In the SAP World Cup Final, Acrobatic Rock n Roll and Boogie Woogie couples competed in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In the all new competition type, the couples battled for Gold in KO-rounds beginning with the rounds of last sixteen.  Michelle Uhl & Tobias Bludau from Germany decided all direct fights in the Main Class Free Style competition for themselves, beating the reigning World and European Champions and Vice-Champions from Russia to the places. Expectedly, the norwegians  Tatiana Georgiievska & Sondre Olsen-Bye won among the Boogie Woogie Main Class couples before their finnish competitors. Rock n Roll Main Class Contact Style, Juniors and Juveniles as well as Boogie Woogie Juniors and Seniors found their winners as well.

In favour of the KO-system, the footwork and slow rounds in the Rock n Roll and Boogie Woogie Main Classes, respectively, was omitted. With a save 4-points margin  Uhl/Bludau secured the competition win before  Margarita Charkovskaya & Ivan Kudryashov who beat their national team mates  Darina Kozlova & Alexey Kondrashin before in the semi-final.  Kozlova/Kondrashin then held their ground against  Anastasia Gusarova & Konstantin Samoylov in the battle for the 3rd place.

MC Free Style
1  BLUDAU Tobias - UHL Michelle Germany
2  KUDRYASHOV Ivan - CHARKOVSKAYA Margarita Russian Federation
3  KONDRASHIN Alexey - KOZLOVA Darina Russian Federation
4  SAMOYLOV Konstantin - GUSAROVA Anastasia Russian Federation

The Boogie Woogie Main Class dominating couple of 2018,  Georgiievska/Olsen-Bye, decided the last competition of the year for themselves against  Mari Munne & Juho Päivinen from Finland. Their finnish team mates  Anna Tyutyunyuk & Masi Saurén earned the 3rd place in the direct comparison with  Roxane Veron & Flrent Llamas 

from France.  Munne/Päivinen became the overall winners of this year's World Cup series.



BW Main Class
1  OLSEN BYE Sondre - GEORGIIEVSKA Tatiana  Norway
2  PÄIVINEN Juho - MUNNE Mari Finland
3  SAURÉN Masi - TYUTYUNYUK Anna Finland
4  LLAMAS Florent - VERON Roxane France

The Main Class Contact style podium was filled with  Elizaveta Novak & Dmitriy Maslov (Russia, Gold),  Gaja Malovrh & Jaka Južnič (Slovenia, Silver) and  Veronika Megyesi & Jonas Brauer (Hungary, Bronze). French couple  Océane Garcia & Quentin Saliba lost to  Megyesi/Brauer, making it to the 4th place.

Main Class Contact
1  MASLOV Dmitriy - NOVAK Elizaveta Russian Federation
2  JUŽNIČ Jaka - MALOVRH Gaja Slovenia
3  BRAUER Jonas - MEGYESI Veronika Hungary
4  SALIBA Quentin - GARCIA Océane France

Croatian couple  Polina Rykova & Noa Lilih won the World Cup Final among the Acrobatic Rock n Roll Junior competetitors in the direct heat with  Ophélie Portillo & Marty Delatorre from France. The Slovenians  Paulina Horvat-Zeilhofer & Miha Češnovar won the battle for place 3 against  Tatiana Gorshkova & Nikita Gladkikh from the Russian Federation.

Acrorock Juniors
1  LILIH Noa - RYKOVA Polina Croatia
2  DELATORRE Marty - PORTILLO Ophélie France
3  ČEŠNOVAR Miha - HORVAT-ZEILHOFER Paulina Slovenia
4  GLADKIKH Nikita - GORSHKOVA Tatiana Russian Federation

Reigning World and European Champions Boogie Woogie Juniors  Emma Söderlund & Tobias Ramberg from Sweden decided also this special competition unchallenged in the final showdown against french couple  Carla Matarazzo & Tom Michel.  Sofia Ärleskog & Oscar Agren, team mates of  Söderlund/Ramberg, conquered the last rank on the podium before  Carlotta Corsi & Luca Zilocchi from Italy.



Boogie Juniors
1  RAMBERG Tobias - SÖDERLUND Emma Sweden
2  MICHEL Tom - MATARAZZO Carla France
3  AGREN Oscar - ÄRLESKOG Sofia Sweden
4  ZILOCCHI Luca - CORSI Carlotta Italy

The Acrobatic Rock n Roll Juveniles category was dominated by ukrainian couples, who owned all podium places. With their first international podium place  Karina Doroshko & Zakhar Antonov directly conquered the top place against  Taisiia Kyrychenko & Denys Hurin. This year's dominant couple  Kira Grokhova & Oleksandr Tsvietkov got the Bronze medal before russian couple  Varvara Troshina & Gleb Bobrovskiy

Rock n Roll Juveniles
1  ANTONOV Zakhar - DOROSHKO Karina Ukraine
2  HURIN Denys - KYRYCHENKO Taisiia Ukraine
3  TSVIETKOV Oleksandr - GROKHOVA Kira Ukraine
4  BOBROVSKIY Gleb - TROSHINA Varvara Russian Federation

Last not least, the Boogie Woogie Senior couples concluded their year with a win by  Laurence Nograbat & Raphaël Dupas from France. Italian couple  Patrizia Agati & Gianluca Burbassi lost against the winners and earned themselves the silver medal. German couple  Angela Lex & Christian Wagner prevailed against swiss  Cornelia Versteegen & Stephan Eichhorn.

Boogie Woogie Seniors
1  DUPAS Raphaël - NOGRABAT Laurence France
2  BURBASSI Gianluca - AGATI Patrizia Italy
3  WAGNER Christian - LEX Angela Germany
4  EICHHORN Stephan - VERSTEEGEN Cornelia Switzerland

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