Learn from the past. As the 2023 Chinese professional football season is about to start in full swing, the results of the 2022 China Golden Ball Awards, which represent the highest individual honor in Chinese football, will also be released. After the voting of more than 100 authoritative media at home and abroad, the voting results of the China Golden Globe Award, the China Women's Golden Globe Award and the China Golden Shuai Award have been counted. The final winner will be revealed at the award ceremony this afternoon.
The jury of the China Golden Globe Awards is composed of representatives of 100 heavyweight sports media and a number of specially invited judges, each judge can select 1-5 people from the shortlist, counting 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points respectively, and the total score determines the final ranking. In the most watched 2022 China Golden Globe Awards, three-time Chinese Golden Globe Award winner Wu Lei, Wuhan Three Towns midfielder Xie Pengfei and Beijing Guoan striker Zhang Yuning (surname pinyin order) received the top three votes. Four-time Chinese Women's Ballon d'Or winner Wang Shuang failed to make it into the top three sequences of the award, with the top three winners of the 2022 China Women's Golden Globe Awards being Tang Jiali, Wang Shanshan and Zhang Linyan. All three performed well in the Asian Cup early last year and were important contributors to the Chinese women's football team.
The top three winners of the 2022 China Golden Shuai Awards are Shui Qingxia, Wu Jingui and Xie Hui. Shui Qingxia put the Chinese women's football team on the right track last year and stood on the continental stage with a new look. Wu Jingui and Xie Hui have shown different leadership styles and abilities in the local arena, and they have led the team through difficulties in their own ways.
The top three finalists for the 2022 China U21 Golden Boy Award are Ablikim Abdul Shalamu, who played for Zhejiang last season, Eiffeldin Eskar of Guangzhou, and Hu Hetao, who has grown rapidly in Chengdu Rongcheng. In the recent U20 Asian Cup, Eiffelding Escal and Hu Hetao played well, bringing long-lost positive energy to Chinese football. With their steady performance in the U17 Women's World Cup last year, Chinese U17 women's footballers Huang Jiaxin and Liu Chen were both shortlisted for the top three of the 2022 China U17 Golden Boy Award. The other young man who occupies a place is Wang Yudong, who is stepping up preparations for the U17 men's Asian Cup.
At 14:30 today, the China Football Youth Training Development Seminar and 2022 China Golden Ball Award Ceremony will be held in Beijing, and a number of football youth training experts will be present to share and exchange football youth training experience. Also announcing the winners at the ceremony were the 2022 China Futsal Golden Globe Awards, as well as three football esports awards, including Best Football Esports Club of the Year, Football Esports Mr. of the Year (FIFA Online 4 and FIFA Football World).
The China Golden Globe Awards are organized by Sports Media and strategically cooperated with Tencent Interactive Entertainment. The selection began in 2017 and this year marks its sixth year. The selection of the Chinese Golden Ball Awards has positive significance for building the honor system of Chinese football and spreading the positive energy of Chinese football.
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List of the top three finalists in each award of the 2022 China Golden Globe Awards (in alphabetical order of last name or initials)
2022 China Golden Globe Awards: Wu Lei (Espanyol/Shanghai Port), Xie Pengfei (Wuhan Three Towns), Zhang Yuning (Beijing Guoan)
2022 China Women's Ballon d'Or: Tang Jiali (Tottenham Hotspur/Madrid CFF), Wang Shanshan (Beijing Women's Football), Zhang Linyan (Wuhan Chegujiangda/Grasshopper)
2022 China Golden Shuai Award: Shui Qingxia (China Women's Football), Wu Jingui (Shanghai Shenhua), Xie Hui (Dalian)
2022 China Golden Boy Award (U21): Ablikim Abdul Shalamu (Zhejiang Team), Eiffeldin Eskar (Guangzhou Team), Hu Hetao (Chengdu Rongcheng)
2022 China Golden Boy Award (U17): Huang Jiaxin (China U17 Women), Liu Chen (China U17 Women), Wang Yudong (China U17 Men's Football)
2022 China Futsal Golden Globe Awards: Chen Zhiheng (Shenzhen Nanling Iron Wolf), Ji Shenghua (Ningbo Cixi Guanhaiwei), Zhang Bin (Fumei Shijiazhuang, Hebei)
Best Football Esports Club of 2022: R&F Ronly, Manchester City Esports, Shenzhen Wolves
2022 Best Football Esports Mr. (FIFA Online 4): Dong Wenbin (Yantai WT), Li Sijun (Manchester City Esports), Liu Jiacheng (Shenzhen Wolves)
2022 Best Mr. Football Esports (FIFA Football World): Kim Shi-ho (KMCDY), Yoo Ze-sung (Swinging Man in the Fog), Heo Min-ho (Heo Ri-tian)