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.
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 placeVenue1995 Jamie Reeves Gary Taylor Forbes Cowan Berend Veneberg Tjalling van den Bosch Ted van der Parre Gerrit Badenhorst Wayne Price Anton Boucher 1996 Magnus Ver Magnusson Torfi Ólafsson Gunnar Þór Guðjónsson Jouko Ahola Riku Kiri Jorma Ojanaho Manfred Hoeberl Heinz Ollesch Martin Muhr 1997 Riku Kiri Jouko Ahola Hannu Osala Jukka Laine Magnus Ver Magnusson Torfi Olafsson 1998 Berend Veneberg Wout Zijlstra Jouko Ahola Sami Heinonen Magnus Samuelsson Torbjorn Samuelsson 1999 Jouko Ahola Janne Virtanen Magnus Samuelsson Torbjorn Samuelsson Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek 2000 Janne Virtanen Pasi Paavisto Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek Berend Veneberg Wout Zijlstra 2001 Janne Virtanen Juha-Matti Räsänen Jarek Dymek Ireneusz Kuras Wout Zijlstra Jarno Hams 2002 Janne Virtanen Juha-Matti Räsänen Berend Veneberg Wout Zijlstra Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek 2003 Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek László Fekete Tibor Mészáros Mark Phillipi Jesse Marunde 2004 Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek Zydrunas Savickas Vilius Petrauskas Raimonds Bergmanis Agris Kazelniks 2005 Mariusz Pudzianowski Slawomir Toczek Elbrus Nigmatulin Mikhail Koklyaev Raivis Vidzis Rolands Gulbis 2006 Edwin Hakvoort Jarno Hams László Fekete Miklós Fekete Juha-Matti Räsänen Tomi Lotta 2007 Zydrunas Savickas Vidas Blekaitis Mikhail Koklyaev Igor Pedan Derek Poundstone Tom McClure 2012 The Vikings Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Jarno Jokinen Baltic Barbarians Tarmo Mitt Markus Männik English Saxons Eddie Hall Simon Flint 2014 The Yankees Brian Shaw Dave Ostlund The Saxons Terry Hollands Eddie Hall The Barbarians Ervin Katona Graham Hicks 2015 The Vikings Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Matjaz Belsak The Saxons Eddie Hall Mark Felix The Yankees Jerry Pritchett Mike Burke 2018 Vytautas Lalas Marius Lalas Martins Licis Trey Mitchell Phil Roberts Tom Stoltman 2019 Jean-François Caron Krzysztof Radzikowski Rauno Heinla Rob Kearney Mikhail Shivlyakov Matjaz Belsak 2021 Dainis Zageris Aivars Šmaukstelis Johan Espenkrona Sean O'Hagan Kelvin de Ruiter George Sulaiman 2022 Dainis Zageris Aivars Šmaukstelis Ervin Toots Gunnar Gimbutas Kelvin de Ruiter George Sulaiman 2023 Oskar Ziolkowski Adam Roszkowski Aivars Šmaukstelis Maris Krievelis Ervin Toots Gunnar Gimbutas
Results courtesy of www.strengthresults.com and David Horne's World of Grip
See also Pure Strength
References
External links David Horne's World of Grip World's Strongest Team