World's Strongest Team

World's Strongest Team is an annual strongman contest organized by Ultimate Strongman that consists of two men teams (occasionally even three or four) from various countries all over the world. The teams are named according to their ancestral traits and geographical locations.

World's Strongest Team
Tournament information
SportStrongman
LocationVarious locations in
United Kingdom and Ireland
Established1995
FormatMulti-event competition
Teams8

The contest was first held in 1995. Some of the famous annual events include team deadlifts, team deadlift static holds, super yokes, rock lifts, Atlas stones, four-man pole push, tug of war, medley, railway track farmers walk, Basque circle and arm over arm vehicle pull. In recent years it has been organised by Strongmen Glenn Ross and Eddie Hall in Stoke-on-Trent.

Past winners edit

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
1995  
Jamie Reeves
Gary Taylor
Forbes Cowan
 
Berend Veneberg
Tjalling van den Bosch
Ted van der Parre
 
Gerrit Badenhorst
Wayne Price
 
Anton Boucher
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 Meszaros
 
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
2005 (IFSA) Team Europe
  Zydrunas Savickas
  Heinz Ollesch
  Raimonds Bergmanis
  Andrus Murumets
Team Pan-America
  Jon Andersen
  Travis Ortmayer
  Van Hatfield
  Geoff Dolan
Team World
  Eddy Ellwood
  Mark Felix
  Mikhail Koklyaev
  Adam Darasz
2006 (IFSA)  
Edwin Hakvoort
Jarno Hams
 
László Fekete
Laszlo Fekete jr.
 
Juha-Matti Räsänen
Tomi Lotta
2007 (IFSA)   Team Lithuania
Zydrunas Savickas
Vidas Blekaitis
  Team Russia
Mikhail Koklyaev
Igor Pedan
  Team USA
Derek Poundstone
Tom McClure
2012 [1] 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 [2] 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   Mikhail Shivlyakov
  Matjaz Belsak
2021  
Dainis Zageris
Aivars Smaukstelis
 
Johan Espenkrona
Sean O'Hagan
 
Kelvin De Ruiter
George Sulaiman

References edit

  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.

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