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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Format between 2015 and 2021. | [6] |
| NBA Africa Game 2015 NBA Africa Game 2017 NBA Africa Game 2018 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
See also
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. Archived from the original on 7 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.