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

CompetitionSportContributing regionsNotes
National Hockey League All-Star GameIce hockeynon-North American
From 1998 to 2002, the game featured a Team World versus Team North America
Laver CupTennisnon-EuropeTeam Europe vs Team World
2013 CrossFit GamesCrossFitnon-USAThe 2013 edition of the CrossFit Games competition features a Team USA vs Team World
MLB All-Star Futures GameBaseballnon-USAHeld since 1999
NBA Rising Stars ChallengeBasketballnon-USACurrent format since 2015
NBA Africa Game 2015
NBA Africa Game 2017		Basketballnon-AfricanThe inaugural NBA Africa Game featured Team Africa facing Team World
Continental Cup of CurlingCurlingoutside of North AmericaTeam World or Team Europe against Team North America
NBB All-Star GameBasketballnon-BrazilianEquipe Mundo against Equipe Brasil, based on player nationality
Arnold Palmer CupGolfnon-USAFormat 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.

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.