The 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony will happen on Monday in Paris because the world’s greatest gamers collect to obtain one of many sport’s most historic particular person prizes.
For the primary time in 21 years, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi have been nominated within the males’s class.
And with Karim Benzema and Luka Modric additionally not on the 30-man shortlist, a first-time winner is assured.
The runaway favorite, and anticipated to develop into the primary Brazilian winner since 2007, is Vinicius Junior after his staring position final season in serving to Actual Madrid win the Champions League, LaLiga and the Spanish Tremendous Cup.
His membership teammate Jude Bellingham can be excessive up on the chances sheet, whereas Premier League star Rodri is most probably to win the award if Vinicius surprisingly misses out.
Forward of the awards ceremony, right here’s all the things you should know, together with the beginning time, the total record of nominees and watch within the UK
When is the Ballon d’Or 2024 ceremony?
This yr’s ceremony takes place on Monday, October 28, 2024 on the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, with the ceremony set to start at 7pm GMT.
Methods to watch the Ballon d’Or reside on TV within the UK
The 2024 Ballon d’Or isn’t televised on any UK TV channel, however viewers can nonetheless catch all of the motion at no cost on L’Equipe’s YouTube channel.
Who’re the Ballon d’Or 2024 nominees?
The total record of Ballon d’Or nominees is as follows:
Jude Bellingham (England, Actual Madrid)
Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Turkey, Inter)
Dani Carvajal (Spain, Actual Madrid)
Rúben Dias (Portugal, Manchester Metropolis)
Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine, Dnipro / Girona / Roma)
Phil Foden (England, Manchester Metropolis)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain, Bayer Leverkusen)
Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester Metropolis)
Mats Hummels (Germany, Borussia Dortmund)
Harry Kane (England, Bayern Munich)
Toni Kroos (Germany, Actual Madrid)
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria, Atalanta)
Emiliano Martínez (Argentina, Aston Villa)
Lautaro Martínez (Argentina, Inter )
Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris Saint-Germain / Actual Madrid)
Martin Ødegaard (Norway, Arsenal)
Dani Olmo (Spain, Leipzig / Barcelona)
Cole Palmer (England, Manchester Metropolis / Chelsea)
Declan Rice (England, Arsenal)
Rodri (Spain, Manchester Metropolis)
Antonio Rüdiger (Germany, Actual Madrid)
Bukayo Saka (England, Arsenal)
William Saliba (France, Arsenal)
Federico Valverde (Uruguay, Actual Madrid)
Vinícius Júnior (Brazil, Actual Madrid)
Vitinha (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain)
Nico Williams (Spain, Athletic Membership)
Florian Wirtz (Germany, Bayer Leverkusen)
Granit Xhaka (Switzerland, Bayer Leverkusen)
Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona)
Favourites to win the Ballon d’Or
Odds courtesy of Unibet and topic to alter
Vinicius Junior – 1/20
Rodri – 6/1
Jude Bellingham – 17/1
Dani Carvajal – 40/1
Erling Haaland – 40/1
Toni Kroos – 40/1
Kylian Mbappe – 40/1
Lamine Yamal – 40/1
How is the Ballon d’Or winner determined?
Not like different awards that depend on votes from present gamers, the Ballon d’Or winner is voted on by journalists from the highest 100 international locations within the FIFA rankings.
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Every journalist, one per nation, is requested to pick out their 10 greatest gamers so as, with factors attributed to every place. The winner is the participant who receives essentially the most factors.
Who received the Ballon d’Or final yr?
Full record of earlier Ballon d’Or winners
2023 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2022 – Karim Benzema (France)2021 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2020 – Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic2019 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2018 – Luka Modric (Croatia)2017 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)2016 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)2015 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2014 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)2013 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)2012 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2011 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2010 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2009 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)2008 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)2007 – Kaká (Brazil)2006 – Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)2005 – Ronaldinho (Brazil)2004 – Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)2003 – Pavel Nedvěd (Czechia)2002 – Ronaldo (Brazil)2001 – Michael Owen (England)2000 – Luís Figo (Portugal)1999 – Rivaldo (Brazil)1998 – Zinedine Zidane (France)1997 – Ronaldo (Brazil)1996 – Matthias Sammer (Germany)1995 – George Weah (Liberia)1994 – Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)1993 – Roberto Baggio (Italy)1992 – Marco van Basten (Netherlands)1991 – Jean-Pierre Papin (France)1990 – Lothar Matthäus (Germany)1989 – Marco van Basten (Netherlands)1988 – Marco van Basten (Netherlands)1987 – Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)1986 – Igor Belanov (Soviet Union)1985 – Michel Platini (France)1984 – Michel Platini (France)1983 – Michel Platini (France)1982 – Paolo Rossi (Italy)1981 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)1980 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)1979 – Kevin Keegan (England)1978 – Kevin Keegan (England)1977 – Allan Simonsen (Denmark)1976 – Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)1975 – Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union)1974 – Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)1973 – Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)1972 – Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)1971 – Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)1970 – Gerd Müller (West Germany)1969 – Gianni Rivera (Italy)1968 – George Finest (Northern Eire)1967 – Flórián Albert (Hungary)1966 – Bobby Charlton (England)1965 – Eusébio (Portugal)1964 – Denis Legislation (Scotland)1963 – Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)1962 – Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)1961 – Omar Sívori (Italy)1960 – Luis Suárez (Spain)1959 – Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina)1958 – Raymond Kopa (France)1957 – Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina)1956 – Stanley Matthews (England)
What different awards are handed out?
In addition to the Ballon d’Or for greatest males’s participant, the Feminin Ballon d’Or can be awarded for one of the best feminine gamers.
Different awards embrace the Kopa Trophy, given to one of the best males’s under-21 participant, the Yashin Trophy for greatest goalkeeper and the boys’s and girls’s Coach of the 12 months Trophy.
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