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The USA Boomerang Team, selected by the United States Boomerang Association (USBA), has represented the United States in fifteen World Boomerang Championships (WBC); starting Down Under in 1981 with the first Australia vs. USA Boomerang Championship, and most recently in Charleville-Mézières, France in July 2004.  A US Team has won 10 out of 15 Championships.

In July 2004, the fourteenth World Boomerang Championships was held in Charleville-Mézières, France.  Seventeen teams from 14 countries participated with over a 100 individual competitors, 50 volunteers, and many spectators due to the publicity push made by organizers.  The three-day team competition events included Team Trick Catch, Team Endurance, Team Australian Round, Team Super Catch, Team Accuracy 100, and Team Relay. 

The USA dominated the early years of international boomerang competition winning seven consecutive World Boomerang Championships (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994) until 1996 when a strong German team came of age, took first place in 1996, 1998, and 2000.  In 2002, the US Boomerang Team unseated the three-time champion German team to bring the WBC title back to the United States. 

 The German team returned in 2004 and succeeded in winning back the title by dominating the competition.   US Team Squad One placed fourth behind Germany, France, and Switzerland.  It was one of the worst finishes of a US Team in the history of WBC competition.