The 2022 Ballon d’Or ceremony returns and for the primary time since 2005, Lionel Messi has not made the shortlist for the boys’s prize.
Messi was final yr’s winner, with Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas claiming the third version of the Ballon d’Or Feminin, however there will probably be a brand new identify on the trophy when it’s handed out on the Paris ceremony.
Things are a little bit totally different this yr as for the primary time within the historical past of the Ballon d’Or, the winners will probably be judged by their performances over the earlier season, reasonably than the calendar yr.
It’s why the ceremony is earlier this yr and comes forward of the boys’s World Cup in Qatar.
Here’s all the things it’s good to know.
When is the Ballon d’Or?
The Ballon d’Or 2022 ceremony will happen on Monday 17 October. The time of the occasion will probably be confirmed nearer to day, however it is going to be held on the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France.
How can I watch it?
The ceremony will probably be broadcast on Eurosport and the Eurosport Player within the UK, however additionally it is obtainable to be streamed on L’Equipe’s YouTube channel.
Who is nominated for the boys’s award?
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- João Cancelo (Manchester City)
- Casemiro (Real Madrid)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Luis Díaz (Porto, Liverpool)
- Fabinho (Liverpool)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
- Sébastien Haller (Ajax)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
- Rafael Leão (Milan)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- Mike Maignan (Milan)
- Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
- Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
- Darwin Núñez (Benfica)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Manchester United)
- Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
- Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
- Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
- Dušan Vlahović (Fiorentina, Juventus)
Who are the favourites?
- Karim Benzema – 1/20
- Sadio Mane – 12/1
- Mohamed Salah – 14/1
- Kylian Mbappe – 20/1
- Kevin de Bruyne – 25/1
- Robert Lewandowski – 30/1
Who is nominated for the ladies’s award?
- Selma Bacha (Lyon)
- Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)
- Millie Bright (Chelsea)
- Lucy Bronze (Manchester City)
- Kadidiatou Diani (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Christiane Endler (Lyon)
- Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
- Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Catarina Macario (Lyon)
- Beth Mead (Arsenal)
- Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
- Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride, San Diego Wave)
- Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
- Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
- Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
- Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
- Wendie Renard (Lyon)
- Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
- Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
Who is nominated for the Kopa Trophy?
Ten gamers have been nominated for the perfect performing participant underneath the age of 21:
- Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg)
- Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
- Eduardo Camavinga (Rennais, Real Madrid)
- Gavi (Barcelona)
- Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)
- Joško Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
- Nuno Mendes (Sporting CP, Paris Saint-Germain)
- Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Who is nominated for the Yashin Trophy?
Ten gamers have been nominated for the prize of greatest goalkeeper:
- Alisson (Liverpool)
- Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Ederson (Manchester City)
- Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Mike Maignan (Milan)
- Édouard Mendy (Chelsea)
- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
- Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)
- Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk