When the game starts, football belongs to the players. They are the only stars. But for footballers to shine on the pitch, the hidden work of countless professionals across the industry’s multiple sectors is required.

The WFS Awards were created to acknowledge and reward the achievements of these executives, managers, sponsors, agencies, media, NGOs and other professionals whose talent, passion and dedication help make football the greatest show of our time.

To celebrate this year’s WFS Europe Awards, along with the physical Awards for the 10 categories, in a media first, each award will also be created as an NFT auction in partnership with our PLAYER OF THE MATCH® marketplace platform, with all profits supporting Common Goal’s Emergency Response in Ukraine.

Each Award will have 2 NFTs minted in its collection.

– The award winners will each reach receive an NFT digital version of the award.
– The other NFT is for the public to own through our charity auction.

On the evening of 28th September, when the Awards are presented to the winners at this year’s WFS Europe, the PLAYER OF THE MATCH® marketplace with go live with the NFT 7-day auctions.

Every bidder needs to set up an account to access our secure marketplace. 

MARCUS RASHFORD AWARD

PRESENTED BY Meta
WINNER X

BEST SPORTSTECH STARTUP

PRESENTED BY  LaSource
WINNER X

BEST WOMEN'S FOOTBALL INITIATIVE

PRESENTED BY Women in Football
WINNER X

BEST EXECUTIVE

PRESENTED BY Nolan Partners
WINNER X

BEST INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY

PRESENTED BY Deloitte
WINNER X

BEST SUPPLIER

PRESENTED BY SportsTechX
WINNER X

FOOTBALL FOR GOOD

PRESENTED BY Common Goal
WINNER X

BEST DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

PRESENTED BY N3xt Sports
WINNER X

FOOTBALL WITHOUT LIMITS AWARD

PRESENTED BY Football for All
WINNER X

BEST VENUE

PRESENTED BY Mondo Stadia
WINNER X

WFS Europe NFT Awards 2002 Utility.

We are delighted to announce the exclusive utility and benefits that come with each NFT that is won at auction!

Each of the 10 WFS Europe 2022 NFT Awards includes the following.

– An entrance ticket for next year’s WFS Europe

– A high res video version of the static marketplace NFT Award

– Each winner will receive an exclusive airdrop of one of our Premier League and Women’s Super League official PLAYER OF THE MATCH® NFT Awards

– Each winner can choose who the official PLAYER OF THE MATCH® award-winning player is for one match, in our upcoming World Cup 2022 NFT Awards collection!

No Crypto Required!

All our auction awards are NFTs and on the Tezos blockchain. Don’t know anything about Crypto, NFTs or Blockchain? Don’t worry. Doesn’t matter. You can pay with a credit or debit card through our partnership with Stripe. We do all the tech stuff for you!

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Safe, secure and trusted. All our official awards can be purchased using you credit or debit card through our Stripe integration or Tezos (XTZ) if you want – it’s up to!
Simply create a secure account on our marketplace. It takes two minutes and we automatically create a Tezos wallet for you to store your NFT’s. You may need to check your email spam to confirm your account!
Explore, view and bid on our exclusive official PLAYER OF THE MATCH® and partner awards.
The winning bidder will then be able to access their official award in their account. You can then store, collect and trade your NFT’s on our official marketplace.

Our Marketplace is safe and secure. All you need to do is set up a free account to access it, so we know all bidders are real people, for everyone’s safety. Our exclusive collection auctions will then be available to bid on as they drop. We also automatically set up your Tezos Wallet to store any NFT Awards you win.