FIFA FIFPro World XI selection

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all-star team annual sports selection football award

The FIFA FIFPro World XI selection is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world at each position, as voted on by professional footballers worldwide.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
FIFA FIFPro World XI	9
FIFPro World XI	4
FIFA FIFPro World XI selection canonical	2
FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11	1
FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11	1
FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11	1
FIFA FIFPro Women's World XI	1
FIFA FIFPro Women's World11 selection	1
FIFA FIFPro Women’s World11 inclusion	1
FIFA FIFPro World XI award ceremony	1
FIFA FIFPro World11 member	1
FIFA XI selection	1
FIFA/FIFPro World XI	1
FIFPro World XI (multiple years)	1
FIFPro World XI awards	1
FIFPro World XI inclusion	1
World Soccer World XI selection	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T496843 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA FIFPro World XI selection
Context triple: [Alex Morgan, awardReceived, FIFA FIFPro World XI selection]

A. FIFA
FIFA is the international governing body of association football, responsible for organizing major global tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and overseeing the sport’s rules and international governance.
B. MLS Best XI
The MLS Best XI is an annual honor recognizing the top eleven Major League Soccer players at each position for their performances during a season.
C. FIFA Club World Cup Trophy
The FIFA Club World Cup Trophy is the prestigious award presented to the club that wins FIFA’s annual global competition for champion teams from each continental confederation.
D. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
E. Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA FIFPro World XI selection
Target entity description: The FIFA FIFPro World XI selection is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world at each position, as voted on by professional footballers worldwide.

A. FIFA
FIFA is the international governing body of association football, responsible for organizing major global tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and overseeing the sport’s rules and international governance.
B. MLS Best XI
The MLS Best XI is an annual honor recognizing the top eleven Major League Soccer players at each position for their performances during a season.
C. FIFA Club World Cup Trophy
The FIFA Club World Cup Trophy is the prestigious award presented to the club that wins FIFA’s annual global competition for champion teams from each continental confederation.
D. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
E. Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	all-star team ⓘ annual sports selection ⓘ football award ⓘ
awardedFor	individual performance over the calendar year ⓘ
awardType	team of the year ⓘ
category	association football trophies and awards ⓘ international football awards ⓘ
collaboratingBody	Fédération Internationale de Football Association ⓘ
countryScope	worldwide ⓘ
eligiblePlayers	professional male footballers worldwide ⓘ
formerName	FIFPro World XI ⓘ linked to: FIFA FIFPro World XI selection
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderCategory	men ⓘ
governingBody	FIFPro ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	FIFPro World XI ⓘ linked to: FIFA FIFPro World XI selection World 11 ⓘ
hashtag	World11 ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage	global sports media ⓘ
hasRelatedSelection	FIFA FIFPro Women's World XI ⓘ linked to: FIFA FIFPro World XI selection
inception	2005 ⓘ
includesPosition	defender ⓘ forward ⓘ goalkeeper ⓘ midfielder ⓘ
notableFeature	only major global football award decided exclusively by players ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.fifpro.org ⓘ
organizer	FIFA ⓘ FIFPro ⓘ
presentedAt	The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony ⓘ
previouslyPresentedAt	FIFA Ballon d'Or gala ⓘ linked to: The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony FIFA World Player of the Year gala ⓘ linked to: The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony
scope	club and international performances ⓘ
selectionBasis	best players in the world at each position ⓘ
selectionBody	FIFPro member unions ⓘ
selectionLevel	senior ⓘ
selectionMethod	players' vote ⓘ
selectionPeriod	previous calendar year ⓘ
shortName	World XI ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
teamSize	11 players ⓘ
typicalFormation	4-3-3 ⓘ
votedBy	professional footballers ⓘ
votingGroup	current professional players ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alex Morgan → awardReceived → FIFA FIFPro World XI selection ⓘ

Thierry Henry → individualAward → FIFA FIFPro World XI selection ⓘ

Erling Haaland → hasAchievement → FIFA FIFPro World11 member ⓘ