World Barista Championship

The World Barista Championship (WBC) is an annual barista competition operated by World Coffee Events for the title of World Barista Champion. The competition is composed of the winners of the national barista championships, which are operated by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) chapters, or an approved, independent, non-profit national body. First held in 2000, the event is hosted in a different city every year.^[1] The most recent edition in 2023 was in Athens, with the 2024 edition scheduled to take place in Busan, South Korea.^[2]