when will the ballon d'or be announced 2025

The 2025 Ballon d'Or ceremony will be held on Monday, September 22, 2025, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France. The exact start time is typically between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Central European Time (CET). The nominees for the 2025 Ballon d'Or were announced earlier on August 7, 2025, with the full list of contenders revealed throughout that day. This ceremony will include awards for men's and women's Ballon d'Or, as well as other awards such as the Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, and Gerd Müller Trophy. The voting system and awards criteria have been updated to focus on performances during the season August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025, rather than the calendar year.