Over 9,000 proposals were sent in and, on 20 May 2007, French Football Federation member Frédéric Thiriez announced that, following an online vote, the term Hexagoal had received half of the votes.
Zaprimljeno je preko devet tisuća prijedloga, a 20. svibnja 2007. godine član francuskog nogometnog saveza Frédéric Thiriez službeno je objavio da je, nakon glasanja provedenog na Internetu, termin Hexagoal primio polovicu glasova.