# World's Strongest Team

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. The teams are 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

| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Venue |
| 1995 | Jamie Reeves Gary Taylor Forbes Cowan | Berend Veneberg Tjalling van den Bosch Ted van der Parre | Gerrit Badenhorst Wayne Price Anton Boucher | Isle of Wight, England |
| 1996 | Magnus Ver Magnusson Torfi Ólafsson Gunnar Þór Guðjónsson | Jouko Ahola Riku Kiri Jorma Ojanaho | Manfred Hoeberl Heinz Ollesch Martin Muhr | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 1997 | Riku Kiri Jouko Ahola | Hannu Osala Jukka Laine | Magnus Ver Magnusson Torfi Olafsson | Vaasa, Finland |
| 1998 | Berend Veneberg Wout Zijlstra | Jouko Ahola Sami Heinonen | Magnus Samuelsson Torbjorn Samuelsson | Hardenberg, Netherlands |
| 1999 | Jouko Ahola Janne Virtanen | Magnus Samuelsson Torbjorn Samuelsson | Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek | Panyu, China |
| 2000 | Janne Virtanen Pasi Paavisto | Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek | Berend Veneberg Wout Zijlstra | Cserkeszőlő, Hungary |
| 2001 | Janne Virtanen Juha-Matti Räsänen | Jarek Dymek Ireneusz Kuras | Wout Zijlstra Jarno Hams | Gdynia, Poland |
| 2002 | Janne Virtanen Juha-Matti Räsänen | Berend Veneberg Wout Zijlstra | Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek | Heerenveen, Netherlands |
| 2003 | Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek | László Fekete Tibor Mészáros | Mark Phillipi Jesse Marunde | Pécs, Hungary |
| 2004 | Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek | Zydrunas Savickas Vilius Petrauskas | Raimonds Bergmanis Agris Kazelniks | Płock, Poland |
| 2005 | Mariusz Pudzianowski Slawomir Toczek | Elbrus Nigmatulin Mikhail Koklyaev | Raivis Vidzis Rolands Gulbis | Poznań, Poland |
| 2006 | Edwin Hakvoort Jarno Hams | László Fekete Miklós Fekete | Juha-Matti Räsänen Tomi Lotta | Sárvár, Hungary |
| 2007 | Zydrunas Savickas Vidas Blekaitis | Mikhail Koklyaev Igor Pedan | Derek Poundstone Tom McClure | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 2012 | The Vikings Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Jarno Jokinen | Baltic Barbarians Tarmo Mitt Markus Männik | English Saxons Eddie Hall Simon Flint | Mullingar, Ireland |
| 2014 | The Yankees Brian Shaw Dave Ostlund | The Saxons Terry Hollands Eddie Hall | The Barbarians Ervin Katona Graham Hicks | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| 2015 | The Vikings Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Matjaz Belsak | The Saxons Eddie Hall Mark Felix | The Yankees Jerry Pritchett Mike Burke | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| 2018 | Vytautas Lalas Marius Lalas | Martins Licis Trey Mitchell | Phil Roberts Tom Stoltman | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| 2019 | Jean-François Caron Krzysztof Radzikowski | Rauno Heinla Rob Kearney | Mikhail Shivlyakov Matjaz Belsak | Nottingham, England |
| 2021 | Dainis Zageris Aivars Šmaukstelis | Johan Espenkrona Sean O'Hagan | Kelvin de Ruiter George Sulaiman | Joensuu, Finland |
| 2022 | Dainis Zageris Aivars Šmaukstelis | Ervin Toots Gunnar Gimbutas | Kelvin de Ruiter George Sulaiman | Joensuu, Finland |
| 2023 | Oskar Ziolkowski Adam Roszkowski | Aivars Šmaukstelis Maris Krievelis | Ervin Toots Gunnar Gimbutas | Kalajoki, Finland |
* Results courtesy of www.strengthresults.com and David Horne's World of Grip