FIFA to replace Ballon d ' OR

FIFA has announced the Ballon d'Or will be replaced as the world football governing body

has parted ways with the French magazine.

FIFA will name their own awards s L ’ equipe failed to renew their contract to name the FIFA
World Player of the Year award that FIFA
used to host .

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said , “ This
event will be about football and its most
passionate participants – players , coaches
and fans . It is a new event with new
approaches to celebrating the game we all
love .”

The Best FIFA Men’ s Player 2016 ,

The Best FIFA Women ’ s Player 2016,

The Best FIFA Men’ s Coach 2016 ,

The Best FIFA Women ’ s Coach 2016,

The FIFA Puskás Award 2016 ,

The FIFA Fair Play Award 2016,

The FIFA Fan Award 2016 , and

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They will be decide by a two - part process
which involves votes of the head coaches of
all national teams which will comprise the
50% of the result ; and then the other 50 %
will be split between votes from 200 media
representatives from all over the world and
an online public ballot.

FIFA also announced the schedule of the
entire process :

November 1: ten candidates for The Best
FIFA Women ’ s Coach 2016

November 2: ten candidates for The Best
FIFA Men’ s Coach 2016

November 3: ten candidates for The Best
FIFA Women ’ s Player 2016

November 4: 23 candidates for The Best
FIFA Men’ s Player 2016 ; Voting process
begins

November 22: Voting process closes
December 2 : Final list of 3 nominees in each
award category

The awards gala will take place in FIFA ’s
headquarters in Zurich on January 9TH,
2016.

Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the 2014
FIFA Ballon d ’ Or
In the case of the Ballon d ’ Or , the shortlist
has already been announced by L ’ Equipe ,
and Cristiano Ronaldo remains the favourite
to win, having won the UEFA Champions
League with Real Madrid and Euro 2016
with Portugal.
L ’ Equipe has returned to a format of voting
with only journalists taking part.