A FIFA council meeting in Zurich tasked a committee with deciding whether the award should continue and whether its criteria need changing.
FIFA's governing council met in Zurich and decided the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, handed to U.S. President Donald Trump last December, needs a second look. The council has asked its Football Social Responsibility Committee to examine how the award came about in the first place and whether it should have gone to Trump at all.
The 23-member committee is chaired by Myanmar Football Federation president Zaw Zaw, with former Argentina and Inter Milan defender Javier Zanetti serving as his deputy. Their brief covers not just the process behind the original decision but also whether the prize should keep being awarded going forward, and if so, under what criteria.
FIFA created the award last November, describing it as recognition for people who, through sustained commitment and concrete actions, help unite people around the world in peace. Trump remains the only person to have received it so far.
The review comes shortly after Trump was again passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee is expected to report its findings in December.