Red Bull Street Freestyle World Champions 2019

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GenreFreestyle Football competition
Created bySteve Elias
Presented bySean Garnier, Dan Woods, Lukas Skoda
Judges
[1][2]
  • Louis Nani[3]
  • Pavel Pardo
  • Carlos Iacono
  • Andrew Henderson
Red Bull Street Freestyle World Champions 2019
GenreFreestyle Football competition
Created bySteve Elias
Presented bySean Garnier, Dan Woods, Lukas Skoda
Judges
[1][2]
  • Louis Nani[3]
  • Pavel Pardo
  • Carlos Iacono
  • Andrew Henderson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producerSteve Elias
Running time60–120 minutes
Production companyRed Bull[4]
Original release
NetworkRed Bull TV
ReleaseNovember 15 (2019-11-15) 
November 19, 2019 (2019-11-19)

Red Bull Street Style World Championship 2019 was a freestyle competition where qualified freestylers took part in the finals[5][1] of Freestyle Football.[6] Competitors exhibited their top tricks and unique moves in a 2v2 battle format held over three minutes.[7] The 2019 finals took place at WynWood village, Miami Beach, Florida. It was won by Ricardo Fabiano Chahini in men`s category and Melody Donchet in the women category[4][8][9]

To take part in the final competition, the competitor must have been a champion in their country. Competitors revealed their top tricks and unique moves in a three minute 2v2 battle format.[7] Three minutes in the centre ring, two players, one ball and one winner is announced by the judges.[10] Each participant performs for three 30-second routines, judges looked for creative combination on floor and performing tricks with foot, head and body moves. Scores are based on the quality of execution and control as well as style, energy and rhythm. Competitors can never use their hands and dropped balls are frowned upon.[11]

Contestants

Men`s category

Country/TerritoryContestantDate of birthHeightHometown
NetherlandsJesse Marlet[12]5 March 19981.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Amsterdam
PolandMichal Rycaj[13]25 July 19901.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)Warsaw
NorwayTobias Brandal Busaet[14]26 February 19921.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Oslo
NorwayErlend Fagerli[15]19 June 19971.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Tromsø
FranceGautier Jean Marie[16]1 January 19901.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Paris
PolandSzymon Maciej[17]25 April 19901.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Warsaw
NorwayBrynjar Fagerli[18]18 August 19941.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Tromsø
PolandLukasz Czeslaw[19]211.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Warsaw
ColombiaSebastien Oritz Hernandez[20]16 July 19941.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Colombia
BrazilPedro Henrique de Oliviera[21]31 July 19951.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Rio de Janeiro
PhilippinesPhillip Warren Gertsson[22]24 July 19911.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Manila
SwedenEmil Kalldoff[23]17 December 19951.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Hamilton
MexicoEstaban Hernandez Acosta[24]27 March 19911.73 m (5 ft 8 in)La Paz
JapanYo Katsuyama[25]26 June 19971.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Nagoya
BrazilRicardo[26]16 February 19981.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Belém
AustraliaJordan Valentio Morisson[27]191.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)New South Wales

Women category

Country/Territory[28]ContestantHometown
SlovakiaLucia Kevicka[29][30][31][32]Nitra
NetherlandsLaura Dekker [33][31]Amsterdam
VenezuelaLaura Biondo[33][34]Oslo
United StatesCaitlyn Schreffer[33][34]Tromsø
PolandAgnieszka Mnich[33][34]Warsaw
PolandKalina Matysiak[33][31]Warsaw
FranceMelody Donchet [33][32][6]Paris
FranceYoanna Dallier[33][34]Warsaw

Champions

Ricardinho from Brazil won the men`s category while Melody Donchet from France won the women`s category.[35][36][9]

Media

The competition was broadcast in six languages on various television shows and on various social media pages and YouTube channels for both World Football Freestyle Association and Red Bull with over million viewers. Over 3000 spectators attended the event physically.[37][38]

Judges

The judges in the final competitions were Louis Nani, Pavel Pardo, Daniel Mikolajek, Carlos Iacono and Andrew Henderson.[2][35]

Venue

The competition took place at Wynwood [39][40]

Sponsors

The event was sponsored by Red Bull (Title sponsor), others were World Freestyle Football Association, SWRL.[10][41]

Opening ceremony

References

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