World Strongman Cup Federation

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The World Strongman Cup Federation ("WSCF") was a worldwide organisation within strength athletics that claimed to be the sport's organising body with the aim of making "the Strongman Sport more popular and accessible for a wide range of the people."[1] Its motto was "be strong". It was also a charity. The Federation organised the World Strongman Cup one of the main competitions in the field of strength athletics boasting participation from some of the foremost strongmen around the globe. It was a separate competition from the World's Strongest Man, the Strongman Super Series (producing a World Champion) and the IFSA World Championship). It has since been replaced by the World Strongman Federation's World Cup.

World Strongman Cup Federation
Formation2004
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersSalzburg, Austria
Websiteworld-strongmancup.at

History

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Until completion of the 2004 World's Strongest Man competition, the IFSA managed the annual World's Strongest Man contest. However, that year saw an acrimonious dividing of the sport with the IFSA forming its own competition and with the World's Strongest Man ("WSM") continuing to be organised by TWI, an IMG Media company. The WSM itself was never a federation, but an event organised commercially. When the IFSA formed their own competition and banned their contracted athletes from competing in the WSM, the World Strongman Cup Federation ("WSCF") filled a void and signed up many of the non-IFSA athletes. At the 2005 WSM finals, two thirds of the athletes were under contract with the WSCF.[1] Since its inception the WSMCF has organised events in many countries including: United States of America, Canada, Germany, Austria, Russia, Serbia, Poland and Spain.[1] Its flagship event was the World Strongman Cup.

Following a financial dispute with the World Strongman Cup Federation Vlad Redkin, one of its chief organisers, left to found the World Strongman Federation. Following Vlad's departure, the WSCF ceased to promote events and effectively disappeared from the strength athletics landscape. In September 2007 an event in Khanty-Mansijsk formerly affiliated to WSMC and featuring its athletes was promoted by Vlad Redkin. This event had its name changed at short notice from WSMC to the Grand Prix of Khanty-Mansijsk (Russia) and in effect was the first WSF event. The reason given after the competition by Redkin was that a combination of financial reasons as well as concerns over WSMCF's stated aim of forming closer ties with the International Federation of Strength Athletes led him to part company with WSMCF. He initially planned to cooperate closely with the World Strongman Super Series in 2008, but in fact set up a new federation called the World Strongman Federation.[2]

World Strongman Cup
 
The official logo of World Strongman Cup Federation
Tournament information
LocationVaries The cup is won through a series of competitions held throughout the world
Established2004
Final year2007
FormatA number of Multi-event competitions within an annual tour
Final champion
  Mariusz Pudzianowski

World Strongman Cup

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The World Strongman Cup has been run since 2004. It is organised as a tour event with many competitions held throughout the globe. The overall winner is ascertained through the cumulation of points scored across the season.

List of Champions

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Year Athlete Nationality
2004 Raivis Vidzis   Latvia
2005 Raivis Vidzis   Latvia
2006 Mariusz Pudzianowski   Poland
2007 Mariusz Pudzianowski   Poland

2004

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Gran Canaria, Spain
Strongman Cup Spain[3]
  Mykhailo Starov   Raivis Vidzis   Ralf Ber 28 February 2004
  Villach, Austria
Strongman Cup Kärtnen[4]
  Glenn Ross   Raivis Vidzis   Ralf Ber 3 April 2004
  Immenstadt, Germany
Strongman Cup Immenstadt[5]
  Igor Pedan   Glenn Ross   Raivis Vidzis 22 May 2004
  Plattling, Germany
Strongman Cup Plattling-Luna Park[6]
  Ralf Ber   Mykhailo Starov   Raivis Vidzis 26 June 2004
  Bad Häring, Austria
Strongman Cup Bad Häring[7]
  Igor Pedan   Glenn Ross   Raivis Vidzis 10 July 2004
  Świnoujście, Poland
Strongman Cup Poland[8]
  Raivis Vidzis   Igor Pedan   Ralf Ber 31 July 2004
  Subotica, Serbia
European Masters Strongman Cup
  Glenn Ross   Raivis Vidzis   Ralf Ber 4 September 2004
  Moscow, Russia
Strongman Cup Russia[9]
  Mykhailo Starov   Igor Pedan   Raivis Vidzis 2 October 2004
  Edmonton, Canada
Strongman Cup Canada
  Dave Ostlund   Raivis Vidzis   Ralf Ber 11 December 2004
Overall placings
  Raivis Vidzis

2005

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Minsk, Belarus
Strongman Cup Belarus
  Raivis Vidzis   Ralf Ber   Antanas Abrutis 7 May 2005
  Wexford, Ireland
Strongman Cup Ireland
  Antanas Abrutis   Tarmo Mitt   Glenn Ross 21 May 2005
  Wakefield, England
Strongman Cup England
  Glenn Ross   Brian Irwin   Jesse Marunde 5 June 2005
  Denver, Colorado, United States
Strongman Cup USA
  Raivis Vidzis   Glenn Ross   Ralf Ber 2 July 2005
  Bad Häring, Austria
Strongman Cup Austria
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Mykhailo Starov   Ralf Ber 6 August 2005
  Ladysmith, Canada
Strongman Cup Canada
  Raivis Vidzis   Ralf Ber   Ed Brost 28 August 2005
  Nuremberg, Germany
Strongman Cup Germany
  Franz Beil   Ralf Ber   Mykhailo Starov 18 September 2005
  Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Strongman Cup Russia
  Raivis Vidzis   Jesse Marunde   Elbrus Nigmatullin 17 December 2005
Overall placings
  Raivis Vidzis   Ralf Ber   Tarmo Mitt

2006

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Riga, Latvia
Strongman Cup Latvia
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Raivis Vidzis   Elbrus Nigmatullin 6 May 2006
  Armagh, Northern Ireland
Strongman Cup Northern Ireland
  Ralf Ber   Glenn Ross   Tarmo Mitt 27 May 2006
  Minsk, Belarus
Strongman Cup Belarus
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Raivis Vidzis   Elbrus Nigmatullin 17 June 2006
  Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
Strongman Cup Germany
  Jarek Dymek   Mykhailo Starov   Tarmo Mitt 1 July 2006
  Moscow, Russia
Strongman Cup Moscow
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Janne Virtanen   Elbrus Nigmatullin 31 July 2006
  Vienna, Austria
Strongman Cup Austria
  Stoyan Todorchev   Vasyl Virastiuk   Ervin Katona 22 October 2006
  Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Strongman Cup Poland
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Sebastian Wenta   Stoyan Todorchev 25 November 2006
  Podolsk, Russia
Strongman Cup Russia
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Elbrus Nigmatullin   Stoyan Todorchev 16 December 2006
Overall placings
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Tarmo Mitt   Elbrus Nigmatullin

2007

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Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
  Riga, Latvia
Strongman Cup Latvia
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Raivis Vidzis   Tarmo Mitt 13 May 2007
  Moscow, Russia
Strongman Cup Moscow
  Janne Virtanen   Stoyan Todorchev   Derek Boyer 1 July 2007
  Dartford, England
Strongman Cup England
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Stoyan Todorchev   Terry Hollands 22 July 2007
  Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Grand Prix of Khanty-Mansiysk
  Stoyan Todorchev   Tarmo Mitt   Elbrus Nigmatullin 8 September 2007
Overall placings
  Mariusz Pudzianowski   Stoyan Todorchev   Raivis Vidzis

Charity

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The charity aims to reduce and tackle obesity in children by helping more children to take part in sporting activities. It is the charity's belief that "As these children become more interested in and able to enjoy sports of their choosing, their physical and emotional conditions show significant improvement. This provides a strong foundation for improved self-confidence and happiness for all participants."[1] The federation believes that their athletes can act as positive examples.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d World Strongman Cup Federation official site
  2. ^ "Vlad Redkin Leaves WSMC . . . Stoyan Todorchev Wins Contest in Russia". Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Strongman Cup Spain results". World Strongman Cup. Archived from the original on 31 October 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Strongman Cup Kärtnen results". World Strongman Cup. Archived from the original on 25 December 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Strongman Cup Immenstadt results". World Strongman Cup. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Strongman Cup Plattling results". World Strongman Cup. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Strongman Cup Bad Häring results". World Strongman Cup. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Strongman Cup Poland results". World Strongman Cup. Archived from the original on 31 October 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Strongman Cup Russia results". World Strongman Cup. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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