The
Player of the Match (POTM) award picks the outstanding player in every match of the tournament. The award was introduced with the name "Man of the Match" in 2002. It was rechristened "Player of the Match" in 2022. While the inaugural two editions were chosen by the technical group, since 2010, Player of the Match is picked by an online poll on FIFA's website.
Total awardsAs of 18 December 2022 By countryAs of 18 December 2022 ==Most Entertaining Team== The
Most Entertaining Team award is a subjectively awarded prize for the team that had done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game, organised through public participation in a poll For 1998, 2002 and 2006, substitute and reserve members were also nominated for full squads.
Other selections Many different newspapers, sports journalists, managers and former players have picked their All-Star teams for the tournaments over the years. Newspapers which picked their All-Star teams include
Sport-Magazin, Mundo Esportivo, France Football,
Associated Press, ''Estadio,
El Gráfico, Goles,
Guerin Sportivo, Crónica,
El Mercurio, La Prensa,
Clarín,
La Razón,
El País,
L'Équipe,
Mundo Deportivo,
De Volkskrant,
La Gazzetta dello Sport,
Don Balón,
La Stampa,
Kicker, Deporte Gráfico, Spotivo Sur,
Match, Fußball Woche,
Placar,
Shoot!, BBC Sport, Süddeutsche Zeitung,
Diario AS and Marca''. Sports journalists, managers and former players who picked their All-Star teams include Dr. Friedebert Becker,
Gabriel Hanot,
Enzo Bearzot,
Pelé,
Roberto Bettega,
Eugenio Bersellini,
Giovanni Trapattoni,
Massimo Giacomini,
Sandro Mazzola, Paolo Carosi,
Jimmy Greaves,
Pichi Alonso and
Johan Cruyff. Since the beginning many newspapers gave players points to players based on their performances at the World Cup. Some are based in statistics, but some were just rankings given by experts.
Castrol Football has given retrospective rankings to players until 1966 with their expert panel consisting of people such as
Cristiano Ronaldo,
Arsène Wenger,
Marcel Desailly,
Cafu,
Alan Shearer,
Emilio Butragueño,
Ronald Koeman,
Pierluigi Collina,
Ottmar Hitzfeld,
Gary Bailey,
Peter Stöger,
Mohamed Al-Deayea and
Stanislav Levý. There are rumours about "official" World Cup All-Star teams across the internet. The same teams have been published on many websites including football.sporting99.com, worldcupbrazil.net,
talksport and thesoccerworldcups.com. It is unclear where these teams originated, but the earliest they can be found on the internet was in the October of 2011 on the football.sporting99.com website.
Media's selection (1930–1934) Unofficial winners (1938) FIFA published the first All-Star Team in 1938, but it never made All-Star Team again until 1990 due to ensuing complaints.
Media's selection (1950–1954) Unofficial winners (1958) In January 1959, host
Swedish Football Association published an All-Star Team based on 720 answers out of 1,200 experts.
Media's selection (1962–1986) Unofficial winners (1990) In 1990, there was an All-Star Team announced in combination with the Golden Ball ceremony. It was chosen by the same journalists who chose the best player, but this team is still considered unofficial.
Fans' winners (2002, 2010–2018) In 2002, the tournament's sponsor MasterCard announced fans' All-Star Team based on the results of an online poll as well as official All-Star Team. Between 2010 and 2018, the
Fan Dream Team was voted by online poll of FIFA website. FIFA explained these are not official. it published Team of the Tournament based on statistical data of other sponsors, which evaluates players' performances. FIFA explained these are not official.
Media's selection (2022) ==Goal of the Tournament==