Brno Open 2026 will bring the world's top dance elite and the Junior World Championship in Standard to Brno!
The Brno Open 2026 – Junior World Championship in Standard, a prestigious international ballroom dancing competition that attracts hundreds of dancers and thousands of spectators annually, will take place in Brno from October 17-19, 2026.
The host of this year's event will be the modern Ball Sports Hall at MUNI Campus, which will provide an ideal setting for the three-day dance program.
Dance couples from the Czech Republic and especially from abroad will perform on the dance floor, competing in standard and Latin American dance categories across age and skill levels, as part of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) competition series.
We expect around 700 sports couples from 40 countries and 4 continents to participate in this year's Brno Open!
The highlight of Saturday's program will be the Junior World Championship in Standard, where the Czech dance couple David Kasal – Sára Odstrčilová will be fighting for medals!
Viewers can look forward to dancing youth combined with the experience of adult dance couples, who will be competing for points on the world rankings in the WDSF World Open new series competition.
Brno Open is among the significant sporting dance events in Europe and regularly brings not only top dancers to the city, but also coaches, referees, and fans of this elegant sport.
The competition thus represents not only a sporting but also a social event that strengthens Brno's international prestige as a center of sport and culture.
„Our goal is to create a competition at the highest organizational and sporting level, which will offer great conditions for dancers and at the same time an attractive spectacle for spectators,“ state the organizers of the event, Jan Tománek and Martin Odstrčil.
The competition program under the auspices of the World DanceSport Federation will take place on both days and will include a wide spectrum of categories from junior to adult dance couples.
In addition to the competition rounds, the event will also feature a festive Saturday GALA EVENING with the final rounds of the highest WDSF World Open Latin category and the Junior World Championships in Standard.
The traditional competition between the partner cities of Brno (Vienna, Bratislava, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Kaunas, Brno) will also take place during the GALA EVENING as the PARTNER CUP.
Basic information:
Event Name: Brno Open 2026
Date: October 17–19, 2026
Venue: Ball sports hall MUNI Campus, Brno
Event Type: International Ballroom Dancing Competition
