President Donald Trump could go down as the sole winner of the FIFA Peace Prize.
On Thursday, the FIFA Council met in Zurich and decided that the social responsibility committee for soccer’s governing body will be assigned with evaluating the award, which was supposed to be handed out annually.
“There’s a decision taken to look at the peace prize and to take that through the social committee,” FIFA vice president Debbie Hewitt told reporters following Thursday’s meeting. “That was another issue that was raised: whether there should have been one, how the decision was taken to award it, and whether there should be another one. And those questions will be answered through the social committee.”
FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave Trump, who has long sought the Nobel Peace Prize, the award last December before the U.S. hosted the 2026 World Cup along with Canada and Mexico. Infantino named Trump the winner without going through the FIFA Council, which is the organization’s decision-making body.
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The award was first announced in November 2025, a month before Trump was named the winner. At the time, FIFA said it would be an annual prize to “reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace.” Article 2 of FIFA’s statutes prohibit political and government interference in football, which contributed to the backlash the governing body received after Trump won it.
The social responsibility committee consists of 22 people and is chaired by U Zaw Zaw, the senior vice president of the Asian Football Confederation, and includes former Argentinian star Javier Zanetti, who is its deputy chairperson.
The committee has a range of options. It could discontinue the award, make politicians ineligible to win it, or hand it out less frequently. The next FIFA Council meeting is scheduled for Dec. 16 in Doha, Qatar. A decision from the social responsibility committee is expected to be made in time for the meeting.
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