FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball

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football award

The FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball is the tournament’s top individual honor awarded to the most outstanding player across all matches.

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Label	Occurrences
FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball canonical	2
FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Golden Ball	1
FIFA Women’s World Cup Golden Ball	1
FIFA Women’s World Cup Golden Ball 2015	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5569088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball
Context triple: [Megan Rapinoe, awardReceived, FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball]

A. FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot
The FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot is the award given to the tournament's top goal scorer in women's international football's premier competition.
B. The Best FIFA Women's Player
The Best FIFA Women's Player is an annual FIFA award honoring the most outstanding female footballer in the world for her performances over the preceding season.
C. FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball is the award given to the most outstanding player of the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
D. FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe is the award given to the top goal scorer at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
E. FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball
Target entity description: The FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball is the tournament’s top individual honor awarded to the most outstanding player across all matches.

A. FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot
The FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot is the award given to the tournament's top goal scorer in women's international football's premier competition.
B. The Best FIFA Women's Player
The Best FIFA Women's Player is an annual FIFA award honoring the most outstanding female footballer in the world for her performances over the preceding season.
C. FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball is the award given to the most outstanding player of the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
D. FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe is the award given to the top goal scorer at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
E. FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FIFA Women's World Cup Player of the Tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedFor	most outstanding player of the FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ
awardedTo	one player per tournament ⓘ
awardType	player of the tournament award ⓘ
competition	FIFA Women's World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfGoverningBody	Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionMethod	voting ⓘ
firstAwardedAt	1991 FIFA Women's World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency	every four years ⓘ
gender	women ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquartersCity	Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubsequentPlaces	Bronze Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ
hierarchicalRank	top individual honor of the FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ
inception	1991 ⓘ
notableWinner	Carli Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Homare Sawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Marta NERFINISHED ⓘ Megan Rapinoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Wen NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedBy	FIFA NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedAward	FIFA Women's World Cup Best Young Player NERFINISHED ⓘ FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot NERFINISHED ⓘ FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove NERFINISHED ⓘ FIFA World Cup Golden Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
selectionCriteria	performance across all matches of the tournament ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
trophyForm	golden ball NERFINISHED ⓘ
votingBody	FIFA technical study group NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Megan Rapinoe → awardReceived → FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ

FIFA technical study group → awards → FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ

subject surface form: FIFA Technical Study Group

this entity surface form: FIFA Women’s World Cup Golden Ball

Carli Lloyd → awardReceived → FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIFA Women’s World Cup Golden Ball 2015

Homare Sawa → winnerOf → FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ

this entity surface form: FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Golden Ball

Homare Sawa → awardReceived → FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ

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