Strongman Champions League

Strongman Champions League

The official logo of the Strongman Champions League
Tournament information
Location	Various international locations
Month played	multiple grand prix events held throughout the year
Established	2008 by Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert
Format	Multi-event competition
Purse	varies
Website	Official website
Current champion
Rayno Nel

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. Competitors include legends in the sport, including Žydrūnas Savickas, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Aivars Šmaukstelis, Krzysztof Radzikowski, Ervin Katona, Dainis Zageris, Mateusz Kieliszkowski, Oleksii Novikov, Mikhail Koklyaev, Matjaz Belsak, J.F. Caron, Vytautas Lalas, Kelvin de Ruiter, Laurence Shahlaei, Travis Ortmayer, Andrus Murumets, Pavlo Kordiyaka, Tom Stoltman, Rauno Heinla, Terry Hollands, Eddie Hall, Nick Best, Dennis Kohlruss and Martin Wildauer.

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.

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]

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 American Strongman Corporation and the Aussiepower 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]

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.

List of SCL Season Champions

Year	Athlete	Nationality
2008	Žydrūnas Savickas	Lithuania
2009	Andrus Murumets	Estonia
2010	Terry Hollands	United Kingdom
2011	Ervin Katona	Serbia
2012	Žydrūnas Savickas	Lithuania
2013	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Poland
2014	Martin Wildauer	Austria
2015	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Poland
2016	Dainis Zageris	Latvia
2017	Matjaz Belsak	Slovenia
2018	Dainis Zageris	Latvia
2019	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia
2021	Kelvin de Ruiter	Netherlands
2022	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia
2023	Oskar Ziółkowski	Poland
2024	Rayno Nel	South Africa

Top 10 List of Most Individual Event Wins

Athlete	Nationality	Wins
Žydrūnas Savickas	Lithuania	34
Krzysztof Radzikowski	Poland	16
Dainis Zageris	Latvia	15
Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia	15
Ervin Katona	Serbia	13
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	9
Matjaz Belsak	Slovenia	8
Kelvin de Ruiter	Netherlands	7
Mikhail Koklyaev	Russia	7
Jean-François Caron	Canada	4

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Riga, Latvia SCL Latvia[6]	Žydrūnas Savickas	Travis Ortmayer	Agris Kazelniks	22 March 2008
Subotica, Serbia SCL Serbia[6]	Žydrūnas Savickas (2)	Ervin Katona	Andrus Murumets	10 May 2008
Varsseveld, Netherlands SCL Holland[6]	Žydrūnas Savickas (3)	Andrus Murumets	Travis Ortmayer	1 June 2008
Sofia, Bulgaria SCL Bulgaria[6]	Andrus Murumets	Žydrūnas Savickas	Ervin Katona	21 June 2008
Vilnius, Lithuania SCL Lithuania[6]	Žydrūnas Savickas (4)	Vidas Blekaitis	Saulius Brusokas	2 August 2008
Constanța, Romania SCL Romania[6]	Žydrūnas Savickas (5)	Ervin Katona	Oleksandr Lashyn	16 August 2008
Kokkola, Finland SCL Finland[6]	Mikhail Koklyaev	Žydrūnas Savickas	Ervin Katona	29 August 2008
Overall placings[6]	Žydrūnas Savickas 130 points	Ervin Katona 72 points	Agris Kazelniks 60 points

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Subotica, Serbia SCL Serbia[7][8]	Mikhail Koklyaev (2)	Andrus Murumets	Travis Ortmayer	9 May 2009
Ideapark, Finland SCL Finland[7][9]	Andrus Murumets (2)	Vidas Blekaitis	Martin Wildauer	16–17 May 2009
Bratislava, Slovakia SCL Slovakia[7][10]	Andrus Murumets (3)	Terry Hollands	Alexander Klyushev	7 June 2009
Terborg, Netherlands SCL Holland[7][11]	Mikhail Koklyaev (3)	Agris Kazelniks	Richard van der Linden	14 June 2009
Los Barrios, Spain SCL Spain[7][12]	Ervin Katona	Andrus Murumets	Jimmy Laureys	10 October 2009
London, England SCL England[7][13]	Žydrūnas Savickas (6)	Mark Felix	Andrus Murumets	18 October 2009
Pécs, Hungary SCL Hungary[7][14]	Žydrūnas Savickas (7)	Andrus Murumets	Ervin Katona	29 October 2009
Kyiv, Ukraine SCL 2009 Finals[7][15]	Žydrūnas Savickas (8)	Travis Ortmayer	Agris Kazelniks	14 November 2009
Overall placings[7]	Andrus Murumets 105 points	Agris Kazelniks 68 points	Žydrūnas Savickas 60 points

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
Los Barrios, Spain Spanish International Challenge[16]	Jarno Hams	Ervin Katona	Steve MacDonald	December 2008
Germany SCL FIBO[17]	Travis Ortmayer	Martin Wildauer	Igor Werner	April 2009

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Kuusamo, Lapland SCL Iceman Challenge[18][19]	Žydrūnas Savickas (9)	Terry Hollands	Konstiantyn Ilin	21 March 2010
Essen, Germany SCL FIBO[18][20]	Mikhail Koklyaev (4)	Terry Hollands	Travis Ortmayer	24 April 2010
Ideapark, Finland SCL Finland[18][21]	Mikhail Koklyaev (5)	Terry Hollands	Travis Ortmayer	16 May 2010
Limerick, Ireland SCL Ireland[18][22]	Žydrūnas Savickas (10)/ Terry Hollands tie		Agris Kazelniks	6 June 2010
Sofia, Bulgaria SCL Bulgaria[18][23]	Ervin Katona (2)	Johannes Arsjo	Terry Hollands	13 June 2010
Ulft, Netherlands SCL Holland[18][24]	Travis Ortmayer	Mikhail Koklyaev	Ervin Katona	20 June 2010
Belgrade, Serbia SCL Serbia[18][25]	Ervin Katona (3)	Agris Kazelniks	Gabor Fargacs	29 August 2010
Bratislava, Slovakia SCL Slovakia[18][26]	Ervin Katona (4)	Terry Hollands	Konstiantyn Ilin	9 October 2010
Kyiv, Ukraine SCL 2010 Finals[18][27]	Serhiy Romanchuk	Agris Kazelniks	Mikhail Koklyaev	18 December 2010
Overall placings[18]	Terry Hollands 132 points	Ervin Katona 106 points	Mikhail Koklyaev 98 points

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Kuusamo, Lapland SCL Iceman Challenge II[28][29]	Žydrūnas Savickas (11)	Johannes Arsjo	Ervin Katona	19 March 2011
Essen, Germany SCL FIBO[28][30]	Žydrūnas Savickas (12)	Terry Hollands	Martin Wildauer	16 April 2011
Novi Sad, Serbia SCL Serbia[28][31]	Ervin Katona (5)	Johannes Arsjo	Jimmy Laureys	21 May 2011
Pretoria, South Africa SCL South Africa[28][32]	Laurence Shahlaei	Etienne Smit	Warrick Brant	8 June 2011
Tampere, Finland SCL Finland[28][33]	Vytautas Lalas	Laurence Shahlaei	Ervin Katona	12 June 2011
Tolkamer, Netherlands SCL Holland[28][34]	Laurence Shahlaei (2)	Ervin Katona	Jimmy Laureys	18 June 2011
Bulgaria SCL Bulgaria[28][35]	Ervin Katona (6)	Vytautas Lalas	Rob Frampton	25 June 2011
Gran Canaria, Spain SCL Canary Islands[28][36]	Ervin Katona (7)	Tomi Lotta	Jarno Hams	3 September 2011
Košice, Slovakia SCL Slovakia[28][37]	Konstiantyn Ilin	Branislav Golier	Tomi Lotta	10 September 2011
New Brunswick, Canada SCL Canada[28][38]	Žydrūnas Savickas (13)	Jean-François Caron	Laurence Shahlaei	30 September – 2 October 2011
Riga, Latvia SCL Latvia[28][39]	Žydrūnas Savickas (14)	Jean-François Caron	Agris Kazelniks	18–19 November 2011
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina SCL 2011 Finals[28][40]	Žydrūnas Savickas (15)	Jean-François Caron	Ervin Katona	7 February 2012
Overall placings[28][40]	Ervin Katona 201 points	Žydrūnas Savickas 176 points	Laurence Shahlaei 106 points

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Kuusamo, Lapland SCL Iceman Challenge III[41][42]	Žydrūnas Savickas (16)	Laurence Shahlaei	Janusz Kulaga	9–10 March 2012
Germany SCL FIBO[41][43]	Žydrūnas Savickas (17)	Laurence Shahlaei	Ervin Katona	22 April 2012
Novi Sad, Serbia SCL Serbia[41][44]	Ervin Katona (8)	Terry Hollands	Lauri Nami	5 May 2012
Zevenaar, Netherlands SCL Holland[41][45]	Žydrūnas Savickas (18)	Laurence Shahlaei	Jarno Hams	30 June 2012
Jiangsu, China SCL World Shanghai Cup[41][46]	Žydrūnas Savickas (19)	Laurence Shahlaei	Ervin Katona	4–8 July 2012
Porto, Portugal SCL Portugal[41][47]	Žydrūnas Savickas (20)	Ervin Katona	Terry Hollands	21 July 2012
Alaharma, Finland SCL Finland[41][48]	Žydrūnas Savickas (21)	Mikhail Koklyaev	Terry Hollands	11 August 2012
Trzebnica, Poland SCL Poland[41][49]	Žydrūnas Savickas (22)/ Mikhail Koklyaev (6) tie		Krzysztof Radzikowski	18 August 2012
Vladivostok, Russia SCL Russia[41][50]	Mikhail Koklyaev (7)	Johannes Arsjo	Marius Lalas	25 August 2012
Gibraltar SCL Gibraltar[41][51]	Žydrūnas Savickas (23)	Lauri Nami	Terry Hollands	2 September 2012
Bansko, Bulgaria SCL Bulgaria[41][52]	Rafal Kobylarz	Saulius Brusokas	Paul Pirjol	22 September 2012
Vilnius, Lithuania SCL Savickas Classic[41][53]	Žydrūnas Savickas (24)	Vidas Blekaitis	Vytautas Lalas	6 October 2012
Madrid, Spain Arnold Strongman Classic-Europe[41][54]	Žydrūnas Savickas (25)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Vytautas Lalas	13–14 October 2012
Fort-de-France, Martinique SCL 2012 World Finals[41][55]	Žydrūnas Savickas (26)	Mikhail Koklyaev	Krzysztof Radzikowski	16–18 November 2012
Overall placings[41]	Žydrūnas Savickas 275 points	Ervin Katona 130 points	Mikhail Koklyaev 114 points

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Kuusamo, Lapland SCL Iceman Challenge IV[56][57]	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Tomi Lotta	Laurence Shahlaei	16 March 2013
Germany SCL FIBO[56][58]	Vytautas Lalas	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Krzysztof Radzikowski	13 April 2013
Novi Sad, Serbia SCL Serbia[56][59]	Ervin Katona (9)	Martin Wildauer	Dainis Zageris	18 May 2013
Olaine, Latvia SCL Latvia[56][60]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Dainis Zageris	Meelis Peil	26 May 2013
Plzeň, Czech Republic SCL Czech[56][61]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (2)	Vytautas Lalas	Lauri Nami	9 June 2013
Kalkar, Germany SCL Holland[56][62]	Žydrūnas Savickas (27)	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Krzysztof Radzikowski	22 June 2013
Jiangsu, China SCL World Shanghai Cup[56][63]	Žydrūnas Savickas (28)	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Jean-François Caron	9–13 July 2013
Tavira, Portugal SCL Portugal[56][64]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (3)	Bjorn Andre Solvang	Vytautas Lalas	27 July 2013
Finland SCL World Truck Pull Championships[56][65]	Ervin Katona (10)	Antti Mourujärvi	Meelis Peil	10 August 2013
Budapest, Hungary SCL Hungary[56][66]	Ervin Katona (11)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Meelis Peil	31 August 2013
Košice, Slovakia SCL Slovakia[56][67]	Lauri Nami	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Martin Wildauer	7 September 2013
Vladivostok, Russia SCL Russia[56][68]	Žydrūnas Savickas (29)	Mike Burke	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	14 September 2013
Kartuzy, Poland SCL Poland[56][69]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (4)	Žydrūnas Savickas	Dainis Zageris	21 September 2013
Gibraltar SCL Gibraltar[56][70]	Žydrūnas Savickas (30)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Dainis Zageris	28 September 2013
Tallinn, Estonia SCL Estonia[56][71]	Meelis Peil	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Lauri Nami	5 October 2013
Vilnius, Lithuania SCL Savickas Classic[56][72]	Žydrūnas Savickas (31)	Vidas Blekaitis	Krzysztof Radzikowski	20 October 2013
São Paulo, Brazil SCL 2013 Brazil[56][73]	Žydrūnas Savickas (32)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	8 November 2013
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia SCL World Finals[56][74]	Žydrūnas Savickas (33)	Mike Burke	Krzysztof Radzikowski	23 November 2013
Overall placings[56]	Krzysztof Radzikowski 257 points	Žydrūnas Savickas 193 points	Ervin Katona 175 points

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Fort-de-France, Martinique SCL Martinique[75]	Ervin Katona (12)	Gerald Gschiel	Lauri Nami	15–16 March 2014
Cologne, Germany SCL FIBO[75][76]	Žydrūnas Savickas (34)	Martin Wildauer	Ervin Katona	5 April 2014
Novi Sad, Serbia SCL Serbia[75][77]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (2)	Ervin Katona	Martin Wildauer	10 May 2014
Vaasa, Finland SCL Finland[75][78]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (3)	Marius Lalas	Rauno Heinla	13 June 2014
Doetinchem, Netherlands SCL Holland[75][79]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (4)	Grzegorz Szymanski	Alex Moonen	21 June 2014
Olaine, Latvia SCL Latvia[75][80]	Rafal Kobylarz (2)	Vidas Blekaitis	Martin Wildauer	29 June 2014
Tavira, Portugal SCL Portugal[75][81]	Martin Wildauer	Dainis Zageris	Lauri Nami	4 July 2014
Split, Croatia SCL Croatia[75][82]	Ervin Katona (13)	Martin Wildauer	Krzysztof Radzikowski	19 July 2014
Kartuzy, Poland SCL Poland[75][83]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (5)	Martin Wildauer	Vidas Blekaitis	3 August 2014
Győr, Hungary SCL Hungary[75][84]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (6)	Ervin Katona	Matjaz Belsak	30 August 2014
Lusaka, Zambia SCL Zambia[75][85]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (7)	Ervin Katona	Dainis Zageris	13 September 2014
Sibiu, Romania SCL Romania[75][86]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (8)	Ervin Katona	Martin Wildauer	21 September 2014
Vilnius, Lithuania SCL Savickas Classic[75][87]	Rauno Heinla	Vidas Blekaitis	Matjaz Belsak	5 October 2014
Tallinn, Estonia SCL Estonia[75][88]	Rauno Heinla (2)	Martin Wildauer	Krzysztof Radzikowski	18 October 2014
Malaysia SCL 2014 Finals[75][89]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (5)	Eddie Hall	Krzysztof Radzikowski	14–15 November 2014
Overall placings[75]	Martin Wildauer 198 points	Krzysztof Radzikowski 195 points	Ervin Katona 175 points

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vinstra, Norway SCL World's Strongest Viking[90]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (6)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Jean-François Caron	31 January 2015
Cologne, Germany SCL FIBO[90]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (9)	Matjaz Belsak	Jean-François Caron	11 April 2015
Ulft, Netherlands SCL Holland[90]	Grzegorz Szymanski	Žydrūnas Savickas	Dainis Zageris	6 June 2015
Merikarvia, Finland SCL Finland[90]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (10)	Žydrūnas Savickas	Rauno Heinla	13 June 2015
Plovdiv, Bulgaria SCL Bulgaria[90]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (7)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Stojan Todorchev	20 June 2015
Olaine, Latvia SCL Latvia[90]	Dainis Zageris	Oskars Martuzans	Krzysztof Radzikowski	27 June 2015
Split, Croatia SCL Croatia[90]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (8)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Stojan Todorchev	29 August 2015
Lubaczów, Poland SCL Poland[90]	Grzegorz Szymanski (2)	Dainis Zageris	Krzysztof Radzikowski	6 September 2015
Kufstein, Austria SCL Austria[90]	Marius Lalas	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Matjaz Belsak	12 September 2015
Sibiu, Romania SCL Romania[90]	Dainis Zageris (2)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Alex Moonen	21 September 2015
Vilnius, Lithuania SCL Savickas Classic[90]	Marius Lalas (2)	Grzegorz Szymanski	Jean-François Caron	4 October 2015
Porto, Portugal SCL Portugal[90]	Jean-François Caron	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Bjorn Solvang	10 October 2015
Fort-de-France, Martinique SCL Martinique[90]	Dainis Zageris (3)	Jean-François Caron	Matjaz Belsak	25 October 2015
Turkey SCL 2015 World Finals[90]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (11)	Dainis Zageris	Alex Moonen	5 December 2015
Overall placing[90]	Krzysztof Radzikowski 256 points	Dainis Zageris 213 points	Jean-François Caron 130 points

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vinstra, Norway SCL World's Strongest Viking[91]	Jean-François Caron (2)	Matjaz Belsak	Krzysztof Radzikowski	30 January 2016
Cologne, Germany SCL FIBO[91]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (12)	Matjaz Belsak	Stojan Todorchev	9 April 2016
Zelhem, Netherlands SCL Holland[91]	Eric Dawson	Alex Moonen	Marius Lalas	11 June 2016
Olaine, Latvia SCL Latvia[91]	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Dainis Zageris	Johnny Hansson	19 June 2016
Zlatibor, Serbia SCL Serbia[91]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (2)	Martin Wildauer	Matjaz Belsak	2 July 2016
Plovdiv, Bulgaria SCL Bulgaria[91]	Stoyan Todorchev	Matjaz Belsak	Dainis Zageris	24 July 2016
Guildford, England SCL England[91]	Eric Dawson	Martin Wildauer	Mateusz Baron	13 August 2016
Vaasa, Finland SCL Finland[91]	Simon Boudreau	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Lauri Nämi	21 August 2016
Sibiu, Romania SCL Romania[91]	Mateusz Baron	Alex Moonen	Martin Wildauer	17 September 2016
Willemstad, Curaçao SCL Curaçao[91]	Jimmy Paquet	Dainis Zageris	Alex Moonen	1 October 2016
Porto, Portugal SCL Portugal[91]	Dainis Zageris (4)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Roberto Rodriques	9 October 2016
Dubai, United Arab Emirates SCL 2016 World Finals[91]	Dainis Zageris (5)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Matjaz Belsak	5 November 2016

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vinstra, Norway SCL World's Strongest Viking[92]	Jean-François Caron (3)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Luke Herrick	29 January 2017
Cologne, Germany SCL FIBO[92]	Matjaz Belsak	Tom Stoltman	Dennis Kohlruss	8 April 2017
Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands SCL Holland[92]	Matjaz Belsak (2)	Grzegorz Szymański	Alex Moonen	17 June 2017
Zlatibor, Serbia SCL Serbia[92]	Matjaz Belsak (3)	Kevin Faires	Aivars Šmaukstelis	22 July 2017
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada SCL Canada[92]	Jean-François Caron (4)	Matjaz Belsak	Jimmy Paquet	28 July 2017
Vaasa, Finland SCL Finland[92]	Matjaz Belsak (4)	Dainis Zageris	Krzysztof Radzikowski	20 August 2017
Sibiu, Romania SCL Romania[92]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (3)	Phil Roberts	Sucman Radion	16 September 2017
Willemstad, Curaçao SCL Curaçao[92]	Dainis Zageris (6)	Kevin Faires	Luke Herrick	8 October 2017
Corinth, Greece SCL Greece[92]	Dainis Zageris (7)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Dennis Kohlruss	11 November 2017
Chetumal, Mexico SCL 2017 World Finals[92]	Matjaz Belsak (5)	Jean-François Caron	Dainis Zageris	25 November 2017

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vinstra, Norway SCL World's Strongest Viking[93]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (13)	Dennis Kohlruss	Luke Herrick	28 January 2018
Cologne, Germany SCL FIBO[93]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (14)	Dainis Zageris	Sebastian Kraus	14 April 2018
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates SCL Abu Dhabi[93]	Matjaz Belsak (6)	Dainis Zageris	Mohammed Azatpouri	12 May 2018
Doetinchem, Netherlands SCL Holland[93]	Dainis Zageris (8)	Alex Moonen	Dennis Kohlruss	2 June 2018
Merikarvia, Finland SCL Finland[93]	Matjaz Belsak (7)	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Jarno Kirselä	16 June 2018
Zlatibor, Serbia SCL Serbia[93]	Matjaz Belsak (8)	Travis Ortmayer	Aivars Šmaukstelis	14 July 2018
Brașov, Romania SCL Romania[93]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (4)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Travis Ortmayer	7 September 2018
Willemstad, Curaçao SCL Curaçao[93]	Dainis Zageris (9)	Marko Remlik	Alex Moonen	13 October 2018
Cancún, Mexico SCL 2018 World Finals[93]	Dainis Zageris (10)	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Aivars Šmaukstelis	11 November 2018

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vinstra, Norway SCL World's Strongest Viking[94]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (15)	Ole Martin Kristiansen	Mika Törrö	26 January 2019
Cologne, Germany SCL FIBO[94]	Krzysztof Radzikowski (16)	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Sebastian Kraus	6 April 2019
Alanya, Turkey SCL Turkey[94]	Travis Ortmayer	Dennis Kohlruss	Alex Moonen	20 April 2019
Ulft, Netherlands SCL Holland[94]	Alex Moonen	Kelvin de Ruiter	Mika Törrö	5 June 2019
Petrozavodsk, Russia SCL Russia[94]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (5)	Dmitrii Skosyrskii	Kelvin de Ruiter	20 July 2019
Inđija, Serbia SCL Serbia[94]	Marko Remlik	Sebastian Kurek	Kelvin de Ruiter	28 July 2019
Joensuu, Finland SCL Finland[94]	Mateusz Kieliszkowski	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Marko Remlik	4 August 2019
Esposende, Portugal SCL Portugal[94]	Oleg Sylka	Sebastian Kurek	Will Baggott	10 August 2019
Pyhäjärvi, Finland SCL World Record Breakers[94]	Dainis Zageris (11)	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Antti Mourujärvi	7 September 2019
Willemstad, Curaçao SCL Curaçao[94]	Kelvin de Ruiter	Dainis Zageris	Ervin Toots	5 October 2019
Dubai, United Arab Emirates World's Ultimate Strongman[94]	Mateusz Kieliszkowski (2)	Tom Stoltman	Luke Stoltman	25 October 2019
Matosinhos, Portugal SCL 2019 World Finals[94]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (6)	Marko Remlik	Dainis Zageris	17 November 2019

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vinstra, Norway SCL World's Strongest Viking[95]	Sean O'Hagan	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Mika Törrö	25 January 2020
Joensuu, Finland SCL Finland[95]	Dainis Zageris (12)	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Ervin Toots	1 August 2020
Kenzingen, Germany SCL World Record Breakers[95]	Dennis Kohlruss	Kelvin de Ruiter	Ervin Toots	26 September 2020

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vinstra, Norway SCL Norway[95]	Dainis Zageris (13)	Kelvin de Ruiter	Henrik Hildeskor	24 July 2021
Esposende, Portugal SCL Portugal[95]	Travis Ortmayer	Ervin Toots	Kelvin de Ruiter	8 August 2021
Kenzingen, Germany SCL World Record Breakers[95]	Dainis Zageris (14)	Kelvin de Ruiter	Johan Espenkrona	28 August 2021
Sibiu, Romania SCL Romania[95]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (7)	Sean O'Hagan	Anders Aslak	2 October 2021
Alanya, Turkey SCL 2021 World Finals[95]	Kelvin de Ruiter (2)	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Mika Törrö	14 November 2021

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vaasa, Finland SCL World Record Breakers[96][97]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (8)	Ervin Toots	Kelvin de Ruiter	23 April 2022
Doetinchem, Netherlands SCL Holland[96][98]	Kelvin de Ruiter (3)	Roberto Rodriguez	Gavin Bilton	18 June 2022
Kikinda, Serbia SCL Serbia[96][99]	Sami Ahola	Péter Juhász	Kelvin de Ruiter	23 July 2022
Esposende, Portugal SCL Portugal[96][100]	George Sulaiman	Ervin Toots	Sebastian Kurek	6 August 2022
Gloucester, England SCL England[96][101]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (9)	Paul Smith	Gavin Bilton	20 August 2022
Sopot, Poland SCL Poland[96][102]	Oskar Ziółkowski	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Maciej Hirsz	27 August 2022
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina SCL Bosnia[96][103]	Dainis Zageris (15)	Rongo Keene	Roberto Rodríguez	3 September 2022
Sibiu, Romania SCL Romania[96][104]	Kelvin de Ruiter (4)	Mika Törrö	Kane Francis	17 September 2022
Gibraltar SCL Gibraltar[96][105]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (10)	Kane Francis	Roberto Rodríguez	30 September 2022
Alanya, Turkey SCL 2022 World Finals[96][106]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (11)	Ervin Toots	Kane Francis	6 November 2022

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Vaasa, Finland SCL Finland[107]	Nathan Goltry	Andrea Invernizzi	Aivars Šmaukstelis	6 May 2023
Zrenjanin, Serbia SCL Serbia[108]	Gavin Bilton	Fatih Karaca	Kelvin de Ruiter	20 May 2023
Netherlands Ulft, Netherlands SCL Holland[109]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (12)	Kelvin de Ruiter	Kevin Hazeleger	17 June 2023
Joensuu, Finland SCL World Record Breakers[110]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (13)	Mika Törrö	Kane Francis	30 July 2023
Esposende, Portugal SCL Portugal[111]	Evans Aryee	Kane Francis	Gavin Bilton	5 August 2023
Gloucester, England SCL England[112]	Shane Flowers	Louis Jack	Kane Francis	12 August 2023
Hämeenlinna, Finland SCL World's Strongest Viking[113]	Kane Francis	Ervin Toots	Sigfús Fossdal	18 August 2023
Sopot, Poland SCL Poland[114]	Kevin Hazeleger	Oskar Ziółkowski	Adam Roszkowski	26 August 2023
Limassol, Cyprus SCL Cyprus[115]	Pavlo Kordiyaka	Kane Francis	Evans Aryee	7 October 2023
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina SCL 2023 World Finals[116]	Oskar Ziółkowski (2)	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Kevin Hazeleger	18 November 2023

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Joensuu, Finland SCL Iceman[117]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (14)	Nick Wortham	Kane Francis	24–25 February 2024
Fort-de-France, Martinique SCL Martinique[118]	Tristain Hoath	Kelvin de Ruiter	Dennis Kohlruss	6–7 April 2024
Budapest, Hungary SCL Hungary[119]	Adam Roszkowski	Frederick Rheaume	Peter Juhasz	27 April 2024
Zrenjanin, Serbia SCL Serbia[120]	Kane Francis (2)	Fatih Karaca	Evans Aryee	25 May 2024
's-Heerenberg, Netherlands SCL Holland[121]	Rayno Nel	Aivars Smaukstelis	George Sulaiman	22 June 2024
Joensuu, Finland SCL World Record Breakers[122]	Aivars Šmaukstelis (15)	Mika Törrö	Evans Aryee	29 June 2024
Tartu, Estonia SCL Estonia[123]	Adam Roszkowski (2)	Kane Francis	Peter Juhasz	20 July 2024
Esposende, Portugal SCL Portugal[124]	Evans Aryee (2)	Andrea Invernizzi	Alexandre Hulin	3 August 2024
Gdansk, Poland SCL Poland[125]	Andrea Invernizzi	Peter Juhasz	Oskar Ziółkowski	24 August 2024
Dubai, United Arab Emirates SCL Dubai[126]	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (9)	Evans Aryee	George Sulaiman	7–8 September 2024
Limassol, Cyprus SCL Cyprus[127]	Adam Roszkowski (3)	Peter Juhasz	Kane Francis	12 October 2024
Cape Town, South Africa SCL Africa	Rayno Nel (2)	Evans Aryee	Adam Roszkowski	2–3 November 2024
Antalya, Turkey SCL World Finals	Rayno Nel (3)	Evans Aryee	Aivars Šmaukstelis	8–9 November 2024

Name and Location	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Date
Joensuu, Finland SCL Iceman	Brian Kichton	Kevin Hazeleger	Patrick Eibel	21-22 February 2025
Latvia SCL Latvia				3 May 2025
Zrenjanin, Serbia SCL Serbia				24 May 2025
Italy SCL Italy				7 June 2025
Doetinchem, Netherlands SCL Netherlands				14 June 2025
Finland SCL Finland - World's Strongest Viking				28-29 June 2025
Kazakhstan SCL Kazakhstan				6 July 2025
Esposende, Portugal SCL Portugal - World's Strongest Latino				2 August 2025
Farnborough, England SCL England - World's Strongest Truckpull				15-16 August 2025
Poland SCL Poland				23-24 August 2025
Hungary SCL Hungary				6 September 2025
USA SCL USA				20 September 2025
Saudi Arabia SCL Saudi Arabia				1-3 October 2025
Cyprus SCL Cyprus				11 October 2025
Dubai, United Arab Emirates SCL Dubai				18 October 2025
South Africa SCL World Finals				November 2025