Team World
World Team or Team World is a designation for a sports team in many competitions. It is usually equivalent to a "rest of the world" team, which is pitted against a particular territory.
Competitions featuring a world team
Competition | Sport | Contributing regions | Notes | |
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National Hockey League All-Star Game | Ice hockey | non-North American |
From 1998 to 2002, the game featured a Team World versus Team North America |
[1][2] |
Laver Cup | Tennis | non-Europe | Team Europe vs Team World | [3] |
2013 CrossFit Games | CrossFit | non-USA | The 2013 edition of the CrossFit Games competition features a Team USA vs Team World | [4] |
MLB All-Star Futures Game | Baseball | non-USA | Held since 1999 | [5] |
NBA Rising Stars Challenge | Basketball | non-USA | Current format since 2015 | [6] |
NBA Africa Game 2015 NBA Africa Game 2017 |
Basketball | non-African | The inaugural NBA Africa Game (2015) featured Team Africa facing Team World | [7] |
Continental Cup of Curling | Curling | outside of North America | Team World or Team Europe against Team North America | |
NBB All-Star Game | Basketball | non-Brazilian | Equipe Mundo (Team World) against Equipe Brasil (Team Brazil), based on player nationality | |
Arnold Palmer Cup | Golf | non-USA | Format since 2018: Team USA vs International Team; originally Team USA vs. Team Europe. All individual players are college/university golfers, with teams based on player nationalities and not the locations of the players' institutions. |
- Note that in the above sports there also exist national teams taking part in other competitions
All-World's Team
Some "Team World" or "World Team" teams are all-star teams with rosters drawn up from the world's players as an honors project.
Team | Sport | Contributing | Era | Notes | ||
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regions | leagues | |||||
World Team of the 20th Century | Soccer | World | FIFA | 20th century | soccer (association football) all-star team of stars of all eras of the 20th century | [8] |
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References
- Dave Stevenson (23 January 2015). "NHL All Star Game: North America Vs. The World". Fansided. Sports Illustrated.
- Joe Lapointe (19 January 1998). "HOCKEY; North America All-Stars Conquer World". New York Times.
- "Laver Cup".
- CrossFit (29 August 2013). "Announcing the Roster for Team World". CrossFit Games.
- MLB should do better with the Futures Game instead of burying it - Matt Snyder, CBS, 10 July 2017
- NBA Rising Stars Challenge 2015 final score: Team World rules Team USA, 121-112 - Liam Boylan-Pett, SB Nation, 13 February 2015
- "Team World triumphs in inaugural Africa Game". ESPN. 1 August 2015.
- Brown, Gerry, and Morrison, Michael (eds.; 2003). ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac. New York City: ESPN Books and Hyperion (joint). ISBN 0-7868-8715-X.
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