How to Win

To win a match, a Blader must score enough points (3-5) to meet the victory requirement of the Match Type being used.

You score point(s) when:

• The opposing Beyblade stops spinning
• The opposing Beyblade exits the BeyStadium
• The opposing Beyblade bursts
• The opposing Beyblade separates

Consult the Win Condition Point Values section of the Match Types Guide for details on the points given for each Win Condition.

Beyblade Selection

Once across from each other at the BeyStadium, the match begins and each blader is to turn their backs and select their Beyblade(s) in secret within 3 minutes. The amount of Beyblades to be selected depends on the Match Type in use.

Bladers may receive help (coaching, gameplay advice, or equipment) during this phase. At any time, players may ask their opponent if they are receiving or have received help from others while at the stadium. If asked, the questioned player must identify to their opponent who helped or is helping them at the stadium. Once informed, the blader who initiated the inquiry may request a time extension to the Beyblade Selection phase.

Once a blader selects their Beyblade(s), they must announce that they are “set” and present their launcher and Beyblade to the judge for inspection. This ends the Beyblade Selection Phase and bladers are no longer allowed to receive help from anyone.

Beyblades should preferably be unassembled for inspection, or the judge will do it themselves.

Once a blader is set, they may not change their Beyblade(s) or launcher(s) for the duration of the match.  Bladers must clearly announce the spin direction of their Beyblade(s) to their opponent and the judge.  Beyblades must be launched in the direction that is fully compatible with the launcher being used.  Once both bladers are set, the match begins.

Launching

A battle is prompted with the call of “3–2–1 Go Shoot!” and begins when both Beyblades have made contact with the stadium floor at least once.

Both bladers must simultaneously launch their Beyblades as the word “shoot” is called.

• Keep your Launcher held within your KO half of the BeyStadium. Never attempt to obstruct your opponent’s launch.
• Bladers cannot shoot their Beyblade onto the opponent's Beyblade mid-air.
• Bladers must keep their Beyblade within a 30cm/1ft radius from the centerpoint of the BeyStadium floor for the duration of their launch.
• Do not touch the BeyStadium at any time. If you think the BeyStadium should be adjusted, ask a judge.
• If a winder-based launcher is being used, a legal launch consists of the winder being pulled out of the launcher, rather than pushed in.

Relaunching

If your launch is obstructed or noticeably underpowered due to an event beyond your control or contact is made in mid-air, you can request a relaunch, which will immediately void and end the current battle.

The primary reasons you’d want to request a relaunch are:

• Your  malfunctions in a way that causes your launch to be underpowered
• You are accidentally hit or shoved by the opposing player or a spectator
• Contact was made before both Beyblades touched the stadium floor once

Bladers are entitled to a single relaunch per battle, though judges may freely invoke relaunches for Bladers outside of their allocation if they have a valid concern.

Bladers must request a relaunch during the countdown or immediately afterwards. The judge may deny the request if they determine that you were at fault or requested too late.

Battle Results

• After each battle, bladers cannot touch their Beyblade until the judge has announced the winner.
• Both bladers and all spectators must also refrain from influencing the judge’s decision by announcing their own opinion before the judge has rendered theirs.

Ranked Clauses

Ranked Clauses are a set of optional rulings and banlist variations approved by the World Beyblade Organization for Ranked Play, as an acknowledgement of the ability of the range of valid ways to play Beyblade, and to empower Organizers to make informed choices to suit their own communities.

Ranked clauses, if used, vary from event to event. If any ranked clauses will be used for an event they will be listed on the event page.

For information on Ranked Clauses, as well a list of available and Recommended Clauses, please see the Ranked Clauses Guide.

Legal Equipment

Only official Beyblade Burst products produced by Hasbro and Takara-Tomy can be used.

All ranked matches must take place in one of the following stadiums:

• The Takara-Tomy BeyStadium Standard Type.
• Takara-Tomy Burst Beystadium DB.
• Hasbro Pro Series Elite Champions BeyStadium.

Unranked matches may take place in any official stadium.

Beyblade/Part-Specific Rulings

Bullet Driver

• Bullet Driver Components
  The Bullet Driver consists of two pieces:
  

• Driver Body: The piece attached to the Layer/Disk.
• Bullet: The piece which can detach from the Driver Body during battle.

Bullet Driver Regulations

• Both the Driver Body and Bullet must be assembled before the match or battle begins.
• A combination using Bullet loses immediately if the top half (the combination of the Layer/Disk/Driver Body) stops spinning, is knocked-out, or bursted.
• When Bullet detaches from the Driver Body during battle it is considered an active piece in the stadium as part of the Bullet Driver combination in use while the top half is still spinning.
• If the Bullet deploys and is knocked-out or stops spinning while the top half continues spinning in the play area, the match continues.
• Any hits, KO, or Burst that Bullet inflicts on the opposing Beyblade are considered to belong to the Beyblade using the Bullet Driver.
• The Layer, Disk, Driver Body or Bullet cannot be picked up during battle.

Hasbro Pro Series

• Hasbro Pro Series Layers/Drivers are not allowed to be combined with regular Hasbro Burst Layers/Drivers.
• Hasbro Pro Series Layers/Drivers are allowed to be combined with Takara Tomy Layers/Drivers.

Part Attachments (e.g. Xtend+ Chip, Xceed Chip, Zone Chip, Evolution Gears)

• All Attachments to be used for the Match must be attached when submitted to the judge for inspection.
• +X, +Z, Disc Frames, Armor Tips and Level Chips, Union Swords, Infinite Sword, Infinite Shield, and Zest Armor may be removed or re-added before or between Battles, and doing so is treated as a Mode Change in line with the rulings for Parts with Multiple Modes.
• Other Attachments (e.g. Xtend+ Chip, Evolution Gears) cannot be removed from a Beyblade for the duration of a match once it has been submitted to the judge for inspection.

• If an Attachment comes off during battle, this is considered a Separation.

Tournament Code of Conduct

World Beyblade Organization tournaments are run by volunteers so that bladers of all ages can play in competitive Beyblade events that are fair and fun.

It’s expected that all bladers attending WBO tournaments follow the rules, display good sportsmanship, and act with integrity.

Bladers who break or attempt to circumvent any of these rules can be disqualified by the event host, and potentially banned from future WBO events.

If you disagree with a judge’s decision …

You’re entitled to dispute the decision, but must accept the judge’s final call.

If you still disagree, document the incident to the best of your ability using the Tournament Incident Report Form and email any photo or video evidence to events@worldbeyblade.org. We take all incident reports seriously.

If the dispute is related to a particular match result, it must be submitted within 7 days of the tournament in question.

Gameplay Appendix

Play Area

• The Play Area is considered to be the entire Stadium.
• This area is divided into the Battle Zone and the Over Zones.
• The Battle Zone is the area of stadium floor and space above it, bounded by stadium walls and exits (gaps in these walls through which Beyblades can pass into a pocket or out of the stadium entirely).
• Over Zones are considered to be exits of stadiums (including areas under a cover where there is no stadium floor underneath) or Pocket structures built into a stadium.

Fig. 1: The Burst Stadium Standard Type with Zones marked.

Fig. 2: The Hasbro Pro Series Elite Champions Stadium with Zones marked.

Launch Area

• Beyblades must be launched inside the Launch Area.
• The Launch Area is the area of stadium floor bounded by the stadium walls, or in the case of stadiums with shroud components the stadium floor directly below and bounded by the shroud’s top opening.
• In stadiums with entry ramp structures which slope towards the central Play Area (such as the Beystadium Triple Battle Type), these are also considered Launch Areas.

Knocked-Out

• A Beyblade is knocked-out when it exits the BeyStadium’s Battle Zone and cannot return, or makes contact with a foreign object in any area aside from the floor directly below an Over Zone. Beyblades stuck on an element of a BeyStadium’s Battle Zone are still considered in-play.
• If a Beyblade exits the BeyStadium through the Launch Area of a stadium with a cover or shroud, the Beyblade will be considered knocked-out if it lands outside of the Play Area, or makes contact with a foreign object.

Spinning

• A Beyblade is still considered to be spinning so long as the top half of it is visibly moving the same spin direction it was launched in. If a Beyblade starts spinning again after it has stopped, the round does not resume as the round has already concluded.

Win Condition Priority

Knock-Outs take priority over Spin Finishes. If a collision between two Beyblades results in one being knocked-out and the other no longer spinning at the same time, the no-longer-spinning Beyblade is the winner (as it lands the deciding blow before being out-spun).

Bursts take priority over all. If a collision between two Beyblades results in one being bursted and the other being knocked-out at the same time, the knocked-out Beyblade is the winner (as it leaves the BeyStadium a fraction of a second after the burst occurs).

Breakage During Play

• If a Beyblade part or launcher breaks during battle or while launching, the battle is voided and the owner must produce an identical replacement to continue the match, or they will be declared the loser of the match.

• If both players’ Beyblades break at the same time and they both cannot produce identical replacements to continue the match, the match is reset and the selection phase begins again.

• "Identical" is defined as a same named component, regardless of colour or the product it originated from. (i.e: Long Beylauncher LR, regardless of colouring, can be replaced with another Long Beylauncher LR, or an F230, regardless of colour or release, can be replaced by another F230).
  

Parts with Multiple Modes

Unless specified otherwise under Beyblade/Part-Specific Rulings above, the following applies for all parts with multiple modes:

• Modes may be changed at any point before a match begins, or between rounds within a match.
• If two players wish to change modes at the same time, they must turn around and do so in secret before continuing the match.
• Parts with gimmicks/mode changes that may activate or change–whether intentionally or not–post-launch must be reset after each battle.

Multiple Beyblade Match Type Advanced Rulings

The following rulings apply to all Match Types that require the selection of multiple Beyblades (P3C1, 3on3, 5G, and Deck Match Type):

• Part Selection & Repetition:

• Layers may not be repeated across combinations except as outlined below.
• Disks may not be repeated across combinations.
• Drivers and Driver Attachments may not be repeated across combinations.
• Including both Hasbro and Takara-Tomy versions of a part is not permitted.
• Including any combination of Regular/Dash/Metal/High/Bearing/SlingShock/HyperSphere/SpeedStorm/QuadDrive/Quadstrike versions of a Driver is permitted, as long as the same version is not repeated across combinations.

• Launchers & Accessories:

• Launchers and accessories must be chosen during the deck building phase.

Photography Policy

By attending any World Beyblade Organization Organized Play Event, you agree as either a organizer, participant, or spectator to potentially be photographed or included by video shot by staff members, organizers, or other participants/spectators.

If you would prefer to not be included in any photographs or videos, please notify the host of the event and they can make an effort to notify the person taking photos and video to minimize your appearance in them as much as possible. However, guarantees of complete exclusion cannot be made given the nature of shooting photos and video at our events (you may still appear in the background depending on the circumstances, for example). We thank you for your understanding in this matter.

If you are attending an event and plan on taking photographs or video, please ensure to do so respectfully and if you are asked to refrain from shooting someone, please make every effort to do so.