The winners of the 2023 Silver Ball and Annika were announced today. Rauno Sappinen earned the second Silver Ball of his career for the best goal of the men’s Serie A. On this occasion Annika, awarded for the best goal of the women’s A, went to Lisette Tammiku.
Sappinen’s victory came thanks to a goal scored in March, when he led the Estonian national team 1:0 against Austria in the European Championship qualifying match played in Linz in front of 16,500 spectators. 17 football journalists chose this success as the best among 33 voters.
After Sappinen, Sergei Zenjov’s goal in the friendly against Iceland earned second place, chosen as the best goal by 14 voters. Rauno Sappinen’s goal in the Azerbaijan net clinched third place.
In total, the Estonian men’s football team scored five goals in 2023. The Silver Ball has been awarded by the Estonian Football Journalists’ Club (EJAK) since 1995. Sappinen also won the Silver Ball in 2020, when he was selected his goal against North Macedonia.
Annika has been published by EJAK since 2020, this time Annika was therefore the fourth in history. In total, the Women’s A scored as many as 16 goals in official matches in 2023, and the best of these was the last one of the year, Lisette Tammik’s shot into the Israeli net.
As many as 20 of the 30 voters rated the Tammiku door as the most beautiful. After Tammik, second place was taken by Liisa Merisalu’s Maltese network (with 5 first places). With two first-place finishes, Lisette Tammik’s header against Turkey placed third. Kairi Himanen’s goal in the home match against Armenia also earned the voters first place, the goal was the fourth overall.
The Silver Sphere and Annika awards were created by the glass artist Eeva Käsper, who has been carrying out this work since 2005. On the ten previous occasions, the author of Hõbepalli was the ceramist Kadri Jäätma. The awarding of prizes is supported by the Estonian sports betting company Coolbet. The most beautiful gates were announced today in the Beer Garden beer restaurant in Tallinn.
2023 Silver Ball Results:
The number in the first brackets indicates the progressive number of the gate in chronological order in 2023.
1) Rauno Sappinen-Austria (#3) – 144 points (17 first places)
2) Sergey Zenjov against Iceland (#1) – 138 points (14 first places)
2) Rauno Sappinen-Azerbaijan (#4) – 75 points (1 first place)
4) Martin Miller against Finland (#2) – 72 points (1 first place)
5) Henri Anier vs Tai (#5) – 66 points
The highlights of Austria-Estonia (the goal that won the Silver Ball in the 25th minute of the match):
Annika Results 2023:
1) Lisette Tammik against Israel (#16) – 129 points (20 first places)
2) Liisa Merisalu against Malta (#3) – 98 points (5 first places)
3) Lisette Tammik against Turkey (#4) – 78 points (2 first places)
4) Kairi Himanen-Armenia (#13) – 59 points (3 first places)
5) Lisette Tammik against Armenia (#6) – 21 points
6) Emma Treiberg against Armenia (#9) – 20 points
7) Lisette Tammik against Armenia (#8) – 16 points
8) Emma Treiberg against Armenia (#11) – 10 points
9) Vlada Kubasova against Kosovo (#1) – 8 points
10) Lisette Tammik against Armenia (#14) – 6 points
11) Kristina Bannikova against Kazakhstan (#15) – 4 points
12) Lisette Tammik against North Macedonia (#2) – 1 point
13-16) Katrin Kirpu against Turkey (#5); Lisette Tammik against Armenia (#7); Lisette Tammik against Armenia (#10); Emma Treiberg against Armenia (#12) – 0 points
Israel-Estonia highlights (Annika’s goal in the 80th minute of the match):
Previous Silver Ball winners:
Opponents who scored the winning ball by year and name.
1995 Martin Reim Slovenia
1996 Argo worker Andorra
1997 Martin Reim Lithuania
1998 Sergei Terekhov Faroe Islands
1999 Martin Reim Faroe Islands
2000 Indrek Zelinski Hong Kong
2001 Andrés Opera Holland
2002 You do the swimming pool Moldova
2003 Indrek Zelinski Andorra
2004 Kristen Viikmae Liechtenstein
2005 Andrés Opera Slovakia
2006 Tarmo Neemelo Turkey
2007 Indrek Zelinski Andorra
2008 Vyacheslav Zahovaiko Faroe Islands
2009 Konstantin Vasiliev Armenia
2010 Tarmo Kink Serbia
2011 Konstantin Vasiliev northern Ireland
2012 Konstantin Vasiliev Poland
2013 Konstantin Vasiliev Holland
2014 Siim Luts Tajikistan
2015 Sander Puri S. Kitts and Nevis
2016 Konstantin Vasiliev Gibraltar
2017 Mattias Käit Cyprus
2018 Siim Luts Hungary
2019 Konstantin Vasiliev northern Ireland
2020 Rauno Sappinen North Macedonia
2021 Mattias Käit Belgium
2022 Konstantin Vasiliev Malta
2023 Rauno Sappinen Austria
Annika winners so far:
2020 Kristina Bannikova Latvia
2021 Vlada Kubassova Faroe Islands
2022 Vlada Kubassova Lithuania
2023 Lisette Tammik Israel
2024-01-02 11:25:17
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