Only 20 African countries are eligible to ballot for the victor of this year’s Ballon d’Or award.
This is due to the fact that they are among the apical 100 countries successful the FIFA satellite rankings, which find the award’s planetary jury.
The 2026 regulations stipulate that the FIFA ranking successful effect erstwhile the voting lists were published connected September 8 was utilized to find the jury.
Each writer volition prime and fertile 10 players from the 30 Ballon d’Or nominees.
The subordinate ranked archetypal receives 15 points, followed by 12, 10, eight, seven, five, four, three, 2 and 1 constituent for the 10th choice.
The African countries that are among the apical 100 include:
Morocco — 6th successful FIFA ranking
Senegal — 18th
Egypt — 24th
Nigeria — 26th
Algeria — 29th
Côte d’Ivoire — 31st
DR Congo — 41st
Cameroon — 43rd
Mali — 53rd
South Africa — 54th
Tunisia — 57th
Burkina Faso — 62nd
Cabo Verde — 64th
Ghana — 65th
Guinea — 81st
Gabon — 84th
Angola — 87th
Uganda — 89th
Zambia — 90th
Benin — 94th
The different 80 countries successful the apical 100 are from Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Oceania.









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