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At the end of each World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.

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, which will be awarded for the first time in 2006 .



Golden Shoe - Top Goalscorers


The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer of the World Cup final tournament. The award was introduced at the 1982 World Cup for the first time.

1 Some sources credit Nejedlý with five goals, which would make him outright top scorer. However, FIFA considers him as having scored four.


2 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's the 1950 World Cup top scorer with 9 goals.



Golden Ball


The Golden Ball is an award attributed to the most outstanding player of the World Cup final tournament. FIFA announces a shortlist of ten nominees which is then voted by media representatives. The most voted player is elected to win the Golden Ball, the second most voted player wins the '''Silver Ball''' and the third most voted player wins the '''Bronze Ball'''. Its awarding is shrouded by allegations of being influenced by diplomacy: the three awards have always been won by players from three different nations.


Yashin Award


The Yashin Award is attributed to the best goalkeeper of the World Cup final tournament. The award is named in honour of the late and legendary Russian goalkeeper, Lev Yashin .


FIFA Fair Play Award


The FIFA Fair Play Award 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.


Most Entertaining Team


The Most Entertaining Team award is attributed to the team that has entertained the public the most during the World Cup final tournament. It is always decided through public participation in a poll.


Best Young Player Award


The Best Young Player (commercially termed "Gillette Best Young Player") award is attributed to the best player in the tournament under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year for each World Cup. For the this means that the player has to have born on or after 1 January , 1985 . It will be awarded for the first time at the in Germany. The election will take place on the FIFA's official World Cup website.