FIFA World Cup awards
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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 (first awarded in 1982);
- 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.
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Golden Shoe - Top Goalscorers
The adidas Golden Shoe Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. Assists serve as a tiebreaker with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such. The assists will only be counted if two or more players are equal on goals scored. Further ties are settled in favor of the player with the least time played. The award was introduced at the 1930 World Cup for the first time.
| World Cup | Top Goalscorer | Goals
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|---|---|---|
| 1930 Uruguay |
Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) | 8
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| 1934 Italy | Oldřich Nejedlý Angelo SchiavioEdmund Conen | 4()
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| 1938 France | Leônidas (Brazil) | 7()
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| 1950 Brazil | Ademir (Brazil) | 9()
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| 1954 Switzerland |  Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)
| 11
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| 1958 Sweden | Just Fontaine (France) | 13
|
| 1962 Chile | Garrincha (Brazil) Vavá (Brazil) Leonel Sánchez (Chile) Dražen Jerković (Yugoslavia) Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) Flórián Albert (Hungary)
| 4
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| 1966 England | Eusébio (Portugal) | 9
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| 1970 Mexico | Gerd Müller (West Germany) | 10
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| 1974 West Germany | Grzegorz Lato (Poland) | 7
|
| 1978 Argentina |
Mario Kempes (Argentina) | 6
|
| World Cup | Golden Shoe winner | Goals
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| 1982 Spain | Paolo Rossi (Italy) | 6
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| 1986 Mexico | Gary Lineker (England) | 6
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| 1990 Italy | Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) | 6
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| 1994 USA | Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) Oleg Salenko (Russia) | 6
|
| 1998 France | Croatia) | 6
|
| 2002 Korea/Japan | Ronaldo (Brazil) | 8()
|
| 2006 Germany | Miroslav Klose (Germany) | 5 |
1 Some sources credit Nejedlý with five goals, which would make him outright top scorer. However, FIFA considers him as having scored four.
2 In some sources, Leônidas was credited with 8 goals in the tournament, mis-crediting one Brazilian goal in the first-round match against Poland.
3 There was controversy regarding how many goals Brazilian Ademir Menezes scored in 1950, because of incomplete data concerning the Final Round game Brazil vs. Spain (6:1). The first goal had been credited as an own goal by Spanish defender Parra, and the 5:0 goal had been credited to Jair. However, recently FIFA credited Ademir with both these goals; thus he is the 1950 World Cup top scorer with 9 goals.
4 During the tournament, after the group stage match against Costa Rica, Ronaldo logged a protest against the crediting of a goal as own goal, and FIFA granted him the change.
The 2006 World Cup was the first time that the top three players came from fewer than three countries, although several German players and one Portuguese player were shortlisted. It is also the first time since Gary Lineker in 1986 that the Golden Shoe winner did not place in the top three, although Miroslav Klose was shortlisted. Zidane's winning performance means that the majority of Golden Ball recipients have now come from non-World Cup winning teams. Nonetheless, a player from the tournament winners has always been represented in the top three, with Lilian Thuram finishing the lowest.
Golden Ball
The adidas Golden Ball award is presented to the outstanding 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. The adidas Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards are awarded to the 2nd and 3rd best players in the tournament respectively, and are also voted by the representatives of the media.
| World Cup | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 Spain | Paolo Rossi | Falcão | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
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| 1986 Mexico | Diego Maradona | Harald Schumacher | Preben Elkjær
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| 1990 Italy | Salvatore Schillaci | Lothar Matthäus | Diego Maradona
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| 1994 USA | Romário | Roberto Baggio | Hristo Stoichkov
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| 1998 France | Ronaldo | Lilian Thuram
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| 2002 Korea/Japan | Oliver Kahn | Ronaldo | Hong Myung-Bo
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| 2006 Germany | Zinedine Zidane | Fabio Cannavaro | Andrea Pirlo
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Yashin Award
The Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper is named in honour of the late Russian 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 both in 2002.
| World Cup | Yashin Award winner
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|---|---|
| 1994 USA | Michel Preud'homme
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| 1998 France | Fabien Barthez
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| 2002 Korea/Japan | Oliver Kahn
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| 2006 Germany | Gianluigi Buffon |
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
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|---|---|
| 1978 Argentina | Argentina
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| 1982 Spain |
Brazil |
| 1986 Mexico |
Brazil |
| 1990 Italy |
England |
| 1994 USA |
Brazil |
| 1998 France |
England |
| 2002 Korea/Japan |
Belgium |
| 2006 Germany |
Brazil |
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
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|---|---|
| 1994 USA |
Brazil |
| 1998 France |
France |
| 2002 Korea/Japan |
Korea Republic |
| 2006 Germany |
Portugal |
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. 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 means 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
|
|---|---|
| 2006 Germany | Lukas Podolski |
All-Star Team
The All-Star Team, currently named after its current sponsor Mastercard All-Star Team, is is a team of the best 23 players, chosen by FIFA's technical study group, from the World Cup Finals. Prior to the 2006 team, the team consisted of the best 16 players.
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