croatia5 registrations across 5 qualifiersL 2 · F 3 - 525
Slovakia5 registrations across 4 qualifiersL 1 · F 4 - 534
Sri Lanka9 registrations across 7 qualifiersL 9 · F 0 - 544
Bolivia5 registrations across 5 qualifiersL 4 · F 1 - 554
Ireland4 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 2 · F 2 - 564
Lebanon4 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 3 · F 1 - 574
Malta4 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 2 · F 2 - 584
Panama4 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 2 - 593
Algeria4 registrations across 4 qualifiersL 4 · F 0 - 603
Costa Rica3 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 1 - 613
New Zealand3 registrations across 1 qualifierL 2 · F 1 - 622
Philippines5 registrations across 4 qualifiersL 3 · F 2 - 632
Bosnia and Herzegovina3 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 1 · F 2 - 642
Egypt3 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 1 · F 2 - 652
New Caledonia3 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 1 · F 2 - 662
Nigeria3 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 3 · F 0 - 672
Paraguay3 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 0 · F 3 - 682
Uruguay3 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 2 · F 1 - 692
Afghanistan2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 1 · F 1 - 702
Albania2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 712
Azerbaijan2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 1 · F 1 - 722
Dominican Republic2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 732
Georgia2 registrations across 1 qualifierL 0 · F 2 - 742
Honduras2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 752
Hong Kong2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 1 · F 1 - 762
Nicaragua2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 1 · F 1 - 772
Puerto Rico2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 782
Syrian Arab Republic2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 792
Viet Nam2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 0 · F 2 - 801
Somalia4 registrations across 4 qualifiersL 4 · F 0 - 811
UAE3 registrations across 3 qualifiersL 0 · F 3 - 821
Malaysia2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 831
Réunion2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 841
Saudi Arabia2 registrations across 2 qualifiersL 2 · F 0 - 851
Cameroon1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 861
Chinese Taipei1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 871
Congo1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 881
Curaçao1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 891
El Salvador1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 901
Ethiopia1 registration across 1 qualifierL 0 · F 1 - 911
French Polynesia1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 921
Guatemala1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 931
Haiti1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 941
Iceland1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 951
Indonesia1 registration across 1 qualifierL 0 · F 1 - 961
Iraq1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 971
Madagascar1 registration across 1 qualifierL 0 · F 1 - 981
Nepal1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 991
North Macedonia1 registration across 1 qualifierL 1 · F 0 - 1001
Slovenia1 registration across 1 qualifierL 0 · F 1 - 1011
Thailand1 registration across 1 qualifierL 0 · F 1
Finals flags wall
114 dancers confirmed for Geneva from 41 countries
Every nation with a dancer whose place at the World Cup Finals is confirmed: 61 leaders and 53 followers so far. The list grows as the last qualifiers publish their results and dancers confirm.
Colombia13Spain10Poland7France6Australia6USA5Mexico5Japan5Israel4Italy3Sweden3Ecuador3Brazil3Kazakhstan3Ukraine2Germany2UK2Lithuania2Peru2Estonia2Greece2Denmark2Turkey2South Korea2China2Switzerland1Romania1Venezuela1Neutral athlete1Netherlands1Latvia1India1Portugal1Argentina1Serbia1Singapore1Palestine1Chile1Egypt1Uruguay1
Mongolia1Hosts and travellers
A nation hosts a qualifier when the event takes place on its soil. Travellers are nations whose dancers competed abroad without a qualifier at home. The most travelled nation is the one whose dancers showed up at the most different qualifiers.
Dancers
1,797 dancers, one dream
2,591 registrations by 1,797 dancers: 1,323 leaders and 1,268 followers, 31 years old on average, with 5.2 years of bachata behind them.
Road warriors
The most travelled dancers
Qualifiers entered on the road to Geneva. Names appear only for public profiles; everyone else stays a dancer from their country.
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Already qualified
Spots that passed down the line
Dancers who kept competing after earning their Finals spot and reached another final. A dancer can only hold one spot, so anything they would have won again went to the next dancer in that ranking.
- Gadirleader
Qualified at France Qualifier, 2 Nov 2025
- Final at Estonia Qualifier22 Nov 2025
- Final at Denmark Qualifier6 Dec 2025
4 qualifiers entered after qualifying
- Jeremyleader
Qualified at Germany Qualifier, 2 May 2025
- Final at Estonia Qualifier22 Nov 2025
- Final at Norway Qualifier6 Jun 2026
- Shayfollower
Qualified at Estonia Qualifier, 22 Nov 2025
- Final at Sweden Qualifier21 Feb 2026
3 qualifiers entered after qualifying
- Brunoleader
Qualified at North America Qualifier, 1 Feb 2026
- Final at Czechia Qualifier28 Feb 2026
2 qualifiers entered after qualifying
- Gracefollower
Qualified at East Asia Qualifier, 13 Jul 2025
- Final at Oceania Qualifier13 Oct 2025
2 qualifiers entered after qualifying
- Milicafollower
Qualified at Hungary Qualifier, 27 Sept 2025
- Final at Switzerland Qualifier8 Nov 2025
2 qualifiers entered after qualifying
- Verafollower
Qualified at Denmark Qualifier, 6 Dec 2025
- Final at Norway Qualifier6 Jun 2026
2 qualifiers entered after qualifying
- aniefollower
Qualified at Bulgaria Qualifier, 10 Jan 2026
- Final at Barcelona (Spain) Qualifier25 Jul 2026
- Carlitoleader
Qualified at East Asia Qualifier, 13 Jul 2025
- Final at Oceania Qualifier13 Oct 2025
- Chicholeader
Qualified at Sweden Qualifier, 21 Feb 2026
- Final at Ukraine Qualifier7 Mar 2026
- Danielleader
Qualified at France Qualifier, 2 Nov 2025
- Final at Switzerland Qualifier8 Nov 2025
- Danielleader
Qualified at East Asia Qualifier, 13 Jul 2025
- Final at Oceania Qualifier13 Oct 2025
Podiums
The medal table
Official 1st, 2nd and 3rd places across the season, from each qualifier's published results. Sorted by first places, then seconds, then thirds.
- 1aniefollower2002 finals in 3 qualifiers2podiums
- 2Chicholeader2002 finals in 2 qualifiers2podiums
- 3Leonardoleader2002 finals in 3 qualifiers2podiums
- 4Shayfollower2002 finals in 4 qualifiers2podiums
- 5Gabbyfollower1115 finals in 6 qualifiers3podiums
- 6Imanleader1113 finals in 4 qualifiers3podiums
- 7Elenafollower1102 finals in 3 qualifiers2podiums
- 8Mathildefollower1102 finals in 2 qualifiers2podiums
- 9Noafollower1102 finals in 4 qualifiers2podiums
- 10Verafollower1102 finals in 4 qualifiers2podiums
- 11Juliafollower1014 finals in 4 qualifiers2podiums
- 12Gadirleader1013 finals in 5 qualifiers2podiums
Finalists
Most finals reached
How many times a dancer stood in the final round of a qualifier this season, whatever the placing.
- 1Gabbyfollower5 finals in 6 qualifiers5finals
- 2Juliafollower4 finals in 4 qualifiers4finals
- 3Jesperleader4 finals in 8 qualifiers4finals
- 4Imanleader3 finals in 4 qualifiers3finals
- 5Gadirleader3 finals in 5 qualifiers3finals
- 6Leoleader3 finals in 4 qualifiers3finals
- 7PACOleader3 finals in 6 qualifiers3finals
- 8aniefollower2 finals in 3 qualifiers2finals
- 9Chicholeader2 finals in 2 qualifiers2finals
- 10Leonardoleader2 finals in 3 qualifiers2finals
- 11Shayfollower2 finals in 4 qualifiers2finals
- 12Elenafollower2 finals in 3 qualifiers2finals
Age
How old they are
Dancers per age group. The youngest is 13, the oldest 59. The youngest finalist is 16, the oldest 46.
Experience
Years of bachata
Dancers by years of dancing, as declared on their profile. The average is 5.2 years.
Persistence
Qualifiers per dancer
How many qualifiers each dancer entered on the road to Geneva. Most tried once; a few kept coming back.
Highest-scored rounds
When the panel agreed
The average of the judges' scores out of 10 in a single round, counting rounds with at least five judges. Scores are only comparable within the same panel, so this is a record list, not a ranking across events.
- 9.92EmiliafollowerDenmark QualifierPrelims6 judges5 perfect 10s
- 9.78АнастасіяfollowerUkraine QualifierSemifinals10 judges6 perfect 10s
- 9.75РенатleaderUkraine QualifierPreliminary Round17 judges10 perfect 10s
- 9.75KaterynafollowerDenmark QualifierSemis6 judges3 perfect 10s
- 9.74ChicholeaderUkraine QualifierPreliminary Round17 judges14 perfect 10s
- 9.73YuliiafollowerUkraine QualifierSemifinals10 judges6 perfect 10s
- 9.67VerafollowerDenmark QualifierQuarters6 judges4 perfect 10s
- 9.60GabbyfollowerNorway QualifierPrelims5 judges2 perfect 10s
Lives here, dances for there
Dancing for home
Dancers whose country of residence differs from the country they represent. Each row reads: where they live, then the flag they dance for.
- 7SpainItaly
- 7SpainVenezuela
- 7USAMexico
- 6GermanyPeru
- 6UKGreece
- 5GermanyItaly
- 5SpainPeru
- 5UKEcuador
- 5UKIndia
- 5USAVenezuela
Judges
248 judges, 23,011 scores
Judges from 41 countries scored the 22 qualifiers recorded on the platform, 11.3 judges per round on average. 20 sat as head judges, 21 finalists also judged, and 180 judged outside their own country.
Most qualifiers judged
The travelling panel
How many of the counted qualifiers each judge sat on, with the countries that hosted them.
- 19 qualifiersCarlos Segura24 rounds, 453 scores
- 29 qualifiersPaz Mederos Gomez24 rounds, 447 scores
- 35 qualifiersElise Õunapuu14 rounds, 404 scores
- 45 qualifiersSorush Alikhani14 rounds, 399 scores
- 54 qualifiersAlonso Oliva13 rounds, 309 scores
- 64 qualifiersGero R.R12 rounds, 316 scores
- 74 qualifiersMiglė Kreipavičiūtė12 rounds, 313 scores
- 84 qualifiersNoelia Otero11 rounds, 264 scores
- 94 qualifiersAnastasiia Stepanenko9 rounds, 281 scores
- 104 qualifiersRezi Ademi9 rounds, 273 scores
- 114 qualifiersEva Puchalla8 rounds, 196 scores
- 124 qualifiersOwen Van Eer8 rounds, 195 scores
Sharpest eye
Most accurate judges
How often a judge's favourites were also the room's favourites.
- 189%Chloi Aleiftira Stavropoulou40 of 45 picks advanced, 2 rounds
- 288%Andrea Gurgenidze44 of 50 picks advanced, 3 rounds
- 385%Polina Osipova41 of 48 picks advanced, 3 rounds
- 485%Diana Hazam41 of 48 picks advanced, 3 rounds
- 585%SILVIA JIMENEZ80 of 94 picks advanced, 7 rounds
- 685%Jorge Svoboda34 of 40 picks advanced, 3 rounds
- 784%Andrea Diana43 of 51 picks advanced, 2 rounds
- 884%David Diaz43 of 51 picks advanced, 2 rounds
- 984%Kateryna Kostiuchenko69 of 82 picks advanced, 5 rounds
- 1084%Klaudia Perdek58 of 69 picks advanced, 5 rounds
For every round scored out of 10 that was followed by another round, we take each judge's highest-scored dancers, as many as actually advanced among the dancers that judge scored, and check how many of them did go through. Ties at the cut all count as picks, and only judges with at least 40 picks appear. It is not a grade: a panel decides together, so this simply shows how often a judge's favourites were the room's favourites.
Largest panels
The most judges scoring a single round at one qualifier.
Ukraine QualifierNetherlands QualifierSwitzerland QualifierFinland QualifierNorway QualifierScotland QualifierPerfect 10s
Perfect scores given in rounds scored out of 10.
How scores were given
Every score recorded on the platform, by the method the round used.
Judging styles, anonymously
Generous or strict
Judges who tend to score above their panel sit to the right, those who score below sit to the left.
Each judge's average difference from their own panel on the same dancer, in points out of 10, for judges with at least 50 scores. 56% of judges sit within half a point of their panel.
Where the judges come from
Judges by country
The countries the judges represent, not where they judged.
SpainUkraineItalyFranceIsraelSwedenColombiaLithuaniaNetherlandsPolandUKUSAQualifiers
29 ways to Geneva
Each card shows how many dancers came, how many Finals spots were on the line, who travelled in from abroad and who earned their ticket. Events run outside the platform show only their qualified list.
Records of the season
Records count only qualifiers that took registrations on the platform. Dancers per spot divides confirmed dancers by the Finals spots offered.
Cologne
Germany, 2 May 2025
Registrations taken outside the platform.
Results recorded outside the platform.
Astana
Kazakhstan, 29 Aug 2025
Registrations taken outside the platform.
Results recorded outside the platform.
Budapest
Hungary, 27 Sept 2025
Results recorded outside the platform.
Qualified for Geneva
Madrid
Spain, 19 Oct 2025
6 rounds · 13 heats · 14 judges · 18 songs · Battle selection · Scores out of 10
Amsterdam
Netherlands, 2 Nov 2025
3 rounds · 4 heats · 24 judges · 11 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Zurich
Switzerland, 8 Nov 2025
3 rounds · 3 heats · 25 judges · 17 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Estonia
Estonia, 22 Nov 2025
4 rounds · 5 heats · 18 judges · 18 songs · Criteria sum · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Copenhagen
Denmark, 6 Dec 2025
4 rounds · 5 heats · 16 judges · 14 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Edinburgh
United Kingdom, 13 Dec 2025
4 rounds · 4 heats · 19 judges · 15 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Sofia
Bulgaria, 10 Jan 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 16 judges · 20 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Qualified for Geneva
Dallas
United States, 1 Feb 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 9 judges · 19 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Helsinki
Finland, 6 Feb 2026
3 rounds · 3 heats · 20 judges · 13 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Paphos
Cyprus, 7 Feb 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 20 judges · 20 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Stockholm
Sweden, 21 Feb 2026
4 rounds · 4 heats · 23 judges · 12 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Prague
Czechia, 28 Feb 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 12 judges · 17 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Munich
Germany, 28 Feb 2026
Registrations taken outside the platform.
Results recorded outside the platform.
Kyiv
Ukraine, 7 Mar 2026
3 rounds · 3 heats · 35 judges · 13 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Verona
Italy, 15 Mar 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 8 judges · 19 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Brussels
Belgium, 29 Mar 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 8 judges · 18 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Cracow
Poland, 23 May 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 12 judges · 23 songs · Criteria sum · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Oslo
Norway, 6 Jun 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 23 judges · 24 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Bogotá
Colombia, 29 Jun 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 16 judges · 16 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Kaunas
Lithuania, 4 Jul 2026
4 rounds · 4 heats · 16 judges · 12 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Barcelona
Spain, 25 Jul 2026
4 rounds · 5 heats · 12 judges · 12 songs · Scores out of 10 · Ranking
Tunisia
Tunisia, 24 Sept 2026
Scores will appear here once the event has been held.
Qualified for Geneva
To be decided
Geneva
Switzerland, 9 Oct 2026
Scores will appear here once the event has been held.
Qualified for Geneva
To be decided
Judge scores for 22 of 29 qualifiers live on the platform; the other 7 recorded their results outside it.
How these numbers are counted
- Only the 29 qualifiers that qualify directly for the World Cup Finals 2026 count.
- Registrations are confirmed entries only. 25 of the qualifiers took registrations on the platform and 22 recorded their judges' scores here; the others show their official qualified list and nothing else.
- Who qualified comes from each event's official qualified list. Advancement between rounds comes from who was placed in the next round. Scores are only ever compared within the same panel.
- Dancers are named only when their profile is public. Judges appear only in positive rankings.
Data
Computed 22 Sept 2026, 23:28 Geneva time, from the last published snapshot. Refreshed every hour while the season is still running.