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DCI World Championships 2025 Finals Scores: See Who Won Founder's Trophy

DCI World Championships 2025 Finals Scores: See Who Won Founder's Trophy

The final day of the 2025 DCI World Championships saw 12 corps compete for the title. Here's who won the DCI championship at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Aug 10, 2025 by Lindsey Plotkin
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The Boston Crusaders captured the Founder’s Trophy on Aug. 9 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, winning their first-ever championship after more than 80 years of existence. 

The Crusaders ended a thrilling summer DCI tour where it competed with the defending champion Bluecoats until the final moments on the last Saturday of the season. 

The Boston Crusaders won the 2025 DCI World Championship with a score of 98.425, winning their first DCI title since being founded in the early 1940s. The Boston Crusaders first made the finals in 1999. 

After the Boston Crusaders had the highest score following the DCI Prelims, the Bluecoats won the DCI Semifinals. In the DCI Finals, playing their program “Boom,” the Crusaders won the DCI World Championship.

The last time DCI had a first-time champion was in 2016 when Bluecoats won the title. 

The 2025 DCI Summer Tour ended in Indiana saw champions crowned in All-Age, Open Class and World classes over six days. 

2025 DCI World Championship Finals Scores

Here are the DCI Final scores. 

  1. Boston Crusaders- 98.425
  2. Bluecoats- 98.250
  3. Santa Clara Vanguard- 96.700
  4. Blue Devils- 95.788
  5. Carolina Crown - 94.800
  6. Phantom Regiment - 94.300
  7. Mandarins - 92.825
  8. Blue Stars - 91.175
  9. The Cavaliers - 90.800
  10. Troopers - 90.050
  11. Colts - 88.050
  12. Blue Knights - 87.450

Boston Crusaders 2025 Program

Program Name: BOOM

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All-Time DCI World Champions

  1. Blue Devils – 21 titles (2 ties)
  2. The Cadets – 10 titles (1 tie)*
  3. The Cavaliers – 7 titles (1 tie)
  4. Santa Clara Vanguard – 7 titles (1 tie)
  5. Bluecoats – 2 titles
  6. Madison Scouts – 2 titles
  7. Phantom Regiment – 2 titles (1 tie)
  8. Boston Crusaders - 1 title
  9. Anaheim Kingsmen – 1 title*
  10. Carolina Crown – 1 title
  11. Star of Indiana – 1 title*

*Corps is no longer active.

2025 DCI World Championship Semifinals Scores

The top 12 Corps advanced to the finals. Here's how the corps scored during the semifinals

  1. Bluecoats — 97.763
  2. Boston Crusaders — 97.575
  3. Santa Clara Vanguard — 96.063
  4. Blue Devils — 95.400
  5. Carolina Crown — 94.238
  6. Phantom Regiment — 93.950
  7. Mandarins — 92.525
  8. The Cavaliers — 90.500
  9. Blue Stars — 90.375
  10. Troopers — 90.063
  11. Colts — 88.525
  12. Blue Knights — 88.275
  13. Spirit of Atlanta --- 86.800
  14. Madison Scouts --- 85.350
  15. Pacific Crest --- 84.825

2025 DCI World Championship Semifinals Leaderboard

  1. Music City - 83.838
  2. The Academy - 83.313
  3. Spartans - 82.275
  4. Crossmen - 82.225
  5. Gold - 79.900
  6. The Battalion - 79.125
  7. Genesis - 77.700
  8. Seattle Cascades - 77.050
  9. The Stampede - 75.250
  10. Columbians - 74.500
  11. River City Rhythm - 73.125

2025 DCI World Championship Prelims Scores 

Here's the scores from the first day of competition. The top 26 corps advanced to the semifinals. 

  1. Boston Crusaders – 97.325
  2. Bluecoats – 97.150
  3. Santa Clara Vanguard – 95.875
  4. Blue Devils – 95.588
  5. Carolina Crown – 94.638
  6. Phantom Regiment – 93.650
  7. Mandarins – 92.450
  8. The Cavaliers – 91.163
  9. Blue Stars – 90.488
  10. Troopers – 90.325
  11. Colts – 88.038
  12. Blue Knights – 87.600
  13. Spirit of Atlanta – 86.625
  14. Madison Scouts – 85.550
  15. Pacific Crest – 83.863
  16. Music City – 83.050
  17. The Academy – 82.550
  18. Crossmen – 82.500
  19. Spartans – 81.725
  20. Gold – 79.975
  21. The Battalion – 78.500
  22. Genesis – 78.075
  23. Seattle Cascades – 77.500
  24. Calgary Stampede Showband – 76.750
  25. Columbians – 74.750
  26. River City Rhythm – 73.700
  27. 7th Regiment – 72.375
  28. Raiders – 72.200
  29. Colt Cadets – 70.550
  30. Les Stentors – 67.375
  31. Calgary Stetson Showband – 66.125
  32. Beijing 57 High School – 65.500
  33. Calgary Round-Up Band – 62.000
  34. High School Affiliated to BIT – 61.750

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