FIFA Women's World Cup awards

At the end of each FIFA Women's 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.^[1]

Awards

There are currently six awards:

• the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player;
• the Golden Boot (also known as the Golden Shoe, commercially termed "adidas Golden Shoe") was first awarded in 1991 for top goal scorer;
• the Golden Glove Award for best goalkeeper (first awarded in 2011);
• the Best Young Player Award (currently commercially termed "Hyundai Best Young Player Award") for the best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year (first awarded in 2011);
• the FIFA Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play (first awarded in 1991);
• An All-Star Team (at one time commercially termed "Mastercard All-Star Team") comprising the best players of the tournament has been announced for each tournament since 1999.

Goal of the Tournament and Dream Team awards are also voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament, beginning in 2015.

One award is now defunct:

• The Most Entertaining Team award for the team that entertained the public the most during the World Cup final tournament, as determined by a poll of the general public, was presented in 2003 and 2007.

Golden Ball

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup final, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.^[2]

World Cup	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1991 China	Carin Jennings	Michelle Akers	Linda Medalen
1995 Sweden	Hege Riise	Gro Espeseth	Ann-Kristin Aarønes
1999 United States	Sun Wen	Sissi	Michelle Akers
2003 United States	Birgit Prinz	Victoria Svensson	Maren Meinert
2007 China	Marta	Birgit Prinz	Cristiane
2011 Germany	Homare Sawa	Abby Wambach	Hope Solo
2015 Canada	Carli Lloyd	Amandine Henry	Aya Miyama

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. It was introduced at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

If more than one player finishes the tournament with the same number of goals, the tie goes to the player who has contributed the most assists (with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such). If there is still a tie, the award goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.

World Cup	Golden Shoe	Goals	Silver Shoe	Goals	Bronze Shoe	Goals
1991 China	Michelle Akers	10	Heidi Mohr	7	Linda Medalen Carin Jennings	6
1995 Sweden	Ann-Kristin Aarønes	6	Hege Riise	5	Shi Guihong	3
1999 United States	Sun Wen Sissi	7			Ann-Kristin Aarønes	4
2003 United States	Birgit Prinz	7	Maren Meinert	4	Kátia	4
2007 China	Marta	7	Abby Wambach	6	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen	6
2011 Germany	Homare Sawa	5	Marta	4	Abby Wambach	4
2015 Canada	Célia Šašić	6	Carli Lloyd	6	Anja Mittag	5

Golden Glove and Best Goalkeeper

Since 2011, the Golden Glove Award recognizes the best goalkeeper of the tournament. In 2007, a Best Goalkeeper award was given, and in 1999 and 2003, one or more goalkeepers were named to an All-Star Team. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises 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 eligible for the Golden Ball as well.

World Cup	BG / Golden Glove Award
1999 USA	Gao Hong Briana Scurry
2003 USA	Silke Rottenberg
2007 China	Nadine Angerer
2011 Germany	Hope Solo
2015 Canada	Hope Solo

Best Young Player Award

The Best Young Player Award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1994. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the Best Young Player of the tournament based on the player's performances throughout the final competition.

World Cup	Best Young Player Award	Age
2011 Germany	Caitlin Foord	16
2015 Canada	Kadeisha Buchanan	19

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. 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 Trophy Winners
1991 China	Germany
1995 Sweden	Sweden
1999 United States	China PR
2003 United States	China PR
2007 China	Norway
2011 Germany	Japan
2015 Canada	France

All-Star Team

Dream Team

Goal of the Tournament

World Cup	Winner	Details
2015 Canada	Carli Lloyd[3]	Lloyd's third goal in the final, scored from the midfield line

Most Entertaining Team Award

World Cup	Most Entertaining Team Award
2003 USA	Germany
2007 China	Brazil

See also

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA World Player of the Year

References

External links

• FIFA Women's World Cup Awards