diff --git a/addons/sales_team/data/sales_team_data.xml b/addons/sales_team/data/sales_team_data.xml
index 4ecca9ff36f..0604c8f9205 100644
--- a/addons/sales_team/data/sales_team_data.xml
+++ b/addons/sales_team/data/sales_team_data.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
         <record model="crm.team" id="team_sales_department">
             <field name="name">Direct Sales</field>
             <field name="member_ids" eval="[(4, ref('base.user_root'))]"/>
+            <field name="company_id" eval="False"/>
         </record>
 
         <record model="crm.team" id="salesteam_website_sales">
             <field name="name">Website Sales</field>
+            <field name="company_id" eval="False"/>
         </record>
     </data>
 
diff --git a/addons/sales_team/models/crm_team.py b/addons/sales_team/models/crm_team.py
index aa80cfbc511..2eebdd5eceb 100644
--- a/addons/sales_team/models/crm_team.py
+++ b/addons/sales_team/models/crm_team.py
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ class CrmTeam(models.Model):
         if 'default_team_id' in self.env.context:
             team_id = self.env['crm.team'].browse(self.env.context.get('default_team_id'))
         if not team_id or not team_id.exists():
-            team_id = self.env['crm.team'].sudo().search(
-                ['|', ('user_id', '=', user_id), ('member_ids', '=', user_id)],
-                limit=1)
+            company_id = self.sudo(user_id).company_id.id
+            team_id = self.env['crm.team'].sudo().search([
+                '|', ('user_id', '=', user_id), ('member_ids', '=', user_id),
+                '|', ('company_id', '=', False), ('company_id', 'child_of', [company_id])
+            ], limit=1)
         if not team_id:
             default_team_id = self.env.ref('sales_team.team_sales_department', raise_if_not_found=False)
             if default_team_id and (self.env.context.get('default_type') != 'lead' or default_team_id.use_leads):