title: Team World
text: # 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | National Hockey League All-Star Game | Ice hockey | non-North American | 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 From 1998 to 2002, the game featured a Team World versus Team North America |
  | Laver Cup | Tennis | non-Europe | Team Europe vs Team World |
  | 2013 CrossFit Games | CrossFit | non-USA | The 2013 edition of the CrossFit Games competition features a Team USA vs Team World |
  | MLB All-Star Futures Game | Baseball | non-USA | Held since 1999 |
  | NBA Rising Stars Challenge | Basketball | non-USA | Format between 2015 and 2021. |
  | 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 |
  | 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 | Contributing | Era | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | Sport | regions | leagues | Era | Notes |
  | 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 |
  