{"id":10914,"date":"2023-12-12T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=10914"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:44:02","slug":"first-finalists-for-the-best-fifa-football-awards-2023-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/first-finalists-for-the-best-fifa-football-awards-2023-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"First finalists for The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 2023 revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>FIFA has announced the finalists in the women\u2019s and men\u2019s goalkeeper categories<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Winners will be crowned on Monday 15 January 2024 in London, England<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>More finalists will be announced soon as the final FIFA tournament of a successful 2023 \u2013 the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023\u2122 \u2013 continues in Jeddah<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper awards for the 2023 edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The finalists for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mackenzie Arnold (Australia \/ West Ham United FC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catalina Coll (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mary Earps (England \/ Manchester United)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The finalists for The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yassine Bounou (Morocco \/ Sevilla FC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thibaut Courtois (Belgium \/ Real Madrid CF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ederson (Brazil \/ Manchester City FC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These two awards are bestowed upon the outstanding goalkeepers in women\u2019s and men\u2019s football as selected by an international jury comprising of four groups: women\u2019s\/men\u2019s national team coaches (one per team), women\u2019s\/men\u2019s national team captains (one per team), one specialist journalist from each territory represented by a national team, and fans from all over the world registered on FIFA.com. The full voting and award process are detailed in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2249149_en&amp;name=Vzg6CXnvtuDuyF08QA1277BdhKTMqsAn&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUd6Q4r8MEyh6ZWb50wh0ZDkPDnoGI%2fhO%2facgPIz17W0BrQ1VlnL4J8UxI%2feNW%2bg%2fuCMUuCUvpz64Q%3d%3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rules of Allocation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Insights into the outstanding performances of Arnold, Coll, and Earps throughout the qualifying period can be accessed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2249149_en&amp;name=TIhpsSHtTEw%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUd6Q4r8MEyh6ZWb50wh0ZDkPDnoGI%2fhO%2fYT30bSt02aEYeycsDPDlYSku7tHell676QXS8mnLHMvqH7SnX%2fSp%2fJVyDe1G39JZ2jUxl9pawIqxtqFr35xE9SIkL9pL88TYvteNq7dLtBtp591hDviM2qRnF5oRuUPPo%3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Similarly, the superb showings that led to Bounou, Courtois, and Ederson being named as the men\u2019s final three can be viewed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2249149_en&amp;name=TIhpsSHtTEw%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUd6Q4r8MEyh6ZWb50wh0ZDkPDnoGI%2fhO%2fYT30bSt02aEYeycsDPDlYSku7tHell676QXS8mnLHMvqH7SnX%2fSp%2fJH%2f7yvr60qGtx3vhwGNBkn%2f3zIlTeY4atMvYb%2bRt9WkVtLxX31%2fsFg6gK0dw05RNmwkAeqnMlMYCop3xFpvY0dPSWC9kA3mhy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA will announce more finalists for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 soon. These announcements will include the finalists for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Coach, The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player, and the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 will be crowned at a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2249149_en&amp;name=Ju%2f648DT2BiJqAA8%2fdzC88ZrEcJKHwmY1sUHtd6R3l50hYa9Uy17iiDmddd9OxcPaJfeAJ9xTiLPKw8Jj8ACnA%3d%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUd6Q4r8MEyh6W9GiPzwPdWlVQPjcXkl6gpdHTN6vGbYvHAYgAdbptHVN3zgkAHihX0i8D9lbnkNDKVX71iNu1zkr9F67Bwiy%2bHqkMmKTXy0C3xjaZRpUlHwlZqFtcwPTWE%3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">special ceremony on Monday 15 January 2024 in London, England<\/a>. Next month\u2019s ceremony will mark the third time that FIFA has held The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, after the 2017 and 2018 award ceremonies were staged in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper awards for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIP-1-1.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10904,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/london-set-to-host-the-best-fifa-football-awards-on-15-january-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":10914,"position":0},"title":"London set to host The Best FIFA Football Awards on 15 January 2024","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"London will host The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 2023Ceremony to honour world\u2019s best to be held on 15 January 2024Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas were among the 2022 winners The planet\u2019s top players, coaches, fans, goals, and acts of fair play will be recognised in London, England when the eighth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-1.jpeg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-1.jpeg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-1.jpeg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-1.jpeg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-1.jpeg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8471,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-re-elected-by-acclamation-at-historic-fifa-congress\/","url_meta":{"origin":10914,"position":1},"title":"FIFA President Gianni Infantino re-elected by acclamation at historic FIFA Congress","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Gianni Infantino receives mandate to begin second term as FIFA President during the 73rd\u00a0FIFA Congress President Infantino makes pledges to ensure continued growth of the global game Substantial prize money increase for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup announced Gianni Infantino will serve a second term as FIFA President after being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/sports-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12188,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/fifa-bans-ugandan-players-and-referees-for-match-fixing\/","url_meta":{"origin":10914,"position":2},"title":"FIFA Bans Ugandan Players and Referees For Match-Fixing","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"World football governing body, FIFA, has banned Ugandan players and referees who were earlier suspended by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) in 2023 for match fixing . 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