Team World

{{short description|Designation for a sports team in many competitions}}

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

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Competition ! Sport ! Contributing regions ! Notes !
National Hockey League All-Star Game \| Ice hockey \| non-North American \| {{flatlist\| 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 }} From 1998 to 2002, the game featured a Team World versus Team North America \|{{cite web \|url= http://starsandsticks.com/2015/01/23/nhl-star-game-north-america-vs-world/ \|title= NHL All Star Game: North America Vs. The World \|date= 23 January 2015 \|author= Dave Stevenson \|work= Fansided \|publisher= Sports Illustrated }}{{cite news \|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/19/sports/hockey-north-america-all-stars-conquer-world.html \|title= HOCKEY; North America All-Stars Conquer World \|author= Joe Lapointe \|date= 19 January 1998 \|work= New York Times }}
Laver Cup \| Tennis \| non-Europe \| Team Europe vs Team World \|{{cite news \|url=https://lavercup.com/\|title=Laver Cup}}
2013 CrossFit Games \| CrossFit \| non-USA \| The 2013 edition of the CrossFit Games competition features a Team USA vs Team World \|{{cite news \|url= http://games.crossfit.com/article/announcing-roster-team-world \|title= Announcing the Roster for Team World \|date= 29 August 2013 \|author= CrossFit \|publisher= CrossFit Games }}
MLB All-Star Futures Game \| Baseball \| non-USA \| Held since 1999 \|[https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-should-do-better-with-the-futures-game-instead-of-burying-it/ MLB should do better with the Futures Game instead of burying it] – Matt Snyder, CBS, 10 July 2017
NBA Rising Stars Challenge \| Basketball \| non-USA \| Format between 2015 and 2021. \|[https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/2/13/8037547/2015-nba-rising-stars-challenge-results-score-world-121-usa-112-andrew-wiggins NBA Rising Stars Challenge 2015 final score: Team World rules Team USA, 121–112] – Liam Boylan-Pett, SB Nation, 13 February 2015
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 \|{{cite news \|url= http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13359564 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150807234938/http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13359564 \|url-status= dead \|archive-date= 7 August 2015 \|title= Team World triumphs in inaugural Africa Game \|date= 1 August 2015 \|publisher= ESPN }}
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. \|

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Competition

! Sport

! Contributing regions

! Notes

National Hockey League All-Star Game

| Ice hockey

| non-North American

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From 1998 to 2002, the game featured a Team World versus Team North America

|{{cite web |url= http://starsandsticks.com/2015/01/23/nhl-star-game-north-america-vs-world/ |title= NHL All Star Game: North America Vs. The World |date= 23 January 2015 |author= Dave Stevenson |work= Fansided |publisher= Sports Illustrated }}{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/19/sports/hockey-north-america-all-stars-conquer-world.html |title= HOCKEY; North America All-Stars Conquer World |author= Joe Lapointe |date= 19 January 1998 |work= New York Times }}

Laver Cup

| Tennis

| non-Europe

| Team Europe vs Team World

|{{cite news |url=https://lavercup.com/|title=Laver Cup}}

2013 CrossFit Games

| CrossFit

| non-USA

| The 2013 edition of the CrossFit Games competition features a Team USA vs Team World

|{{cite news |url= http://games.crossfit.com/article/announcing-roster-team-world |title= Announcing the Roster for Team World |date= 29 August 2013 |author= CrossFit |publisher= CrossFit Games }}

MLB All-Star Futures Game

| Baseball

| non-USA

| Held since 1999

|[https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-should-do-better-with-the-futures-game-instead-of-burying-it/ MLB should do better with the Futures Game instead of burying it] – Matt Snyder, CBS, 10 July 2017

NBA Rising Stars Challenge

| Basketball

| non-USA

| Format between 2015 and 2021.

|[https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/2/13/8037547/2015-nba-rising-stars-challenge-results-score-world-121-usa-112-andrew-wiggins NBA Rising Stars Challenge 2015 final score: Team World rules Team USA, 121–112] – Liam Boylan-Pett, SB Nation, 13 February 2015

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

|{{cite news |url= http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13359564 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150807234938/http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13359564 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 7 August 2015 |title= Team World triumphs in inaugural Africa Game |date= 1 August 2015 |publisher= ESPN }}

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.

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rowspan=2\| Team !rowspan=2\| Sport !colspan=2\| Contributing !rowspan=2\| Era !rowspan=2\| Notes !rowspan=2\|
\| 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	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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rowspan=2| Team

!rowspan=2| Sport

!colspan=2| Contributing

!rowspan=2| Era

!rowspan=2| 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

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}}.

References

Category:Multinational sports teams

Team World

Competitions featuring a world team

All-World's Team

See also

References