JAKARTA - FIFA announced a voting mechanism or voting for a number of the best categories including football players which will take place from November 22 to December 10, 2021.

Launching Antara, Thursday, FIFA Football Awards Media (FIFA) stated that the award ceremony will be held virtually from FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on January 17, 2022.

Some of the categories that will be selected are The Best FIFA Women's Player, The Best FIFA Men's Player, The Best FIFA Women's Coach, The Best FIFA Men's Coach, The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper, The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper, FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11, FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11, FIFA Fair Play Award, FIFA Puskás Award (awarded for the best goal of the year) and FIFA Fan Award.

The award is given to the best in each category, regardless of championship or nationality, for their respective achievements during the 2020/2021 season, which also includes the Olympics in Tokyo.

Trophy recipients for the top players and coaches in women's and men's soccer will be determined through a joint voting process involving captains and head coaches from all national teams around the world, online voting from fans, and submissions from a select group of over 300 media representatives. according to the allocation rules.

While in the allocation rules, among others, it is stated that awards are given to each category regardless of championship or nationality achieved during the period from October 8, 2020, to August 7, 2021, for the Best FIFA Men's Player, Best FIFA Men's Coach, and Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper. And from October 8, 2020, to August 6, 2021, for Best FIFA Women's Player, Best FIFA Women's Coach, and Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper.

Awards are awarded based on on-field performance and general on- and off-field behavior for players, and on on-field performance and general, team behavior on and off the pitch for coaches.

The winners of the Best FIFA Men's/Women's Player, Best FIFA Men's/Women's Coach, and Best FIFA Men's/Women's Goalkeepers will be selected by an international jury consisting of all current coaches in the men's national team (one per team), the current captains of all teams men's national teams (one per team), one specialist journalist from each region and fans from around the world are registered on FIFA.com.

Each jury member will be asked to nominate, in descending order, the three players, three coaches, and three goalkeepers they deem most deserving of the award each from a list compiled by a panel of football experts representing FIFA and external football stakeholders.


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