The Best Team ESPY Award has been presented annually since

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

to the

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who work (human activity), works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the partic ...

, collegiate, or national

team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to in ...

, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best in a specified twelve-month period preceding the awards ceremony. In

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, the award was bifurcated and the resulting honors were styled as the

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Team of the Year and Pro Team of the Year ESPY Awards; the awards were joined once more in

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

. Between 1993 and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, the award voting panel comprised variously fans;

sportswriter Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism has its roots in coverage of horse racing and boxing in the early 1800s, mainly targeted towards elites, and into t ...

s and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired

sportsperson An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including trac ...

s, termed collectively ''experts''; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the

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from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the

iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous

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; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous.Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in

was given in consideration of performance betwixt February

and June 2002. The award wasn't awarded in

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

due to the

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List of winners

References

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List of winners from ESPN's ESPY's site
{{ESPYs ESPY Awards Awards established in 1993 1993 establishments in the United States

List of winners

See also

References