The world’s biggest football event comes with lots of new excitement, energy, and opportunities. FIFA World Cup awards were first introduced in 1982, the Golden Ball Award.
The first FIFA World Cup was introduced in 1930 when Guillermo Stabile was the top scorer of the tournament. Golden Ball award winner of World Cup. In the FIFA World Cup History every time new faces are added to the List of World Cup Awards for Golden Ball Winners, Best Player, Golden Boot Winners, top goal scorer, and Golden Glove Award.
At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
The Golden Boot is one of the most coveted individual awards in world football. Currently, the Golden Ball, Golden Boot, and Golden Gloves have been given to the top-performing players in the FIFA World Cup.
FIFA World Cup Awards
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The 2022 World Cup saw 32 nations come together all seeking to achieve the same goal, World Cup glory. The tournament is a refining process for many players.
At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
Here is the list of the FIFA World Cup Awards below,
S. No | Awards Name | Commercially Introduced | Last Winner |
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1 | Golden Ball : | World Cup 1982 | Lionel Messi (Argentina) |
2 | Golden Boot : | 1930 World Cup | Kylian Mbappe (France) |
3 | Glove Award : | Since 1930 in a similar format to the current one | Emiliano Martinez (Argentina) |
4 | Best Young Player : | World Cup 2006 | Enzo Fernandez (Argentina) |
5 | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | 1970 World Cup | England |
6 | Man of the Match Award | 2002 World Cup | |
7 | Goal of the Tournament | 1970 World Cup | |
8 | Most Entertaining Team | Determined by a poll of the general public. | |
8 | All-Star Team | Since 1990, Best Player of the tournament |
2022 FIFA World Cup awards
Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Emiliano Martinez collected the big individual prizes at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Lionel Messi could become the first player to win two Golden Balls in World Cup history from the list of FIFA World Cup Awards.
Top 4 team Rankings:
- Argentina (Winner),
- France (2nd),
- Croatia (3rd)
- Morocco (4th)
Individual Award
- Golden Boot Award: Kylian Mbappe
- Golden Ball Award: Lionel Messi
- Silver Ball: Kylian Mbappe (France)
- Bronze Ball: Luka Modric (Croatia)
- Golden Glove Award: Emiliano Martinez
- FIFA Young Player Award: Enzo Fernande
- FIFA Fair Play Award: England
- Silver Boot Award: Lionel Messi
- Bronze Boot Award: Olivier Giroud
- Silver Ball Award: Kylian Mbappe