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Ceremony to be held on Monday 15 January in London; Reshmin Chowdhury and Thierry Henry to lead The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 (https:\/\/www.FIFA.com<\/a>) presenting team;\u00a0Extensive and democratic process implemented to determine award winners.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Prominent British sports broadcaster and presenter Reshmin Chowdhury and FIFA World Cup\u2122 winner Thierry Henry will present The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 in London on Monday, 15 January 2024.<\/p>\n The players, coaches, and other football figures who have made their mark on the beautiful game since the last edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 will be recognised in London, where the awards ceremony is returning for the third time.<\/p>\n It is also a hat-trick for Chowdhury, who is presenting the event for the third time following the 2020 and 2021 online shows. A multilingual British sports broadcaster and experienced event host, Chowdhury has anchored multiple football broadcasts, including the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023\u2122 with BBC Sport and the FIFA World Cup 2022\u2122 in Qatar with BeIn Sports.<\/p>\n Henry needs little introduction following a trophy-filled playing career during which he won the FIFA World Cup\u2122 with France in 1998, the FIFA Confederations Cup\u2122 in 2003, and the FIFA Club World Cup\u2122 2009 while at FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n Read more here\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3vDfx1m<\/a>) (This article also avaliable in French\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4aSYcBv<\/a>), Spanish\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3Hk7KrS<\/a>), German\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3O58l4q<\/a>)\u00a0and Arabic\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3TTHiwG<\/a>).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n When were the award periods?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The award period for the women\u2019s accolades \u2013 The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach and The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper \u2013 was between 1 August 2022 and 20 August 2023 (the date of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023\u2122 final) inclusive. The award period for the men\u2019s prizes \u2013 The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Coach and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper \u2013 was between 19 December 2022 and 20 August 2023 inclusive. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n How were the shortlists drawn up?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Nominations for the awards were compiled by FIFA in collaboration with football stakeholders. Later, shortlists were determined by two separate panels of experts in men’s and women’s football. These panels comprised respected former players and coaches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Who featured on the expert panels?<\/strong><\/p>\n Women\u2019s awards: <\/span><\/span>Mercy Akide (Nigeria), Shirley Cruz (Costa Rica), Amy Duggan (Australia), Isabella Echeverri (Colombia), Mia Hamm (USA), Jessica Houara (France), Mana Iwabuchi (Japan), Manon Melis (Netherlands), Patrizia Panico (Italy), Cl\u00e9mentine Tour\u00e9 (C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire) and Kirsty Yallop (New Zealand). <\/span><\/span><\/span>Men\u2019s awards:<\/span><\/span><\/span> Petr \u010cech (Czechia), Didier Drogba (C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire), Brett Emerton (Australia), Rio Ferdinand (England), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Kak\u00e1 (Brazil), Mario Kempes (Argentina), Alexi Lalas (USA), Jon Obi Mikel (Nigeria), Park Ji-sung (Korea Republic) and Ivan Vicelich (New Zealand). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Which players, coaches and goalkeepers were shortlisted?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n FIFA published the shortlists for the respective award categories, on Thursday, 14 September 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n How does the voting work?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The winners of The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Coach, The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper awards are selected by an international jury comprising the current coaches of all women\u2019s\/men\u2019s national teams (one per team), the current captains of all women\u2019s\/men\u2019s national teams (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.<\/p>\n Each jury member was requested to nominate, in decreasing order of merit, the three players, three coaches and three goalkeepers whom they considered to be most deserving of the respective award. The three players, three coaches and three goalkeepers nominated by each jury member will receive five points, three points, or one points respectively, depending on whether the jury member places the player, coach, or goalkeeper first (five points), second (three points) or third (one point).\u00a0<\/p>\n The award is bestowed upon the player, coach or goalkeeper in each particular award category who received the most scoring points.<\/p>\n For the avoidance of doubt, women\u2019s national-team coaches and captains voted for women\u2019s awards, while men\u2019s national-team coaches and captains voted for men\u2019s awards.<\/p>\n Read more here\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/41ZS2vt<\/a>) (This article is also avaliable in French\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4aZWP3Z<\/a>), Spanish\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3vCBTjz<\/a>), German\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3SjqlcL<\/a>)\u00a0and Arabic\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3tVnluU<\/a>).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n