---
name: "createTeam"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Teams"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createTeam
revid: 364171
updated: 2024-05-05T10:46:44Z
---

# createTeam

*Command · Teams · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

## Description

Creates a [Team](../topics/Team.md) and names it.

## Syntax

```sqf
createTeam [type, name]
```

**Parameters:**

- `type`: [String](../topics/String.md)
- `name`: [String](../topics/String.md)

**Returns:** [Team Member](../topics/Team_Member.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_team = createTeam ["USMC_Team", "Fire Team Red"];
```

## See also

[addTeamMember](../commands/addTeamMember.md) · [removeTeamMember](../commands/removeTeamMember.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — createTeam](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createTeam) (revision 364171).</sub>