FIFA Launches Annual Peace Prize to Be Awarded at World Cup Draw in Washington

Overview

• The inaugural prize will be presented on December 5, 2025 at the Kennedy Center during the 2026 World Cup group draw.
• FIFA describes the award as annual and to be handed to the first winner by president Gianni Infantino.
• The federation has not announced a recipient or detailed the selection mechanism beyond broad criteria.
• Coverage notes the honor’s reported name as “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World.”
• Hours after unveiling the award, Infantino met U.S. President Donald Trump in Miami, and his public praise of Trump has prompted accusations from governance experts that he breached FIFA’s political neutrality rules; the organization has not commented.