Golden ball
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Cássio Ramos (center), David Luiz (left) and Paolo Guerrero (right) at the 2012 Club World Cup Golden Ball
The Golden Ball (also adidas Golden Ball ) is an award given to the best player in a FIFA tournament. The silver or bronze ball is awarded for the second or third best. The award is donated by the FIFA technical equipment supplier Adidas . The winners will be selected by the technical study group.
Tournaments that are awarded a Golden Ball:
- Football World Cup
- Football Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Women's U-20 World Cup
- U-17 soccer world championship
- Women's U-17 World Cup
- FIFA Club World Cup
- FIFA Confederations Cup
- FIFA Futsal World Cup