Global Tag League

The Global Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created in 2008.
The Global Tag League is held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time limit draw and none for any other kind of a draw or a loss. The team finishing atop the points standings are the winners. Matches in the Global Tag League have a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Noah's GHC Tag Team Championship.
The tournament returned in 2024 after a four year break rebranded as the Victory Challenge Tag League.
In the below results, signifies the GHC Tag Team Champions at the time of each tournament.

List of winners

2008

The 2008 Global Tag League featured nine teams, and was held from March 29 to April 27.

Wrestlers	Score
Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith	10
Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio	9
Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura	9
Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa	9
D'Lo Brown & Buchanan	8
Takeshi Morishima & Muhammad Yone	8
Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki	8
Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama	7
Go Shiozaki & Akira Taue	4

Results	Akiyama Rikio	Brown Buchanan	Marufuji Sugiura	Misawa Ogawa	Morishima Yone	Nakajima Sasaki	Saito Smith	Sano Takayama	Shiozaki Taue
Akiyama Rikio		Akiyama Rikio	Akiyama Rikio	Akiyama Rikio	Akiyama Rikio	Nakajima Sasaki	Saito Smith	Sano Takayama	Draw
Brown Buchanan	Akiyama Rikio		Brown Buchanan	Brown Buchanan	Morishima Yone	Nakajima Sasaki	Brown Buchanan	Brown Buchanan	Shiozaki Taue
Marufuji Sugiura	Akiyama Rikio	Brown Buchanan		Draw	Marufuji Sugiura	Draw	Draw	Marufuji Sugiura	Marufuji Sugiura
Misawa Ogawa	Akiyama Rikio	Brown Buchanan	Draw		Misawa Ogawa	Misawa Ogawa	Saito Smith	Misawa Ogawa	Misawa Ogawa
Morishima Yone	Akiyama Rikio	Morishima Yone	Marufuji Sugiura	Misawa Ogawa		Draw	Morishima Yone	Draw	Morishima Yone
Nakajima Sasaki	Nakajima Sasaki	Nakajima Sasaki	Draw	Misawa Ogawa	Draw		Saito Smith	Sano Takayama	Nakajima Sasaki
Saito Smith	Saito Smith	Brown Buchanan	Draw	Saito Smith	Morishima Yone	Saito Smith		Saito Smith	Draw
Sano Takayama	Sano Takayama	Brown Buchanan	Marufuji Sugiura	Misawa Ogawa	Draw	Sano Takayama	Saito Smith		Sano Takayama
Shiozaki Taue	Draw	Shiozaki Taue	Marufuji Sugiura	Misawa Ogawa	Morishima Yone	Nakajima Sasaki	Draw	Sano Takayama

2009

The 2009 Global Tag League featured eight teams, and was held from April 11 to May 6.

Wrestlers	Score
Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiozaki	9
Takeshi Morishima & Kensuke Sasaki	8
Takeshi Rikio & Muhammad Yone	8
Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith	8
Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama	8
D'Lo Brown & Buchanan	7
Jun Akiyama & Shuhei Taniguchi	6
Masao Inoue & Akira Taue	2

Results	Akiyama Taniguchi	Brown Buchanan	Inoue Taue	Misawa Shiozaki	Morishima Sasaki	Rikio Yone	Saito Smith	Sugiura Takayama
Akiyama Taniguchi		Akiyama Taniguchi	Akiyama Taniguchi	Misawa Shiozaki	Morishima Sasaki	Akiyama Taniguchi	Saito Smith	Sugiura Takayama
Brown Buchanan	Akiyama Taniguchi		Brown Buchanan	Misawa Shiozaki	Brown Buchanan	Rikio Yone	Brown Buchanan	Draw
Inoue Taue	Akiyama Taniguchi	Brown Buchanan		Misawa Shiozaki	Morishima Sasaki	Rikio Yone	Saito Smith	Inoue Taue
Misawa Shiozaki	Misawa Shiozaki	Misawa Shiozaki	Misawa Shiozaki		Misawa Shiozaki	Draw	Saito Smith	Sugiura Takayama
Morishima Sasaki	Morishima Sasaki	Brown Buchanan	Morishima Sasaki	Misawa Shiozaki		Draw	Morishima Sasaki	Draw
Rikio Yone	Akiyama Taniguchi	Rikio Yone	Rikio Yone	Draw	Draw		Saito Smith	Rikio Yone
Saito Smith	Saito Smith	Brown Buchanan	Saito Smith	Saito Smith	Morishima Sasaki	Saito Smith		Sugiura Takayama
Sugiura Takayama	Sugiura Takayama	Draw	Inoue Taue	Sugiura Takayama	Draw	Rikio Yone	Sugiura Takayama

2010

The 2010 Global Tag League ran from January 9 through January 24. It was the first edition of the Global Tag League featuring a block system, with eight teams in two blocks of four. The top finishing teams from each block met in the final.

Block A	Castagnoli Hero	Morishima Sasaki	Saito Shiozaki	Sano Takayama
Castagnoli Hero		Morishima Sasaki	Saito Shiozaki	Sano Takayama
Morishima Sasaki	Morishima Sasaki		Morishima Sasaki	Sano Takayama
Saito Shiozaki	Saito Shiozaki	Morishima Sasaki		Sano Takayama
Sano Takayama	Sano Takayama	Sano Takayama	Sano Takayama
Block B	Honma Makabe	Rikio Yone	Smith Walker	Sugiura Taniguchi
Honma Makabe		Rikio Yone	Honma Makabe	Sugiura Taniguchi
Rikio Yone	Rikio Yone		Smith Walker	Draw
Smith Walker	Honma Makabe	Smith Walker		Sugiura Taniguchi
Sugiura Taniguchi	Sugiura Taniguchi	Draw	Sugiura Taniguchi

2011

The 2011 Global Tag League ran from April 16 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.

Wrestlers	Score
Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama	10
Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama	9
Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi	8
Muhammad Yone & Takashi Sugiura	8
Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie	8
Bison Smith & Masao Inoue	5
Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli	4
Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara	4

Results	Saito Akiyama	Smith Inoue	Hero Castagnoli	Shiozaki Taniguchi	Yone Sugiura	Sasaki Miyahara	Morishima Yoshie	Sano Takayama
Saito Akiyama		Saito Akiyama	Saito Akiyama	Saito Akiyama	Saito Akiyama	Sasaki Miyahara	Morishima Yoshie	Saito Akiyama
Smith Inoue	Saito Akiyama		Smith Inoue	Shiozaki Taniguchi	Draw	Sasaki Miyahara	Smith Inoue	Sano Takayama
Hero Castagnoli	Saito Akiyama	Smith Inoue		Shiozaki Taniguchi	Yone Sugiura	Hero Castagnoli	Morishima Yoshie	Hero Castagnoli
Shiozaki Taniguchi	Saito Akiyama	Shiozaki Taniguchi	Shiozaki Taniguchi		Draw	Shiozaki Taniguchi	Morishima Yoshie	Draw
Yone Sugiura	Saito Akiyama	Draw	Yone Sugiura	Draw		Yone Sugiura	Yone Sugiura	Sano Takayama
Sasaki Miyahara	Sasaki Miyahara	Sasaki Miyahara	Hero Castagnoli	Shiozaki Taniguchi	Yone Sugiura		Morishima Yoshie	Sano Takayama
Morishima Yoshie	Morishima Yoshie	Smith Inoue	Morishima Yoshie	Morishima Yoshie	Yone Sugiura	Morishima Yoshie		Sano Takayama
Sano Takayama	Saito Akiyama	Sano Takayama	Hero Castagnoli	Draw	Sano Takayama	Sano Takayama	Sano Takayama