As the curtain falls on the 2022 national soccer season, the jury of the China Ballon d'Or has finally revealed the nominees for the 2022 awards after much heated discussion. Gathering professional votes from over 100 senior sports media representatives and invited judges, the competition for the China Golden Ball Award, China Women's Golden Ball Award, China Golden Marshal Award and China Golden Boy Award will be extremely fierce.
Looking back, Wu Lei has won the China Ballon d'Or many times in the national team and overseas leagues. However, as he returns home from his stay in China, and Chinese men's players are rarely seen in Europe's top five leagues, the 2022 China Ballon d'Or competition will focus more on performances in domestic leagues and cup competitions.
In 2022, China's women's soccer team won the Asian Championship after 16 years, and all the players who shone at the Asian Cup in India at the beginning of the year have been selected as candidates for the China Women's Ballon d'Or Award, with Wang Shanshan, Zhu Yu, Wang Frost, Tang Chia-li, Zhang Lin-yan and Xiao Yu-yi in the spotlight.
The China Golden Marshal Award recognizes the best Chinese-born coach of the year. 2022's shortlist features half a dozen Shanghai coaches, including Chinese women's soccer head coach Shui Qingxia, Shanghai Shenhua boss Wu Jingui and Dalianese boss Xie Hui.
Despite the challenges facing the men's national team and the top league, the rise of a new generation of players is encouraging. In order to focus on the growth of the new stars, the jury of the China Golden Ball Award Group decided to resume the selection of the China Golden Boy Award for the u17 and u21 age groups, and a total of 8 u17 candidates and 10 u21 candidates stood out.
The selection of the Chinese Golden Ball Award covers all Chinese nationalities, and is voted for by a panel of 100 authoritative media judges from home and abroad, with the deadline for voting set for January 18th, and the award ceremony expected to be held in March this year.
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Candidates for the 2022 China Golden Ball Award:
Chen Pu (Shandong Taishan), Cheng Jin (Zhejiang), Deng Hanwen (Wuhan Sanzhen), Jiang Guangtai (Guangzhou/Shanghai Seaport), Jiang Shenglong (Shanghai Shenhua), Lin Liangming (Dalian), Liu Dengzuo (Wuhan Sanzhen), Liu Tao (Chengdu Rongcheng), Tan Long (Changchun Yatai), Wang Shangyuan (Henan Songshan Longmen), Wu Lei (Espanyol/Shanghai Seaport), Xie Pengfei (Wuhan Sanzhen), Zhang Xuzhe ( Beijing Guoan), Zhang Yuning (Beijing Guoan), Zheng Zheng (Shandong Taishan)
2022 China Women's Golden Ball Award Candidates:
Shen Mengyu (Celtic Scotland Women's Football), Tang Jiali (Tottenham Hotspur, England/Madrid cff Women's Football), Wang Linlin (Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank of China (SACB) Women's Football), Wang Shanshan (Beijing Women's Football), Wang Frost (Louisville Athletic Women's Football), Wang Xiaoxue (Wuhan Chegucuo Jiangdai Women's Football), Xiao Yuyi (Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank of China (SACB) /Adelaide United (AU) Women's Football), Zhang Linyan (Wuhan Chegucuo Jiangdai /Switzerland Grasshopper Women's Football Team), Zhang Rui (Shandong Sporting Colors Women's Football Team), Zhu Yu (Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank Women's Football Team)
Candidates for the 2022 China Golden Marshal Award:
Chang Weiwei (Wuhan Chegu Jiangda Women's Football Team), Hao Wei (Shandong Taishan), Li Wei Feng (Guangzhou City), Shui Qingxia (Female, China Women's Football Team), Wu Jingui (Shanghai Shenhua), Xie Hui (Dalian People)
Candidates for the 2022 Chinese Golden Boy Award:
u21: Efirdin Eskal (Guangzhou), Ablikim Abdulshalamu (Zhejiang), Baihelam Abdulweli (Shandong Taishan/Jinan Xingzhou), Gao Tianyi (Zhejiang), Hu Huotao (Chengdu Rongcheng), Liu Guobao (Shandong Taishan), Liu Zhurun (Shanghai Seaport), Shao Ziqin (female, Jiangsu Wuxi Women's Football Team), Xie Wenren (Qingdao Hainiu), Yan Yu (Beijing Guoan)
u17: Huang Jiaxin (F, Shanghai Football Association), Lai Ming (Shanghai Harbor), Liu Chen (F, Shandong Football Association), Ning Fangze (Zhejiang Team), Qiao Ruiqi (F, Jiangsu Football Association), Wang Dingkun (Hubei Young Stars), Wang Yudong (Zhejiang Football Association), Ye Daoxin (Zhejiang Team)
Candidates for the 2022 China Futsal Golden Ball Award:
Chen Zhiheng (Shenzhen Nanling Iron Wolf), Ding Shunjie (Shanghai Jiading Jiaoda Engineering University), Gu Haitao (Ningbo Cixi Guanhaiwei), Ji Shengfei (Ningbo Cixi Guanhaiwei), Shen Siming (Hangzhou Qiantang Lake University), Zhang Bin (Hebei Shijiazhuang Fumei)
