World Team of the 20th Century

World Team of the 20th Century

The World Team of the 20th Century were chosen in 1998 to comprise, as an eleven-member side divided as one goalkeeper four defenders, three midfielders, and three forwards, the best association football players of the twentieth century CE.

The team, announced by MasterCard on 10 June, 1998, in conjunction with the opening cermonies of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in Paris, France, were selected in plurality voting undertaken by a panel of 250 international football journalists from amongst the members of eleven-member sides styled as the "South American" and "European Teams of the 20th Century", selected previously by the same panel to be composed of players respectively to have represented principally member nations of the CONMEBOL and UEFA continental confederations.

Similarly constituted teams for players from the nations of CONCACAF, the Confederation of African Football, and collectively the Asian and Oceania Football Confederations were chosen by separate, smaller juries of journalists situated respectively in North and Central America, Africa, and Asia and Oceania, and announced alongside the European and South American teams, but players selected to the former sides were not considered for selection to the world team. __NOTOC__

Notes

ee also

*African Footballer of the Year, Asian Footballer of the Year, European Footballer of the Year, Oceania Footballer of the Year, Onze d'Or, South American Footballer of the Year
*FIFA 100
*FIFA World Player of the Year
*"World Soccer" Awards
*"World Soccer" players of the 20th century
*Football League 100 Legends
*UEFA Jubilee Awards
*International Federation of Football History & Statistics

References

*Brown, Gerry, and Morrison, Michael (eds.; 2003). "ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac". New York City: ESPN Books and Hyperion (joint). ISBN 0-7868-8715-X.

External links

* [http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/06/10/soccer.t_2.php Analysis of the constitution of the world team in the] "International Herald Tribune"
* [http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0765272.html Enumeration of the European, South American, and world teams by Infoplease]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/soccwallcent.shtml Enumeration of the European, South American, and world teams by HickokSports.com]
* [http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may15.htm SoccerTimes.com compilation of the five continental teams selected]

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