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:
[2018 FIFA World Cup Technical Report](_blank)
**the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "
adidas
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Golden Ball") for best player, first awarded in
1982
Events
January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
.
**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
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) was a Soviet professional footballer considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport. He was the first and only goalkeeper to win a Ballon d'Or, a feat whi ...
Award" from 1994 to 2006) for best goalkeeper, first awarded in
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
;
**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
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
;
**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
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
.
*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 "
Hyundai
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Goal of the Tournament") for the fans' best goal scored during the tournament, first awarded in
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
;
**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
''France Football'' is a French monthly 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 exclus ...
''.
[ 1982 FIFA World Cup Technical Report, page 222: Paolo Rossi wins both adidas/France Football World Cup Trophies] Oliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn (; born 15 June 1969) is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in t ...
is to date the only goalkeeper to have won the award, which he did in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. At the 2022 FIFA World Cup,
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Major League Soccer ...
became the first player to win a second Golden Ball.
Official winners (1982–present)
Unofficial winner (1978 Argentina)
A group of journalists and experts selected the best player of the
1978 tournament,
and their selection is recognised by the
FIFA
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website. FIFA recognises only this selection besides the Golden Ball award.
Hans Krankl
Johann "Hans" Krankl (; born 14 February 1953) is an Austrian former professional footballer. A prolific striker, he is regarded by many as one of Austria's greatest players.
Club career
Krankl started his professional career at Rapid Wien a ...
received the same number of votes as
Dirceu
Dirceu José Guimarães, known as Dirceu (; 15 June 1952 – 15 September 1995), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, notably for Botafogo and the Brazil national team as well as numerous Italian teams in the 1980s� ...
at the time,
and was not chosen as the third best player by FIFA later.
Media's selections (1930–1974)
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, a ...
Ejikeme Ikwunze, 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 1978. This work is part of the official FIFA library.
A considerable number of other media agreed with him.
On 2 August 1950, Dr. , the editor-in-chief of
''Kicker'' (then ''Sport-Magazin''), chose his best players of the tournament.
''
France Football
''France Football'' is a French monthly 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 exclus ...
'', the sponsor of Golden Ball and
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual association football, football award presented by French magazine ''France Football'' since 1956 Ballon d'Or, 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season.
Conceived ...
, selected the best player of the 1966 FIFA World Cup at that time with ''
L'Équipe
''L'Équipe'' (, French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of association football, rugby, motorsport, and cycling. Its predecessor, '' ...
'', and
Bobby Charlton
Sir Robert Charlton (11 October 1937 – 21 October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, left winger or centre-forward. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member ...
became the winner.
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 (; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) was a Soviet professional footballer considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport. He was the first and only goalkeeper to win a Ballon d'Or, a feat whi ...
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
The 2006 FIFA World Cup 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 event in July 2000. Teams represe ...
in Germany and given to Germany's
Lukas Podolski
Lukas Josef Podolski (; born Łukasz Józef Podolski, , 4 June 1985) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward or attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze. He is kno ...
.
[ The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the ]2022 World Cup
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, 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
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...
, who finished ahead of the Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian Teófilo Cubillas
Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is considered Peru's greatest ever player and one of the best in the history of South America. In an IFFHS poll he wa ...
, the best young player at Mexico 1970, and England's Michael Owen
Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool, Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid, Newcastle United ...
, who reached similar heights at France 98.
The winner of the award has only been part of the winning country three times. Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...
in 1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
, Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and Captain (association football), captains ...
in 2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
, and Enzo Fernández
Enzo Jeremías Fernández (born 17 January 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chelsea and the Argentina national team. Primarily a central midfielder, he is also capable of playing as a defensive ...
in 2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
.
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play 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
''Sport Billy'' is an animated television series produced in 1980 by Filmation in the United States based on a German comic book created by Rolf Deyhle in 1977, whose eponymous hero is a boy who promotes sportsmanship. A single 26-episode season ...
, 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
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
was the first nation to win the award after receiving no yellow or red cards in the 1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...
held in Mexico.
Player of the Match
The Player of the Match
In team sport, a player of the match award (also known as man of the match or woman of the match) is often given to the most outstanding player in a particular match. This can be a player from either team, although the player is generally chose ...
(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
Official winners (1994–2006)
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.
Other selections
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 monthly 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 exclus ...
'', Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
, ''Estadio, El Gráfico, Goles, Guerin Sportivo
The ''Guerin Sportivo'' is an Italian sports magazine. It is the oldest sport magazine in the world.
Journalists who worked for the magazine include Gianni Brera, Indro Montanelli, Giorgio Tosatti, Darwin Pastorin, Carlo Nesti, Mario Sconc ...
, Crónica, El Mercurio
(known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P. (''Sociedad Anónima Periodística'' 'joint stock news company'), which operates a network of ...
, La Prensa, Clarín, La Razón, El País
(; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. 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 . is the most read newspaper in ...
, L'Équipe
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, Mundo Deportivo
''Mundo Deportivo'' (; ) 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 1929 daily. It is the oldest sports ...
, De Volkskrant
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Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium- ...
, La Gazzetta dello Sport
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History and profile
was fou ...
, Don Balón
''Don Balón'' is a Spanish weekly sports magazine specializing in Spanish and international football. The magazine was published in Barcelona between 1975 and 2011. It was distributed on five continents.
Since 2011 ''Don Balón'' has been a ful ...
, La Stampa
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, Kicker
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Sports
* Placekicker, a position in American and Canadian football
* ''Kicker'' (magazine), sports magazine in Germany
* Kicker, the German colloquial term for an association football player
* Kicker, the wor ...
, 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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, Diario AS
''Diario AS'' () (sometime stylized as ''AS'' or ''As''; ) is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on association football.
Profile
''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns ''El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The ...
'' and ''Marca''.
Sports journalists, managers and former players who picked their All-Star teams include Dr. Friedebert Becker, Gabriel Hanot
Gabriel Hanot (; 6 November 1889 – 10 August 1968) was a French association football, footballer and journalist (the editor of ''L'Équipe''). The UEFA Champions League, European Cup—which became the UEFA Champions League—was the brainch ...
, Enzo Bearzot
Enzo Bearzot (; 26 September 1927 – 21 December 2010) was an Italian professional football player and manager. A defender and midfielder in his playing career, he also coached the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
...
, Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...
, Roberto Bettega
Roberto Bettega (; born 27 December 1950) is an Italian former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
A prolific and athletic player, Bettega is mostly remembered for his successful time at his ...
, 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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References
External links
Sandro Mazzola
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, Paolo Carosi, Jimmy Greaves
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, Pichi Alonso
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A player with a prolific scoring rate, though he never won the Pichichi Trophy, he represented, amongst others, both Barcelona ...
and Johan Cruyff
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.
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
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He was best known for his spell with Real Madrid. Nicknamed ''El Buitre'' (The Vulture), he was a member of the '' La Quinta ...
, Ronald Koeman
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, Pierluigi Collina
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, Ottmar Hitzfeld
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, Gary Bailey
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, Peter Stöger
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As a player Stöger played as a midfielder and won the Austrian Football Bundesliga, Austrian championship four times and the Austrian ...
, Mohamed Al-Deayea
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and Stanislav Levý
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.
There are rumours about "official" World Cup All-Star teams across the internet. The same teams have been published on many websites includin
football.sporting99.com
worldcupbrazil.net
talksport
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an
thesoccerworldcups.com
It is unclear where these teams originated, but the earliest they can be found on the internet was in the October of 2011 on the football.sporting99.com website.
1930 Uruguay
1934 Italy
Unofficial winners (1938 France)
FIFA published the first All-Star Team in 1938, but it never made All-Star Team again until 1990 due to ensuing complaints.
1950 Brazil
1954 Switzerland
Unofficial winners (1958 Sweden)
In January 1959, host Swedish Football Association
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published an All-Star Team based on 720 answers out of 1,200 experts.
1962 Chile
1966 England
1970 Mexico
1974 West Germany
1978 Argentina
1982 Spain
1986 Mexico
Unofficial winners (1990 Italy)
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.
Statistical winners (2010–2018)
After FIFA changed its sponsor from MasterCard to Visa
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* Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country
* Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company
** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Vi ...
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.
Fan Dream Team (2010–2018)
Since 2010, the ''Fan Dream Team'' has been voted by online poll of FIFA website, but FIFA explained this is also not official team.
2022 Qatar
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 was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...
.
* 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
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 th ...
* 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, a ...
* Copa América awards
This is a list of awards presented to players and teams that have distringuished themselves at the end of each Copa América final tournament.
Awards
There are currently five post-tournament awards:
* the Golden Ball for most valuable player, fi ...
* Africa Cup of Nations awards
* 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 Valua ...
* CONCACAF Gold Cup awards
* OFC Nations Cup awards
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External links
FIFA World Cup Awards
on FIFA.com (archived)
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Awards
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
An award may be d ...
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
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