Recap Roundup: 2018 DCI World Championship Finals

The audience at the 2018 DCI World Championship Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium witnessed Santa Clara Vanguard (1^st-98.625) win its first DCI title since 1999 by sweeping every caption except for Color Guard, in which it placed 3^rd, just a tenth down from the winning score.

On the way to the title and an overall spread of 1.275 over the 2^nd place Blue Devils, Vanguard also won a number of major honors, including the caption awards for General Effect, Brass, Percussion, and Visual Performance. Each of those awards is accumulated over all three days of World Championship competition.

Santa Clara’s spreads over the 2^nd place corps in each total caption was 0.475 in total General Effect (GE 1 and GE 2) over Bluecoats, 0.40 in total Visual (Visual Proficiency, Visual Analysis, and Color Guard) over Blue Devils, and 0.375 in total Music (Brass, Music Analysis, and Percussion) over Blue Devils.

View the complete World Championship Finals recaps of scores

In Finals, Blue Devils (2^nd-97.350) took 1^st in Color Guard. (Boston Crusaders receiving the best Color Guard award was based on the accumulated scores over all three days.) The Devils’ percussion placed 2^nd, just 0.05 under Vanguard’s line, but the other two Music captions came in at 3^rd in Brass and 4^th in Music Analysis. The corps was 3^rd in General Effect, 0.50 down to Vanguard, 2^nd in Visual Proficiency and 3rd in Visual Analysis.

Bluecoats (3^rd-96.950) scored only four tenths under Blue Devils by taking 2^nd in General Effect and Visual Analysis, 3^rd in Visual Proficiency, 4^th in Color Guard and Brass, and 5^th in Percussion.

Carolina Crown (4^th-95.500) was 2^nd in Brass and 3^rd in the other two Music captions. The corps took fourth in General Effect and the two Visual captions other than Color Guard, in which the corps placed 7^th.

Boston Crusaders (5^th-94.313) took 2^nd in Color Guard for the evening. 2^nd and 1^st place finishes in Prelims and Semifinals helped the corps secure the George Zingali Award for Best Color Guard. Boston finished 4^th in Percussion and 5^th in all other captions.

The Cavaliers (6^th-93.213) was 5^th in Color Guard, 7^th in Visual Analysis and Brass, and 6^th in every other caption.

The Cadets (7^th-92.225) finished 6^th in Visual Analysis, Color Guard, and Brass, and 7^th in all other captions.

Blue Stars (8^th-90.050) placed 10^th in Percussion and 8^th in all other captions.

Blue Knights (9^th-88.925) was 8^th in Percussion, 9^th in the other two Music captions and General Effect, 10^th in Visual Proficiency and Color Guard, and 11^th in Visual Analysis.

Mandarins (10^th-86.150) finished 9^th in all three Visual captions, 10^th in General Effect and Music Analysis, 11^th in Brass, and 12^th in Percussion.

Phantom Regiment (11^th-86.950) was 9^th in Percussion, 10^th in Brass, 11^th in General Effect, Music Proficiency, and Color Guard, and 12^th in Visual Analysis.

Crossmen (12^th-86.750) finished 10^th in Visual Analysis, 11^th in General Effect, Music Analysis, and Percussion, and 12^th in Visual Proficiency, Color Guard, and Brass.