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London will host The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 <\/em>
2023Ceremony to honour world\u2019s best to be held on 15 January 2024<\/em>
Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas were among the 2022 winners<\/em>

The planet\u2019s 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\u2122 are held in one of the world\u2019s most passionate football cities.

On Monday 15 January 2024 members of the global football family will gather for a glittering ceremony to honour outstanding members of the world\u2019s most popular sport. Next month\u2019s event will mark the third time that FIFA has held The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, after the 2016 and 2017 award ceremonies were staged in the city.

The\u00a0nominees for eight of The Best awards<\/a>\u00a0were 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\u2019s official website.

Over\u00a0one million fan votes<\/a>\u00a0were recorded worldwide. Selections from the four voting groups \u2013 coaches, captains, journalists, and fans \u2013 each count for 25 per cent of the total vote, irrespective of the number of voters from each group.

FIFA will announce the finalists for key award categories over the coming weeks. The following eleven awards will be presented at the ceremony: The Best FIFA Women\u2019s PlayerThe Best FIFA Men\u2019s PlayerThe Best FIFA Women\u2019s CoachThe Best FIFA Men\u2019s CoachThe Best FIFA Women\u2019s GoalkeeperThe Best FIFA Men\u2019s GoalkeeperFIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award (awarded for the best goal of the year)FIFA Fan AwardFIFA Fair Play AwardFIFA FIFPRO Women\u2019s World 11FIFA FIFPRO Men\u2019s World 11

The Rules of Allocation for each award can be accessed\u00a0here<\/a>.
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