Ballon d'Or 2018

The 63rd Ballon d'Or ( French for Golden Ball ) was awarded on December 3, 2018 by France Football magazine in Paris . Two new prizes were introduced at the awards ceremony: the Ballon d'Or féminin for the best female player and the Kopa trophy ( Trophée Kopa ) named after Raymond Kopa for the best footballer under the age of 21.

The winner of the Ballon d'Or féminin , Ada Hegerberg , was asked by moderator Martin Solveig in an interview whether she could twerk , which she denied. Solveig later apologized for the comment, stating that it was a bad joke. Even so, the incident was seen as an example of sexism in sports.

Voting mode

On October 8, 2018, the 30 candidates for the world football elections were announced.

The prize was awarded by a jury made up of 176 specialist journalists from as many countries. These could award six, four, three, two or one point / s to five players from the pre-selection list.

Results

Ballon d'Or

Luka Modrić (2018)

placement	Surname	nationality	society	be right
1.	Luka Modrić	Croatia	real Madrid	753
2.	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid / Juventus Turin	476
3.	Antoine Griezmann	France	Atlético Madrid	414
4th	Kylian Mbappé	France	Paris Saint-Germain	347
5.	Lionel Messi	Argentina	FC Barcelona	280
6th	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Liverpool FC	188
7th	Raphael Varane	France	real Madrid	121
8th.	Eden Hazard	Belgium	Chelsea FC	119
9.	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	Manchester City	29
10.	Harry Kane	England	Tottenham Hotspur	25th
11.	N'Golo Kanté	France	Chelsea FC	24
12.	Neymar	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	19th
13.	Luis Suarez	Uruguay	FC Barcelona	17th
14th	Thibaut Courtois	Belgium	Chelsea FC / Real Madrid	12
15th	Paul Pogba	France	Manchester United	9
16.	Sergio Aguero	Argentina	Manchester City	7th
17th	Gareth Bale	Wales	real Madrid	6th
	Karim Benzema	France	real Madrid	6th
19th	Roberto Firmino	Brazil	Liverpool FC	4th
	Ivan Rakitić	Croatia	FC Barcelona	4th
	Sergio Ramos	Spain	real Madrid	4th
22nd	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Sadio Mané	Senegal	Liverpool FC	3
	Marcelo	Brazil	real Madrid	3
25th	Alisson	Brazil	AS Roma / Liverpool FC	2
	Mario Mandžukić	Croatia	Juventus Turin	2
	Jan Oblak	Slovenia	Atlético Madrid	2
28.	Diego Godin	Uruguay	Atlético Madrid	1
29	Isco	Spain	real Madrid	0
	Hugo Lloris	France	Tottenham Hotspur	0

Ballon d'Or féminin

Ada Hegerberg (2017)

placement	Surname	nationality	society	be right
1.	Ada Hegerberg	Norway	Olympique Lyon	136
2.	Pernille Harder	Denmark	VfL Wolfsburg	130
3.	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Germany	Olympique Lyon	86
4th	Marta	Brazil	Orlando Pride	77
5.	Samantha Kerr	Australia	Chicago Red Stars / Perth Glory	61
6th	Lucy bronze	England	Olympique Lyon	51
7th	Amandine Henry	France	Olympique Lyon	34
	Wendie Renard	France	Olympique Lyon	34
9.	Megan Rapinoe	United States	Seattle Reign FC	30th
10.	Lindsey Horan	United States	Portland Thorns FC	28
11.	Lieke Martens	Netherlands	FC Barcelona	26th
12.	Saki Kumagai	Japan	Olympique Lyon	25th
13.	Amel Majri	France	Olympique Lyon	9
14th	Fran Kirby	England	Chelsea LFC	5
15th	Christine Sinclair	Canada	Portland Thorns FC	4th

Kopa trophy

Kylian Mbappé (2018)

placement	Surname	nationality	society	be right
1.	Kylian Mbappé	France	Paris Saint-Germain	110
2.	Christian Pulisic	United States	Borussia Dortmund	31
3.	Justin Kluivert	Netherlands	Ajax Amsterdam / AS Roma	18th
4th	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Italy	AC Milan	12
	Rodrygo	Brazil	FC Santos	12
6th	Trent Alexander-Arnold	England	Liverpool FC	6th
7th	Patrick Cutrone	Italy	AC Milan	5
8th.	Houssem Aouar	France	Olympique Lyon	4th
9.	Ritsu Doan	Japan	FC Groningen	0
	Amadou Haidara	Mali	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ada Hegerberg insulted sexistically by moderator , spiegel.de, December 4, 2018, accessed on December 4, 2018.
2. ↑ La list des 30 nommés pour le Ballon d'Or France Football 2018. In: francefootball.fr. October 8, 2018, accessed December 4, 2018 (French).