Strongman Champions League

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Strongman Champions League
2018
SCLLogo.png
The official logo of the Strongman Champions League
Tournament information
LocationVarious international locations
Month playedmultiple grand prix events held throughout the year
Established2008
FormatMulti-event competition
Pursevaries
WebsiteOfficial website
Current champion
Latvia

The Strongman Champions League is a strongman competition circuit, with several Grand Prix events throughout the year and the Strongman Champions League overall champion title going to the overall winner at the end of the season. The competitors include some of the top athletes in the sport, including Žydrūnas Savickas, Krzysztof Radzikowski, Travis Ortmayer, Nick Best, Mikhail Koklyaev, Ervin Katona, Andrus Murumets, Laurence Shahlaei, Vytautas Lalas and Terry Hollands. Initially in close partnership with IFSA, it quickly asserted its independence and has acted as a unifying force in the world of strength athletics, bringing together athletes from IFSA with those affiliated to the World's Strongest Man circuit, and having close cooperation with other major events such as Fortissimus. In 2012, SCL began co-promoting the new Arnold Strongman Classic-Europe contest which will become part of the annual SCL season of events.

History[]

Strongman Champions League in Gibraltar.
Strongman Champions League in Gibraltar.

The Strongman Champions League was developed by Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert, longtime strongman promoters, with major contests to their credit worldwide, and was launched in 2008. Kinnunen & Mostert described SCL as "a new episode in strongman".[1]

"A complete series of 10–12 competitions, that will take place all over the world, but most of the competitions will be held in Europe. The very best champions, referees and their organizers will be the guarantee of a great new, fresh excitement in Strongman sport. The competition venues are the best which each country can offer and it will include the country's own traditional elements."[1] As well as citing that all points will be accumulated for a Champions League Winner at the end of the year, it was stated in the main structure of the Champions League that rules will be done officially as usual in all IFSA competitions and that the top 3 will be directly placed in the IFSA World Championships.[1] Mostert also said "All together we think that this is a perfect platform of competitions that will lead to another great World Championship."[1]

Thus, IFSA were inextricably linked at the inception of the league. IFSA, however, were in reportedly dire financial straits towards the end of that year. By December, Mostert distanced the league from the ailing governing body and explicitly said that the "Strongman Champions League had nothing to do with IFSA". He told IronMind "We have our own logo, we have our own brand, we do our own competitions."[2] Its own website was launched shortly afterwards.

The league organizers had originally reported that the Champions League competitions will be televised and spread all over the world. In the harsh economic climate of 2008, the league was not immune to the effects, and the league did have to cancel some venues, but unlike with the IFSA, the vast majority of the competitions still took place. In 2008, the SCL had 45 top strength athletes competing, representing more than 20 countries.[3]

Fortissimus Cooperation[]

In 2008, Paul Ohl stated that the Strongman Champions League was one of three organizations that had made an agreement with Fortissimus in order to unite the world strength community, the others being the and the organization. Within the agreement, Fortissimus, the competition that confers the title of "Strongest Man on the Planet", guaranteed that the winner of the America's Strongest Man title would be granted a slot in Fortissimus from 2009, as would the winner of the Australia's Strongest Man title. The agreement with the Strongman Champions League went further, stating that the top three athletes would have guaranteed places and in return, the top Canadian athletes would have guaranteed selected participation in the Champions League.[4] This later went further, guaranteeing the SCL its top five athletes would have places.[3] The agreement was reemphasised in a joint statement from Marcel Mostert and Paul Ohl in early 2009.[3]

2009 and links with World's Strongest Man[]

The 2009 programme was planned with ten major contests on schedule. In addition, feeder contests were introduced, one happening in Spain in December 2008 and a further event in Germany called the FIBO Strongman Classic in April 2009. The best two athletes from this FIBO Classic 2009 edition were guaranteed into the Champions League, and it was postulated that this German event would be promoted to full SCL status in 2010.

The Strongman Champions League importantly made further progress in acting as a fundamental part of a unifying movement for world strength athletics by making plans to help get its athletes to the 2009 World's Strongest Man contest. Mostert stated that "The top 5 SCL athletes will have places in the Giants Live tour for qualifying at World's Strongest Man (WSM) 2009". In addition, he also stated that wild cards for the WSM will include SCL athletes. He went on to say that "Finally we made it all possible again that all the athletes have chances to qualify for the WSM, which means in my opinion the WSM will have the strongest field ever in her history!". He went on to thank TWI/IMG and Giants Live for their part in making these possibilities. This was groundbreaking because for a number of years prior to this, the athletes under the IFSA had been banned by the federation from entering WSM (since the IFSA fell out of favour with TWI). Likewise, the athletes invited to participate in WSM were not invited to participate in IFSA events. Some competitions bridged the divide, such as the Arnold Strongman Classic and more recently Fortissimus, but neither had the history, gravitas, or popular appeal of the World's Strongest Man. The IFSA athletes, with the demise of the IFSA finances, almost all competed in SCL from 2008. This deal, along with the Fortissimus deal before it, united strongman in a way it had not been since 2004.

The 2009 season began properly on 9 May, with the Strongman Champions League Serbia. Finland followed on 16 May,[5] with Slovakia and the Netherlands in June.

Results[]

List of SCL Season Champions[]

Year Athlete Nationality
2008 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania
2009 Andrus Murumets  Estonia
2010 Terry Hollands  United Kingdom
2011 Ervin Katona  Serbia
2012 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania
2013 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland
2014 Martin Wildauer  Austria
2015 Krzysztof Radzikowski  Poland
2016  Latvia
2017 Matjaz Belsak  Slovenia
2018  Latvia
2019  Latvia

2008[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date[6]
Latvia Riga, Latvia Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas United States Travis Ortmayer Latvia Agris Kazelniks 22 March 2008
Serbia Subotica, Serbia Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Serbia Ervin Katona Estonia Andrus Murumets 10 May 2008
Netherlands Varsseveld, Netherlands Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Estonia Andrus Murumets United States Travis Ortmayer 1 June 2008
Bulgaria Bulgaria Estonia Andrus Murumets Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Serbia Ervin Katona 21 June 2008
Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis Lithuania Saulius Brusokas 2 August 2008
Romania Romania Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Serbia Ervin Katona Ukraine Oleksandr Lashyn 16 August 2008
Finland Finland Russia Mikhail Koklyaev Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Serbia Ervin Katona 29 August 2008
Overall placings[7] Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas 130 points Serbia Ervin Katona 72 points Latvia Agris Kazelniks 60 points

2009[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Serbia Subotica, Serbia Russia Mikhail Koklyaev Estonia Andrus Murumets United States Travis Ortmayer 9 May 2009[8]
Finland Ideapark, Finland Estonia Andrus Murumets Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis Austria Martin Wildauer 16–17 May 2009[9]
Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia Estonia Andrus Murumets United Kingdom Terry Hollands Russia Alexander Klyushev 7 June 2009[10]
 Netherlands Russia Mikhail Koklyaev Latvia Agris Kazelniks Netherlands 14 June 2009[11]
 Spain Serbia Ervin Katona Estonia Andrus Murumets Belgium Jimmy Laureys 10 October 2009[12][13]
England London, England Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas United Kingdom Mark Felix Estonia Andrus Murumets 18 October 2009[12][14]
 Hungary Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Estonia Andrus Murumets Serbia Ervin Katona 29 October 2009[12][15]
Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
"SCL 2009 Finals"
 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas United States Travis Ortmayer Latvia Agris Kazelniks 14 November 2009[16]
Overall placings[17] Estonia Andrus Murumets 105 points Latvia Agris Kazelniks 68 points Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas 60 points

2009 Qualifiers[]

The Strongman Champions League introduced qualifying competitions for 2009. From these competitions, the top two were guaranteed places in the SCL. The first qualifier was held in Los Barrios, Spain. The second was the FIBO Classic in Germany.

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Spain Los Barrios, Spain
Spanish International Challenge		 Netherlands Jarno Hams Serbia Ervin Katona United States Steve MacDonald December 2008[18]
 Germany
"FIBO"
 United States Travis Ortmayer Austria Martin Wildauer Germany Igor Werner April 2009[19]

2010[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Finland Kuusamo, Lapland
"SCL Iceman Challenge"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas United Kingdom Terry Hollands Ukraine Konstiantyn Ilin 21 March 2010[20]
 Germany
"FIBO"
 Russia Mikhail Koklyaev United Kingdom Terry Hollands United States Travis Ortmayer 24 April 2010[21]
Finland Ideapark, Finland Russia Mikhail Koklyaev United Kingdom Terry Hollands United States Travis Ortmayer 16 May 2010[22]
Republic of Ireland Limerick, Ireland Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas/
United Kingdom Terry Hollands tie		 Latvia Agris Kazelniks 6 June 2010[23]
Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria Serbia Ervin Katona Sweden Johannes Arsjo United Kingdom Terry Hollands 13 June 2010[24]
 Netherlands United States Travis Ortmayer Russia Mikhail Koklyaev Serbia Ervin Katona 20 June 2010[25]
 Serbia Serbia Ervin Katona Latvia Agris Kazelniks Hungary 29 August 2010[26]
 Slovakia Serbia Ervin Katona United Kingdom Terry Hollands Ukraine Konstiantyn Ilin 9 October 2010[27]
Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
"SCL 2010 Finals"
 Ukraine Serhiy Romanchuk Latvia Agris Kazelniks Russia Mikhail Koklyaev 18 December 2010[28]
Overall placings[28] United Kingdom Terry Hollands 132 points Serbia Ervin Katona 106 points Russia Mikhail Koklyaev 98 points

2011[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Finland Kuusamo, Lapland
"SCL Iceman Challenge II"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Sweden Johannes Arsjo Serbia Ervin Katona 19 March 2011[29]
 Germany
"FIBO"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas United Kingdom Terry Hollands Austria Martin Wildauer 16 April 2011[30]
 Serbia Serbia Ervin Katona Sweden Johannes Arsjo Belgium Jimmy Laureys 21 May 2011[31]
 South Africa Iran Laurence Shahlaei South Africa Etienne Smit Australia 8 June 2011[32]
Finland Tampere, Finland Lithuania Vytautas Lalas Iran Laurence Shahlaei Serbia Ervin Katona 12 June 2011[33]
 Netherlands Iran Laurence Shahlaei Serbia Ervin Katona Belgium Jimmy Laureys 18 June 2011[34]
 Bulgaria Serbia Ervin Katona Lithuania Vytautas Lalas United Kingdom 25 June 2011[35]
 Canary Islands Serbia Ervin Katona Finland Tomi Lotta Netherlands Jarno Hams 3 September 2011[36]
 Slovakia Ukraine Konstiantyn Ilin Slovakia Finland Tomi Lotta 10 September 2011[37]
 Canada
"SCL 2011 Semi-Finals"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Canada Jean-François Caron Iran Laurence Shahlaei 30 September – 2 October 2011[38]
 Latvia Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Canada Jean-François Caron Latvia Agris Kazelniks 18–19 November 2011[39]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
"SCL 2011 Finals"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Canada Jean-François Caron Serbia Ervin Katona 7 February 2012[40]
Overall placings[40] Serbia Ervin Katona 201 points Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas 176 points Iran Laurence Shahlaei 106 points

2012[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Finland Kuusamo, Lapland
"SCL Iceman Challenge III"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Iran Laurence Shahlaei Poland 9–10 March 2012[41]
 Germany
"FIBO"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Iran Laurence Shahlaei Serbia Ervin Katona 22 April 2012[42]
Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia Ervin Katona United Kingdom Terry Hollands Estonia 5 May 2012[43]
Netherlands Zevenaar, Netherlands Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Iran Laurence Shahlaei Netherlands Jarno Hams 30 June 2012[44]
China Jiangsu, China
"SCL World Shanghai Cup"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Iran Laurence Shahlaei Serbia Ervin Katona 4–8 July 2012[45]
Portugal Oporto, Portugal Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Serbia Ervin Katona United Kingdom Terry Hollands 21 July 2012[46]
Finland Alaharma, Finland Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Russia Mikhail Koklyaev United Kingdom Terry Hollands 11 August 2012[47]
Poland Trzebnica, Poland Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas/
Russia Mikhail Koklyaev tie		 Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 18 August 2012[48]
Russia Vladivostok, Russia Russia Mikhail Koklyaev Sweden Johannes Arsjo Lithuania 25 August 2012[49]
 Gibraltar Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Estonia United Kingdom Terry Hollands 2 September 2012[50]
Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria Poland Lithuania Saulius Brusokas Romania Paul Pirjol 22 September 2012[51]
Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania
"SCL Savickas Classic"

"SCL 2012 Semi-Finals"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis Lithuania Vytautas Lalas 6 October 2012[52]
Spain Madrid, Spain
"Arnold Strongman Classic-Europe"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Lithuania Vytautas Lalas 13–14 October 2012[53]
Martinique Fort-de-France, Martinique
"SCL 2012 Finals"
 Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas Russia Mikhail Koklyaev Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 16–18 November 2012[54]
Overall placings[55] Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas 275 points Serbia Ervin Katona 130 points Russia Mikhail Koklyaev 114 points

2013[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Finland Kuusamo, Lapland
"SCL Iceman Challenge IV"
 Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Finland Tomi Lotta Iran Laurence Shahlaei 16 March 2013[56]
 Germany
"FIBO"
 Lithuania Vytautas Lalas Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 13 April 2013[57]
Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia Ervin Katona Austria Martin Wildauer Latvia 18 May 2013[58]
Latvia Olaine, Latvia Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Latvia Estonia 26 May 2013[59]
Czech Republic Pilzen, Czech Republic Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Lithuania Vytautas Lalas Estonia 9 June 2013[60]
Germany Kalkar, Germany
"SCL Holland"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 22 June 2013[61][62]
China Jiangsu, China
"SCL World Shanghai Cup"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Canada Jean-François Caron 9–13 July 2013[63]
Portugal Tavira, Portugal Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Norway Lithuania Vytautas Lalas 27 July 2013[64]
 Finland
"SCL Truck Pull World Championships"
 Serbia Ervin Katona Finland Estonia 10 August 2013[65]
Hungary Budapest, Hungary Serbia Ervin Katona Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Estonia 31 August 2013[66]
Slovakia Košice, Slovakia Estonia Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Austria Martin Wildauer 7 September 2013[67]
Russia Vladivostok, Russia Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas United States Mike Burke Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 14 September 2013[68]
Poland Kartuzy, Poland Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Latvia 21 September 2013[69]
 Gibraltar Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Latvia 28 September 2013[70]
Estonia Tallinn, Estonia Estonia Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Estonia 5 October 2013[71]
Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania
"SCL Savickas Classic"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 20 October 2013[72]
Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
"SCL 2013 Semi-Finals"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 8 November 2013[73]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
"SCL 2013 Finals"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas United States Mike Burke Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 23 November 2013[74]
Overall placings Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Serbia Ervin Katona

2014[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
 Martinique
"SCL Martinique"
 Serbia Ervin Katona Austria Estonia 15–16 March 2014[56]
 Germany
"FIBO"
 Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Austria Martin Wildauer Serbia Ervin Katona 5 April 2014[75]
 Serbia Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Serbia Ervin Katona Austria Martin Wildauer 10 May 2014[76]
 Finland Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Lithuania Estonia 13 June 2014[77]
 Netherlands Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Grzegorz Szymanski Netherlands 21 June 2014[78]
Latvia Olaine, Latvia
"SCL Latvia"
 Poland Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis Austria Martin Wildauer 29 June 2014[79]
 Portugal Austria Martin Wildauer Latvia Estonia 4 July 2014[80]
 Croatia
"SCL Croatia"
 Serbia Ervin Katona Austria Martin Wildauer Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 19 July 2014[81]
 Poland Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Austria Martin Wildauer Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis 3 August 2014[82]
 Hungary Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski SerbiaErvin Katona SloveniaMatjaz Belsak 30 August 2014[83]
 Zambia Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Serbia Ervin Katona Latvia 13 September 2014[84]
 Romania Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Serbia Ervin Katona Austria Martin Wildauer 21 September 2014[85]
 Lithuania Estonia Lithuania Vidas Blekaitis Slovenia Matjaz Belsak 5 October 2014[86]
 Estonia Estonia Austria Martin Wildauer Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 18 October 2014[87]
 Malaysia
"SCL 2014 Finals"
 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson United Kingdom Eddie Hall Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 14–15 November 2014[88]
Overall placings Austria Martin Wildauer Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Serbia Ervin Katona

2015[]

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Norway Norway
"World's Strongest Viking"
Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Canada Jean-François Caron 31 January 2015
Germany Germany
"FIBO"
 Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Slovenia Matjaz Belsak Canada Jean-François Caron 11 April 2015
Netherlands Netherlands Poland Grzegorz Szymanski Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Latvia 6 June 2015
Finland Finland Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Estonia 13 June 2015
 Bulgaria Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Bulgaria Stojan Todorchev 20 June 2015
Latvia Latvia Latvia Latvia Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 27 June 2015
 Croatia Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Bulgaria Stojan Todorchev 29 August 2015
Poland Poland Poland Grzegorz Szymanski Latvia Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski 6 September 2015
Austria Austria Lithuania Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Slovenia Matjaz Belsak 12 September 2015
 Romania Latvia Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Netherlands 21 September 2015
Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania Poland Grzegorz Szymanski Canada Jean-François Caron 4 October 2015
Portugal Portugal Canada Jean-François Caron Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Norway 10 October 2015
 Martinique Latvia Canada Jean-François Caron Slovenia Matjaz Belsak 25 October 2015
Turkey Turkey
"SCL 2015 Finals"
 Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Latvia Netherlands 5 December 2015
Overall placing Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Latvia Canada Jean-François Caron

SCL North American Championships[]

In 2012, SCL announced the first ever SCL North American Championships to be held in Warwick, Quebec from 5–8 July 2012.[89] The contest took place over 4 days and consisted of 10 events, with athletes from USA and Canada, with 5 athletes from each country.[89] The event was organized by SCL in association with the Festival Hommes Forts-Warwick along with co-organizer Jean Fréchette.[89] The event also featured an amateur, semi-pro and a strongwoman competition.[89]

2012[]

Dates: 5–8 July 2012[90] Quebec Warwick, Quebec

Position Name Nationality Points
1 Louis-Philippe Jean  Canada 81
2 Christian Savoie  Canada 76
3 Nick Best  United States 73
4 Dave Ostlund  United States 57.5
5 Adam Scherr  United States 57.5
6  Canada 54
7  Canada 42.5
8  United States 42
9  Canada 37.5
10  United States 27

2013[]

Dates: 5–7 July 2013[91] Quebec Warwick, Quebec

Position Name Nationality Points
1 Mike Burke  United States 89
2 Louis-Phillipe Jean  Canada 87
3 Christian Savoie  Canada 73
4 Jason Bergmann  United States 67
5 Karl Gillingham  United States 54
6 Luke Skaarup  Canada 53
7  Canada 44
8  United States 41
9  Canada 35
10  United States 31
11  Canada 28
12  United States 17

2014[]

Dates: 4–6 July 2014[92] Quebec Warwick, Quebec

Position Name Nationality Points
1 Brian Shaw  United States 85.5
2 Jean-François Caron  Canada 74
3 Jason Bergmann  United States 61
4 Luke Skaarup  Canada 54.5
5  United States 54
6  Canada 52
7 Nick Best  United States 51
8  Canada 45.5
9  United States 44.5
10  Canada 43
11  United States 20
12 Christian Savoie  Canada 18 (injured)

105kg Strongman World Championships[]

Main article: 105kg Strongman World Championships

World Log Lift Championships[]

Main article: The World Log Lift Championships

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