The University of the Philippine Dance Club team, "The Crew", who have been underdogs for the past few years, finally grabbed the gold, beating 2nd placer "Neutral Zone" of Mexico, 3rd placer "Academy of Villains" from USA, the "Electrolytes" of USA - winner of America's Best Dance Crew, and teams from Canada, South Africa, France and India that made up the rest of the 8 finalists.

In the 2012 HipHop International Dance World Championship competition in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 5, there were 43 participating countries.
 
The Philippines, this year, competed in three categories: Mega Crew, Varsity, and Adult divisions. (There was no Philippine team in the junior division).

The U.P. Street Dancers bagged the bronze medal in the Mega Crew competition. The A-team (also from the Philippines) made it to the finals of varsity division. The more popular and former 2-time world champions, "Philippine Allstars", failed to reach the finals in the adult division.
 
However, when the emcee of the olympics of Hip Hop dance competition announced the winner, he shouted Pinoyyyy! and the crowd chanted Filipino! Filipino! Filipino! The audience stood up as the Philippine national anthem was played. It was such a great feeling!
 

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