FIFA WORLD CUP AWARDS
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At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
There are currently six awards:
★ The 'Golden Shoe' (also known as the 'Golden Boot', since 1982 commercially termed "adidas Golden Shoe") was first awarded in 1930 for top goal scorer;
★ The 'Golden Ball' (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player;
★ The 'Yashin Award' for best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994);
★ The 'FIFA Fair Play Award' for the team with the best record of fair play (first awarded in 1978);
★ The 'Most Entertaining Team' award 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, first awarded in 1994;
★ The 'Best Young Player' (currently commercially termed as "Gillette Best Young Player") award for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2006.
An 'All-Star Team' (currently commercially termed "Mastercard All-Star Team") comprising of the best players of the tournament, is also announced for each tournament since 1990.
The 'Golden Shoe Award' or 'Golden Boot' goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. Assists serve as a tiebreaker with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such. The assists will only be counted if two or more players are equal on goals scored. Further ties are settled in favor of the player with the least time played.
The award was introduced at the 1930 World Cup for the first time. The 2006 World Cup in Germany was the first time that the 'Silver' and 'Bronze' shoe awards were added to reward the second and third top scorers in the tournament. If there is more than one player with the same amount of goals, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most number of assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of minutes.
The third place match has often decided the tournament top scorer.[1]
1 FIFA initially credited Nejedlý with only four goals, which would make him joint top scorer with Angelo Schiavio of Italy and Edmund Conen of Germany. However, FIFA changed it to five goals in November 2006, making Nejedlý the outright top scorer. [2]
2 FIFA initially credited Leônidas with eight goals. However, in November 2006, FIFA confirmed that in the quarter-final tie against Czechoslovakia, he scored once, not twice as FIFA had originally recorded, meaning he scored only seven goals in total. [3] Moreover, in some sources, Leônidas was mis-credited one Brazilian goal in the first-round match against Poland, scoring four goals instead of three in the match.
3 There was controversy regarding how many goals Brazilian Ademir Menezes scored in 1950, because of incomplete data concerning the Final Round game Brazil vs. Spain (6:1). The first goal had been credited as an own goal by Spanish defender Parra, and the 5:0 goal had been credited to Jair. However, recently FIFA credited Ademir with both these goals; thus he is the 1950 World Cup top scorer with 9 goals.
4 During the tournament, after the group stage match against Costa Rica, Ronaldo logged a protest against the crediting of a goal as own goal, and FIFA granted him the change.
The 'Golden Ball' award is presented to the most valuable player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in media voting receive the adidas 'Silver Ball' and 'Bronze Ball' awards as the 2nd and 3rd most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.
This Award was first awarded in 1982.
The 'Yashin Award' for the Best Goalkeeper is named in honor of the late goalkeeper Lev Yashin (USSR). The FIFA Technical Study Group recognizes 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 both in 2002. Although the Yashin was first awarded in 1994, every All-Star Team in World Cups prior to 1998 included only one goalkeeper:
The Yashin Award was first awarded in 1994
The 'FIFA Fair Play Trophy' is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament. 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 FIFA Award for the 'Most Entertaining Team' is a fairly new accolade for the FIFA World Cup. It is a subjectively awarded prize for the team which has done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game. The award is always organized through public participation in a poll. Recent awards have been determined by an Internet vote which may not fairly and accurately represent fan demographics.
The 'Best Young Player' (commercially termed "Gillette Best Young Player") award was awarded for the first time at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's 'Lukas Podolski'. The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2006 FIFA World Cup this means that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January, 1985. The election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group.
The 'All-Star Team', currently named after its current sponsor ''MasterCard All-Star Team'', is a team of the best 23 players, chosen by FIFA's technical study group, from the World Cup Finals. The number of players was expanded from 11 to 16 at the 1998 finals, and then to the current 23.
Before 1998, journalists and experts chose a "Dream Team" with outstanding players from each playing position. The teams were chosen mostly by European and South American journalists.
Only one player has been named in three separate All-Star teams: Franz Beckenbauer of West Germany, who was included in the 1966, 1970, and 1974 editions of the All-Star Team. Eighteen others have been named to two separate All-Star teams: Luis Monti (1930 and 1934; however in 1930 he was representing Argentina while in 1934 he represented Italy); Garrincha, Valeriy Voronin and Djalma Santos (1958 and 1962); Pelé (1958 and 1970); Bobby Charlton (1966 and 1970); Berti Vogts (1974 and 1978); Michel Platini (1982 and 1986); Diego Maradona (1986 and 1990); Paolo Maldini (1990 and 1994); Dunga (1994 and 1998); Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, and Ronaldo (1998 and 2002); Lilian Thuram and Zinedine Zidane (1998 and 2006); Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose (2002 and 2006).
★ FIFA World Cup awards
1. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4354263,00.html
2. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4354263,00.html
3. Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/history/sweden_1958/
4. FIFA.com Classic Football - Garrincha bio
★ [[4]] For Mario kempes & Paolo Rossi 1978
★ [[5]] & [[6]] For Bobby Charlton 1966 Best Player
★ [[7]] For Guillermo Stábile 1930
★ [[8]] For Wolfgang Overath 1970
★ [[9]] For Kazimierz Deyna 1974
There are currently six awards:
★ The 'Golden Shoe' (also known as the 'Golden Boot', since 1982 commercially termed "adidas Golden Shoe") was first awarded in 1930 for top goal scorer;
★ The 'Golden Ball' (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player;
★ The 'Yashin Award' for best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994);
★ The 'FIFA Fair Play Award' for the team with the best record of fair play (first awarded in 1978);
★ The 'Most Entertaining Team' award 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, first awarded in 1994;
★ The 'Best Young Player' (currently commercially termed as "Gillette Best Young Player") award for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2006.
An 'All-Star Team' (currently commercially termed "Mastercard All-Star Team") comprising of the best players of the tournament, is also announced for each tournament since 1990.
| Contents |
| Golden Shoe |
| Golden Ball |
| Yashin Award |
| FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
| Most Entertaining Team |
| Best Young Player Award |
| All-Star Team |
| Notes and references |
Golden Shoe
The 'Golden Shoe Award' or 'Golden Boot' goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. Assists serve as a tiebreaker with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such. The assists will only be counted if two or more players are equal on goals scored. Further ties are settled in favor of the player with the least time played.
The award was introduced at the 1930 World Cup for the first time. The 2006 World Cup in Germany was the first time that the 'Silver' and 'Bronze' shoe awards were added to reward the second and third top scorers in the tournament. If there is more than one player with the same amount of goals, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most number of assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of minutes.
The third place match has often decided the tournament top scorer.[1]
| World Cup | Top Goalscorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 Uruguay | Guillermo Stábile | 8 |
| 1934 Italy | Oldřich Nejedlý | 5() |
| 1938 France | Leônidas da Silva | 7() |
| 1950 Brazil | Ademir | 9() |
| 1954 Switzerland | Sandor Kocsis | 11 |
| 1958 Sweden | Just Fontaine | 13 |
| 1962 Chile | Garrincha Vavá Leonel Sánchez Dražan Jerković Valentin Ivanov .png){kind=small} Hungary (1957-1989) | 4 |
| World Cup | Golden Shoe | Goals | Silver Shoe | Goals | Bronze Shoe | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Germany | Miroslav Klose | 5 | Hernán Crespo | 3 | Ronaldo | 3 |
1 FIFA initially credited Nejedlý with only four goals, which would make him joint top scorer with Angelo Schiavio of Italy and Edmund Conen of Germany. However, FIFA changed it to five goals in November 2006, making Nejedlý the outright top scorer. [2]
2 FIFA initially credited Leônidas with eight goals. However, in November 2006, FIFA confirmed that in the quarter-final tie against Czechoslovakia, he scored once, not twice as FIFA had originally recorded, meaning he scored only seven goals in total. [3] Moreover, in some sources, Leônidas was mis-credited one Brazilian goal in the first-round match against Poland, scoring four goals instead of three in the match.
3 There was controversy regarding how many goals Brazilian Ademir Menezes scored in 1950, because of incomplete data concerning the Final Round game Brazil vs. Spain (6:1). The first goal had been credited as an own goal by Spanish defender Parra, and the 5:0 goal had been credited to Jair. However, recently FIFA credited Ademir with both these goals; thus he is the 1950 World Cup top scorer with 9 goals.
4 During the tournament, after the group stage match against Costa Rica, Ronaldo logged a protest against the crediting of a goal as own goal, and FIFA granted him the change.
Golden Ball
The 'Golden Ball' award is presented to the most valuable player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in media voting receive the adidas 'Silver Ball' and 'Bronze Ball' awards as the 2nd and 3rd most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.
This Award was first awarded in 1982.
Yashin Award
The 'Yashin Award' for the Best Goalkeeper is named in honor of the late goalkeeper Lev Yashin (USSR). The FIFA Technical Study Group recognizes 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 both in 2002. Although the Yashin was first awarded in 1994, every All-Star Team in World Cups prior to 1998 included only one goalkeeper:
The Yashin Award was first awarded in 1994
| World Cup | Yashin Award winner |
|---|---|
| 1994 USA | Michel Preud'homme |
| 1998 France | Fabien Barthez |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | Oliver Kahn |
| 2006 Germany | Gianluigi Buffon |
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. 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.
| World Cup | FIFA Fair Play Award winners |
|---|---|
| 1978 Argentina | Argentina |
| 1982 Spain | |
| 1986 Mexico | |
| 1990 Italy | |
| 1994 USA | |
| 1998 France | |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | |
| 2006 Germany |
Most Entertaining Team
The FIFA Award for the 'Most Entertaining Team' is a fairly new accolade for the FIFA World Cup. It is a subjectively awarded prize for the team which has done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game. The award is always organized through public participation in a poll. Recent awards have been determined by an Internet vote which may not fairly and accurately represent fan demographics.
| World Cup | Most Entertaining Team Award |
|---|---|
| 1998 France | |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | |
| 2006 Germany |
Best Young Player Award
The 'Best Young Player' (commercially termed "Gillette Best Young Player") award was awarded for the first time at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's 'Lukas Podolski'. The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2006 FIFA World Cup this means that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January, 1985. The election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group.
All-Star Team
The 'All-Star Team', currently named after its current sponsor ''MasterCard All-Star Team'', is a team of the best 23 players, chosen by FIFA's technical study group, from the World Cup Finals. The number of players was expanded from 11 to 16 at the 1998 finals, and then to the current 23.
Before 1998, journalists and experts chose a "Dream Team" with outstanding players from each playing position. The teams were chosen mostly by European and South American journalists.
Only one player has been named in three separate All-Star teams: Franz Beckenbauer of West Germany, who was included in the 1966, 1970, and 1974 editions of the All-Star Team. Eighteen others have been named to two separate All-Star teams: Luis Monti (1930 and 1934; however in 1930 he was representing Argentina while in 1934 he represented Italy); Garrincha, Valeriy Voronin and Djalma Santos (1958 and 1962); Pelé (1958 and 1970); Bobby Charlton (1966 and 1970); Berti Vogts (1974 and 1978); Michel Platini (1982 and 1986); Diego Maradona (1986 and 1990); Paolo Maldini (1990 and 1994); Dunga (1994 and 1998); Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, and Ronaldo (1998 and 2002); Lilian Thuram and Zinedine Zidane (1998 and 2006); Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose (2002 and 2006).
Notes and references
★ FIFA World Cup awards
1. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4354263,00.html
2. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4354263,00.html
3. Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/history/sweden_1958/
4. FIFA.com Classic Football - Garrincha bio
★ [[4]] For Mario kempes & Paolo Rossi 1978
★ [[5]] & [[6]] For Bobby Charlton 1966 Best Player
★ [[7]] For Guillermo Stábile 1930
★ [[8]] For Wolfgang Overath 1970
★ [[9]] For Kazimierz Deyna 1974
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