Drum Corps International World Class Champions

At the end of the summer season, Drum Corps International (DCI) World Class corps compete to earn the title of DCI World Class Champion (formerly DCI Division I World Champion). The championships consist of three rounds—Preliminaries, Semifinals, and Finals—held on the first or second Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of August. Through 2010, all active World Class corps (22 corps as of 2016) competed in the Quarterfinals, with the top 17 advancing to the Semifinals. The top 12 corps from Semifinals then advanced to the Finals. Since the 2011 season, all active DCI corps (Open and World Class) have been permitted to compete for the championship. In this format, about 40 corps compete in Preliminaries, while the top 25 advances to Semifinals, with the top-scoring 12 advances to Finals. The champion is determined by the overall high score in the Finals competition. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the DCI World Championship and tour were cancelled. In 2021, to mark the return of drum corps, there were no scores given during the season, and the season concluded with a three-day celebratory event at Lucas Oil Stadium consisting of exhibition performances.

Only 10 corps have ever won the title (including 3 ties):

The Anaheim Kingsmen and Star of Indiana are no longer active.

Year Champion & Repertoire Score Location
2023 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • The Cut-Outs
    • The Rise
    • Caves
    • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
    • Stardust Crusaders “Jotaro's Theme"
    • Resistance
    • Both Sides Now
    • Of Energy
    • Incident in Jazz
    • Grand Canyon Fanfare
98.975 Indianapolis, Indiana
2022 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Tempus Blue
    • Lapis Lazuli
    • Divine Blue
    • Carnival of Venice
    • Moon River
    • Hands And Feet
    • Silk Sonic Intro
    • Tank!
    • Home Of The Brave
98.750 Indianapolis, Indiana
2021 No scored competitions Indianapolis, Indiana
2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Ghostlight
    • Discombobulate
    • Don't Think
    • Rhythm Song
    • A True Passion
    • Stroke of Genius
    • Symphony No. 3
    • Ghostlight
    • Circus
98.325 Indianapolis, Indiana
2018

Santa Clara Vanguard (Santa Clara, California)

  • Babylon
    • My Body is a Cage
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth
    • Metropolis 1927
    • Apology
    • Club Sound
98.625 Indianapolis, Indiana
2017

Blue Devils (Concord, California)

  • Metamorph
    • Birth of Eternity
    • Dreamscape
    • Facing Future
    • The Triumph of Time
    • Flight of the Bumblebee
    • Everything Must Change
    • Crystal
98.538 Indianapolis, Indiana
2016 Bluecoats (Canton, Ohio)
  • Down Side Up
    • Jose/beFORe JOHN5
    • Heat of the Day
    • Raga Raja
    • Udacrep Akubrad
    • The Great Gig in the Sky
    • Down Slide Up
    • Todo Tiende
97.650 Indianapolis, Indiana
2015 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Ink
    • Dark Forest
    • Sweeney Todd
    • The Giant Attack
    • The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
    • I Like You
    • Children Will Listen
    • Last Midnight
97.650 Indianapolis, Indiana
2014 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Felliniesque
    • Act 1 - Fellini's Religion
      • Old Toys
      • La Strada
    • Act 2 - Fellini's Circus
      • The Clowns
      • Circo Compagnia
    • Act 3 - Fellini's Fantasy
      • Be Italian
      • Movie Studio
99.650 Indianapolis, Indiana
2013 Carolina Crown (Fort Mill, South Carolina)
  • e=mc2
    • Einstein on the Beach
    • Also Sprach Zarathustra
    • Walking With Heroes
    • The Devil's Bridge
    • The Abyss
    • The Light Fantastic
    • The Dark Side of the Moon
98.300 Indianapolis, Indiana
2012

Blue Devils (Concord, California)

  • Cabaret Voltaire
    • Harmonielehre
    • Morrison Mania
    • Children's Hour of Dream
    • Symphonies: V
    • Bird and Bela in B Flat
    • Gymnopedies Amazon
    • Ballet Mecanique
    • Peppy and George (from The Artist)
    • Dr. Bones
    • New Arrival (from Corpse Bride)
    • Tevot
    • Rhapsody in Blue
98.700 Indianapolis, Indiana
2011

The Cadets (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

  • Between Angels and Demons
    • Angels in the Architecture
    • 160 BPM (from Angels and Demons)
    • Doxology/Amazing Grace
    • Finale
98.350 Indianapolis, Indiana
2010

Blue Devils (Concord, California)

  • Through a Glass, Darkly
    • City of Glass Suite
    • Conflict
    • Mirage
    • Trajectories
    • Incident in Jazz
    • Laura
    • La Suerte De Los Tontos
98.900 Indianapolis, Indiana
2009

Blue Devils (Concord, California)

  • 1930
    • Get Happy
    • Happy Days Are Here Again
    • Playing Love
    • Piano Variations
    • Rialto Ripples
    • I Got Rhythm
    • Piano Concerto in F
    • Caravan
    • Rhapsody in Blue
99.050 Indianapolis, Indiana
2008

Phantom Regiment (Rockford, Illinois)

  • Spartacus
    • Ein Heldenleben
    • Selections from Spartacus
    • Toccata from Piano Concerto No.1
    • Dance of Ecstasy
    • Battlefield from KÀ (Cirque du Soleil)
98.125 Bloomington, Indiana
2007

Blue Devils (Concord, California)

  • Winged Victory
    • Pegasus Fantasy
    • Ascension
    • Heaven
98.000 Pasadena, California
2006

The Cavaliers (Rosemont, Illinois)

  • Machine
    • Genesis
    • Wired
    • Premonition
    • The Machine Age
97.200 Madison, Wisconsin
2005

The Cadets (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

  • The Zone: Dreamscapes in Four Parts with a Door
    • Twisted Nerve from Kill Bill
    • Liquid
    • Overture to a New World (from Dancer in the Dark)
    • Cvalda (from Dancer in the Dark)
    • Vertigo
    • False Mirrors
99.150 Foxborough, Massachusetts
2004

The Cavaliers (Rosemont, Illinois)

  • 007
    • Goldeneye
    • Hovercraft (from Die Another Day)
    • Tomorrow Never Dies
98.700 Denver, Colorado
2003

Blue Devils (Concord, California)

  • The Phenomenon of Cool
    • Concierto de Aranjuez
    • Take Five
    • Blue Rondo A La Turk
    • Unsquare Dance
98.800 Orlando, Florida
2002 The Cavaliers (Rosemont, Illinois)
  • Frameworks
    • Melody
    • Harmony
    • Rhythm
99.150 Madison, Wisconsin
2001 The Cavaliers (Rosemont, Illinois)
  • Four Corners
98.350 Orchard Park, New York
2000 The Cadets (Bergen County, New Jersey)
  • We Are the Future
    • Disney Millennium Celebration

The Cavaliers (Rosemont, Illinois)

  • Niagara Falls
    • Niagara Falls
    • Richard Saucedo Original Composition
97.650 College Park, Maryland
1999 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Rhythms...At the Edge of Time
    • Estancia Ballet (Rhythm 1 – Afrocuban/Malambo)
    • Powerhouse: Rhumba for Orchestra (Rhythm 2 – Rhumba)
    • Powerhouse: Rhumba for Orchestra (Rhythm 3 – Samba)
    • Adios Nonino (Rhythm 4 – Tango)
    • Unchained Melody (Rhythm 5 – Jazz)
    • The Dirty Boogie (Rhythm 6 – Swing)

Santa Clara Vanguard (Santa Clara, California)

  • Inventions for a New Millennium: Music by Samuel Barber and Frank Ticheli
    • The Canyon
    • Symphony No. 2
    • Symphony No. 1
    • Blue Shades
98.400 Madison, Wisconsin
1998 The Cadets (Bergen County, New Jersey)
  • Jan Van der Roost's Stonehenge
    • Stonehenge
    • Canterbury Chorale
98.400 Orlando, Florida
1997 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • As Time Goes By...
    • Casablanca
    • Bangkok
    • A Night in Tunisia
    • As Time Goes By
98.400 Orlando, Florida
1996 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Club Blue: A Gangster Chronicle
    • Children's Hour of Dream
    • Desi
    • Tess' Theme (from Dick Tracy)
    • Trouble (from Mission Impossible)

Phantom Regiment (Rockford, Illinois)

  • A Defiant Heart: The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich
    • Fourth Ballet Suite
    • First Symphony, Second Movement
    • Fifth Symphony, Fourth Movement
97.400 Orlando, Florida
1995 The Cavaliers (Rosemont, Illinois)
  • The Planets
    • Mars
    • Venus
    • Mercury
    • Jupiter
98.300 Orchard Park, New York
1994 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • My Spanish Heart
    • Spanish Fantasy Part I
    • Night Streets
    • Day Danse
    • My Spanish Heart
    • Spanish Fantasy Part 4
98.400 Foxborough, Massachusetts
1993 The Cadets of Bergen County (Bergen County, New Jersey)
  • In the Spring, At the Time When Kings Go Off to War
    • In the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War
    • Ballet Sacra
    • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
97.400 Jackson, Mississippi
1992 The Cavaliers (Rosemont, Illinois)
  • Revolution and Triumph
    • Gavorkna Fanfare
    • Cornish Dances, 4th Movement
    • English Dances, 4th Movement
    • Peterloo Overture
97.500 Madison, Wisconsin
1991 Star of Indiana (Bloomington, Indiana)
  • Roman Images: The Music of Ottorino Respighi
    • Roman Festivals – Movement I
    • The Pines of Rome – Movement I
    • Roman Festivals – Movement II
    • Roman Festivals – Movement III
    • Roman Festivals – Movement IV
97.000 Dallas, Texas
1990 The Cadets of Bergen County (Bergen County, New Jersey)
  • A Bernstein Celebration
    • Overture to Candide
    • Mass
    • Somewhere (from West Side Story)
    • Fancy Free Ballet
97.700 Orchard Park, New York
1989 Santa Clara Vanguard (Santa Clara, California)
  • Phantom of The Opera
    • Angel of Music
    • Masquerade
    • Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
    • Track Down this Murderer
98.800 Kansas City, Missouri
1988 Madison Scouts (Madison, Wisconsin)
  • Concerto For Guitar and Jazz Orchestra
  • Malagueña
97.100 Kansas City, Missouri
1987 Garfield Cadets (Garfield, New Jersey)
  • Appalachian Spring
97.900 Madison, Wisconsin
1986 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Channel One Suite
  • Conquistador
  • Spanish Fantasy
  • Chick Corea Suite
98.400 Madison, Wisconsin
1985 Garfield Cadets (Garfield, New Jersey)
  • Jeremiah Symphony
  • Overture to Candide
  • Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide)
98.400 Madison, Wisconsin
1984 Garfield Cadets (Garfield, New Jersey)
  • Selections from West Side Story
98.000 Atlanta, Georgia
1983 Garfield Cadets (Garfield, New Jersey)
  • Rocky Point Holiday
  • Mass
94.400 Miami, Florida
1982 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • T.O.
  • Pegasus
  • Paradox
  • One More Time Chuck Corea
  • People Alone (from The Competition)
95.250 Montreal, Quebec
1981 Santa Clara Vanguard (Santa Clara, California)
  • Northridge
  • A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Slava
  • Don't Cry For Me Argentina (from Evita)
94.000 Montreal, Quebec
1980 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • New York Fantasy
  • Ya Gotta Try
  • Pegasus
  • Free
  • La Suerte de Los Tontos (from Cuban Fire Suite)
  • Pauper in Paradise
  • Dindi
90.600 Birmingham, Alabama
1979 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Chicago III Suite
  • La Suerte de Los Tontos (from Cuban Fire Suite)
  • My Heart Belongs to Me
93.550 Birmingham, Alabama
1978 Santa Clara Vanguard (Santa Clara, California)
  • Overture to a New Era
  • Dance of Welcome (from Gayne Ballet)
  • Adagio (from Gayne Ballet)
  • Lezghinka (from Gayne Ballet)
  • Gopak (from Gayne Ballet)
  • If You Believe (from The Wiz)
  • Bottle Dance (from Fiddler on the Roof)
91.550 Denver, Colorado
1977 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Channel One Suite
  • Spanish Fantasy
  • Gonna Fly Now (from Rocky)
92.050 Denver, Colorado
1976 Blue Devils (Concord, California)
  • Channel One Suite
  • Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor
  • Chase the Clouds Away
92.700 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1975 Madison Scouts (Madison, Wisconsin)
  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue (from On Your Toes)
  • Mac Arthur Park
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Dueling Banjos
  • The Way We Were
92.500 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1974 Santa Clara Vanguard (Santa Clara, California)
  • Siegfried's Rhine Journey (from Die Götterdammerung)
  • A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Overture to Candide
  • A Little Night Music
  • Weekend in the Country (from A Little Night Music)
  • Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music)
89.500 Ithaca, New York
1973 Santa Clara Vanguard (Santa Clara, California)
  • Fanfare and Allegro
  • A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Wedding Celebration & Bottle Dance (from Fiddler on the Roof)
  • Chava Ballet (from Fiddler on the Roof)
88.650 Whitewater, Wisconsin
1972 Anaheim Kingsmen (Anaheim, California)
  • March from Folk Song Suite
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  • Mickey Mouse Club March
  • Ritual Fire Dance (from El Amor Brujo)
  • Sing Sing Sing
  • Exodus
  • King of Kings
88.100 Whitewater, Wisconsin
  1. ^ DCI has contracted with the City of Indianapolis to hold the Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium every year through 2033.
  2. ^ The 2008 Championships were originally to be held at Lucas Oil Stadium but were moved to Indiana University's Memorial Stadium in Bloomington due to construction delays.

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