Strongman Champions League Explained

Strongman Champions League
Location:Various international locations
Establishment:2008
Format:Multi-event competition
Purse:varies
Month Played:multiple grand prix events held throughout the year
Current Champion: Oskar Ziółkowski

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, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Krzysztof Radzikowski, Aivars Šmaukstelis, Mikhail Koklyaev, Ervin Katona, Andrus Murumets, Nick Best, Travis Ortmayer, Vytautas Lalas, Laurence Shahlaei 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

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".

"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." 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. 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.

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 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.[3] This later went further, guaranteeing the SCL its top five athletes would have places. The agreement was reemphasised in a joint statement from Marcel Mostert and Paul Ohl in early 2009.[4]

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
YearAthleteNationality
2008 Lithuania
2009 Estonia
2010 United Kingdom
2011 Serbia
2012 Lithuania
2013 Poland
2014 Austria
2015 Poland
2016 Latvia
2017 Slovenia
2018 Latvia
2019 Latvia
2021 Netherlands
2022 Latvia
2023 Oskar Ziółkowski Poland
Top 10 List of Most Individual Event Wins
AthleteNationalityWins
Žydrūnas Savickas Lithuania34
Poland16
Latvia15
Latvia15
Serbia13
Slovenia8
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Iceland8
Kelvin de Ruiter Netherlands7
Mikhail Koklyaev7
Canada4

2008

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Riga, Latvia
22 March 2008
Subotica, Serbia
Žydrūnas Savickas (2) 10 May 2008
Varsseveld, Netherlands
Žydrūnas Savickas (3) 1 June 2008
Sofia, Bulgaria
21 June 2008
Vilnius, Lithuania
Žydrūnas Savickas (4) 2 August 2008
Constanța, Romania
Žydrūnas Savickas (5) 16 August 2008
Kokkola, Finland
29 August 2008
Žydrūnas Savickas
130 points
Ervin Katona
72 points
Agris Kazelniks
60 points

2009

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Subotica, Serbia
Mikhail Koklyaev (2) 9 May 2009
Ideapark, Finland
Andrus Murumets (2)16–17 May 2009
Bratislava, Slovakia
Andrus Murumets (3) 7 June 2009
Terborg, Netherlands
Mikhail Koklyaev (3) 14 June 2009
Los Barrios, Spain
10 October 2009
London, England
Žydrūnas Savickas (6) 18 October 2009
Pécs, Hungary
Žydrūnas Savickas (7) 29 October 2009
Kyiv, Ukraine
Žydrūnas Savickas (8) 14 November 2009
Andrus Murumets
105 points
Agris Kazelniks
68 points
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 LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Los Barrios, Spain
December 2008
Germany
April 2009

2010

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Kuusamo, Lapland
Žydrūnas Savickas (9) 21 March 2010
Essen, Germany
Mikhail Koklyaev (4) 24 April 2010
Ideapark, Finland
Mikhail Koklyaev (5) 16 May 2010
Limerick, Ireland
Žydrūnas Savickas (10)/
Terry Hollands tie
6 June 2010
Sofia, Bulgaria
Ervin Katona (2) 13 June 2010
Ulft, Netherlands
20 June 2010
Belgrade, Serbia
Ervin Katona (3) 29 August 2010
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ervin Katona (4) 9 October 2010
18 December 2010
Terry Hollands
132 points
Ervin Katona
106 points
Mikhail Koklyaev
98 points

2011

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Kuusamo, Lapland
Žydrūnas Savickas (11)19 March 2011
Essen, Germany
Žydrūnas Savickas (12)16 April 2011
Novi Sad, Serbia
Ervin Katona (5)21 May 2011
Pretoria, South Africa
8 June 2011
Tampere, Finland
12 June 2011
Tolkamer, Netherlands
Laurence Shahlaei (2)18 June 2011
Bulgaria
Ervin Katona (6)25 June 2011
Gran Canaria, Spain
Ervin Katona (7)3 September 2011
Košice, Slovakia
10 September 2011
New Brunswick, Canada
Žydrūnas Savickas (13)30 September – 2 October 2011
Riga, Latvia
Žydrūnas Savickas (14)18–19 November 2011
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Žydrūnas Savickas (15)7 February 2012
Ervin Katona
201 points
Žydrūnas Savickas
176 points
Laurence Shahlaei
106 points

2012

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Kuusamo, Lapland
Žydrūnas Savickas (16)9–10 March 2012
Germany
Žydrūnas Savickas (17)22 April 2012
Novi Sad, Serbia
Ervin Katona (8)5 May 2012
Zevenaar, Netherlands
Žydrūnas Savickas (18)30 June 2012
Jiangsu, China
Žydrūnas Savickas (19) Laurence Shahlaei Ervin Katona4–8 July 2012
Oporto, Portugal
Žydrūnas Savickas (20)21 July 2012
Alaharma, Finland
Žydrūnas Savickas (21) Terry Hollands11 August 2012
Trzebnica, Poland
Žydrūnas Savickas (22)/
Mikhail Koklyaev (6) tie
18 August 2012
Vladivostok, Russia
Mikhail Koklyaev (7) Johannes Arsjo Marius Lalas25 August 2012
Gibraltar
Žydrūnas Savickas (23) Terry Hollands2 September 2012
Bansko, Bulgaria
22 September 2012
Vilnius, Lithuania
Žydrūnas Savickas (24)6 October 2012
Madrid, Spain
Žydrūnas Savickas (25)13–14 October 2012
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Žydrūnas Savickas (26)16–18 November 2012
Žydrūnas Savickas
275 points
Ervin Katona
130 points
Mikhail Koklyaev
114 points

2013

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Kuusamo, Lapland
Krzysztof Radzikowski16 March 2013
Germany
13 April 2013
Novi Sad, Serbia
Ervin Katona (9)18 May 2013
Olaine, Latvia
Meelis Peil 26 May 2013
Plzeň, Czech Republic
Krzysztof Radzikowski (2)9 June 2013
Kalkar, Germany
Žydrūnas Savickas (27)22 June 2013
Jiangsu, China
Žydrūnas Savickas (28)9–13 July 2013
Tavira, Portugal
Krzysztof Radzikowski (3) Bjorn Andre Solvang 27 July 2013
Finland
Ervin Katona (10) Meelis Peil 10 August 2013
Budapest, Hungary
Ervin Katona (11) Meelis Peil 31 August 2013
Košice, Slovakia
7 September 2013
Vladivostok, Russia
Žydrūnas Savickas (29)14 September 2013
Kartuzy, Poland
Krzysztof Radzikowski (4) Dainis Zageris21 September 2013
Gibraltar
Žydrūnas Savickas (30)28 September 2013
Tallinn, Estonia
Meelis Peil 5 October 2013
Vilnius, Lithuania
Žydrūnas Savickas (31)20 October 2013
São Paulo, Brazil
Žydrūnas Savickas (32)8 November 2013
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Žydrūnas Savickas (33)23 November 2013
Krzysztof Radzikowski
257 points
Žydrūnas Savickas
193 points
Ervin Katona
175 points

2014

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Ervin Katona (12)15–16 March 2014
Cologne, Germany
Žydrūnas Savickas (34)5 April 2014
Novi Sad, Serbia
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (2)10 May 2014
Vaasa, Finland
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (3)13 June 2014
Doetinchem, Netherlands
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (4)21 June 2014
Olaine, Latvia
Rafal Kobylarz (2) 29 June 2014
Tavira, Portugal
4 July 2014
Split, Croatia
Ervin Katona (13)19 July 2014
Kartuzy, Poland
Krzysztof Radzikowski (5)3 August 2014
Győr, Hungary
Krzysztof Radzikowski (6)30 August 2014
Lusaka, Zambia
Krzysztof Radzikowski (7)13 September 2014
Sibiu, Romania
Krzysztof Radzikowski (8)21 September 2014
Vilnius, Lithuania
5 October 2014
Tallinn, Estonia
Rauno Heinla (2)18 October 2014
Malaysia
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (5)14–15 November 2014
Martin Wildauer
198 points
Krzysztof Radzikowski
195 points
Ervin Katona
175 points

2015

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vinstra, Norway
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (6)31 January 2015
Cologne, Germany
Krzysztof Radzikowski (9)11 April 2015
Ulft, Netherlands
Žydrūnas Savickas6 June 2015
Merikarvia, Finland
Krzysztof Radzikowski (10)13 June 2015
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (7)20 June 2015
Olaine, Latvia
Oskars Martuzans27 June 2015
Split, Croatia
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (8)29 August 2015
Lubaczów, Poland
Grzegorz Szymanski (2) 6 September 2015
Kufstein, Austria
12 September 2015
Sibiu, Romania
Dainis Zageris (2)21 September 2015
Vilnius, Lithuania
Marius Lalas (2)4 October 2015
Porto, Portugal
10 October 2015
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Dainis Zageris (3)25 October 2015
Turkey
Krzysztof Radzikowski (11)5 December 2015
Krzysztof Radzikowski
256 points
Dainis Zageris
213 points
Jean-François Caron
130 points

2016

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vinstra, Norway
Jean-François Caron (2)30 January 2016
Cologne, Germany
Krzysztof Radzikowski (12)9 April 2016
Zelhem, Netherlands
Eric Dawson Alex Moonen Marius Lalas 11 June 2016
Olaine, Latvia
Johnny Hansson 19 June 2016
Zlatibor, Serbia
Aivars Šmaukstelis (2) Martin Wildauer2 July 2016
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
24 July 2016
Guildford, England
Eric Dawson Mateusz Baron 13 August 2016
Vaasa, Finland
Simon Boudreau Lauri Nämi 21 August 2016
Sibiu, Romania
Mateusz Baron Alex Moonen 17 September 2016
Willemstad, Curaçao
Jimmy Paquet Alex Moonen 1 October 2016
Porto, Portugal
Dainis Zageris (4) Roberto Rodriques 9 October 2016
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dainis Zageris (5) 5 November 2016

2017

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vinstra, Norway
Jean-François Caron (3) Krzysztof Radzikowski Luke Herrick 29 January 2017
Cologne, Germany
Tom Stoltman8 April 2017
Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands
Matjaz Belsak (2) Grzegorz Szymański Alex Moonen 17 June 2017
Zlatibor, Serbia
Matjaz Belsak (3)22 July 2017
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
Jean-François Caron (4) Jimmy Paquet 28 July 2017
Vaasa, Finland
Matjaz Belsak (4) 20 August 2017
Sibiu, Romania
Aivars Šmaukstelis (3) Phil Roberts Sucman Radion 16 September 2017
Willemstad, Curaçao
Dainis Zageris (6) Luke Herrick 8 October 2017
Corinth, Greece
Dainis Zageris (7) Dennis Kohlruss11 November 2017
Chetumal, Mexico
Matjaz Belsak (5)25 November 2017

2018

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vinstra, Norway
Krzysztof Radzikowski (13) Luke Herrick 28 January 2018
Cologne, Germany
Krzysztof Radzikowski (14) Sebastian Kraus 14 April 2018
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Matjaz Belsak (6) Mohammed Azatpouri 12 May 2018
Doetinchem, Netherlands
Dainis Zageris (8) Alex Moonen 2 June 2018
Merikarvia, Finland
Matjaz Belsak (7) Jarno Kirselä 16 June 2018
Zlatibor, Serbia
Matjaz Belsak (8) Aivars Šmaukstelis14 July 2018
Brașov, Romania
Aivars Šmaukstelis (4)7 September 2018
Willemstad, Curaçao
Dainis Zageris (9) Marko Remlik Alex Moonen 13 October 2018
Cancún, Mexico
Dainis Zageris (10)11 November 2018
Aivars Šmaukstelis

2019

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vinstra, Norway
Krzysztof Radzikowski (15) Ole Martin Kristiansen Mika Törrö 26 January 2019
Cologne, Germany
Krzysztof Radzikowski (16) Sebastian Kraus 6 April 2019
Alanya, Turkey
Alex Moonen 20 April 2019
Ulft, Netherlands
Alex Moonen Kelvin de Ruiter Mika Törrö 5 June 2019
Petrozavodsk, Russia
Aivars Šmaukstelis (5) Dmitrii Skosyrskii Kelvin de Ruiter20 July 2019
Inđija, Serbia
Marko Remlik Sebastian Kurek 28 July 2019
Joensuu, Finland
Marko Remlik 4 August 2019
Esposende, Portugal
Oleg Sylka Sebastian Kurek Will Baggott 10 August 2019
Pyhäjärvi, Finland
Dainis Zageris (11) Antti Mourujärvi 7 September 2019
Willemstad, Curaçao
Ervin Toots 5 October 2019
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mateusz Kieliszkowski (2)25 October 2019
Matosinhos, Portugal
Aivars Šmaukstelis (6) Marko Remlik 17 November 2019
Marko Remlik

2020

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vinstra, Norway
Mika Törrö 25 January 2020
Joensuu, Finland
Dainis Zageris (12) Ervin Toots1 August 2020
Kenzingen, Germany
Dennis Kohlruss Ervin Toots 26 September 2020

2021

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vinstra, Norway
Dainis Zageris (13) Henrik Hildeskor 24 July 2021
Esposende, Portugal
Ervin Toots Kelvin de Ruiter8 August 2021
Kenzingen, Germany
Dainis Zageris (14) Johan Espenkrona 28 August 2021
Sibiu, Romania
Aivars Šmaukstelis (7) Sean O'Hagan Anders Aslak 2 October 2021
Alanya, Turkey
Kelvin de Ruiter (2) Mika Törrö 14 November 2021
Mika Törrö

2022

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vaasa, Finland
Aivars Šmaukstelis (8) Ervin Toots 23 April 2022
Doetinchem, Netherlands
Kelvin de Ruiter (3) Roberto Rodriguez 18 June 2022
Kikinda, Serbia
Sami Ahola Péter Juhász 23 July 2022
Esposende, Portugal
George Sulaiman Ervin Toots Sebastian Kurek 6 August 2022
Gloucester, England
Aivars Šmaukstelis (9) Paul Smith Gavin Bilton20 August 2022
Sopot, Poland
Oskar Ziółkowski Maciej Hirsz 27 August 2022
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dainis Zageris (15) Rongo Keene Roberto Rodríguez 3 September 2022
Sibiu, Romania
Kelvin de Ruiter (4) Mika Törrö Kane Francis 17 September 2022
Gibraltar
Aivars Šmaukstelis (10) Kane Francis Roberto Rodríguez30 September 2022
Alanya, Turkey
Aivars Šmaukstelis (11) Ervin Toots Kane Francis 6 November 2022
Aivars Šmaukstelis Ervin Toots Kane Francis

2023

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Vaasa, Finland
Nathan Goltry Andrea Invernizzi 6 May 2023
Zrenjanin, Serbia
Gavin Bilton Fatih Karaca Kelvin de Ruiter20 May 2023
Netherlands Ulft, Netherlands
Aivars Šmaukstelis (12) Kelvin de Ruiter Kevin Hazeleger 17 June 2023
Joensuu, Finland
Aivars Šmaukstelis (13) Mika Törrö Kane Francis 30 July 2023
Esposende, Portugal
Kane Francis Gavin Bilton5 August 2023
Gloucester, England
Shane Flowers Louis Jack Kane Francis12 August 2023
Hämeenlinna, Finland
Kane Francis Ervin Toots Sigfús Fossdal 18 August 2023
Sopot, Poland
Kevin Hazeleger Oskar Ziółkowski Adam Roszkowski 26 August 2023
Limassol, Cyprus
Pavlo Kordiyaka Kane Francis Evans Aryee7 October 2023
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oskar Ziółkowski (2) Kevin Hazeleger 18 November 2023
Oskar Ziółkowski Kevin Hazeleger

2024

Name and LocationChampionRunner-Up3rd PlaceDate
Joensuu, Finland
Aivars Šmaukstelis (14) Nick Wortham Kane Francis24–25 February 2024
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Tristain Hoath Kelvin de Ruiter Dennis Kohlruss6–7 April 2024
Budapest, Hungary
Adam Roszkowski Frederick Rheaume Peter Juhasz27 April 2024
Zrenjanin, Serbia
Kane Francis (2) Fatih Karaca Evans Aryee25 May 2024
's-Heerenberg, Netherlands
Rayno Nel Aivars Smaukstelis George Sulaiman22 June 2024
Joensuu, Finland
Aivars Šmaukstelis (15) Mika Törrö Evans Aryee29 June 2024
Tartu, Estonia
Adam Roszkowski (2) Kane Francis Peter Juhasz20 July 2024
Evans Aryee (2) Andrea Invernizzi Alexandre Hulin3 August 2024
Finland
19 August 2024
Poland
24 August 2024
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7/8 September 2024
14 September 2024
Wolverhampton, England
28 September 2024
Limassol, Cyprus
12 October 2024
26 October 2024

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.[6] The contest took place over 4 days and consisted of 10 events, with athletes from USA and Canada, with 5 athletes from each country. The event was organized by SCL in association with the Festival Hommes Forts-Warwick along with co-organizer Jean Fréchette. The event also featured an amateur, semi-pro and a strongwoman competition.

2012

Dates: 5–8 July 2012[7] Warwick, Quebec

PositionNameNationality Points
1 81
2 76
3 73
4 57.5
5 57.5
6 54
7 42.5
8 42
9 37.5
10 27

2013

Dates: 5–7 July 2013[8] Warwick, Quebec

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1 89
2 87
3 73
4 67
5 54
6 53
7 44
8 41
9 35
10 31
11 28
12 17

2014

Dates: 4–6 July 2014[9] Warwick, Quebec

PositionNameNationalityPoints
1 85.5
2 74
3 61
4 54.5
5 54
6 52
7 51
8 45.5
9 44.5
10 43
11 20
12 18 (injured)

105kg Strongman World Championships

See main article: 105kg Strongman World Championships.

World Log Lift Championships

See main article: The World Log Lift Championships.

References

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  2. Web site: Strongman Champions League: Independent of IFSA, New Website . . Randall J. . Strossen . 9 December 2008 . 21 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Fortissimus Enters Agreement with Strongman Champions League, the American Strongman Corporation and Aussiepower . . Randall J. . Strossen . 16 May 2008 . 21 January 2021.
  4. Web site: FORTISSIMUS - Strongman Champions League: Cooperation and Joint Statement . . Randall J. . Strossen . 13 January 2009 . 21 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Strongman Champions League: Season Starting at FIBO ... Feeding into WSM . . Randall J. . Strossen . 23 April 2009 . 21 January 2021.
  6. Web site: SCL Canada 2012: Format, Start List Announced . . Randall J. . Strossen . 24 May 2012 . 21 January 2021.
  7. Web site: L.P. Jean Wins Festival Hommes Forts Warwick . . Randall J. . Strossen . 9 July 2012 . 21 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Mike Burke Wins Festival Hommes Forts Warwick . . Randall J. . Strossen . 8 July 2013 . 21 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Festival hommes forts : Brian Shaw affiche sa suprématie . La Nouvelle union . Steven . Lafortune . 6 July 2014 . 21 January 2021 . French . Strongmen Festival: Brian Shaw shows his supremacy.