In news– FIFA world cup has been concluded with Argentina winning the final and a host of individual awards being given to players.
What are Fifa World Cup awards?
Following are individual FIFA awards:
The Golden Boot award-
- The major criteria for this award are the most goals scored by a player in a World Cup, with a secondary tiebreaker of the player with the most assists receiving the trophy in the case of a tie, followed by minutes played.
- Mbappe(France) and Messi were tied on five goals going into the final, but the France striker outscored his PSG colleague to finish one goal ahead on eight.
- The 23-year-old scored 8 goals to finish the Qatar World Cup as the tournament’s top scorer.
- Mbappe is the second player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final after England’s Geoff Hurst (1966 vs Germany).
- He scored 8 goals to finish the Qatar World Cup as the tournament’s top scorer.
- Silver Boot (Second highest goal-scorer) – Lionel Messi (7 goals).
- Bronze Boot (Third highest goal-scorer) – Olivier Giroud & Julian Alvarez (4 goals each).
The Golden Ball Award(For best player of the tournament)-
- This award is determined by a FIFA committee shortlist of players, with the winners chosen by FIFA-accredited journalists at the event. After his exploits, Messi was the obvious pick.
- Messi, who has smashed 26 goals for Argentina in major international tournaments, is the only player to win the Golden Ball twice (2014 and 2022).
- Silver Ball (For second best player of the tournament) – Kylian Mbappe (8 goals and 2 assists).
- Bronze Ball (For third best player of the tournament) – Luka Modric.
The Golden Glove Award-
- This award is presented to the best goalkeeper in the competition as determined by FIFA, with clean sheets being the primary focus.
- Martinez, of Aston Villa, preserved three clean sheets and was one of the heroes of Argentina’s shootout victories against the Netherlands in the semifinals and France in the final to win the championship.
Best young player-
- Argentina and Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez won the Young Player of the Tournament at the Qatar World Cup.
- The 21-year-old netted his first-ever goal for Argentina against Mexico during the group stage.
About the FIFA World Cup-
- The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body.
- The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War.
- As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 22 final tournaments have been held and a total of 80 national teams have competed.
- The trophy has been won by eight national teams. Brazil, with five wins, are the only team to have played in every tournament.
- The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, with three titles; France and inaugural winner Uruguay, each with two titles; and England and Spain, with one title each.
- Seventeen countries have hosted the World Cup. Qatar hosted the 2022 tournament; in 2026 it will be jointly hosted by Canada, the United States and Mexico, which will give Mexico the distinction of being the first country to host games in three World Cups.
- The reigning champions are Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 tournament, in Qatar.
