Most of the lineup has been confirmed for the 1999 IFSA Strongman Team World Championships, to held in Panya, China October 8th - 10th. Teams were announced as follows. Finland: Jouko Ahola & tbd; Sweden: Magnus & Torbjorn Samuelsson; Holland: Berend Veneberg & Wout Zijlstra; RSA: Gerrit Badenhorst & Peter De Bruin; Canada: Hugo Girard & Ed Brost; Atlantic Islands: Regin Vagadal & Torfi Olafsson; Hungary: Laszlo Fekete & tbd; China: tbd.