14-16 crews will participate in this competition. Each crew got seven minutes to show their skills and moves. The jury, normally consisting of 5 people, chooses the best four crews. After this the final battle and the battle for the 3rd place take place. After determining the winning crews, the placements from 1-4 are done. Furthermore the best show will be awarded. Basic rules for all „Battle of the Year“ eliminations & finals: For the year 2002 we want to fix some basic rules for all international BOTY events which should make the competition itself much more fair to all participating crews, give a guideline and support for all local organisers, help to develop the art of b-boying, dancing and performing in general and make the BOTY events more interesting to the participating crowd. Rules -   the maximum length of the show is 7 minutes which will be very strictly adhered to -   only real crews are allowed to participate in the competition, allstar teams or joined crews are no longer tolerated. Real crews means dancing, practising and performing together beside the BOTY -   it is recommended that the maximum number of crewmembers is 8 -   the individual dancers are only allowed to join one national or international elimination -   involved members of the local BOTY organisations are not allowed to participate in the competition as a dancer -   the jury should consist of 3 to 5 members, selected very carefully in close agreement with the BOTY Headoffice/ Germany