Tournament information | |
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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, Krzysztof Radzikowski, Mikhail Koklyaev, Matjaz Belsak, Ervin Katona, Dainis Zageris, J.F. Caron, Nick Best, Andrus Murumets, Martin Wildauer, Mateusz Kieliszkowski, Pavlo Kordiyaka, Aivars Šmaukstelis, Vytautas Lalas, Rauno Heinla, Travis Ortmayer, Laurence Shahlaei, Terry Hollands, Tom Stoltman and Oleksii Novikov .
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.