THE 2023 edition of The Best FIFA Awards will be held in London, England, the world governing body has announced.
The awards ceremony is billed for January 15, 2024 in the English capital, FIFA confirmed today.
“The planet’s top players, coaches, fans, goals, and acts of fair play will be recognised in London, England when the eighth edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards™ are held in one of the world’s most passionate football cities,” FIFA said in a press release made available to Naija Times today.
“On Monday 15 January 2024 members of the global football family will gather for a glittering ceremony to honour outstanding members of the world’s most popular sport.”
The event will mark the third time that The Best FIFA Football Awards is held in London, after the 2016 and 2017 award ceremonies were staged in the city.
The nominees for eight of The Best awards were announced in September 2023.
From these shortlists, three finalists in a majority of categories have been selected by an international jury comprising of four groups: national team coaches, national team captains, specialist journalists, and fans who voted on FIFA’s official website.
According to FIFA, over one million fan votes were recorded worldwide.
Selections from the four voting groups – coaches, captains, journalists, and fans – each count for 25 per cent of the total vote, irrespective of the number of voters from each group, FIFA explained.
FIFA also said it will announce the finalists for key award categories over the coming weeks.
Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas won the men’s and women’s Player of the Year awards in 2022.
The following eleven awards will be presented at the ceremony:
The Best FIFA Women’s Player
The Best FIFA Men’s Player
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach
The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper
The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper
FIFA Puskás Award (awarded for the best goal of the year)
FIFA Fan Award
FIFA Fair Play Award
FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11
FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11
