As the southern neighbours of the Netherlands, tug-of-war sport was not unknown in Belgium. In the past the Belgium team had even won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium, the last Games with tug-of-war sport on the program. It however took until 1992 for the clubs to decide to establish a national association for the tug-of-war sport in Belgium. The national teams took part in 76 international competitions and they won one World title in the Junior category in 1998. They reached the finals of the competition is many events and were close to another title for their Junior team with the silver medal in the European Championship in 2005. Mr. Patrick van de Heuvel was elected Vice President at the TWIF Congress of 2007.