All-star game
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An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games (such as the Pro Bowl). The method of choosing teams varies, but the selection is usually based upon sub-divisions of the league or the nationalities of the players involved. Some all-star games include (with the teams of the next game):
- Major League Baseball All-Star Game (National League vs. American League)
- National Basketball Association All-Star Game (Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference)
- National Hockey League All-Star Game (Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference)
- Pro Bowl - National Football League (American Football Conference vs. National Football Conference)
- Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game (Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference)
- Major League Soccer All-Star Game (typically, Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference; however sometimes an MLS all-star team plays a visiting foreign club side or the US National team.)
The term "all-star" is not generally used outside North America. Moreover, all-star games are not often played in many sports (such as soccer) that are popular outside North America because such sports play more international games, which are usually much more popular than all-star games would be. In the United Kingdom, all-star teams (both real and fantasy) are usually denoted with the Roman numeral corresponding to the number of players allowed on the field - for example, a soccer or cricket XI, a rugby league XIII and a rugby union XV.
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