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Explained: How Ballon d'Or 2025 winners will be picked; when is the ceremony?

The nominees for the Ballon d'Or 2025 awards have been declared. As we get ready to find out the winners, here's all you need to know about when is the Ballon d'Or 2025 ceremony and how the winners will be picked. read more Nothing is bigger than the Ballon d'Or when it comes to individual awards in the world of football. FIFA has The Best Football Awards, the successor of the FIFA World Player of the Year award, which began in 1991, but it doesn't compare to the Ballon d'Or, which was first awarded in 1956. The nominees for the Ballon d'Or best male and female footballers of the year awards . European champions Paris Saint-Germain players Ousmane Dembele and Gianluigi Donnarumma are part of the nominees list for the Ballon d'Or men's award, along with Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe, Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, Chelsea sensation Cole Palmer and Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal, among others. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Women's Ballon d'Or winner in 2024, Aitana Bonmati, is back on the nominees list along with top players like Lucy Bronze, Hannah Hampton, Chloe Kelly, Alessia Russo and Leah Williamson. More from Football Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool have been nominated for the Men's Team of the Year award, while Antonio Conte, Luis Enrique and Enzo Maresca are some of the coaches who will fight for the top prize. As we get ready to find out the winners, here's all you need to when is the Ballon d'Or 2025 ceremony and how the winners will be picked. When is the Ballon d'Or 2025 ceremony? The Ballon d'Or 2025 ceremony will he held on 22 September 2025 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France. How will the Ballon d'Or 2025 winners be picked? The shortlist for the Ballon d'Or awards was picked by the journalists of the France Football magazine, along with the French publication L'Equipe. For the men's Ballon d'Or, the winner is determined by votes from one journalist representing each of the top-100 ranked nations in FIFA's ranking list. Each voter arranges 10 names from a pool of 30 shortlisted players in order of preference. Points are allocated according to position: 15 for the top pick, 12 for second, 10 for third, then 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for the rest. If two or more players finish with identical scores, the number of first-choice selections decides the higher spot. If that's still even, the comparison shifts to second-choice tallies, then third-choice, and continues until the tie is broken. While picking the winner, the journalists are encouraged to consider three factors. Individual performances, decisive and impressive character Team performances and achievements Class and fair play The winner for Women's Ballon d'Or is also picked the same way but only from journalists from the top-50 ranked nations in the FIFA standings. Ballon d'Or nominations Men: Jude Bellingham, Ousmane Dembele, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Desire Doue, Denzel Dumfries, Serhou Guirassy, Viktor Gyokeres, Erling Haaland, Achraf Hakimi, Harry Kane, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Robert Lewandowski, Alexis Mac Allister, Lautaro Martinez, Kylian Mbappe, Scott McTominay, Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves, Michael Olise, Cole Palmer, Pedri, Raphinha, Declan Rice, Fabian Ruiz, Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Vinicius Jr, Vitinha, Florian Wirtz, Lamine Yamal Women: Sandy Baltimore, Barbra Banda, Aitana Bonmati, Lucy Bronze, Klara Buehl, Mariona Caldentey, Sofia Cantore, Steph Catley, Temwa Chawinga, Melchie Dumornay, Emily Fox, Cristiana Girelli, Esther Gonzalez, Caroline Graham Hansen, Hannah Hampton, Pernille Harder, Patri Guijarro, Amanda Gutierres, Lindsey Heaps, Chloe Kelly, Frida Leonhardsen-Maanum, Marta, Clara Mateo, Ewa Pajor, Claudia Pina, Alexia Putellas, Alessia Russo, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Caroline Weir, Leah Williamson STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Other award nominations Men's coach of the year: Antonio Conte, Luis Enrique, Hansi Flick, Enzo Maresca, Arne Slot Women's coach of the year: Sonia Bompastor, Arthur Elias, Justine Madugu, Renee Slegers, Sarina Wiegman Men's club of the year: Barcelona, Botafogo, Chelsea, Liverpool, Paris St Germain Women's club of the year: Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea, OL Lyonnes, Orlando Pride Yashin trophy men: Alisson Becker, Yassine Bounou, Lucas Chevalier, Thibaut Courtois, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Emi Martinez, Jan Oblak, David Raya, Matz Sels, Yann Sommer Yashin trophy women: Ann-Katrin Berger, Cata Coll, Hannah Hampton, Chiamaka Nnadozie, Daphne van Domselaar Men's Kopa Trophy: Ayyoub Bouaddi, Pau Cubarsi, Desire Doue, Estevao, Dean Huijsen, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Rodrigo Mora, Joao Neves, Lamine Yamal, Kenan Yildiz Women's Kopa Trophy: Michelle Agyemang, Linda Caicedo, Wieke Kaptein, Vicky Lopez, Claudia Martinez Ovando