Poland finish fourth at Stihl Timbersports Team World Championship, best in Europe

Poland's extreme lumberjacks achieved a strong result at the 2026 Stihl Timbersports team world championship in Stuttgart. The White-and-Reds finished fourth and were the highest-ranked team from Europe.

How the tournament went

100 competitors from 20 countries took part. Each team fielded five athletes, and the team contested four disciplines: cutting with a standard chainsaw, chopping a horizontal log, cutting with a hand saw and chopping a vertical log.

Poland began with the fifth-best time in the qualifying round, which gave them a seeding in the knockout stage. In the last 32 they beat Hungary, finishing the four disciplines 26.51 seconds faster.

In the quarter-final they met New Zealand, whose line-up included the reigning individual world champion Jack Jordan. The contest was close. Poland set a national record and won by just 0.19 seconds. In the semi-final Canada proved stronger, winning by 2.38 seconds.

In the bronze-medal match Poland faced Australia, the defending champions and ten-time team world champions. The Poles improved the national record again, to 44.68 seconds. Australia, however, were faster by 0.15 seconds.

Gold for Canada

Canada won the world title for the first time, beating the United States in the final. They set a world record of 41.30 seconds. Six national records were set in Stuttgart in total. Australia took third place and New Zealand were fifth. Great Britain finished 11th.

Poland was represented by Michał Dubicki, Krystian Kaczmarek and Szymon, Mikołaj and Jacek Groenwald.

What is Stihl Timbersports

It is an international competition in sport cutting and chopping of wood. The discipline originated in Australia and New Zealand. Events have been held in Europe since 2001 and in Poland since 2003.