Globe Soccer Awards to launch 'Road to Dubai' Intercontinental Series

Globe Soccer has announced plans to expand its annual awards event to five new ceremonies across four continents in 2024, with a final ceremony comprising the continental winners to take place in Dubai.

Billed as the ‘Road to Dubai’, the new Globe Soccer Intercontinental Series will feature five standalone award editions covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East next year, with specific details of each event to be revealed in the coming months.

The winners of each of the continental main awards will then automatically qualify as finalists for the annual Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, in partnership with Dubai Sports Council.

“For 13 years, the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards has helped bring the football world to the emirate,” said Tommaso Bendoni, founder and CEO of Globe Soccer. “In recent years, we have seen huge growth in terms of the number of awards, and also the number of fan votes and media coverage. We believe now is the time for us to take the show – and Dubai – to the world.

“The Intercontinental Series will provide greater opportunities for those operating in global football, as well as allowing us to engage with even more fans. The year-long ‘Road to Dubai’ programme has been designed to ensure the ultimate focus remains on the emirate, while also enabling us to recognise clubs, players, coaches and managers, agents, directors, scouts, and other stakeholders from every corner of the world.”

Since the inaugural event in 2010, the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards has increased from three awards to 21, with recent additions including the Emerging Player of the Year and Best Youth Team. Last year, more than 33 million fan votes decided the shortlisted nominees, before a judging panel crowned Karim Benzema