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Team of the Century and Team of the Decade are terms used in team sport to name a hypothetical best team over a given time period.

For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 years or a decade (for example the Eighties).

Teams of the decade and century are selected for both leagues and clubs and sometimes selected for other reasons, such as to honour the contribution of a particular ethnic group.

Teams of the 20th century in particular have been controversial due to their loose criteria and the systemic bias toward current players, given that the performance of players before the advent of broadcasting of matches cannot be reviewed and relies on hearsay and archival records.

The Team of the Century concept used extensively in the sport of Australian rules football, where, since the mid-1990s, leagues (such as the VFL/AFL or SANFL), as well as football clubs, have named their best team (see Football (Australian rules) positions). Teams of the decades followed.

One of the most famous examples of the team of the century concept was in 1996, when the AFL Team of the Century was named in the League's centenary season.

• AFL/VFL Team of the Century
• WAFL Team of the Century
• SANFL Team of the Century
• Italian Team of the Century
• Indigenous Team of the Century
• Greek Team of the Century
• Queensland Team of the 20th Century

• Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century
• Gaelic football Team of the Century

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