REVEALED: How Messi won Ballon d’Or over Haaland… see who your country voted
Lionel Messi won a record eighth Men’s Ballon d’Or award on Monday with a total of 462 points, while Haaland came second with 357 points. But from where did the votes come?
According to Fabrizio Romano, a top journalist, here’s how countries voted for the 2023 Ballon d’Or
South Africa: Messi
Albania: Messi
Algeria: Haaland
Germany: Messi
England: Messi
Saudi Arabia: Messi
Argentina: Messi
Australia: Messi
Armenia: Messi
Austria: Messi
Bahrein: Haaland
Belgium: Messi
Benin: Haaland
Bielorussia: Messi
Bolivia: Messi
Bosnia: Messi
Brazil: Messi
Bulgaria: Mbappé
Cameroon: Mbappé
Canada: Messi
Capo Verde: Haaland
China: Messi
Chile: Messi
Colombia: Messi
Korea: Messi
Costa Rica: Messi
Ivory Coste: Mbappé
Croatia: Messi
Denmark: Haaland
Scotland: Messi
Egypt: Messi
Ireland: Messi
UAE: Messi
Ecuador: Messi
Spain: Messi
USA: Messi
Finland: Messi
France: Haaland
Gabon: Haaland
Wales: Messi
Georgia: Messi
Ghana: Haaland
Greece: Haaland
Guinea: Haaland
Guinea Eq: Messi
Honduras: Messi
Hungary: Messi
India: Messi
Iraq: Messi
Iran: Messi
Northern Ireland: Messi
Iceland: Haaland
Israel: Messi
Italy: Messi
Jamaica: Messi
Japan: Haaland
Giordania: Haaland
Kirghizistan: Haaland
Lebanon: Messi
Luxembourg: Messi
Macedonia: Haaland
Morocco: Messi
Mexico: Messi
Montenegro: Messi
Nigeria: Messi
Norway: Haaland
Oman: Messi
Uganda: Messi
Palestine: Messi
Panama: Messi
Paraguay: Messi
Netherlands: Messi
Perù: Messi
Polonia: Messi
Portugal: Bernardo Silva
Qatar: Messi
Czech Republic: Messi
Romania: Messi
Russia: Messi
Salvador: Haaland
Senegal: Haaland
Slovakia: Haaland
Slovenia: Messi
Sweden: Messi
Switzerland: Haaland
Tunisia: Messi
Turkiye: Messi
Ukraine: Messi
Uruguay: Messi
Venezuela: Messi
Vietnam: Messi
Zambia: Messi
How the voting was done
The voting was conducted using a jury of 100 journalists appointed and presented with a shortlist of 30 players.
The journalists picked the players based on FIFA’s rankings, meaning one journalist from each of the top 100 ranked nations get a vote (some may abstain from voting).
Each journalist was asked to select five candidates from the 30-player shortlist and rank them in order of who they think deserves the award the most.
The first-choice gets six points, second gets four, third three, fourth two and fifth one.
Whoever got the most points wins.