PH’s A-Team strikes gold at World Hip Hop Int’l

 From the YouTube channel of Hip Hop International

MANILA, Philippines– Filipinos bagged the gold medal in the Mega Crew division of the 2014 World Hip Hop International held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Philippines bested other teams for the first place finish, such as the ID CO from New Zealand and Flyographers Dance Team from Russia who placed second and third in the Mega Crew division, respectively.

The A-Team, which is composed of 30 members belonging to different dance crews in the Philippines, was founded on October 1, 2011.

The A-Team’s road to the 2014 World Hip Hop International in Las Vegas started by being the champion in the Varsity and Mega Crew Divisions of the World Hip Hop International Philippines- National Championships last May.

A-Team’s gold medal finish marked the fourth time that a team from the Philippines emerged as champions in the World Hip Hop International after the victory of Philippine All Stars in 2008 and 2009, C.I.D.G also in 2009 and Armistice in 2011.

A-Team’s first victory in a dance contest was during the Slimmers’ World Step-Up Philippines in October 2011 when the group won second place. Since then, the group garnered victories in various dance competitions abroad such as placing 2nd Place in the World Supremacy Battlegrounds Varsity Division in Sydney, Australia last December 2012 and the champions of World Supremacy Battlegrounds Varsity Division done in Sydney, Australia in December last year.

Philippine dance team “A-Team” was named champion on Monday, Aug. 11 at the 2014 Hip Hop International Megacrew Division held in Las Vegas, Nevada. PHOTO from Hip Hop International Facebook page

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