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

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Competition	Sport	Contributing regions	Notes
National Hockey League All-Star Game	Ice hockey	non-North American	48 (1998) 49 (1999) 50 (2000) 51 (2001) 52 (2002) From the 48th (1998) edition to the 52nd (2002) edition, the game featured a Team World versus Team North America	[1][2]
2013 CrossFit Games	CrossFit	non-USA	The 2013 edition of the CrossFit Games competition features a Team USA vs Team World	[3]
NBA Africa Game 2015	Basketball	non-African	The inaugural NBA Africa Game featured Team Africa facing Team World	[4]
Continental Cup of Curling	Curling	outside of North America	Team World or Team Europe against Team North America

Note that in the above sports there also exist national teams taking part in other competitions

All-World's Team

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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	[5]

References

1. Dave Stevenson (23 January 2015). "NHL All Star Game: North America Vs. The World". Fansided. Sports Illustrated.
2. Joe Lapointe (19 January 1998). "HOCKEY; North America All-Stars Conquer World". New York Times.
3. CrossFit (29 August 2013). "Announcing the Roster for Team World". CrossFit Games.
5. 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.

See also

• Team North America
• Team Europe