On sunday we have a new link to the livestream

http://livestream.com/accounts/14081153/events/4522733

on the Live-Page the player is still embedded.

You can follow live here http://www.berlin2015.org/eng/live/

More than 80 performances will combine to six hours of elite cheerleading and cheerdance on each day of the competition. Berlin’s Max-Schmeling-Halle on 21 and 22 November will feature a full schedule with only little breaks.

Tickets are on sale at Gegenbauer Ticketservice and should also still be available at the venue’s box office. And of course nowhere else than inside the arena the special atmosphere of a Cheerleading World Championship will be as intense as it can get. Which is obvious, as this is what cheerleading is about in the first place: to interact with the crowds in the stands and get everybody off their seats.

But for those who can not make it to Berlin or only for one of the two competition days, there will be the next best thing: live streaming of the entire 8th IFC Cheerleading World Championships. All teams, all competitions, the complete championships will air live here on November 21 and 22: http://www.berlin2015.org/live/

Cheerleading as a competition – how does that work? Of course for World Championships – and the various regional, national and continental championships through which the teams had to make their way to Berlin – there are precise rules and regulations. Five judges will evaluate difficulty and perfection in execution of each and every team, and they will punish any error with point deductions. It will need a superior performance to conquer one of a total of ten world titles awarded on 21 and 22 November in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin.

Compulsatory elements of each routine are well defined, as well as minimum and maximum duration and the permitted „Props“ like pompoms, megaphones or banners. Team size matters, so there are different competitions at championships for larger groups (12 to 16 cheerleaders), smaller ones (5) and „Doubles“ (2). Performances of the larger groups must be between 2:15 and 2:30 minutes. Smaller groups are on the mat for 60 to 65 seconds, the doubles for 55 to 60 seconds

In cheerleading as a minimum a cheer and a „sideline chant“, are compulsatory, and at least one „stunt“ and a pyramid. Cheers are chants that aim to inspire the audience of yelling certain words with the cheerleaders, „sidelines“ are shorter cheers, to be repeated several times. In „stunts“ (acrobatic elements like lifting or throwing other team members, jumps, partly onto the shoulders of another cheerleader) or human pyramids a clear difference will be visible in competition cheerleading versus the usual cheerleading performances on the sidelines of other sports.

Safety above all, of course, each team has to provide own staff to cover, especially in small groups or the doubles, all involved in those stunt elements. Especially in the competition of the larger groups music, dance, the creative combination of compulsory elements to a harmonious performance and also many tumbling are of high priority. Teams that emphasize the dance elements and jumps have their own Cheerdance categories for championships. Here it is a variety of different jumps and dance figures taht have to be performed, on the other hand cheers, chants and tumbling are not allowed here, and certainly no stunts or pyramids.

The starting order for Saturday has been determined by a random draw, starting times on Sunday in the second round will be according the reverse order of Saturday’s scores. Who performed best on the first day, on the second day will feel added pressure, due to the the longest wait for the own performance, in which concentration has to be upheld. So overall, this is how cheerleading will guarantee plenty of dramatic and exciting competition.

Ten world championship titles are on the line, when within two days of competition hundreds of cheerleaders and Cheer dancers from three continents will rock Berlin’s Max-Schmeling-Halle in the 8th IFC Cheerleading World Championships on 21 and 22 November.

Preparations are in full swing, not only for the actual competition, but also tight schedules for training, locker room procedures or rehearsals have to be workout. „Backstage“ a complete second version of the actual competition area will be set up, and enough head space for throws or pyramids has to be assured for that also, as the final rehearsals will be done here shortly before each team’s enters the real competition area.

Well, strictly speaking there actually are two competition areas, which are alternatively used by cheerleaders and Cheer dancers, and have to be changed in between their respective competitions. Surfaces of course have to be different for cheerleaders and their gymnastic and acrobatic performance and for Cheer dancers who mainly rely on dance performances.

Ten competitions – it is a new high for IFC Cheerleading World Championships, in part due to the fact that Berlin will see the premiere of Junior World Championships within the event. The ten gold medals will be awarded in the following disciplines:

• Cheerleading All Female
  12- to 16-member teams of female cheerleaders in cheerleading with gymnastic and dance elements combined
• Cheerleading Mixed
  12- to 16-member teams with male and female Cheerleaders
• Cheerleading Small Groups All Female
  Teams with five female Cheerleaders
• Cheerleading Small Groups Mixed
  Teams with three male and two female Cheerleaders
• Cheerleading Doubles
  Pairs of a male and a female Cheerleader
• Cheerdance
  8- to 16-member teams (both genders) compete in Cheer Dance, of the elements of cheerleading only dancing and jumps are allowed
• Cheerdance Double
  Cheerdance for couples

In three of these categories world championships are awarded for teams of junior cheerleaders (under 16 years):

• Cheerleading Mixed
• Cheerdance
• Cheerdance Double

So, a lot of diversity will provide exciting competitions. And also a vareity of entertainment for cheerleading fans from around the world for November 21 and 22.