FIFA World Cup awards
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At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
There are currently six awards:
- The Golden Shoe (also known as the Golden Boot, since 1982 commercially termed "adidas Golden Shoe") was first awarded in 1930 for top goal scorer;
- The Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player;
- The Yashin Award for best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994);
- The FIFA Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play (first awarded in 1978);
- The Most Entertaining Team award for the team that has entertained the public the most, during the World Cup final tournament, as determined by a poll of the general public, first awarded in 1994;
- The Best Young Player (currently commercially termed as "Gillette Best Young Player") award for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2006.
An All-Star Team (currently commercially termed "Mastercard All-Star Team") comprising of the best players of the tournament, is also announced for each tournament since 1990.
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[edit] Golden Shoe
The Golden Shoe Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup.
The award was introduced at the 1930 World Cup. The 2006 World Cup in Germany was the first time that the Silver and Bronze shoe awards were added to reward the second and third top scorers in the tournament. If there is more than one player with the same amount of goals, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most assists (with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such). If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.
| World Cup | Top Goalscorer | Goals |
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| 1930 Uruguay | .svg){kind=small} Guillermo Stábile |
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| 1934 Italy |  Oldřich Nejedlý |
5(1) |
| 1938 France |  Leônidas da Silva |
7(2) |
| 1950 Brazil | Ademir |
9(3) |
| 1954 Switzerland |  Sándor Kocsis |
11 |
| 1958 Sweden |  Just Fontaine |
13 |
| 1962 Chile | Garrincha Vavá Leonel Sánchez Dražan Jerković Valentin Ivanov.png){kind=small} Flórián Albert |
4 |
| World Cup | Golden Shoe Award | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 England |  Eusébio |
9 |
| 1970 Mexico |  Gerd Müller |
10 |
| 1974 West Germany |  Grzegorz Lato |
7 |
| 1978 Argentina | Mario Kempes |
6 |
| 1982 Spain |  Paolo Rossi |
6 |
| 1986 Mexico |  Gary Lineker |
6 |
| 1990 Italy | Salvatore Schillaci |
6 |
| 1994 USA |  Hristo Stoichkov
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6 |
| 1998 France |  Davor Šuker |
6 |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | Ronaldo |
8(4) |
| World Cup | Golden Shoe | Goals | Silver Shoe | Goals | Bronze Shoe | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Germany | Miroslav Klose |
5 |  Hernán Crespo |
3 | Ronaldo |
3 |
[edit] Golden Ball
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The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in media voting receive the adidas Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the 2nd and 3rd most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.
This Award was first awarded in 1982.
[edit] Yashin Award
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The Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper is named in honor of the late goalkeeper Lev Yashin (USSR). The FIFA Technical Study Group recognizes the top goalkeeper of the tournament based on the player’s performance throughout the final competition. Although goalkeepers have this specific award for their position, they are still eligible for the Golden Ball as well, as when Oliver Kahn was awarded in 2002. Although the Yashin was first awarded in 1994, every All-Star Team in World Cups prior to 1998 included only one goalkeeper:
The Yashin Award was first awarded in 1994
| World Cup | Yashin Award winner |
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| 1994 USA | .svg){kind=small} Michel Preud'homme |
| 1998 France | Fabien Barthez |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | Oliver Kahn |
| 2006 Germany | Gianluigi Buffon |
[edit] FIFA Fair Play Trophy
The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.
| World Cup | FIFA Fair Play Award winners |
|---|---|
| 1970 Mexico |  Peru |
| 1978 Argentina | Argentina |
| 1982 Spain | Brazil |
| 1986 Mexico | Brazil |
| 1990 Italy | England |
| 1994 USA | Brazil |
| 1998 France | England France |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | Belgium |
| 2006 Germany | Brazil Spain |
[edit] Most Entertaining Team
The FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team is a fairly new accolade for the FIFA World Cup. It is a subjectively awarded prize for the team which has done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game. The award is always organized through public participation in a poll. Recent awards have been determined by an Internet vote which may not fairly and accurately represent fan demographics.
| World Cup | Most Entertaining Team Award |
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| 1994 USA | Brazil |
| 1998 France | France |
| 2002 Korea/Japan |  Korea Republic |
| 2006 Germany | Portugal |
[edit] Best Young Player Award
The Best Young Player (commercially termed "Gillette Best Young Player") award was awarded for the first time at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's Lukas Podolski[4]. The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2006 FIFA World Cup this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1985. The election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group.
| World Cup | Best Young Player Award | Age |
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| 2006 Germany | Lukas Podolski |
21 |
[edit] All-Star Team
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The All-Star Team, currently named after its current sponsor MasterCard All-Star Team, is a team of the best 23 players, chosen by FIFA's technical study group, from the World Cup Finals. The number of players was expanded from 11 to 16 at the 1998 finals, and then to the current 23. Before 1998, journalists and experts chose a "Dream Team" with outstanding players from each playing position. The teams were chosen mostly by European and South American journalists.
