1967 Ballon d'Or
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The 1967 Ballon d'Or was the annual award presented by France Football to the best-performing football player in Europe for that year.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1967 Ballon d'Or canonical | 1 |
| Ballon d'Or 1967 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11433372 — 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)
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Target entity: 1967 Ballon d'Or Context triple: [Flórián Albert, pointInTime, 1967 Ballon d'Or]
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A.
1990 Ballon d'Or
The 1990 Ballon d'Or was the annual European Footballer of the Year award, won by German midfielder Lothar Matthäus for his outstanding performances for Inter Milan and West Germany, including leading his country to victory at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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B.
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1966
The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1966 is the award given to the best player of the 1966 World Cup tournament in England.
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C.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
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D.
1990 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
The 1990 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball is the tournament’s award given to the best overall player, famously earned by Italian forward Salvatore Schillaci for his standout performances that year.
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E.
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1986
The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1986 is the award given to the best overall player of the 1986 FIFA 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)
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Target entity: 1967 Ballon d'Or Target entity description: The 1967 Ballon d'Or was the annual award presented by France Football to the best-performing football player in Europe for that year.
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A.
1990 Ballon d'Or
The 1990 Ballon d'Or was the annual European Footballer of the Year award, won by German midfielder Lothar Matthäus for his outstanding performances for Inter Milan and West Germany, including leading his country to victory at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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B.
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1966
The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1966 is the award given to the best player of the 1966 World Cup tournament in England.
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C.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
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D.
1990 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
The 1990 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball is the tournament’s award given to the best overall player, famously earned by Italian forward Salvatore Schillaci for his standout performances that year.
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E.
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1986
The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1986 is the award given to the best overall player of the 1986 FIFA World Cup tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ballon d'Or award
ⓘ
football award ⓘ |
| awardDate | 1967-12-26 ⓘ |
| awardFor | best-performing football player in Europe ⓘ |
| continentScope | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrganizer | France ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| eligibility | European football players ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| languageOfOrganizer | French ⓘ |
| mainCriterion | individual performance during the 1967 calendar year ⓘ |
| namedAfter | French word "ballon d'or" meaning "golden ball" ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 1968 Ballon d'Or ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
France Football magazine
ⓘ
linked to:
France Football
|
| partOfSeries | Ballon d'Or ⓘ |
| presentedBy | France Football ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 1966 Ballon d'Or ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Bobby Charlton ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | vote by a panel of sports journalists ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| sportType | men's football ⓘ |
| thirdPlace | Jimmy Johnstone ⓘ |
| winner | Flórián Albert ⓘ |
| winnerClub | Ferencvárosi TC ⓘ |
| winnerCountryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| winnerDateOfBirth | 1941-09-15 ⓘ |
| winnerNationality | Hungarian ⓘ |
| winnerPlaceOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| winnerPosition | forward ⓘ |
| year | 1967 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: 1967 Ballon d'Or Description of subject: The 1967 Ballon d'Or was the annual award presented by France Football to the best-performing football player in Europe for that year.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: 1967 Ballon d'Or