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Temwa Chawinga at the 2026 Women's Ballon d'Or

This dossier follows Malawi international Temwa Chawinga's 2026 Women's Ballon d'Or ranking and documented announcements from the ceremony.

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Kansas City Current during a match in Portland on 23 August 2025. Archive club photograph; it does not depict the Ballon d'Or ceremony.
Kansas City Current during a match in Portland on 23 August 2025. Archive club photograph; it does not depict the Ballon d'Or ceremony. — Taylor Vincent / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — sans modification, Portland, 23 août 2025

Where things stand

As of 26 October 2026, ranking reports place Chawinga tenth. Her inclusion in the top ten is described as an African first.

Reported information

Women's Ballon d'Or: Malawi's Temwa Chawinga finishes tenth

Temwa Chawinga finished tenth in the 2026 Women's Ballon d'Or, according to rankings reported on 26 October by Bénin Web TV and DoingBuzz. Punch had reported her inclusion in the top ten during the ceremony in London.

Kansas City Current during a match in Portland on 23 August 2025. Archive club photograph; it does not depict the Ballon d'Or ceremony.
Kansas City Current during a match in Portland on 23 August 2025. Archive club photograph; it does not depict the Ballon d'Or ceremony. — Taylor Vincent / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — sans modification, Portland, 23 août 2025

The forward represents Malawi and plays for Kansas City Current in the United States. Reports describe her placement as the first top-ten finish in this award for a player representing an African national team.

The final position follows the initial announcement that she was among the ten remaining candidates. It concerns a global individual award, separate from continental honours; this account assigns no unverified points total to the player.

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