Ballon d’Or 2022: Ballon d’Or new changes – France Football have announced that their yearly award for the best player in world football, the Ballon d’Or, will undergo several reforms ahead of next year’s edition after criticism over Lionel Messi being awarded his 7th Ballon d’Or title earlier this season. The 2022 Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place in October 2022. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news and updates.
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France Football has announced the Ballon d’Or will now be given to the best player over a standard European season rather than during a calendar year.
The 2021-22 campaign will end with the 2022 Women’s Euros, and the 2022 World Cup will be included in the 2022-23 awards. pic.twitter.com/tk7z7zuqDW
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Ballon d’Or: What are the new changes in the Ballon d’Or?
- Voting will now be based on performance during a season rather than a calendar year. The 2022 award will be based on the 2021/22 campaign, with the Women’s Euros in July 2022 the final matches to be considered. The 2022 World Cup will contribute to the 2023 award.
- The shortlisting process was previously drawn up by journalists working for France Football and L’Équipe. In the future, Ballon d’Or ambassador Didier Drogba will also help finalise the shortlists alongside the “most insightful voter” from the previous edition.
- For the 2022 award, Vietnamese journalist Truong Anh Ngoc (The Thao & Van Hoa) will contribute to the shortlist for the Men’s award while Czech judge Karolina Hlavackova (Ruik) will help finalise the Women’s shortlist.
- Voting for the Ballon d’Or will now be restricted to the top 100 countries according to FIFA’s rankings for the Men’s award and the top 50 for the Women’s award. This aims to create an “elite” panel, avoiding votes cast based on player reputation; all votes remain equal.
- France Football have also provided clarity on the award criteria: “The Ballon d’Or is an individual award. Criterion No.1 will focus primarily on individual performance and the decisive and impressive character of the contenders.”
- “Criterion No.2 will focus on collective performance and the record accumulated during the season.” “Criterion No.3 will concern the class of the player and his sense of fair play. Because setting an example also counts.”
- Finally, Criterion No.4 has been removed. A player’s career should no longer be considered when voting – “a way of considering the race for the Ballon d’Or as an open competition, and not as a preserve.”
- The 2022 Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place in October 2022.
Ballon d’Or 2022: Ballon d’Or to ‘undergo major reforms’ after criticism over Lionel Messi being awarded his seventh title earlier this season – Check out
Ballon d’Or 2022: Ballon d’Or to ‘undergo major reforms’
Firstly, the award period will move in line with the main European season and be awarded at the end of each campaign rather than being judged on a discreet calendar year. The next award ceremony will take place in September or October this year and will relate to this current season, taking into account the men’s Champions League and the women’s Euros.
As a result, performances from this year’s World Cup in November and December will not be included in considerations until the 2022/2023 season’s award.
How the award is judged will change too with a smaller voting panel and clearer criteria laid out before voting, with individual performances carrying more weight rather than focusing on the trophies won by players. A player’s entire career will no longer be taken into account either.
Former Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba, will join the selection panel for the initial shortlist while the final voting pool will be reduced from 170 leading journalists from different countries to just 100 journalists, one from each of the top 100 nations in FIFA’s world rankings. The process will be the same for the Women’s Ballon d’Or, but via a smaller group of 50.
Ballon d’Or 2022: Ballon d’Or to ‘undergo major reforms’ after criticism over Lionel Messi being awarded his seventh title earlier this season – Check out
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