The Ballon d’Or will now be awarded primarily based on performances over the course of an everyday European season, fairly than a calendar 12 months, France Football journal mentioned Friday.
A discount within the variety of voters was amongst different modifications introduced, with the objective of streamlining the method. Voters will even not think about a participant’s profession accomplishments.
France Football journal has given out the award to males yearly since 1956 and to ladies every year since 2018, although each have been canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
“No more January to December,” the journal mentioned on Twitter. “The (Ballon d’Or) will now be awarded on the basis of a classic football season: August to July.”
Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina nice Lionel Messi gained for a record-extending seventh time and Alexia Putellas of Barcelona and Spain grew to become the third winner of the ladies’s award for 2021. Messi edged out prolific Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski.
The swap means the following Ballon d’Or award will embody the 2021–22 season, ending with the ladies’s European Championship in July. The subsequent award ceremony can be in October.
The World Cup in Qatar, scheduled Nov. 21 to Dec. 18, will not be thought of till the next season.
The males’s voting pool can be diminished from 170 to 100; with 50 voters for the ladies.
The journal additionally clarified the factors for the award. It’s primarily based first on particular person efficiency, then group efficiency, and at last honest play.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
