MNA - Iran national football team and Persepolis club clinched third spots in Asia zone in the recent International Sports Press Association (AIPS) poll.
The worldwide members of AIPS have voted to decide the winners of the prestigious World Football Team Awards.
Voting was open to all AIPS card-holders for national and club football teams from all six FIFA geographical regions.
The World Football Team Awards is a joint project by AIPS and its partner World Sports Net.
The Results:
AFRICA
National Team
1. EGYPT, with 50.8% of the vote
2. CAMEROON, (42.25%)
3. GHANA, (6.95%)
Club Team
1. AL AHLY, Egypt (63.93%)
2. COTON SPORT, Cameroon (26.78%)
3. ENYMBA, Nigeria (9.29%)
A TOTAL OF 66 AIPS National Associations voted in this category
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ASIA
National Team
1. AUSTRALIA (40.96%)
2. JAPAN (30.32%)
3. IRAN (28.72%)
Club Team
1. URAWA REDS, Japan (64.57%)
2. BUNYODKOR (formerly QURUVCHI), Tashkent (24%)
3. PIROUZI (Persepolis), Iran, (11.43%)
A TOTAL OF 65 AIPS National Associations voted in this category
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CENTRAL, CARIBBEAN AND NORTH AMERICA
National Team
1. MEXICO (47.76%)
2. UNITED STATES (31.34%)
3. COSTA RICA (20.9%)
Club Team
1. PACHUCA, Mexico (64.64%)
2. HOUSTON DYNAMO, United States (24.86%)
3. SAPRISSA, Costa Rica (10.5%)
A TOTAL OF 68 AIPS National Associations voted in this category
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EUROPE
National Team
1. SPAIN (82.65%)
2. RUSSIA (10.26%)
3. GERMANY (7.09%)
Club Team
1. MANCHESTER UNITED, England (56.48%)
2. ZENITH ST PETERSBURG, Russia (30.57%)
3. CHELSEA, England, (12.95%)
A TOTAL OF 68 AIPS National Associations voted in this category
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OCEANIA
National Team
1. NEW ZEALAND (83.89%)
2. FIJI (11.11%)
3. NEW CALEDONIA (5%)
Club Team
1. WAITAKERE UNITED, New Zealand (56.66%)
2. TEAM WELLINGTON, New Zealand (22.73%)
3. KOSSA FC, Solomon Islands (17.61%)
A TOTAL OF 66 AIPS National Associations voted in this category
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SOUTH AMERICA
National Team
1. ARGENTINA (58.95%)
2. BRAZIL 30.53%)
3. PARAGUAY (10.53%)
Club Team
1. BOCA JUNIORS, Argentina (44.92%)
2. LIGA DEPORTIVA UNIVERSITARIA, Ecuador (28.88%)
3. FLUMINENSE, Brazil (26.2%)
A TOTAL OF 67 AIPS National Associations voted in this category