Ballon d’Or 2023: Live TV, streaming in India, start time in IST, nominations, voting details
Ballon d’Or will be presented in both men and women categories. Besides these two, there are six more awards to be handed over tonight.
Ballon d'Or 2023 winner will be revealed tonight (October 30) in Paris. Photo: X/@ballondor
Ballon d’Or, the prestigious football award, will be presented tonight (October 30) in Paris with Argentina’s Lione Messi favourite to win the honour for a record eighth time.
Football fans in India and around the world will be eagerly following the Ballon d’Or 2023 award ceremony on TV and mobile phones.
Ballon d’Or will be presented in both men and women categories. Besides these two, there are six more awards to be handed over tonight – Yachine Trophy (Best Goalkeeper), Kopa Trophy (Best Under-21 Player), Gerd Muller Trophy (Player who scored most goals for club and national team in a single season), Socrates Award (Will identify the best social initiative by committed champions), and Club of the year (Men and Women).
Here is all you need to know about Ballon d’Or 2023 including live TV, streaming information for India, start times in IST, nominations, how the voting is done.
- Ballon d’Or 2023 will take place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris from 8:45 PM local time (1:15 AM IST, October 31). TV, streaming coverage in India starts at 11:30 PM IST.
- This year’s ceremony will be the 67th Ballon d’Or award. The first-ever Ballon d’Or award was presented in 1956 and it was won by Stanley Matthews of England.
- Ballon d’Or is presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956. Some of the biggest names in football have won the award with Argentina’s Lionel Messi bagging the honour most times – seven. The next best is Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo with five awards.
- In India, Sony Sports Network (Sony Sports TEN 2 channel) will show the Ballon d’Or 2023 award ceremony live on TV.
- Live streaming will be available on Sony Liv app, sonyliv.com and also L’Equipe’s official YouTube channel.
Criteria to win Ballon d'Or
1. Individual performance, crucial actions and impressive on-field behaviour
2. Vital role in the team and honours
3. Be fair-play and classy on-field
Who votes for Ballon d'Or
The men’s Ballon d’Or is awarded by an international jury of football journalists. One journalist per country for the top 100 nations in the FIFA Rankings.
Full list (30) of nominees for Ballon d'Or 2023
(Read as player’s name, club, nationality)
Julian Alvarez – Manchester City/Argentina
Nicolo Barella – Inter Milan/Italy
Jude Bellingham – Borussia Dortmund-Real Madrid/England
Karim Benzema – Real-Madrid-Al Ittihad
Yassine Bounou – Sevilla-Al Hilal/Morocco
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City/Belgium
Ruben Dias – Manchester City/Portugal
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid/France
Ilkay Gundogan – Barcelona/Germany
Josko Gvardiol – RB Lipsia-Manchester City/Croatia
Erling Haaland – Manchester City/Norway
Harry Kane – Tottenham-Bayern Munich/England
Randal Kolo Muani – Eintracht Frankfurt-Paris Saint-Germain/France
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – Napoli/Georgia
Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona/Poland
Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa/Argentina
Lautaro Martinez – Inter Milan/Argentina
Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain/France
Lionel Messi – Paris Saint-Germain-Inter Miami/Argentina
Kim Min-jae – Napoli-Bayern Munich/South Korea
Luka Modric – Real Madrid/Croatia
Jamal Musiala – Bayern Munich/Germany
Martin Odegaard – Arsenal/Norway
Andre Onana – Inter-Manchester United/Cameroon
Victor Osimhen – Napoli/Nigeria
Rodri – Manchester City/Spain
Bukayo Saka – Arsenal/England
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool/Egypt
Bernardo Silva – Manchester City/Portugal
Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid/Brazil