World's Strongest Team

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World's Strongest Team
Tournament information
Sport Strongman
LocationVarious locations
Established1995
FormatMulti-event competition
Teams6-8

World's Strongest Team is an annual strongman contest organized by Ultimate Strongman and Strongman Champions League that consists of two men teams (occasionally three) from various countries all over the world. It was inspired by the last three Pure Strength championships and the teams were named according to their ancestral traits and geographical locations.

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The contest was first held in 1995 and during the first two years, it was held with three men per team. From 1997 onwards it was held with two men per team. During mid 2000s, it was assisted by IFSA and in 2021 was taken over and held by Strongman Champions League.

Some of the famous annual events include team deadlifts, team deadlift static holds, super yokes, rock lifts, Atlas stones, stone carries, four-man pole push, tug of war, medley, railway track farmers walk, Basque circle and arm over arm vehicle pull.

Past winners

YearChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceVenue
1995 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Reeves
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Taylor
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Forbes Cowan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berend Veneberg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tjalling van den Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ted van der Parre
Flag of South Africa.svg Gerrit Badenhorst
Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Price
Flag of Namibia.svg Anton Boucher
Isle of Wight, England
1996 Flag of Iceland.svg Magnus Ver Magnusson
Flag of Iceland.svg Torfi Ólafsson
Flag of Iceland.svg Gunnar Þór Guðjónsson
Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola
Flag of Finland.svg Riku Kiri
Flag of Finland.svg Jorma Ojanaho
Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Hoeberl
Flag of Germany.svg Heinz Ollesch
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Muhr
Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Flag of Finland.svg Riku Kiri
Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Osala
Flag of Finland.svg Jukka Laine
Flag of Iceland.svg Magnus Ver Magnusson
Flag of Iceland.svg Torfi Olafsson
Vaasa, Finland
1998 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berend Veneberg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wout Zijlstra
Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola
Flag of Finland.svg Sami Heinonen
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Samuelsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjorn Samuelsson
Hardenberg, Netherlands
1999 Flag of Finland.svg Jouko Ahola
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Virtanen
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Samuelsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Torbjorn Samuelsson
Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski
Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek
Panyu, China
2000 Flag of Finland.svg Janne Virtanen
Flag of Finland.svg Pasi Paavisto
Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski
Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berend Veneberg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wout Zijlstra
Cserkeszőlő, Hungary
2001 Flag of Finland.svg Janne Virtanen
Flag of Finland.svg Juha-Matti Räsänen
Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek
Flag of Poland.svg Ireneusz Kuras
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wout Zijlstra
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jarno Hams
Gdynia, Poland
2002 Flag of Finland.svg Janne Virtanen
Flag of Finland.svg Juha-Matti Räsänen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berend Veneberg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wout Zijlstra
Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski
Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek
Heerenveen, Netherlands
2003 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski
Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek
Flag of Hungary.svg László Fekete
Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Mészáros
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Phillipi
Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Marunde
Pécs, Hungary
2004 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski
Flag of Poland.svg Jarek Dymek
Flag of Lithuania.svg Zydrunas Savickas
Flag of Lithuania.svg Vilius Petrauskas
Flag of Latvia.svg Raimonds Bergmanis
Flag of Latvia.svg Agris Kazelniks
Płock, Poland
2005 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Pudzianowski
Flag of Poland.svg Slawomir Toczek
Flag of Russia.svg Elbrus Nigmatulin
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Koklyaev
Flag of Latvia.svg Raivis Vidzis
Flag of Latvia.svg Rolands Gulbis
Poznań, Poland
2006 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Edwin Hakvoort
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jarno Hams
Flag of Hungary.svg László Fekete
Flag of Hungary.svg Miklós Fekete
Flag of Finland.svg Juha-Matti Räsänen
Flag of Finland.svg Tomi Lotta
Sárvár, Hungary
2007 Flag of Lithuania.svg Zydrunas Savickas
Flag of Lithuania.svg Vidas Blekaitis
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Koklyaev
Flag of Russia.svg Igor Pedan
Flag of the United States.svg Derek Poundstone
Flag of the United States.svg Tom McClure
Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 [1] The Vikings
Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Flag of Finland.svg Jarno Jokinen
Baltic Barbarians
Flag of Estonia.svg Tarmo Mitt
Flag of Estonia.svg Markus Männik
English Saxons
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Hall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Flint
Mullingar, Ireland
2014The Yankees
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Shaw
Flag of the United States.svg Dave Ostlund
The Saxons
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terry Hollands
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Hall
The Barbarians
Flag of Serbia.svg Ervin Katona
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hicks
Stoke-on-Trent, England
2015 [2] The Vikings
Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaz Belsak
The Saxons
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Hall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Felix
The Yankees
Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Pritchett
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Burke
Stoke-on-Trent, England
2018 Flag of Lithuania.svg Vytautas Lalas
Flag of Lithuania.svg Marius Lalas
Flag of the United States.svg Martins Licis
Flag of the United States.svg Trey Mitchell
Flag of England.svg Phil Roberts
Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Stoltman
Stoke-on-Trent, England
2019 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean-François Caron
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Radzikowski
Flag of Estonia.svg Rauno Heinla
Flag of the United States.svg Rob Kearney
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Shivlyakov
Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaz Belsak
Nottingham, England
2021 Flag of Latvia.svg Dainis Zageris
Flag of Latvia.svg Aivars Šmaukstelis
Flag of Ireland.svg Johan Espenkrona
Flag of Ireland.svg Sean O'Hagan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kelvin de Ruiter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg George Sulaiman
Joensuu, Finland
2022 Flag of Latvia.svg Dainis Zageris
Flag of Latvia.svg Aivars Šmaukstelis
Flag of Estonia.svg Ervin Toots
Flag of Estonia.svg Gunnar Gimbutas
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kelvin de Ruiter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg George Sulaiman
Joensuu, Finland
2023 Flag of Poland.svg Oskar Ziolkowski
Flag of Poland.svg Adam Roszkowski
Flag of Latvia.svg Aivars Šmaukstelis
Flag of Latvia.svg Maris Krievelis
Flag of Estonia.svg Ervin Toots
Flag of Estonia.svg Gunnar Gimbutas
Kalajoki, Finland

See also

References

  1. Strength Sports, SQUOD1. "Ultimate Strongman World's Strongest Team 2012/08/06 - Columb Barracks, Westmeath, Ireland - 1st place: Vikings (56 pts), 2nd place: Baltic Barbarians (47 pts), 3rd place: Saxons (46 pts)". www.irishstrongman.com. Retrieved 2012-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Triana, Andrew (4 June 2015). "Huge Weekend For Strongman: World Records Fall and One Team Rises". www.elitefts.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.