When Shandong Taishan's AFC Champions League victory and the "Blossom Version" Super Cup were the 2024 lights of Chinese football, the 2023 China Golden Ball Awards ceremony in Shanghai also injected more vision and expectations into the new season by looking back.
On the afternoon of February 26, the "Walking with Chinese Football All the Way - 2023 China Golden Ball Awards Ceremony" was held in Shanghai. The China Golden Ball Awards ceremony, which returned to Shanghai after 5 years, left the final summary speech for Chinese football in 2023, and the awards of the 2023 China Golden Ball Awards were finally announced.
Xu Jiren, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Luo Ming, Deputy General Manager of Sports Media Group, Lv Peng, Vice President of Tencent Games, Dong Hua, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Chinese Football Association, Wang Guohua, Full-time Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Football Association, Chen Xuemin, Deputy County Mayor of Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, and many players, coaches, representatives of professional clubs and award judges attended the award ceremony.
Xu Jiren, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, delivered a speech.
An Ran, Deputy General Manager of Sports Media Group, Editor-in-Chief of Football Weekly, and Secretary-General of the China Golden Ball Awards Organizing Committee, delivered a speech.
Lv Peng, Vice President of Tencent Games, delivered a speech.
In the end, Wu Lei, who helped Shanghai Port win the Chinese Super League championship in the 2023 season and had an outstanding performance in the national team competition, achieved the "Big Four Happiness" of the Chinese Golden Ball Award. In the selection of the 2023 China Golden Globe Awards, Wu Lei received 62 votes for the first place, with a total score of 510 points, exceeding the second place Yu Hanchao's 231 points and the third place Wei Shihao's 187 points, which proves the judges' high recognition of Wu Lei. Feng Xiaoting, the winner of the first Chinese Golden Ball Award, revealed the suspense of the award for his former national team teammates.
2023 China Golden Globe Award winner Wu Lei.
Zhang Linyan, who has temporarily ended her career in Europe, won the Chinese Women's Golden Ball Award for the first time, and she won the award with her improved performance in all competitions last year, beating Wang Shuang and Wang Shanshan. Former Chinese women's football coach Shui Qingxia was invited to experience a special "master-apprentice reunion" as an award presenter, and Zhang Linyan's former teammate Zhao Lina served as the guest of honor. The 2023 International Women's Golden Ball Award winner and the core of the Spanish women's football team's midfield, Bommati, specially recorded a blessing to "Pippi"**.
2023 Chinese Women's Golden Globe Award winner Linyan.
Yu Genwei, who led Tianjin Jinmen Tigers to an unbeaten home league record in the 2023 season, also won the award for the first time, and Chinese football legend Shen Xiangfu rushed to Tianjin to present the trophy to the new winner of the Chinese Golden Shuai Award who was absent from the ceremony due to training tasks.
2023 China Golden Shuai Award winner Yu Genwei.
In the Golden Boy Award ceremony, Baihelam Abduwaili, who plays for Shenzhen Xinpeng City Club this season, received the U21 trophy of the Chinese Golden Boy Award from Cheng Yaodong, the coach of the Chinese Olympic team. His elder brother and grandfather flew from Ili to Shanghai, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers to witness the coronation of Baihelam. His Xinjiang hometown and the winner of the last China Golden Boy Award, Eiffelding, was present to congratulate him. In the 2023 China Golden Boy Award U17 selection, Wang Yudong, who made his debut in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League on behalf of the Zhejiang team last season, won the first place with a clear advantage, and accepted the award from his mentor Yang Chen at the ceremony.
The winner of the 2023 China Golden Boy Award (U21) is Baihelam Abduwaili.
2023 China Golden Boy Award (U17) winner Wang Yudong.
The Chinese Five-a-side Golden Ball Award awarded by the special jury panel of the Organizing Committee of the China Golden Globe Awards belongs to Ding Shunjie, who is in excellent form in the 2023 season. Ding Shunjie, who plays for Jiading Jiaofa Engineering University, became the first player to win the Chinese Futsal Golden Ball Award twice.
2023 China Futsal Golden Globe Award winner Ding Shunjie.
In addition to the traditional football awards, the 2023 China Golden Ball Awards Organizing Committee continued to cooperate with Tencent Interactive Entertainment to present the Football E-sports Award for the seventh consecutive year. The e-sports awards jointly set up by Sports Media and Tencent Interactive Entertainment FC games aims to become an important connector between virtual sports and traditional sports. The historical moment of FC Online's appearance at the Asian Games in Hangzhou also illustrates that China's Golden Ball Awards and the football e-sports industry are moving side by side. In the competition, Manchester City Esports Club won the 2023 Football Esports Club of the Year, Manchester City Esports player Yu Yue won the FC Online Football Esports of the Year trophy, and Yang Zichu was named the Football World Football Esports Man of the Year.
2023 Football Esports Club of the Year winner Manchester City Esports.
Yu Yue, winner of the 2023 Football Esports Man of the Year (FC Online).
2023 Winner of the Year (FC Football World) Yang Zichu.
In addition, the Rongjiang (Sanbao Dongzhai) and the United States Country Football Super League, which have become phenomenal public events in 2023, as well as Chinese football referees Ma Ning, Fu Ming, Zhou Fei and Zhang Cheng, who have been making progress in the continental arena in recent years, were awarded special awards by the organizing committee at the China Golden Ball Awards. PUMA, which helped the U12 young players in Yili Rushan, Xinjiang, to chase their football dreams won the honor of the 2023 China Football Public Welfare Model Award.
Special Award of the Organizing Committee: Rongjiang (Sanbao Dong Village) and the United States Country Football Super League.
Special Award of the Organizing Committee: Qatar Asian Cup Chinese Referee Group.
2023 Chinese Football Charity Model: PUMA
At the end of the ceremony, Wang Yongjie, the person in charge of Guizhou Village Super Communication, released the 2024 event plan of the Village Super for the first time. The organizer, Sports Media, has also reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Guizhou Village Super to jointly build the Guizhou Village Super Sports Communication Center and jointly build a flagship content brand in the field of sports. At the same time, the two parties will also jointly develop the content value of the village super, enhance the interaction with the village super in various fields, and let the brand value of the village super go beyond the arena and cover the society.
Sports Media has also reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Guizhou Village Super for public welfare.
The annual record and review will come to a successful conclusion for Chinese football in 2023. The China Golden Ball Award, which takes "setting an example for Chinese football" as its own responsibility, will continue to walk with Chinese football in the way of recording and inheritance.
Attached: List of winners of the 2023 China Golden Globe Awards.
China Golden Globe Award: Wu Lei.
Chinese Women's Golden Globe Award: Zhang Linyan.
China Golden Shuai Award: Yu Genwei.
China U17 Golden Boy Award: Wang Yudong
China U21 Golden Boy Award: Baihelam Abduwaili.
Chinese Five-a-side Golden Globe Award: Ding Shunjie.
Football Esports Club of the Year: Manchester City Esports.
Football Esports of the Year (FC Online): Yu Yue.
Soccer Esports of the Year (FC World of Football): Yang Zichu.
Special Award of the Organizing Committee: Qatar Asian Cup Chinese Referee Group.
Special Award of the Organizing Committee: Rongjiang (Sanbao Dong Village) and the United States Country Football Super League.
Chinese Football Charity Model: PUMA