On the evening of October 8, Beijing time, French Football magazine announced the shortlist for the 2021 Kopa Award (Best U21 Player) on its official website.
Founded in 2018 by French Football, the Copa Awards are dedicated to the best performing U21 players in world football in the past year, and the jury is made up of former legendary stars such as Messi, Ronaldo, Beckenbauer, Platini, Van Basten, Zidane, Papan, Ronaldinho, Dennis Law, Kevin Keegan, Rummenigge and other former legends.
The 2021 Golden Globes ceremony will be the third appearance of the Kopa Awards. The winner of the award in 2018 was French star Kylian Kylian Mbappe, while the 2019 winner was De Ligt. In 2020, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was cancelled due to the cancellation or irregularity of the national schedule due to the covid-19 epidemic, and the selection of the Kopa Award was also canceled.
Full list
Greenwood, Saka, Pedri, Doku, Gravenberg, Musharra, Wiltz, Bellingham, Rayner, Nuno Mendes
Kopa Prize Selection Rules
1. Individual performance and honors received in the past year (individual and collective);
2. The talent of the players and the spirit of fair play;
3. The future potential of the player.
Each judge will vote for 3 players in priority order within the 10-person shortlist, and the players who get the vote will receive 5, 3 and 1 point in the order of votes.
If there are players with the same number of votes, the ranking is determined by the number of first votes obtained; if the number of first ballots is the same, the number of second ballots is determined; if the second ballot is still the same, the ranking is determined by the number of third votes; if there is still a tie vote after the above comparison, a vote is reorganized among the players who are tied.