The long-awaited moment has arrived. He Ballon d’Or 2024 is about to be decided. This is one of the most prestigious awards in the world. The best footballers of the year are awarded, both in men’s and women’s disciplines, and this recognition is given by the magazine France Football. As in the last edition, the Châtelet theater in Paris will host the event that will begin at 8:30 p.m.
What is the voting criteria for the Ballon d’Or?
In total, 180 journalists from the 100 best-ranked nations according to FIFA are in charge of carrying out the vote, in addition to voting for the winner of the Yashin Trophy, unlike the Kopa Trophy for which only living Ballon d’Or winners vote.
The selection format for the Ballon d’Or is as follows. The journalists from the L’Équipe and France Football editorial offices elect a total of 30 nominees those they consider the deserving winners of the trophy. In addition, for the women’s discipline, there will be 20 candidate players, and for the Yachine and Kopa Trophies, ten.
The winner will be of the season, not the year
Another of the most notable changes since the previous edition of the Ballon d’Or It has to do with the period of time in which the winner will be chosen. Until the 2021this award was as a result of the player’s performance in a calendar year. Since 2022, after many change requests, it is awarded to the best of the season: from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
Reduction of countries with the right to vote
Another of the novelties recently implemented in the voting of the Ballon d’Or It has to do with the locations that can participate. In this case, The Team has declared that only the first hundred countries classified in the ranking may be in the election of the male winner FIFA.
In the case of the women’s category, only the 50 The first classified are those chosen to choose the winner of this award, which currently holds Aitana Bonmatí
What aspects of the nominees are valued?
The subjective role of voting based on each journalist’s taste for the nominee should not influence their final vote since other factors must be taken into account. The first is the state of form shown during the seasonwhere statistics such as goals, matches, influence on the game, etc. enter. The second factor is the collective titles achieved during the current calendar yearboth clubs and national teams. Here the importance of the player within the team comes into play when it comes to obtaining the title. The last factor to take into account is the public image of the playerboth on and off the field where the Fair Play of the player or the person’s philanthropic acts.
According to L’Équipe, a medium related to the magazine France Football, organizer of the event, the criteria are framed as follows:
“The Ballon d’Or is an individual award. Criterion number 1 will focus mainly on the individual performance and the decisive and impactful character of the contenders.
Since football remains a collective sport despite everything, criterion number 2 will focus on the collective performance and the record accumulated during the season. Finally, criterion number 3 It will refer to the class of the player and his sense of fair play. Because Setting an example also counts. The most attentive will have noticed the disappearance of the ‘player career’ criterion,” he reflects.
The ten selected footballers receive 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. The Ballon d’Or is awarded to the player with the highest number of points. In the event of a tie, the players are separated by the number of first place votes. If the tie remains, they are separated by the number of votes for second place, then by the number of votes for third place, and so on. The editor-in-chief of France Football, in his capacity as organizer, will decide on any dispute arising from the vote.
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