The 2026 men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or winners had not been announced when this article was checked on the morning of 26 October in India. The main ceremony starts at 1:30am IST on Tuesday, 27 October, at London’s Palladium. Viewers in India can follow the free DAZN broadcast after registration, while the official Ballon d’Or website carries live results.
The 70th ceremony is scheduled for Monday evening in London. UEFA lists the start as 20:00 GMT on 26 October. For Indian readers searching for a winner already, the immediate answer is that the presentation is still ahead: a nominee list, prediction or audience poll is not the official award result.
Ballon d’Or evening in India
| Stage | London, 26 October | India, IST |
|---|---|---|
| Rankings 30–11 | Around 4pm | Around 9:30pm, 26 October |
| Red carpet starts | 6pm | 11:30pm, 26 October |
| Main ceremony starts | 8pm GMT | 1:30am, 27 October |
Preliminary rankings may shift. The main ceremony and award presentation are distinct from early coverage.
Use Tuesday’s date for the main ceremony
Add five hours and 30 minutes to 20:00 GMT and the Indian date moves to 27 October. The organizer’s own country guide explicitly gives New Delhi a 1:30am start that night. This is the main ceremony time, not 12:30am; using a British Summer Time conversion instead of the announced GMT time would place it an hour early.
Earlier coverage has its own timetable. The organizer expects the men’s and women’s rankings from 30th to 11th to begin around 4pm London time, or 9:30pm IST on Monday. The red carpet begins at 6pm London time, or 11:30pm IST. Those earlier updates are part of the evening but do not mean the main award has already been presented.
How to watch from India
UEFA’s current partner list names DAZN as the global outlet with territorial exceptions; India is not among the excluded territories. The organizer says access to this ceremony is free after signing up. Use the DAZN service linked below and locate the Ballon d’Or event; the free-event offer should not be read as free access to every programme on the platform.
If using an existing DAZN account, check the event listing before the overnight start. New viewers should distinguish the ceremony’s registration route from any separate paid subscription offer. The organizer’s live website also provides a route to the event’s reporting and results; it is useful for readers who want the award outcome without following the whole broadcast.
Where the winner announcement will appear
The official website currently leads with ceremony-day coverage and nominee lists. It says the evening’s rankings, reporting and real-time information will be available there. Read the year and award category on a result: the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or, other trophies and historical winners are different records.
For India, the practical plan is Monday-night preliminary coverage followed by the main ceremony early Tuesday. The winner question will be settled by the organizer’s announcement, not by pre-event predictions. Until then, 1:30am IST on 27 October is the time to save for the presentation, with the official results hub as the direct follow-up.
Checked against official sources on 26 October 2026. Scheduled events and confirmed outcomes are distinguished.
- Ballon d’Or: official local-time guide, 5 October ↗
- UEFA: 2026 broadcast partners, updated 23 October ↗
- Ballon d’Or: live viewing and free registration ↗
- DAZN: live and free broadcast announcement, 8 September ↗
- Ballon d’Or: official ceremony and results hub ↗
- UEFA: ceremony date and GMT start time ↗