The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025: date, times, how to watch on TV, stream online
FIFA is to hand out its men’s and women’s world-player-of-the-year awards, along with a whole host of other soccer prizes.
Aitana Bonmatí and Ousmane Dembélé lead the contenders for FIFA’s world-player-of-the-year prizes, as soccer’s global governing body prepares to host its annual The Best Football Awards.
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025: when, where?
The gala is to take place today, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2025, at 12:00 noon ET/9:00 a.m. PT. Fairmont Katara Hall in Doha, Qatar, will be the venue.
How can I watch The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025?
Wherever you are in the world, you can watch the event live on FIFA.com.
Can Bonmatí complete The Best three-peat?
Bonmatí, who is currently recovering from a broken leg, is one of 17 nominees for The Best FIFA Women’s Player, having already won the award in 2023 and 2024.
The Barcelona and Spain star is bidding to emulate her hat-trick of wins in the Ballon d’Or Fémenin: In September’s gala in Paris, the 27-year-old scooped France Football’s top women’s prize for a third straight year, ahead of international team-mate Mariona Caldentey.
Dembélé, who is the holder of the men’s Ballon d’Or, headlines an 11-strong list of nominees for The Best FIFA Men’s Player. The Paris Saint-Germain and France forward has never previously won the award, which last year went to Real Madrid and Brazil’s Vinícius Júnior.
Take a look at the full list of nominees for The Best FIFA Women’s Player and The Best FIFA Men’s Player.
What other awards are being presented?
- The Best FIFA Men’s Coach
- The Best FIFA Women’s Coach
- The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper
- The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper
- The FIFA Puskás Award (best men’s goal)
- The FIFA Marta Award (best women’s goal)
- The Best FIFA Men’s XI
- The Best FIFA Women’s XI
- The FIFA Fan Award
- The FIFA Fair Play Award
Check out the complete list of nominees.
How are The Best prize winners decided?
The winners of the main awards - Best Player, Best Coach and Best Goalkeeper - are chosen by a combination of national-team captains, national-team coaches, journalists and fans, with each group’s votes weighted equally. Fans were able to cast their ballot on FIFA.com.
The makeup of the two Best FIFA XIs is decided by an equally-weighted combination of a FIFA expert panel and a fan vote; the same goes for the winners of the Marta and Puskás Awards. The recipient of the FIFA Fair Play Award is chosen by a jury of FIFA experts, while the recipient of the FIFA Fan Award is selected by a fan vote.
Voting for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 began on November 6, 2025, and ran until November 28, 2025.
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