FIFA is reportedly planning to abolish its contentious Peace Prize just a year after the United States President Donald Trump was presented with the first-ever award at the end of 2025.
It comes after the FIFA Council meeting on Thursday in Zurich, where the governing body asked its football social responsibility committee to consider the award’s future.
The 22-strong committee, which has former Inter and Argentina defender Javier Zanetti as deputy chairperson, will decide whether the prize should be continued, limited to non-political figures, or abolished altogether.
During the draw for the 2026 World Cup held in Washington, Gianni Infantino presented the award to Trump. But the award was not endorsed by the FIFA Council, which makes one wonder as to how this honour got introduced.
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The prize was announced in November 2025 as a yearly award to a person who, through their extraordinary efforts, has been able to foster peace and create unity across the world.
After Thursday’s meeting, Debbie Hewitt, who is also president of the English FA and a vice-president of FIFA, said the committee will explore “the implementation and future” of the award.
“It’s been decided that we’re going to look at the peace prize and get that through social committee,” Hewitt said.
“The review would consider whether the prize should have been set up and whether another award should be given,” she said.
The committee is set to report its findings before the next FIFA Council meeting in December in Doha.
It has not yet been decided as to whether the award will be continued.
