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January 04, 2023

An all-star game is an exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, but sometimes dividing the players by an attribute such as nationality. Selection of the players may be done by a vote of the coaches and/or news media; in professional leagues, fans may vote on some or all of the roster. An all-star game usually occurs at the midpoint of the regular season. An exception is American football's NFL Pro Bowl, which occurs at the end of the season.

Action during the 2007 Pro Bowl, the all-star game of the National Football League. Note different team insignias on helmets.

All-star games are usually organized like regular games, but are often played with less emphasis on victory. Competing goals are to give many players time in the game and to avoid injury. In ice hockey, for example, there is no serious checking, while in American football no blitzing is allowed. In basketball, there is virtually no defense played until the final quarter. However, the Australian State of Origin series does involve physicality that often leads to on-field scuffles.

The current format of the NHL All-Star Game differs significantly from that of normal league games. Instead of a single game, the event is organized as a four-team knockout tournament, with each team representing one of the league's divisions. Additionally, each game within the event is contested as a single 20-minute period, making the playing time of the All-Star Game identical to that of a regulation NHL game. The most radical difference is the on-ice team composition—instead of five skaters and one goaltender at full strength, each team has three skaters and a goaltender. Due to the reduced team sizes, penalties that normally cause the penalized team to lose a skater instead give the non-penalized team an extra skater.

The term "all-star" is mainly used in North America. All-star games are rare in international sports (such as association football) where games between national teams are more popular than all-star games would be. In the United Kingdom, all-star teams 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.[citation needed]

Major League Baseball organized the first professional league all-star game as part of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. It was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune.[1] Initially intended to be a one-time event, its great success resulted in playing the game annually. Ward's contribution was recognized by Major League Baseball in 1962 with the creation of the "Arch Ward Trophy", given to the All-Star Game's most valuable player each year.[2]

Professional all-star games

North America

Major leagues

  • Major League Baseball All-Star Game (National League vs. American League)
  • National Basketball Association All-Star Game
    • The game has had two formats throughout its history:
      • The original format used from the first game in 1951 until 2017 pitted Eastern Conference and Western Conference all-star teams.
      • Since 2018, it has followed a fantasy draft format, similar to the 2011–2015 format of the NHL All-Star Game (see below), involving the selection of players by a combination of fan, player, and media voting. The vote leaders for each conferences are then named as team captains for each all-star team, who then select players from the rest of the all-stars, regardless of the conference they play in.
  • National Hockey League All-Star Game
    • The game has had a number of formats throughout its history:
      • The original format, used from 1947 through 1968 with two exceptions, saw the previous season's Stanley Cup champions take on an "All-Star" team made up of the First and Second NHL All-Star Teams plus other star players.
      • In 1951 and 1952, the competing teams were the First NHL All-Star Team, supplemented with stars from the league's American franchises, and the Second NHL All-Star Team, supplemented with stars from Canadian franchises.
      • Beginning in 1969 and continuing through 2009, with some exceptions, the format was geographic—most recently Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference.
      • For 1979 and 1987, a single team comprising the NHL's best players faced the Soviet national ice hockey team in a two-game series.
      • From 1998 through 2002, the teams were divided by player nationality, with a "North America" team made up of Canadians and Americans and a "World" team drawn from the rest of the world.
      • In 2006, 2010 and 2014, the league did not hold an all-star game, instead releasing its players to play ice hockey at the Olympic Games. The league held an all-star game in addition to releasing its players for the Olympics in 1998 and 2002.
      • Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout cancelling the entire season, the All-Star Game was not held in 2005. In 2013, the league did not hold an all-star game as well, as it omitted from the schedule because of the shortened season caused by the player lockout.
      • From 2011 to 2015, a fantasy draft took place that involved the selection of 42 players—six in fan voting, and the other 36 by the league. The selected players then chose two of these individuals as team captains.
      • From 2016 onward, the "All-Star Game" consists of a mini-tournament where teams representing the league's divisions compete against each other in abbreviated games lasting only 20 minutes (instead of the three 20-minute periods of normal NHL games).
  • National Football League Pro Bowl
    • From 1938 to 1942, the NFL held an all-star game with the winner of that year's NFL Championship Game against an all-star team composed of players from the other teams (and, at least once, teams outside the NFL).
    • From 1951 to 2013, the Pro Bowl followed an inter-conference format (Eastern vs. Western from 1951 to 1969 and American Football Conference vs. National Football Conference since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970). The AFC vs NFC format was restored in 2017.
    • From 2014 to 2016 it followed a draft format, similar to the 2011–2015 format of the NHL All-Star Game (see above).
Note: In professional American football, the term "all-star game" can also refer to the American Football League All-Star game, played from 1961 to 1969; or the College All-Star Game, played from 1934 to 1976.
  • Major League Soccer All-Star Game
    • The game has had several formats throughout its history:
      • Originally, the game pitted Eastern Conference and Western Conference all-star teams. This format was used for all games save one from 1996 through 2001, and also in 2004.
      • The 1998 game pitted an "MLS USA" team, consisting entirely of Americans, against an "MLS World" team drawn from all other nationalities.
      • The 2002 game matched an MLS all-star team against the US national team.
      • The 2003 game was the first in which an MLS all-star team played a visiting foreign club team. This format was used through the 2019 edition, with the exception of 2004. In the 2003 game, the visiting team was from Mexico; from 2005 to 2019, the visiting team was based in Europe.
      • The 2021 game was the first to incorporate its current format involving all-star teams from both MLS and Mexico's top league, Liga MX.
  • NASCAR All-Star Race (Race winners from previous and current season, as well as Cup champions and All-Star Race winners from the previous 10 seasons)
  • WNBA All-Star Game (usually Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference)
    • In 2004 and 2010, the East-West format was not followed; instead, the USA national team faced a team of WNBA all-stars. The league does not consider these games to be official All-Star Games.
    • From 2008 forward, no All-Star Game has been played in any Olympic year.
    • Since 2018, the All-Star Game has used a draft format similar to that used by the NHL in the 2011–2015 period. In the WNBA's implementation, fan voting determines the two team captains (though in the first game under the current format, Maya Moore declined the captain's role).

Minor leagues

Former events

Other regions

Association football

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

Ice hockey

  • Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game — Two different formats have been used:
    • In the game's first two editions in 2009 and 2010, the competing sides were divided by player nationality: "Team Russia" and "Team World".
    • Since then, the competing teams have been "Team East" and "Team West", divided between the league's two conferences.

Rugby league

Note: This annual game involves a publicly voted selection of the best club players from the league versus an Aboriginal team in honour of reconciliation.

College all-star games

Football

Basketball

Other sports

High school all-star games

High school baseball

High school basketball

  • McDonald's All-American Game — featuring the most highly recruited high school players from across the nation.
  • Jordan Brand Classic – similar game among blue chip athletes
  • Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic – the oldest continually held high school all-star game in the country. It is played annually in Louisville, Kentucky at Freedom Hall and features top high school boys basketball players from across the country.

High school football

(Longest running football all star game in the country. EST. 1935)

(www.CarolinaBowl.com / EST. 2015)

High school hockey

High school lacrosse

  • Under Armour All-American Lacrosse Game

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Star Game History", Baseball Almanac.
  2. ^ Newman, Mark. "All-Star MVP Awaits Your Vote 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine", MLB.com, July 10, 2006.
 
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources All star game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message An all star game is an exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players the stars of a sports league The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event usually representing the league s teams based on region or division but sometimes dividing the players by an attribute such as nationality Selection of the players may be done by a vote of the coaches and or news media in professional leagues fans may vote on some or all of the roster An all star game usually occurs at the midpoint of the regular season An exception is American football s NFL Pro Bowl which occurs at the end of the season Action during the 2007 Pro Bowl the all star game of the National Football League Note different team insignias on helmets All star games are usually organized like regular games but are often played with less emphasis on victory Competing goals are to give many players time in the game and to avoid injury In ice hockey for example there is no serious checking while in American football no blitzing is allowed In basketball there is virtually no defense played until the final quarter However the Australian State of Origin series does involve physicality that often leads to on field scuffles The current format of the NHL All Star Game differs significantly from that of normal league games Instead of a single game the event is organized as a four team knockout tournament with each team representing one of the league s divisions Additionally each game within the event is contested as a single 20 minute period making the playing time of the All Star Game identical to that of a regulation NHL game The most radical difference is the on ice team composition instead of five skaters and one goaltender at full strength each team has three skaters and a goaltender Due to the reduced team sizes penalties that normally cause the penalized team to lose a skater instead give the non penalized team an extra skater The term all star is mainly used in North America All star games are rare in international sports such as association football where games between national teams are more popular than all star games would be In the United Kingdom all star teams 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 citation needed Major League Baseball organized the first professional league all star game as part of the 1933 World s Fair in Chicago It was the brainchild of Arch Ward then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune 1 Initially intended to be a one time event its great success resulted in playing the game annually Ward s contribution was recognized by Major League Baseball in 1962 with the creation of the Arch Ward Trophy given to the All Star Game s most valuable player each year 2 Contents 1 Professional all star games 1 1 North America 1 1 1 Major leagues 1 1 2 Minor leagues 1 1 3 Former events 1 2 Other regions 1 2 1 Association football 1 2 2 Australian rules football 1 2 3 Baseball 1 2 4 Basketball 1 2 5 Ice hockey 1 2 6 Rugby league 2 College all star games 3 High school all star games 4 See also 5 ReferencesProfessional all star games EditNorth America Edit Major leagues Edit Major League Baseball All Star Game National League vs American League National Basketball Association All Star Game The game has had two formats throughout its history The original format used from the first game in 1951 until 2017 pitted Eastern Conference and Western Conference all star teams Since 2018 it has followed a fantasy draft format similar to the 2011 2015 format of the NHL All Star Game see below involving the selection of players by a combination of fan player and media voting The vote leaders for each conferences are then named as team captains for each all star team who then select players from the rest of the all stars regardless of the conference they play in National Hockey League All Star Game The game has had a number of formats throughout its history The original format used from 1947 through 1968 with two exceptions saw the previous season s Stanley Cup champions take on an All Star team made up of the First and Second NHL All Star Teams plus other star players In 1951 and 1952 the competing teams were the First NHL All Star Team supplemented with stars from the league s American franchises and the Second NHL All Star Team supplemented with stars from Canadian franchises Beginning in 1969 and continuing through 2009 with some exceptions the format was geographic most recently Eastern Conference vs Western Conference For 1979 and 1987 a single team comprising the NHL s best players faced the Soviet national ice hockey team in a two game series From 1998 through 2002 the teams were divided by player nationality with a North America team made up of Canadians and Americans and a World team drawn from the rest of the world In 2006 2010 and 2014 the league did not hold an all star game instead releasing its players to play ice hockey at the Olympic Games The league held an all star game in addition to releasing its players for the Olympics in 1998 and 2002 Due to the 2004 05 NHL lockout cancelling the entire season the All Star Game was not held in 2005 In 2013 the league did not hold an all star game as well as it omitted from the schedule because of the shortened season caused by the player lockout From 2011 to 2015 a fantasy draft took place that involved the selection of 42 players six in fan voting and the other 36 by the league The selected players then chose two of these individuals as team captains From 2016 onward the All Star Game consists of a mini tournament where teams representing the league s divisions compete against each other in abbreviated games lasting only 20 minutes instead of the three 20 minute periods of normal NHL games National Football League Pro Bowl From 1938 to 1942 the NFL held an all star game with the winner of that year s NFL Championship Game against an all star team composed of players from the other teams and at least once teams outside the NFL From 1951 to 2013 the Pro Bowl followed an inter conference format Eastern vs Western from 1951 to 1969 and American Football Conference vs National Football Conference since the AFL NFL merger in 1970 The AFC vs NFC format was restored in 2017 From 2014 to 2016 it followed a draft format similar to the 2011 2015 format of the NHL All Star Game see above Note In professional American football the term all star game can also refer to the American Football League All Star game played from 1961 to 1969 or the College All Star Game played from 1934 to 1976 Major League Soccer All Star Game The game has had several formats throughout its history Originally the game pitted Eastern Conference and Western Conference all star teams This format was used for all games save one from 1996 through 2001 and also in 2004 The 1998 game pitted an MLS USA team consisting entirely of Americans against an MLS World team drawn from all other nationalities The 2002 game matched an MLS all star team against the US national team The 2003 game was the first in which an MLS all star team played a visiting foreign club team This format was used through the 2019 edition with the exception of 2004 In the 2003 game the visiting team was from Mexico from 2005 to 2019 the visiting team was based in Europe The 2021 game was the first to incorporate its current format involving all star teams from both MLS and Mexico s top league Liga MX NASCAR All Star Race Race winners from previous and current season as well as Cup champions and All Star Race winners from the previous 10 seasons WNBA All Star Game usually Eastern Conference vs Western Conference In 2004 and 2010 the East West format was not followed instead the USA national team faced a team of WNBA all stars The league does not consider these games to be official All Star Games From 2008 forward no All Star Game has been played in any Olympic year Since 2018 the All Star Game has used a draft format similar to that used by the NHL in the 2011 2015 period In the WNBA s implementation fan voting determines the two team captains though in the first game under the current format Maya Moore declined the captain s role Minor leagues Edit USAFL East vs West American Hockey League All Star Game ECHL All Star Game Legends Football League All Fantasy Game Eastern vs Western Major League Lacrosse All Star Game Eastern Conference vs Western Conference National Lacrosse League All Star Game East Division vs West Division Major Indoor Soccer League All Star Game Format varies Women s Professional Soccer All Star Game In the three years of the league s existence two different formats were used The first game in 2009 which took place after the season employed a format similar to that of recent MLS All Star Games with a team of WPS all stars taking on a visiting foreign club team specifically Umea IK of Sweden The 2010 edition took place at midseason Of the 36 players 22 were selected through a voting process and the other 14 were selected by the league The top vote getters among U S and international players respectively Abby Wambach and Marta were named captains They picked their first 10 teammates from the remaining 20 All Stars selected through the voting process with the league then filling out each roster No All Star Game was held in 2011 which turned out to be the league s final season because the season ran up against the Women s World Cup The successor to WPS the National Women s Soccer League 2013 present has never held an all star game Triple A All Star Game Baseball International League vs Pacific Coast League Southern League All Star Game Baseball North Division vs South Division AIFA Kickoff Classic American Indoor Football Association All Stars vs expansion team Former events Edit East West All Star Game 1933 1962 pairing teams of Negro league baseball players Marlboro Challenge 1987 1992 CART series winners from the current and previous seasons CFL All Star Game various years and formats Double A All Star Game 1991 2002 baseball players from American League affiliated teams vs players from National League affiliated teams Other regions Edit Association football Edit A Leagues All Stars Game A selected team from the best of the Australian football soccer league The A League All Stars play an international club annually J League All Star Soccer Japan J WEST vs J EAST generally K League All Star Game MLS All Star GameAustralian rules football Edit E J Whitten Legends Game Victoria vs All Stars a team representing the rest of Australia annual AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match Victoria vs Dream Team only edition in 2008 Baseball Edit Australian Baseball League All Star Game Team Australia vs World All Stars Chinese Professional Baseball League All Star Game Red vs White Honkbal Hoofdklasse All Star Game Netherlands North All Stars vs South All Stars KBO All Star Game Nanum vs Dream Nippon Professional Baseball All Star SeriesBasketball Edit BBL All Star Game Basketball Bundesliga Germany teams currently divided by player nationality as National Germans and International BSL All Star Game Basketball Super League Turkey teams currently divided by the location of the individual players clubs as Team Asia Anatolia and Team Europe East Thrace DBL All Star Gala Dutch Basketball League varying team compositions HEBA Greek All Star Game Greek Basket League teams currently divided by player nationality as Greek and Rest of the World LNB All Star Game LNB Pro A France teams currently divided by players citizenship as French nationals and foreign players Lega Basket All Star Game Lega Basket Serie A Italy varying team compositions LKL All Star Game Lithuania varying team compositions NBB All Star Game Brazil teams currently divided by player nationality as Brasil and Mundo World NBL All Star Game Australia varying team compositions with the current format being North vs South Philippine Basketball Association All Star Game varying team compositions with the current format being North vs South Ice hockey Edit Kontinental Hockey League All Star Game Two different formats have been used In the game s first two editions in 2009 and 2010 the competing sides were divided by player nationality Team Russia and Team World Since then the competing teams have been Team East and Team West divided between the league s two conferences Rugby league Edit National Rugby League All Stars Game Indigenous All Stars vs NRL All Stars Note This annual game involves a publicly voted selection of the best club players from the league versus an Aboriginal team in honour of reconciliation College all star games EditFootball Aztec Bowl features an all star Mexican team and currently an NCAA Division III all star team Blue Gray Football Classic defunct Casino del Sol College All Star Game originally the Eastham Energy All Star Game defunct College All Star Game defunct featured the defending NFL champions and an all star team of recent college graduates East West Shrine Game Hula Bowl Mahi Shrine North South College All Star Classic defunct Magnolia Gridiron All Star Classic defunct NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Texas vs The Nation defunct Tropical Bowl North South All American Game defunct North South All Star Classic defunct Senior Bowl Medal of Honor GameBasketball NCAA All Star Game Philippines Heroes vs Saints Reese s College All Star Game defunct UAAP NCAA All Star Game UAAP vs NCAA defunct Other sports North South Senior All Star Game the NCAA men s lacrosse all star gamesHigh school all star games EditHigh school baseball Under Armour All America Baseball Game Perfect Game All American Classic East vs West High school basketball McDonald s All American Game featuring the most highly recruited high school players from across the nation Jordan Brand Classic similar game among blue chip athletes Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic the oldest continually held high school all star game in the country It is played annually in Louisville Kentucky at Freedom Hall and features top high school boys basketball players from across the country High school football U S Army All American Bowl Under Armour All America Game Offense Defense All American Bowl NUC All World Gridiron Classic Alabama Mississippi All Star Classic Alabama vs Mississippi Big 33 Football Classic Pennsylvania vs Maryland Bayou Bowl Houston metropolitan area Texas vs Louisiana Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic Southern Tier New York vs Northern Tier Pennsylvania Lions Club All Star High School Football Classic Erie County New York vs Niagara County New York Maryland Crab Bowl Washington D C vs Baltimore Oil Bowl Texas vs Oklahoma DFW Bowl high school All Star Football Game featuring top players from Dallas vs top players from Fort Worth The game is organized by North American All Stars The game is also referred to as the North Texas East West Classic Dunmore Lions Club Dream Game City vs County Scranton Pennsylvania Longest running football all star game in the country EST 1935 Carolina Bowl Senior Showcase North Carolina vs South Carolina www CarolinaBowl com EST 2015 High school hockey CCM Hockey ShowcaseHigh school lacrosse Under Armour All American Lacrosse GameSee also EditHall of Fame Game disambiguation References Edit All Star Game History Baseball Almanac Newman Mark All Star MVP Awaits Your Vote Archived 2014 03 26 at the Wayback Machine MLB com July 10 2006 Wikimedia Commons has media related to All star games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title All star game amp oldid 1128096008, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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