DMC World DJ Championships is an annual DJ competition hosted by Disco Mix Club (DMC) which began in 1985.
Championships were sponsored internationally by Technics, but in 2010 Technics has been replaced by Serato and Rane. From 2011, the vinyl emulation software Serato Scratch Live can be used during the competition in addition to traditional vinyl.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the DMC World DJ Championship are being held exclusively online.
DJ Champions
DMC World DJ Champions
1985 - London, UK - 1. Roger Johnson (UK North) 2. Martin Sweeney (UK South) 3. Roger Tuuri (Sweden) 1986 - London, UK — 1. DJ Cheese (USA), 2. Chad Jackson (UK), 3. Orlando Voorn (Netherlands) 1987 - London, UK — 1. Chad Jackson (UK), 2. Joe Rodriguez (US), 3. Ken "The Duke" Larsen (Denmark) 1988 - London, UK — 1. Cash Money (USA), 2. Mich "Cut-father" Hansen (Denmark), 3. All-Star Fresh (Netherlands) 1989 - London, UK — 1. Cut master Swift (UK), 2. Aladdin (USA), 3. Eliot Ness (Finland) 1990 - London, UK — 1. David (Germany), 2. Francesco Zappalà (Italy), 3. Reckless (UK) 1991 - London, UK — 1. David (Germany), 2. Q-Bert (USA), 3. Yoshi (Japan) 1992 - London, UK — 1. Rock Steady DJs (USA), 2. Crazy Fast Nefis (France), 3. KK (Italy) 1993-1994 - London, UK — 1. Dream Team (USA), 2. Alliance Ethnic (France), 3. Cutting Crew (Denmark) 1995 - London, UK — 1. Roc Raida (USA) 2. Noize (Denmark), 3. Alliance Ethnik (France) 1996 - Rimini, Italy — 1. Noize (Denmark), 2. DJ Tommy (Hong Kong), 3. Roc Raida (USA) 1997 - Rimini, Italy — 1. A-Trak (Canada), 2. Crazy B (France), 3. Pogo (UK) 1998 - Paris, France — 1. Craze (USA), 2. Crazy B (France), 3. A-Trak (Canada) 1999 - New York, USA — 1. Craze (USA), 2. Tony Vegas (UK), 3. P-Trix (USA) 2000 - London, UK — 1. Craze (USA), 2. Dexta (Australia), 3. Mr. Thing (UK) 2001 - London, UK — 1. Plus One (UK), 2. Klever (USA), 3T. kentaro (Japan), 3T. P-Money (New Zealand) 2002 - London, UK — 1. Kentaro (Japan), 2. Skully (UK), 3. Dopey (Canada) 2003 - 1. Dopey (Canada), 2. Enferno (USA), 3. Quest (UK) 2004 - 1. Ie.Merg (USA), 2. DJ Rafik (Germany), 3. Dopey (Canada) 2005 - 1. Ie.Merg (USA), 2. Pfel (France), 3. DJ Izoh (Japan) 2006 - 1. Netik (France), 2. Yasa (Japan), 3. Rafik (Germany) 2007 - 1. DJ Rafik (Germany), 2. Yasa (Japan), 3. DJ Fly (France) 2008 - 1. DJ Fly (France), 2. Slyce (USA), 3. Co-Ma (Japan) 2009 - 1. DJ Shiftee (USA), 2. Co-Ma (Japan), 3. DJ LigOne (France) 2010 - 1. DJ LigOne (France), 2. Co-Ma (Japan), 3. DJ Blu (Japan) 2011 - 1. DJ Vajra (USA), 2. DJ Izoh (Japan), 3. Co-Ma (Japan) 2012 - 1. DJ Izoh (Japan), 2. Precision (USA), 3. Ritchie Ruftone (UK) 2013 - 1. DJ Fly (France), 2. Ritchie Ruftone (UK), 3. Jon1st (UK) 2014 - 1. Mr. Switch (UK), 2. I-Dee (USA), 3. Vekked (Canada) 2015 - 1. Vekked (Canada), 2. Spell (New Zealand), 3. Precision (USA) 2016 - 1. DJ Yuto (Japan), 2. DJ Brace (Canada), 3. DJ Traps (USA) 2017 - 1. DJ Rena (Japan) - youngest ever world champion aged 12, 2. DJ Skillz (France), 3. Spell (New Zealand) 2018 - 1. DJ Skillz (France), 2. DJ Fummy (Japan), 3. DJ Rena (Japan) 2019 - 1. DJ Skillz (France), 2. K-Swizz (New Zealand), 3. Erik Jay (Brazil) 2020 - 1. DJ Skillz (France), 2. JFB (UK), 3. K-Swizz (New Zealand) 2021 - 1. JFB (UK), 2. K-Swizz (New Zealand), 3. Erik Jay (Brazil) 2022 - 1. K-Swizz (New Zealand), 2.IS-K (Japan) 3. DJ Topic (France)
Breakdown by country (33 in total): 12 USA 7 France 6 UK 4 Japan 3 Germany 3 Canada 1 Denmark 1 New Zealand