Frequently Asked Questions
How are the Football Awards judged?
The marketing awards are judged by our independent panel of international judges.
The best football player awards are based on votes taken by the captains and vice captains of football teams that participated in the Festival of Football five aside tournament. The 10 players with the most votes will be selected to play in the BestFives exhibition game - date is TBC.
All the judging is done online and the judges never meet as part of these awards to discuss entries, therefore regardless of whether a company sponsors the awards or anything like that this will have no bearing whatsoever on the outcome. The integrity of the awards is absolutely essential to us, they are completely independent.
Will the submission data be published or made public?
No. We will only share the entry with the judges assigned to the category. However, if there is highly confidential data you should not include this.
What is the deadline for entries?
You must submit your entry by midnight on Tuesday 17th October 2023.
How much does it cost to enter?
It’s completely free to enter.
Can I enter multiple categories?
You can enter multiple categories if there is a distinct difference between entries but you can only have one entry per category.
Where do I submit my award entry?
Please email awards@mediafives.com, you should receive an automated response but if you do not receive and email from a member of the team within 7 days please contact info@mediafives.com
If I win an Award what do I receive?
Bragging rights, prestige, great pictures to use for all eternity and a physical reward.
When and where will the winners be announced?
The 2023 winners will be announced at MediaFives Football Gala Awards on Friday 17th November 2023.
How can my company get involved in the awards as an official partner?
We have a number of opportunities around the awards for partners. To find out more please send us an email to
info@mediafives.com
TERMS & CONDITIONS, AND THE OFFICIAL RULES OF ENTRY:
1. An entry is defined as a written submission proposing a product, service, app, platform or initiative for one award category.
2. The deadline for entries is Friday 6th October 2023. Submissions must be received before 11:59PM (GMT) on this date to be eligible for entry.
3. Any entry may be withdrawn up until 11.59pm on Tuesday 17th October 2023 (the closing date) upon written request to the organisers. Entries may also be edited by emailing awards@mediafives.com. If you have not received an email from the team advises we have received your updated submission, please consider this not received.
4. The awards are open to any business or project that has commercially launched, been redeveloped or shown substantial innovation / measurable progress during the awards period, which runs from Tuesday 1st November 2022 to Tuesday 17th October 2023.
5. Entrants are strongly encouraged to submit joint entries with partner companies where campaigns have been jointly worked on (i.e. a advertiser submitting with their mobile agency/publisher/media owner/adtech vendor)
6. Entries will be judged solely on the information provided via the online entry form (including video demos provided in support of the entry).
7. All entrants are encouraged to upload a visual demonstration of the campaign. We ask that you send links to videos that have been uploaded to an existing online channel, such as YouTube or Vimeo. Please ensure any website access details, usernames and passwords needed for judging are supplied, that they work, and that they will continue to work until the Awards Ceremony.
8. The Football Awards reserves the right to use submitted footage for introducing short-listed companies during its awards ceremony (PLEASE NOTE we will request additional video footage from all finalists).
9. The Football Awards organisers reserve the right to refuse any entry at the company’s discretion. They also reserve the right to move an entry into a different category if deemed more suitable in both instances, the entrant would be notified.
10. By entering the Football Awards, companies are expressly authorising the organiser of the Football Awards to use the specific text and visual materials submitted for the purposes of promoting the industry in presentations, reports for publication, website and media activities as well as other forms of promotions/publicity materials.
11. The judges’ decisions are final and there will be no further correspondence in this regard. Details of the judging panel sessions will not be disclosed.
12. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in-person on Friday 17th November 2023.
