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🎉 Major Global Cheerleading Championship: April 2025

The Cheerleading Worlds—the premier international competition—was held April 25–28, 2025, in Orlando, Florida, under ESPN’s umbrella .

Winners in the Senior Large All-Girl Level 6 division included:

Gold: Cheer Extreme – Senior Elite (Kernersville, NC)

Silver: Stingray Allstars – Orange

Bronze: World Cup – Shooting Stars .

That team—based in North Carolina, but not the UNC-Chapel Hill squad—is a private all-star gym team, not affiliated with the university .

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▶️ What this doesn’t confirm: UNC-Chapel Hill Varsity Team as World Champions

UNC’s official cheer program has a storied history—dating back to 1914—with national collegiate titles in 1978, 1994, and 1997 .

However, there’s no record from ESPN or other major sanctioning bodies naming UNC’s varsity cheer squad world champions in April 2025.

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✅ Possible causes for confusion

1. The private “Cheer Extreme Senior Elite” squad from NC won at Worlds, not UNC-Chapel Hill.

2. Junior press or fan sites might have turned that win into a misunderstood “UNC team” victory.

In Summary

Cheer Extreme Senior Elite (NC): ✅ Confirmed World Champions in Level 6 All-Girl 2025 Worlds.

UNC-Chapel Hill varsity squad: No official “#1 team on planet” title or ESPN declaration