World tango dance tournament

[4][5] Previously the competition was only open to couples consisting of men and women but in 2013 the rules were relaxed to allow same gender couples (man dancing with man, or woman with woman) to enter[6] the competition.

The same wildcard advantage is also given to national or regional champions of recognized competitions; These include Uruguay (UY), Chile (Cali, CL), Colombia (Bogota, CO), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, BR),[7] USA (San Francisco, US), Russia (Moscow, RU), China (Nanjing, CN), Japan (Tokyo, JP), Korea (Seoul, KR), France[8] (Paris, FR), United Kingdom (London, UK), EU (Campeonato Europeo, Italy).

[13] A closely related and highly influential event is the Buenos Aires City competition.

The competition rules[14] state that members of the couple must both have "DNI" (i.e. have a resident status of 2 years or more) in Argentina.

Only couples Carlos Estigarribia & María Laura Sastría (2015) and Jimena Hoffner & Fernando Carrasco (2008), have won the triple championship.

Couples in positions 2 through 5 are granted direct access to the semifinals in Mundial de Tango.

The City competition's winners and runners-up are likely to become highly regarded and sought out teachers worldwide.

[15][16][17] In 2015 the milongas of Buenos Aires (El Fulgor de Villa Crespo, Salón Canning, Salón El Pial, Club Sunderland, Club Ciencia y Labor) started arranging monthly competitions whose final culminate in December.

The two monthly winning couples are voted for qualifying rounds and final by the audience and not selected judges.

Brian Nguyen and Yuliana Basmajyan (US) Cristian David Correa and Manuela Rossi (AR), 3.

Eber Alejandro Burger and Yesica Lorena Lozano Elias Lanus (AR) 2.

Juan Gregorio Malizia Gatti and Florencia Roldán (AR), 3.

Gonzalo Damian Cuello and Makiko Hirai (JP) Pedro Vujovich and Graciela Cano (AR), 3.

Edwin Chica Caro and Lina María Valencia de Cali (CO) 2.

José Roberto Castillo and Paula Andrea Ballesteros (AR) 2.

Enrique Grahl and Judith Zapatero (DE), Jorge Damián Mariño and Gabriela Trapanotto (AR) 2.

Roberto Castillo and Paula Andrea Ballesteros (AR) The Buenos Aires city competition is held in May in the capital of Argentina.

Carlos Boeri and Alison Murray / Eduardo Bustillo and Svilitana Oleynik 2.

Julio Cesar Montoya Ardila and Ana Isabel Lopera Vazquez, 3.

Facundo de la Cruz Gomez Palavecino and Paola Sanz 2.

The competition is held at the beginning of July in Italy and results are reported by the European tango ASD organization.

Fernando Silva and Alexandra Baldaque[134] The competition is held during May–June in London and the results are usually reported in Tangofolly[137] community network.

Jory Raimo Boelhouwers and Lorena de Miranda Serra (NL), 3.

Joao Carlos David and Mirella van der Linden (NL), 3.

N/A (not credited) These results are national tango championships of Italy held annually in the second week of July.

Simone Facchni and Gioia Abballe These results are national tango championships of the USA.

Jevgeni Davidov and Natalia Sidorenco, 3.Daniel Moreno and Amanda Accica-Moreno 2.