At the end of each
FIFA World Cup
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final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams who have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.
Awards
*There are currently five post-tournament awards from the FIFA Technical Study Group:
**the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "
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Golden Ball") for best player, first awarded in
1982
Events January
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;
**the Golden Boot (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Boot", formerly known as the "adidas Golden Shoe" from 1982 to 2006) for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1982;
**the Golden Glove (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Glove", formerly known as the "
Lev Yashin
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Award" from 1994 to 2006) for best goalkeeper, first awarded in
1994
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;
**the FIFA Young Player Award (formerly known as the "Best Young Player Award" from 2006 to 2010) for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in
2006
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;
**the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team that advanced to the second round with the best record of fair play, first awarded in
1970
Events
January
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.
*There is currently one award voted on by fans during the tournament.:
**the Player of the Match (currently commercially termed "
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Player of the Match", formerly known as the "Man of the Match" from 2002 to 2018) for outstanding performance during each match of the tournament, first awarded in
2002
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.
*There are currently two awards voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament:
**the Goal of the Tournament, (currently commercially termed "
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Goal of the Tournament") for the fans' best goal scored during the tournament, first awarded in
2006
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;
**the Most Entertaining Team for the team that has entertained the public the most, during the World Cup final tournament, as determined by a poll of the general public.
*One other award was given between 1994 and 2006:
**an All-Star Team comprising the best players of the tournament chosen by the FIFA Technical Study Group. From 2010 onwards, all Dream Teams or Statistical Teams are unofficial, as reported by FIFA itself.
Golden Ball
The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee (Technical Study Group) and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the ''Silver Ball'' and ''Bronze Ball'' awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively. The current award was introduced in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, sponsored by
Adidas
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and ''
France Football
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''.
[ 1982 FIFA World Cup Technical Report, page 222: Paolo Rossi wins both adidas/France Football World Cup Trophies] At the 2022 FIFA World Cup,
Lionel Messi
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became the first player to win two Golden Balls.
Official award
Unofficial award
In July 1978, a panel of 23 international experts which consisted of critics, coaches, and former players each chose the five best players of the 1978 tournament.
Mario Kempes
Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi (; born 15 July 1954) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. A prolific goalscorer, he finished as La Liga's top goalscorer twice with Valencia and amassed 11 ...
got the most votes as a result of the counting. FIFA website and
RSSSF
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also mentioned Kempes as a Golden Ball winner. The FIFA website and
RSSSF
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only mention
Dirceu
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as the Bronze Ball winner, even though
Dirceu
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and
Hans Krankl
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Club career
Krankl started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed ...
had the same amount of top five finishes.
Notable former selections
Authoritative football
historian
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and
statistician
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It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...
Ejikeme Ikwunze
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, popularly called "Mr. Football", published a list of the best players in his book ''World Cup (1930-2010): A Statistical Summary'', and it gained the most attention among experts' selections about the best players until 1974. This work is part of the official FIFA library and received public recognition from his former presidents
Joao Havelange and
Joseph Blatter
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. ''
Sports Illustrated
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'' and a writer Nick Holt also reported the same list. A considerable number of other media including FIFA website agreed in several cases such as
José Nasazzi
José Nasazzi Yarza (24 March 1901 – 17 June 1968) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender. He captained his country when they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.
Career
He was born in Bella Vista, Montevideo to Giuseppe ...
,
Leônidas
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,
Zizinho
Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 19 ...
,
Didi
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Arts and entertainment
* "Didi" (song), a song by Khaled
* Didi, the principal character in ''Didi's Comedy Show'', a German comedy television show
* Didi Pickles, mother of Tommy and Dil in the cartoons ''Rugrats'' and ''All ...
,
Garrincha
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,
Bobby Charlton
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,
Pelé (Gold and Silver Ball),
Johan Cruyff
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,
Franz Beckenbauer (Silver Ball),
Josef Masopust
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(Silver Ball),
Fritz Walter
Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (, ; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany an ...
(Bronze Ball),
György Sárosi
György Sárosi (; 5 August 1912 – 20 June 1993) was a Hungarian footballer. Sárosi was a complete footballer renowned for his versatility and technique among other things, and he played in several positions for Ferencváros and the Hungary ...
(Bronze Ball) and
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...
(Bronze Ball).
The FIFA website lists
Sándor Kocsis
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as the
1954 Golden Ball winner.
On 2 August 1950, German newspaper
''Kicker'' (then ''Sport-Magazin'') published an article, written by Dr. Friedebert Becker, in which Dr. Becker chose in his opinion the best players of the tournament.
''
France Football
''France Football'' is a French weekly magazine containing football news from all over the world. It is considered to be one of the most reputable sports publications in Europe, mostly because of its photographic reports, in-depth and exclusiv ...
'', the sponsor of Golden Ball and
Ballon d'Or
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, selected the best player of the 1966 FIFA World Cup at that time with ''
L'Équipe
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'', and
Bobby Charlton
Sir Robert Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World ...
became the winner. The FIFA website also seems to agree on
Bobby Charlton
Sir Robert Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World ...
winning the Golden Ball
and
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...
winning the Bronze Ball.
In 1998 the Argentinian newspaper
''Clarín'' provided a brief description of each star player dating back to 1930. Some are controversial decisions as is the case with retrospective awards. The 1998 winner was awarded after the tournament ended.
Golden Boot
The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the goalscorers, the first time an award was given was in 1982,
under the name Golden Shoe.
[ It was rechristened Golden Boot in 2010.] FIFA sometimes lists the top goalscorers of previous Cups among the Golden Boot winners.
If there is more than one player with the same number of goals, since 1994 the tie-breaker goes to the player with more assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie (since 2006) is decided by minutes played in the tournament, with the player playing fewest minutes ranked first. A Silver Boot and a Bronze Boot are also awarded for the second and third-highest goalscorers respectively.
Golden Glove
The Golden Glove award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The award was introduced with the name "Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the h ...
Award" in 1994, in honor of the late Soviet
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goalkeeper. It was rechristened "Golden Glove" in 2010. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the top goalkeeper of the tournament based on the player's performance throughout the final competition. Although goalkeepers have this specific award for their position, they are still eligible for the Golden Ball as well, as when Oliver Kahn was awarded in 2002.
FIFA Young Player Award
The FIFA Young Player Award ("Best Young Player Award" 2006–2010) was awarded for the first time at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's Lukas Podolski
Lukas Josef Podolski (; born Łukasz Józef Podolski, , on 4 June 1985) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze. Known for his powerful and accurate left foot, he is known for his explosive ...
.[ The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2022 World Cup, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 2001.
In 2006, the election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group.
FIFA organised a survey on the Internet for users to choose the "Best Young Player" of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. With 61% of the overall vote, the winner was Pelé, who finished ahead of the ]Peru
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vian Teófilo Cubillas
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, the best young player at Mexico 1970, and England's Michael Owen
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, who reached similar heights at France 98.
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play
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during the World Cup final tournament since 1970. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.
The appearance of the award was originally a certificate. From 1982 to 1990, it was a golden trophy based on Sport Billy
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, a football-playing cartoon character from 1982 who became an icon for FIFA Fair play. Ever since 1994, it is simply a trophy with an elegant footballer figure. Peru
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was the first nation to win the award after receiving no yellow or red cards in the 1970 FIFA World Cup
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held in Mexico.
Player of the Match
The Player of the Match
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(POTM) award picks the outstanding player in every match of the tournament. The award was introduced with the name "Man of the Match" in 2002. It was rechristened "Player of the Match" in 2022.
While the inaugural two editions were chosen by the technical group, since 2010, Player of the Match is picked by an online poll on FIFA's website.
Total awards
''As of 18 December 2022''
By country
''As of 18 December 2022''
Most Entertaining Team
The Most Entertaining Team award is a subjectively awarded prize for the team that had done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game, organised through public participation in a poll starting in 1994.[
]
All-Star Team
The All-Star Team is a team of the best performers at the respective World Cup finals. Since 1994, FIFA decided to add official best squads, chosen by its Technical Study Group under the brand name '' MasterCard All-Star Team''. For 1998, 2002 and 2006, substitute and reserve members were also nominated for full squads.
Official team
Unofficial team
FIFA published the first All-Star Team in 1938, but it never made All-Star Team again until 1990 due to ensuing complaints. In January 1959, the host of 1958 tournament Swedish Federation published an All-Star Team based on 720 answers out of 1,200 experts. In 1990 there was an All-Star Team announced in combination with the Golden Ball ceremony. It was chosen by the same journalists who chose the best player, but this team is still considered unofficial.
After FIFA changed its sponsor from MasterCard to Visa
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in 2007, it published Team of the Tournament based on statistical data of other sponsors, which evaluates players' performances. FIFA explained these are not official.
Since 2010, the fans' ''Dream Team'' has been voted by online poll of FIFA website, but FIFA explained this is also not official team.
Statistical teams
Since the beginning many newspapers gave players points to players based on their performances at the World Cup. Some are based in statistics, but some were just rankings given by experts. Castrol Football has given retrospective rankings to players until 1966 with their expert panel consisting of people such as Cristiano Ronaldo
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, Arsène Wenger
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, Marcel Desailly
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, Cafu
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, Alan Shearer
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, Emilio Butragueño
Emilio Butragueño Santos (; born 22 July 1963) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
He was best known for his spell with Real Madrid. Nicknamed ''El Buitre'' (The Vulture), he was a member of the '' La Quinta del Buitre'' ...
, Ronald Koeman
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, Pierluigi Collina
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Collina is still ...
, Ottmar Hitzfeld
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, Gary Bailey
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, Peter Stöger
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As a player Stöger won the Austrian championship 4 times, the cup 3 times. As a coach or sporting director Stöger won the Austrian championship 2 times and ...
, Mohamed Al-Deayea
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and Stanislav Levý.
Selections by media
Many different newspapers, sports journalists, managers and former players have picked their All-Star teams for the tournaments over the years. Newspapers which picked their All-Star teams include ''Sport-Magazin'', ''Mundo Esportivo, France Football
''France Football'' is a French weekly magazine containing football news from all over the world. It is considered to be one of the most reputable sports publications in Europe, mostly because of its photographic reports, in-depth and exclusiv ...
, Associated Press
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, Estadio, El Gráfico, Goles, Guerin Sportivo, Crónica, El Mercurio
''El Mercurio'' (known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's newspaper of record and it is considered the oldest daily in ...
, La Prensa, Clarín, La Razón, El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
, L'Équipe
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, Mundo Deportivo
''Mundo Deportivo'' (; meaning ''Sports World'' in English) is a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona.
History and profile
''Mundo Deportivo'' was first published on 1 February 1906, as a weekly newspaper, and since 1 ...
, De Volkskrant
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Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized c ...
, La Gazzetta dello Sport
''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' (; "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy (in 2018).
History and profile
''La ...
, Don Balón, La Stampa
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History and profile
The paper was fou ...
, Kicker
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Sports
* Placekicker, a position in American and Canadian football
* ''Kicker'' (sports magazine), in Germany
* Kicker, the German colloquial term for an association football player
* Kicker, the word used i ...
, Deporte Gráfico, Spotivo Sur, Match
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, Fußball Woche,'' ''Placar
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, Shoot!, BBC Sport
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, Süddeutsche Zeitung
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History ...
'', ''Diario AS
''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football.
Profile
''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of M ...
'' and ''Marca''.
Sports journalists, managers and former players who picked their All-Star teams include Dr. Friedebert Becker, Gabriel Hanot, Enzo Bearzot
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Nicknamed ''Vecio'' (standard I ...
, Pelé, Roberto Bettega
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A prolific and athletic player, Bettega is mostly remembered for his successful time at his hometown club Juventus, where he won several titles ...
, Eugenio Bersellini
Eugenio Bersellini (10 June 1936 – 17 September 2017) was an Italian football player and manager.
He was nicknamed ''Il sergente di ferro'' ("The iron sergeant") because of the very hard training sessions he used to impose on his players.
He ...
, Giovanni Trapattoni
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, Massimo Giacomini
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, Sandro Mazzola
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, Paolo Carosi, Jimmy Greaves
James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Greaves is regarded as one of England’s best ever players. He is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer ...
, Pichi Alonso
Àngel "Pichi" Alonso Herrera (born 17 December 1954) is a Spanish retired football striker and manager.
A player with a prolific scoring rate, though he never won the Pichichi Trophy, he represented, amongst others, both Barcelona major clubs ...
and Johan Cruyff
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (, internationally known as Johan Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was a ...
.
Rumours
Until 1990, FIFA did not publish the All-Star Team, but some blog
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level websites put up the list of best teams from 1930 edition to 1990 edition. According to them, a technical study group consisting of journalists - mostly from Europe and South America - and experts has historically chosen the team. However, this list lacks reliable sources to be recognized as awards. FIFA website mentioned Djalma Santos
Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos known simply as Djalma Santos (; also spelled Dejalma Santos), (27 February 192923 July 2013) was a Brazilian footballer who started for the Brazil national team in four World Cups, winning two, in 1958 and 196 ...
(1954, 1958, 1962), Franz Beckenbauer (1966, 1970, 1974), and Elías Figueroa
Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander (born 25 October 1946) is a Chilean former footballer who played for several clubs during his long career, notably his hometown club Santiago Wanderers, Brazilian club Internacional and Uruguayan club Peñarol. ...
(1974) as winners among the list, but it did not announce all winners.
Goal of the Tournament
The Goal of the Tournament award was awarded for the first time at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...
.
* Scores and results list the goal tally of the players' team first.
Official winners
Unofficial winners
In 2020 and 2021, FIFA's official YouTube channel made videos of the top ten goals of the following three tournaments.
Nominees
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
See also
* FIFA Women's World Cup awards
At the end of each FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.
Awards
*There are currently five post-tournament awards from t ...
* UEFA European Championship awards At the end of each UEFA European Championship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
Awards
There are currently five post-tournament awards, and o ...
* Copa América awards
At the end of each Copa América final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.
Awards
There are currently five post-tournament awards
* the Best Player ...
* Africa Cup of Nations awards At the end of each Africa Cup of Nations final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.
Awards
There are currently six post-tournament awards
* the Best P ...
* AFC Asian Cup awards At the end of each AFC Asian Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.
Awards
There are currently five post-tournament awards
* the Most Valuab ...
* CONCACAF Gold Cup awards At the end of each CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.
Awards
*There are currently five post-tournament awards from the Tourna ...
* OFC Nations Cup awards At the end of each OFC Nations Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.
Awards
There are currently four post-tournament awards
* the Best Pla ...
References
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External links
FIFA World Cup Awards on FIFA website
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Awards
World Cup
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