Man of the match

In team sports, the best player in a match is often given an award called man of the match or player of the match or woman of the match.^[1][2] This award is for the person who played the best during the game. It can be a player from either team, but usually, they choose someone from the team that won. Sometimes, different sports have special ways of giving out these awards. They are really important in big games like championships or games where the best players from different teams compete. In Australia, they use the term "best and fairest" to talk about these awards, both for single games and for the whole season. In some places like North America, they call this award the "most valuable player" (MVP) or "most outstanding player" (MOP) in certain competitions. In ice hockey in North America, they even recognize three players as the best in the game, calling them the "three stars". In sports where the winner is decided by a series of games, like basketball and baseball, they often give out MVP awards for the whole series. In ice hockey's NHL, they also give an MVP award for how well a player performs throughout the entire playoffs.

1. ↑ "woman of the match - definition of woman of the match in English - Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries - English.^{[dead link]}
2. ↑ "man of the match - definition of man of the match in English - Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries - English. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.