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Les Bleus of France star player Kylian Mbappé won the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament in Qatar golden boot award with eight goals as Messi was adjudged overall best Player of The Tournament.
2022 FIFA World Cup winners Argentina dominated the board in terms of individual awards at the end of the final on Sunday, December 18 in Lusail.
Having won the Player of the Match award in the final, Lionel Messi casually jogged back out to receive the Golden Ball gong, deservedly being named the best player of the tournament — an accolade he also received when Argentina won the Copa America in 2021.
Kylian Mbappe was rewarded for his ruthless hat-trick in the final by receiving the Golden Boot as the top scorer across the finals.
Here’s the latest on who’s won what on the most prestigious stage in football.
FIFA awards at the 2022 World Cup
Seven additional awards were handed out by FIFA after the final, with five decided by the FIFA technical committee, and via a FIFA-held fan vote.
The Golden Boot, Golden Ball, Golden Glove, FIFA Young Player and FIFA Fair Play Trophy were all confirmed by FIFA with supporters given the key role in selecting the Goal of the Tournament and Most Entertaining Team.
- Golden Boot: Kylian Mbappe (France)
- Golden Ball: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
- Golden Glove: Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
- FIFA Young Player: Enzo Fernandez (Argentina)
- FIFA Fair Play Trophy: England
- Goal of the Tournament: TBC
- Most Entertaining Team: TBC
Golden Boot (FIFA Award)
The main criteria for this award is the most goals scored by a player at a World Cup, with a secondary tiebreaker coming into play, in the event of a tie, of the player with more assists being given the trophy, followed by minutes played.
Mbappe and Messi were level on five before the final, the France forward outscoring his Paris Saint-Germain teammate to finish one ahead on eight goals.
Golden Ball (FIFA Award)
This award is decided from a shortlist of players drawn up by the FIFA committee, with the winners voted for by FIFA-accredited journalists at the tournament. Messi was the clear choice.
Golden Glove (FIFA Award)
This is given to the best goalkeeper at the competition, as assessed by FIFA, with clean sheets the key focus.
Aston Villa goalkeeper Martinez kept three clean sheets and was one of the heroes of Argentina’s shootout wins over the Netherlands — in the quarterfinals — and then France in the final to win the trophy.
FIFA Young Player (FIFA Award)
This award was amended slightly to become an official FIFA award in 2006, with the trophy given to the best under-21 player at the World Cup.
Mbappe took the award at the 2018 World Cup, and 21-year-old Benfica midfielder Fernandez succeeded him after cementing himself as a breakout star at the finals for Argentina in the Qatar showpiece.
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
This is a team award deciding by FIFA’s disciplinary team based on an assessment of “exemplary fair play” at a World Cup, with FIFA praising UEFA for their decision to award Denmark the award at Euro 2020.
The Danish players were noted for their show of solidarity towards Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch treatment after he suffered a cardiac arrest during the group stage clash with Finland.
England won the World Cup version in Qatar 2022 for a third time, after collecting a single booking across five games on their way to the 2022 quarterfinals.
Goal of the Tournament (Fan Vote)
This award was created by FIFA in 2006, to give fans a greater role in deciding awards, with Maxi Rodriguez, Diego Forlan, James Rodriguez and Benjamin Pavard among the winners previously.
Most Entertaining Team (Fan Vote)
Another award brought in ahead of USA ’94, as fans cast their vote on a team that has won them over for entertainment value at a World Cup.
No team has won it more than once, ahead of 2022, but France secured the award alongside winning the World Cup as hosts in 1998.
By: D. N. A. MENSAH, Daily Mail GH /Follow the writer @SkipperWrites on Twitter
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