Today FIFA will award the bests of 2018

Today, at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the ceremony of awarding the bests of the year, according to the FIFA classification, will take place. The prestigious event will begin at 10:30 pm Tashkent time (4:30 pm local time).

According to preliminary information, the ceremony may not be broadcasted live on any TV channel around the world.

Today, FIFA will announce the bests in nine different categories:

1. The Best FIFA Men's Player
    Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, «Juventus»)
    Luka Modrić (Croatia, «Real Madrid»)
    Mohamed Salah (Egypt, «Liverpool»)

2. The Best FIFA Women's Player
    Ada Hegerberg (Netherlands, «Lyon»)
    Dzsenifer Marozsan (Germany, «Lyon »)
    Marta (Brazil, «Orlando Pride»)

3. The Best FIFA Men's Coach
    Zlatko Dalic (Croatia)
    Didier Deschamps (France)
    Zinedine Zidane («Real Madrid»)

4. The Best FIFA Women's Coach
    Reynald Pedros («Lyon»)
    Asako Takakura (Japan)
    Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands)

5. The Best FIFA Goalkeeper
    Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, «Real Madrid»)
    Kasper Schmeiche (Denmark, « Leicester »)
    Hugo Lloris (France, «Tottenham»)

6. FIFA Fair Play Award

7. The 2018 FIFA Fan Award
    Sebastián Carrera (traveled 3000kms (1800 miles) backing his team, the hosts     had to open an entire tribune just for him and was the only one witnessing the win of his club (Club de deportes Puerto Montt)
    Japan and Senegal fans
    Peru fans

8. The 2018 FIFA/FIFAPro World 11
A total of 55 players are on the list. 5 goalkeepers, 20 defenders, 15 midfielders and 15 forwards.

9. The 2018 FIFA Puskas Award
    Gareth Bale («Real Madrid» - «Liverpool»)
    Denis Cheryshev (Russia – Croatia)
    Cristiano Ronaldo («Real Madrid» - « Juventus »)
    Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (AEK- «Olimpiacos»)
    Giorgian de Arrascaeta («Cruzeiro» - «America»)
    Riley McGree («Newcastle» - «Melbourne City »)
    Lionel Messi (Argentina  –  Nigeria)
    Benjamin Pavard (France–Argentina)
    Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal – Iran)
    Mohamed Salah («Liverpool» - «Everton»)

The most glittering among the prizes is, of course, an award “The Best” for The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year. FIFA has been announcing the best player of the year since 1991. Between 2010 and 2016, The FIFA Best Player Prize and “the Golden Ball”, established by France's prestigious France Football publisher, were merged but since the end of 2016 the prizes has been presented separately.

Unlike "The Golden Ball" of France Football, FIFA's "The Best" will be chosen through voting. 25 % of the vote is based on the votes cast by fans and public opinion, and another 25 % by the global media. The remaining 50 % of the voting rights are given to all national team coaches (25 %) and their captains (25 %).

Last year FIFA found Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward of Portugal national team and Real Madrid at that time, as The Best. Cristiano Ronaldo, who is among the nominees, will not attend today’s awarding ceremony. He explained it with Juventus’s tight schedule.

Forward of Barcelona Lionel Messi, who is not among “the three nominees for the Best Men's Player award” for the first time since 2006, is expected to be among the participants of the event in London. Even if he is not one of the three nominees for the best player, he will be in the symbolic Team of the year (FIFAPro World 11), and found as an author of the best goal. He is nominated for the Puskas Award for his strike against Nigeria in the World Cup 2018.