Harder, Hegerberg, Henry in women’s award shortlist

For the women’s award, the shortlist of three players was selected by a jury composed of the coaches of the 12 highestranked teams in the latest UEFA women’s national team rankings, together with the coaches of the 8 clubs which participated in the quarter-finals of the 2017/18 UEFA Women’s Champions League. Twenty journalists specialised in women’s football and selected by the ESM group are also part of the jury.

Similarly to the men’s accolade, coaches and journalists were requested to select a shortlist of three players by allocating respectively five points, three points and one point to each of them. The final result was based on the total number of votes cast by the coaches and the journalists. The coaches were not allowed to