If you’ve never watched the Puppy Bowl before then you’re really missing out.

Since 2005, Animal Planet has hosted a yearly program called the Puppy Bowl and it’s basically the dog version of the Super Bowl.
 

The event consists of different puppies that have been rescued from areas around the world that have been devastated by natural disasters. The puppies play around in a model stadium and compete for the BISSELL(R) MVP (Most Valuable Puppy) award by scoring touchdowns with different dog toys.
 

With this year’s version of the event a month away, Animal Planet officially unveiled the rosters for this year’s squads and it’s extremely hard to pick a favourite.
 

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Barry/Team Ruff/Treeing Walker Coonhound - Great Pyrenees/20 weeks/Nashville Humane Association 
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Carlo/Team Ruff/Pug/15 weeks/Miami-Dade County Animal Services
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Clyde/Team Ruff/Corgi/17 weeks/Florida Little Dog Rescue
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Joy/Team Fluff/Miniature Poodle/15 weeks/Animal Aid Inc
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Moonshine/Team Ruff/Border Collie/24 weeks/Double J Dog Ranch, ID

The event will be covered in real time on Animal Planet’s Twitter account, while their Instagram account will constantly be providing updates. On top of all that, there will also be a Puppy Bowl virtual reality series which will give viewers a glimpse of the action through the puppies’ point of view.

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Ryder/Team Ruff/Siberian Husky - Alaskan Malamute/24 weeks/Double J Dog Ranch, ID
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Sunny/Team Fluff/Pit Bull - Rottweiler/14 weeks/All But Forgotten Inc, PA
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Peanut/Team Ruff/Australian Shepherd - Pointer/15 weeks/AHEINZ57 Pet Rescue, IA
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Petree/Team Ruff/Pomeranian - Pekingese/15 weeks/Center for Animal Health and Welfare, PA
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Mr. Wigglesworth/Team Ruff/Shar-Pei/15 weeks/Florida Little Dog Rescue

After reaching just over 2 million viewers last year, Animal Planet expects this year’s version of the Puppy Bowl to be the biggest one in event history.

You can check out photos of the rest of the puppies right here.

(H/T Twitter/AnimalPlanet)