The 2026 DCI season is coming to a close. A new champion was crowned in 2025.
After their historic 85th anniversary season, the Boston Crusaders were the latest addition to this list after raising the Founders Trophy in August.
The deck is reshuffled after the 2026 DCI summer tour began in late June and continued through July with Bluecoats taking first against top corps in every major event. The journey culminates once again in familiar territory at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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A Complete List Of All Drum Corps International (DCI) Champions
View a complete list of the Drum Corps International World Champions throughout history, going all the way back to 1972. Watch live on FloMarching.
- 2025: Boston Crusaders "BOOM!" - 98.425
- 2024: Bluecoats "Change Is Everything" - 98.750
- 2023: Blue Devils "The Cut-Outs" - 98.975
- 2022: Blue Devils "Tempus Blue" - 98.750
- 2021: No scored competitions
- 2020: Season cancelled due to COVID-19
- 2019: Blue Devils "Ghostlight" - 98.325
- 2018: Santa Clara Vanguard "Babylon" - 98.625
- 2017: Blue Devils "Metamorph" - 98.538
- 2016: Bluecoats "Down Side Up" - 97.650
- 2015: Blue Devils "Ink" - 97.650
- 2014: Blue Devils "Felliniesque" - 99.650
- 2013: Carolina Crown "e=mc^2"- 98.300
- 2012: Blue Devils "Cabaret Voltaire" - 98.700
- 2011: The Cadets "Angels and Demons" - 98.350
- 2010: Blue Devils "Through a Glass, Darkly" - 98.900
- 2009: Blue Devils "1930" - 99.050
- 2008: Phantom Regiment "Spartacus" - 98.125
- 2007: Blue Devils "Winged Victory" - 98.000
- 2006: The Cavaliers "Machine" - 97.200
- 2005: The Cadets "The Zone: Dreamscapes in Four Parts with a Door" - 99.150
- 2004: The Cavaliers "007" - 98.700
- 2003: Blue Devils "The Phenomenon of Cool" - 98.800
- 2002: The Cavaliers "Frameworks" - 99.150
- 2001: The Cavaliers "Four Corners" - 98.350
- 2000: The Cadets "We Are the Future", The Cavaliers "Niagara Falls" -- 97.650
- 1999: Blue Devils "Rhythms... At the Edge of Time", Santa Clara Vanguard "Inventions for a New Millennium" - 98.400
- 1998: The Cadets "Jan Ver der Roost's Stonehenge" - 98.400
- 1997: Blue Devils "As Time Goes By..." - 98.400
- 1996: Blue Devils "Club Blue: A Gangster Chronicle", Phantom Regiment "A Defiant Heart: The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich" - 97.400
- 1995: The Cavaliers "The Planets" - 98.300
- 1994: Blue Devils "My Spanish Heart" - 98.400
- 1993: The Cadets "In The Spring, At the Time When Kings Go Off to War" - 97.400
- 1992: The Cavaliers "Revolution and Triumph" - 97.500
- 1991: Star of Indiana "Roman Images: The Music of Ottorino Respighi" - 97.000
- 1990: The Cadets of Bergen County "A Bernstein Celebration" - 97.700
- 1989: Santa Clara Vanguard "Phantom of the Opera" - 98.800
- 1988: Madison Scouts - 97.100
- 1987: Garfield Cadets - 97.900
- 1986: Blue Devils - 98.400
- 1985: Garfield Cadets - 98.400
- 1984: Garfield Cadets - 98.000
- 1983: Garfield Cadets - 94.400
- 1982: Blue Devils - 95.250
- 1981: Santa Clara Vanguard - 94.000
- 1980: Blue Devils - 90.600
- 1979: Blue Devils - 93.550
- 1978: Santa Clara Vanguard - 91.550
- 1977: Blue Devils - 92.050
- 1976: Blue Devils - 92.700
- 1975: Madison Scouts - 92.500
- 1974: Santa Clara Vanguard - 89.500
- 1973: Santa Clara Vanguard - 88.650
- 1972: Anaheim Kingsmen - 88.100
DCI World Champions Records
- Blue Devils – 21 titles (2 ties)
- The Cadets – 10 titles (1 tie)*
- The Cavaliers – 7 titles (1 tie)
- Santa Clara Vanguard – 7 titles (1 tie)
- Bluecoats – 2 titles
- Madison Scouts – 2 titles
- Phantom Regiment – 2 titles (1 tie)
- Anaheim Kingsmen – 1 title*
- Carolina Crown – 1 title
- Star of Indiana – 1 title*
*Corps is no longer active.
How To Watch DCI 2026 Live Streams
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2026 DCI Live Streaming Schedule: Here's When To Watch DCI On FloMarching
Fans should look forward to watching multiple DCI shows each week, from the start of the 2026 DCI season on June 26th, all the way through DCI Finals on August 6-8. Watch all the action live from the comfort of your home, or watch on the go using the FloSports app.
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2026 DCI Streaming Schedule
August 3 | Innovations In Brass
August 3 - 4 | DCI Open Class World Championships
August 6 - 8 | DCI World Championships
August 7 - 8 | DCI All-Age World Championships
August 8 | SoundSport International Music & Food Festival
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Encore: On The Shoulders of Giants
Watch the full 22 minute documentary following the 85th anniversary Boston Crusaders 2025 corps.
How To Watch DCI World Championships 2026
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When Are DCI World Championships 2026?
The DCI World Championships begin on Thursday, August 6 with Prelims before moving onto Semifinals on Friday, August 7, and Finals on Saturday, August 8.
Where Are DCI World Championships 2026?
The DCI World Championships are hosted at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, home to the Colts.
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