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The Best FIFA Football Awards LIVE updates: Full list of nominees, categories, streaming details

Follow all the updates from The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020. This year's event will be virtual owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Last Updated: 17 December, 2020 23:14 IST

Winners of the 2019 The Best FIFA Football Awards - Lionel Messi, Jill Ellis, Jurgen Klopp and Megan Rapinoe. Who will win this time around? Follow the ceremony LIVE with Sportstar.   -  Getty Images

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Last Updated: 17 December, 2020 23:14 IST
Hello and welcome to Sportstar's LIVE coverage of the The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020.

 

11:14pm: Poll time, ladies and gentlemen!

 

10:45pm: The ceremony begins at 11.30pm IST. While we wait for proceedings to begin, scroll down to check out the full list of nominees and last year's winners.

10.30pm: 2020 has been a strange year but one always has time to take a moment to celebrate dominance and success in sport. The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 is an event that seeks to do the same. This year, like the UEFA Awards, this ceremony too will be virtual.

 

Here are the big winners in 2019 - Lionel Messi, Jurgen Klopp and Megan Rapinoe bag top honours at The Best FIFA Awards

Categories and Nominees:

The Best FIFA Women’s Player

Nominees: Lucy Bronze (England/Man City), Pernille Harder (Denmark/Wolfsburg), Wendie Renard (France/Lyon)

The Best FIFA Men’s Player

Nominees: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich)

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach

Nominees: Emma Hayes (Chelsea Women), Jean-Luc Vasseur (PSG), Sarina Wiegman (The Netherlands)

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach

Nominees: Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United), Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), Hans-Dieter Flick (Bayern Munich)

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper

Nominees: Sarah Bouhaddi (France/Lyon), Christiane Endler (Chile/PSG), Alyssa Naeher (USA/Chicago Red Start)

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper

Nominees: Alisson Becker (Brazil/Liverpool), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich), Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid)

FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World11



FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World11


FIFA Puskás Award

Nominees: Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Uruguay/Flamengo)

FIFA Fair Play Award

FIFA Fan Award
 


Where to watch?

You can watch The Best FIFA Football Awards on the FIFA Website or their YouTube channel.

Alternatively, you can follow every update from the virtual ceremony as it happens with Sportstar.

When does it begin?

The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7pm CET (11.30pm IST)