FIFA: first ceremony of "The Best FIFA Football Awards" in Zurich (SUI) on Monday, 09/01/2017

The best football players and managers will be honoured during the first ceremony of The Best FIFA Football Awards on Monday 09/01/2017, said FIFA on 08/01/2017. "The TPC (Technology and Production Center) studios in Zurich (SUI) will host this gala, and the winners are decided by the entire world football community," said the international federation.

"The ceremony begins at 18:30 CET. However, we are opening a live blog on FIFA.com from 14:30 to make sure you can follow all of this extraordinary day from the Green Carpet. You can follow the pre-ceremony and the entire evening via FIFA TV on YouTube or through our live blog," said FIFA, which is inaugurating a new award format after holding the "FIFA Golden Ball" gala in partnership with the magazine France Football for six years.

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