{"id":61031,"date":"2022-03-11T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ballon-d-or-2022-organizers-announce-date-for-award-ceremony"},"modified":"2022-03-11T17:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T16:50:22","slug":"ballon-d-or-2022-organizers-announce-date-for-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/ballon-d-or-2022-organizers-announce-date-for-award-ceremony","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019 Or 2022: Organizers announce date for award ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ballon d\u2019Or organizers, France Football, has announced this year\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony will be held in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Ballon d\u2019Or will now be given to the best player over a standard European season rather than during a calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021-22 campaign will end with the 2022 Women\u2019s Euros, and the 2022 World Cup will be included in the 2022-23 awards.<\/p>\n<p>France Football had earlier announced that they have made changes to the Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p>The Ballon d\u2019 Or will now take into account players\u2019 performances during a season (August-July) and not a calendar year (January-December).<\/p>\n<p>This means that the next edition will be for the 2021\/22 season and not 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Ballon d\u2019Or organizers, France Football, has announced this year\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony will be held in October 2022. The 2021 Ballon d\u2019Or will now be given to the best player over a standard European season rather than during a calendar year. 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