All Skål Clubs worldwide that meet all the requirements listed below. Headquarters carries on a thorough revision to determine the eligible Clubs each year, who are then invited to participate in the Skål Club of the Year Award. 

1. Payment of annual membership fees made by the Club by 31 March.

2. Net increase of 10% in membership or a minimum of 10 new members for Clubs with more than 100 members (from 1 April 2021 to 30 April of current year).

3. Voting delegate at two Skål International Annual General Assemblies in the past five years.  

4. Contribution to the Florimond Volckaert Fund or the Membership Development Fund (from 1 January 2021 to 30 April of current year).

5. That the Club is active in at least one social media platform such as Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

The eligible Clubs were invited to produce a 2:30 minutes video outlining their achievements, initiatives to recruit or retain their membership, promote the Skål brand or their charity, sustainable or other activities undertaken from 1 January to 31 December 2021. The videos had to be received at Headquarters not later than 31 July 2022.

Eligible Clubs worldwide were invited to vote electronically for the Club they considered should be declared the winner.

Clubs were allowed to vote for a Club in their own country, if they so wished.

Clubs with less than ten members or with outstanding debts over EUR 200 on 31July were not allowed to vote. 

Senior Vice President Juan Ignacio Steta, Interim Vice President Hulya Aslantas and Senior Director Marja Eela-Kaskinen will make up a panel of judges representing the Executive Board. Each of them will vote individually. Suppose a Club from a country of one of the jury members is among the Clubs nominated to compete. In that case, another member of the EB will deputize in order of seniority.  

The Club that got the highest combined score was declared ‘Skål Club of the Year 2021/2022'.

The winners' announcement took place during the 81st Skål World Congress held in Kvarner, Croatia, from 13 to 18 October 2022.

SKÅL INTERNATIONAL MELBOURNE was declared Skål Club of the Years 2021/2022. and won the Michael O'Flynn Perpetual Trophy and a certificate valid for a free Double Congress registration in First Class for the 2023 Skål World Congress. Airfare excluded.