Top 5 Candidates for Ballon d’Or 2024

The interest in the 2024 Ballon d’Or race is renewed as the date for announcing the nominees and the awards ceremony approaches

French magazine “France Football” announced that the final nominees for the Ballon d’Or awards will be announced on Sunday, September 4, 2024, while the main awards ceremony will be held on the evening of Monday, October 28, 2024. The Ballon d’Or is the most important award in the world for individual players, which each player seeks to achieve based on the individual and collective achievements they have made during the competition period

The Champions League competitions, along with the European Nations Cup “Euro” and Copa America tournaments, are expected to play a decisive role in determining the winner of this year’s Ballon d’Or award. The Spanish national team won the Euro 2024 championship title after defeating England 2/1 in the final match, while the Argentine national team won the Copa America for the second time in a row after defeating Colombia 1/0, which enabled Lionel Messi to achieve another major international title

Messi has already won his eighth Ballon d’Or in 2023, making him the most decorated player in the world with five awards, while Cristiano Ronaldo is second with five

It is worth noting that the voting mechanism for this year’s award has been modified; previously, it was based mainly on the players’ performances during the calendar year. However, this time, and for the second time since the award was launched, votes will be based on the results of the current season, which means that Messi’s efforts from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 must be taken into account when evaluating his performance to win this year’s award