FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012
The 57th Ballon d'Or ( French for Golden Ball ) was awarded for the third time in 2012 by France Football magazine and the world football association FIFA under the name FIFA Ballon d'Or . After the three best players had already been published in December 2012 - still without their respective placement on the “podium” - the final result was announced on January 7, 2013 at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich . Lionel Messi was the winner of the Ballon d'Or 2012 - for the fourth time in a row - ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Andrés Iniesta .
Voting mode
The prize was awarded by a jury made up of 71 national coaches, 167 national team captains and 170 specialist journalists. Each of them gave five, three or one point to three players from a list jointly set by the France Football editorial team and FIFA. The performance of the players should be recognized throughout the respective calendar year. Since the three groups of voters have different numbers of voters, but the votes of these three "electoral colleges" should each account for exactly one third of the total result, the absolute scores were then converted into percentages and published in this way.
Result
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Radiant winners and emotional moments. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 8, 2014 .
- ↑ World Footballer of the Year 2012. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL WORLD CUP total, January 8, 2013, accessed on January 14, 2014 .