The Global Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created in 2008.
The Global Tag League is held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time limit draw and none for any other kind of a draw or a loss. The team finishing atop the points standings are the winners. Matches in the Global Tag League have a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Noah's GHC Tag Team Championship.
The tournament returned in 2024 after a four year break rebranded as the Victory Challenge Tag League. In 2026, after another year off, it was renamed again to the Neo Global Tag League.
In the results below, signifies the GHC Tag Team Champions at the time of each tournament.
List of winners Tournament Year Winners Total wonas a team Global Tag League 2008 Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith 1 Global Tag League 2009 Mitsuharu Misawa and Go Shiozaki 1 Global Tag League 2010 Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama 1 Global Tag League 2011 Akitoshi Saito and Jun Akiyama 1 Global Tag League 2012 Naomichi Marufuji and Muhammad Yone 1 Global Tag League 2013 Kenta and Yoshihiro Takayama 1 Global Tag League 2014 Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura 1 Global Tag League 2015 Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura 2 Global Tag League 2016 Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano 1 Global Tag League 2017 Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji 1 Global Tag League 2018 Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya 1 Global Tag League 2019 Kazma Sakamoto and Takashi Sugiura 1 Global Tag League 2020 El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée 1 Victory Challenge Tag League 2024 Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa 1 Neo Global Tag League 2026 Manabu Soya and Yuki Iino 1
2008 The 2008 Global Tag League featured nine teams, and was held from March 29 to April 27.
+Final standings Wrestlers Score Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith 10 Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio 9 Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura 9 Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa 9 D'Lo Brown & Buchanan 8 Takeshi Morishima & Muhammad Yone 8 Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki 8 Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama 7 Go Shiozaki & Akira Taue 4
Results AkiyamaRikio BrownBuchanan MarufujiSugiura MisawaOgawa MorishimaYone NakajimaSasaki SaitoSmith SanoTakayama ShiozakiTaue AkiyamaRikio AkiyamaRikio(20:50)AkiyamaRikio(23:06)AkiyamaRikio(2:31)AkiyamaRikio(19:55)NakajimaSasaki(22:17)SaitoSmith(23:02)SanoTakayama(21:06)Draw(30:00) BrownBuchananAkiyamaRikio(20:50) BrownBuchanan(28:02)BrownBuchanan(2:08)MorishimaYone(23:26)NakajimaSasaki(22:23)BrownBuchanan(23:51)BrownBuchanan(10:42)ShiozakiTaue(18:05) MarufujiSugiuraAkiyamaRikio(23:06)BrownBuchanan(28:02) Draw(30:00)MarufujiSugiura(24:47)Draw(30:00)Draw(30:00)MarufujiSugiura(21:40)MarufujiSugiura(19:14) MisawaOgawaAkiyamaRikio(2:31)BrownBuchanan(2:08)Draw(30:00) MisawaOgawa(1:48)MisawaOgawa(18:46)SaitoSmith(17:16)MisawaOgawa(12:14)MisawaOgawa(18:54) MorishimaYoneAkiyamaRikio(19:55)MorishimaYone(23:26)MarufujiSugiura(24:47)MisawaOgawa(1:48) Draw(30:00)MorishimaYone(26:06)Draw(30:00)MorishimaYone(20:00) NakajimaSasakiNakajimaSasaki(22:17)NakajimaSasaki(22:23)Draw(30:00)MisawaOgawa(18:46)Draw(30:00) SaitoSmith(22:14)SanoTakayama(23:49)NakajimaSasaki(23:42) SaitoSmithSaitoSmith(23:02)BrownBuchanan(23:51)Draw(30:00)SaitoSmith(17:16)MorishimaYone(26:06)SaitoSmith(22:14) SaitoSmith(20:07)Draw(30:00) SanoTakayamaSanoTakayama(21:06)BrownBuchanan(10:42)MarufujiSugiura(21:40)MisawaOgawa(12:14)Draw(30:00)SanoTakayama(23:49)SaitoSmith(20:07) SanoTakayama(21:43) ShiozakiTaueDraw(30:00)ShiozakiTaue(18:05)MarufujiSugiura(19:14)MisawaOgawa(18:54)MorishimaYone(20:00)NakajimaSasaki(23:42)Draw(30:00)SanoTakayama(21:43)
2009 The 2009 Global Tag League featured eight teams, and was held from April 11 to May 6.
+Final standings Wrestlers Score Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiozaki 9 Takeshi Morishima & Kensuke Sasaki 8 Takeshi Rikio & Muhammad Yone 8 Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith 8 Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama 8 D'Lo Brown & Buchanan 7 Jun Akiyama & Shuhei Taniguchi 6 Masao Inoue & Akira Taue 2
Results AkiyamaTaniguchi BrownBuchanan InoueTaue MisawaShiozaki MorishimaSasaki RikioYone SaitoSmith SugiuraTakayama AkiyamaTaniguchi AkiyamaTaniguchi(18:24)AkiyamaTaniguchi(19:34)MisawaShiozaki(24:23)MorishimaSasaki(3:39)AkiyamaTaniguchi(5:00)SaitoSmith(19:26)SugiuraTakayama(16:12) BrownBuchananAkiyamaTaniguchi(18:24) BrownBuchanan(10:56)MisawaShiozaki(22:02)BrownBuchanan(18:08)RikioYone(19:43)BrownBuchanan(19:28)Draw(30:00) InoueTaueAkiyamaTaniguchi(19:34)BrownBuchanan(10:56) MisawaShiozaki(20:57)MorishimaSasaki(13:35)RikioYone(14:20)SaitoSmith(14:53)InoueTaue(16:27) MisawaShiozakiMisawaShiozaki(24:23)MisawaShiozaki(22:02)MisawaShiozaki(20:57) MisawaShiozaki(22:53)Draw(30:00)SaitoSmith(19:43)SugiuraTakayama(21:51) MorishimaSasakiMorishimaSasaki(3:39)BrownBuchanan(18:08)MorishimaSasaki(13:35)MisawaShiozaki(22:53) Draw(30:00)MorishimaSasaki(21:47)Draw(30:00) RikioYoneAkiyamaTaniguchi(5:00)RikioYone(19:43)RikioYone(14:20)Draw(30:00)Draw(30:00) SaitoSmith(5:54)RikioYone(20:51) SaitoSmithSaitoSmith(19:26)BrownBuchanan(19:28)SaitoSmith(14:53)SaitoSmith(19:43)MorishimaSasaki(21:47)SaitoSmith(5:54) SugiuraTakayama(18:47) SugiuraTakayamaSugiuraTakayama(16:12)Draw(30:00)InoueTaue(16:27)SugiuraTakayama(21:51)Draw(30:00)RikioYone(20:51)SugiuraTakayama(18:47)
2010 The 2010 Global Tag League ran from January 9 through January 24. It was the first edition of the Global Tag League featuring a block system, with eight teams in two blocks of four. The top finishing teams from each block met in the final.
+Final standings Block A Block B Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama 6 Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi 5 Takeshi Morishima & Kensuke Sasaki 4 Takeshi Rikio & Muhammad Yone 3 Akitoshi Saito & Go Shiozaki 2 Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe 2 Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero 0 Bison Smith & Keith Walker 2
Block A CastagnoliHero MorishimaSasaki SaitoShiozaki SanoTakayama CastagnoliHero MorishimaSasaki(17:00) SaitoShiozaki(22:45) SanoTakayama(12:40) MorishimaSasaki MorishimaSasaki(17:00) MorishimaSasaki(17:17) SanoTakayama(15:58) SaitoShiozaki SaitoShiozaki(22:45) MorishimaSasaki(17:17) SanoTakayama(18:42) SanoTakayama SanoTakayama(12:40) SanoTakayama(15:58) SanoTakayama(18:42) Block B HonmaMakabe RikioYone SmithWalker SugiuraTaniguchi HonmaMakabe RikioYone(17:11) HonmaMakabe(15:10) SugiuraTaniguchi(11:29) RikioYone RikioYone(17:11) SmithWalker(17:21) Draw(30:00) SmithWalker HonmaMakabe(15:10) SmithWalker(17:21) SugiuraTaniguchi(21:00) SugiuraTaniguchi SugiuraTaniguchi(11:29) Draw(30:00) SugiuraTaniguchi(21:00)
2011 The 2011 Global Tag League ran from April 16 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.
+Final standings Wrestlers Score Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama 10 Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama 9 Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi 8 Muhammad Yone & Takashi Sugiura 8 Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie 8 Bison Smith & Masao Inoue 5 Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli 4 Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara 4
Results SaitoAkiyama SmithInoue HeroCastagnoli ShiozakiTaniguchi YoneSugiura SasakiMiyahara MorishimaYoshie SanoTakayama SaitoAkiyama SaitoAkiyama(17:34) SaitoAkiyama(16:13) SaitoAkiyama(16:46) SaitoAkiyama(20:45) SasakiMiyahara(3:08) MorishimaYoshie(16:27) SaitoAkiyama(13:53) SmithInoue SaitoAkiyama(17:34) SmithInoue(14:19) ShiozakiTaniguchi(21:43) Draw(30:00) SasakiMiyahara(18:45) SmithInoue(17:20) SanoTakayama(17:13) HeroCastagnoli SaitoAkiyama(16:13) SmithInoue(14:19) ShiozakiTaniguchi(18:45) YoneSugiura(24:30) HeroCastagnoli(17:48) MorishimaYoshie(23:21) HeroCastagnoli(14:15) ShiozakiTaniguchi SaitoAkiyama(16:46) ShiozakiTaniguchi(21:43) ShiozakiTaniguchi(18:45) Draw(30:00) ShiozakiTaniguchi(20:21) MorishimaYoshie(19:03) Draw(30:00) YoneSugiura SaitoAkiyama(20:45) Draw(30:00) YoneSugiura(24:30) Draw(30:00) YoneSugiura(14:05) YoneSugiura(15:46) SanoTakayama(25:56) SasakiMiyahara SasakiMiyahara(3:08) SasakiMiyahara(18:45) HeroCastagnoli(17:48) ShiozakiTaniguchi(20:21) YoneSugiura(14:05) MorishimaYoshie(15:13) SanoTakayama(13:24) MorishimaYoshie MorishimaYoshie(16:27) SmithInoue(17:20) MorishimaYoshie(23:21) MorishimaYoshie(19:03) YoneSugiura(15:46) MorishimaYoshie(15:13) SanoTakayama(14:37) SanoTakayama SaitoAkiyama(13:53) SanoTakayama(17:13) HeroCastagnoli(14:15) Draw(30:00) SanoTakayama(25:56) SanoTakayama(13:24) SanoTakayama(14:37)
2012 The 2012 Global Tag League ran from April 11 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.
+Final standings Wrestlers Score Naomichi Marufuji & Muhammad Yone 11 Takeshi Morishima & Katsuhiko Nakajima 11 Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito 10 Kento Miyahara & Kensuke Sasaki 7 Daichi Hashimoto & Shinjiro Otani 6 Tamon Honda & Go Shiozaki 6 Colt Cabana & Eddie Edwards 5 Yoshihiro Takayama & Maybach Taniguchi 0
Results AkiyamaSaito CabanaEdwards HashimotoOtani HondaShiozaki MarufujiYone MiyaharaSasaki MorishimaNakajima TakayamaTaniguchiAkiyamaSaito CabanaEdwards(16:10) AkiyamaSaito(20:23) AkiyamaSaito(18:59) MarufujiYone(18:58) AkiyamaSaito(16:47) AkiyamaSaito(24:48) AkiyamaSaito(11:34)CabanaEdwards CabanaEdwards(16:10) HashimotoOtani(13:25) HondaShiozaki(18:38) Draw(30:00) MiyaharaSasaki(16:46) MorishimaNakajima(17:33) CabanaEdwards(6:07)HashimotoOtani AkiyamaSaito(20:23) HashimotoOtani(13:25) HashimotoOtani(22:27) MarufujiYone(20:04) MiyaharaSasaki(18:01) MorishimaNakajima(20:34) HashimotoOtani(13:01)HondaShiozaki AkiyamaSaito(18:59) HondaShiozaki(18:38) HashimotoOtani(22:27) MarufujiYone(24:04) HondaShiozaki(14:38) MorishimaNakajima(17:45) HondaShiozaki(11:48)MarufujiYone MarufujiYone(18:58) Draw(30:00) MarufujiYone(20:04) MarufujiYone(24:04) MarufujiYone(18:58) MorishimaNakajima(16:25) MarufujiYone(11:18)MiyaharaSasaki AkiyamaSaito(16:47) MiyaharaSasaki(16:46) MiyaharaSasaki(18:01) HondaShiozaki(14:38) MorishimaNakajima(18:58) Draw(30:00) TakayamaTanaguchi(5:52)MorishimaNakajima AkiyamaSaito(24:48) MorishimaNakajima(17:33) MorishimaNakajima(20:34) MorishimaNakajima(17:45) MorishimaNakajima(16:25) Draw(30:00) MorishimaNakajima(8:34)TakayamaTaniguchi AkiyamaSaito(11:34) CabanaEdwards(6:07) HashimotoOtani(13:01) HondaShiozaki(11:48) MarufujiYone(11:18) TakayamaTanaguchi(5:52) MorishimaNakajima(8:34)
2013 The 2013 Global Tag League ran from April 13 through April 28. The 2013 edition was only the second to feature two blocks of teams; each consisting of five, with the top teams from each block meeting in the final. Naomichi Marufuji was sidelined with a knee injury on April 14 after his and Takashi Sugiura's first match, a win over Shinya Ishikawa and Yoshihito Sasaki, had already taken place. On April 17, Noah announced that Atsushi Kotoge would replace Marufuji in the tournament, but instead of inheriting Marufuji's and Sugiura's points, they would start at zero points and face Ishikawa and Sasaki in a new match.
+Final standings Block A Block B Kenta & Yoshihiro Takayama 6 Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki 6 Muhammad Yone & Takeshi Morishima 6 Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste 4 Maybach Taniguchi & Yujiro Takahashi 4 Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano 4 Bobby Fish & Eddie Edwards 2 Atsushi Kotoge & Takashi Sugiura 4 Akitoshi Saito & Tomoaki Honma 2 Shinya Ishikawa & Yoshihito Sasaki 2