The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 were held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland.[1] The Best FIFA Football Awards are the annual recognitions awarded by FIFA to several individuals across different categories, including: best eleven players of the year, known as FIFA FIFPro World XI (awards goalkeeper, best defenders l, midfielders, attackers), FIFA World Coach of the Year for men's and for women's football, best female player of the year, 2nd best male player of the year, and best goal of the year (known as FIFA Puskás Award). The FIFA Fair Play Award is the only award that usually goes to groups or entities instead of individuals.
The selection criteria for the (men's and women's) players of the year were: sporting performance, as well as general conduct on and off the pitch from 20 November 2015 to 22 November 2016. The selection criteria for the coaches of the year were: performance and general behaviour of their teams on and off the pitch from 20 November 2015 to 22 November 2016.
The votes were decided by media representatives, national team coaches, and national team captains. In October 2016, it was announced that the general public would also be allowed to vote.[2] Each group contributed 25% of the overall vote.
The Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup compiled a shortlist of 10 women's football coaches for The Best FIFA Women's Coach.[1]
The 10 candidates were announced on 1 November.[12] The three finalists were announced on 2 December 2016.[13]
Silvia Neid won the award with nearly 30% of the vote.[7]
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