World XI
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World XI is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world as selected by professional footballers under the FIFA FIFPro awards.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| World XI canonical | 4 |
| #WorldXI | 1 |
| World XI Men's Team | 1 |
| World XI Women's Team | 1 |
| men’s World XI | 1 |
| women’s World XI | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3063963 — 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: World XI Context triple: [FIFA FIFPro World XI, shortName, World XI]
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A.
India Under-19 cricket team
The India Under-19 cricket team is the national youth side that serves as a key breeding ground for future stars of Indian cricket, competing in international under-19 tournaments like the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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B.
West Indies cricket team
The West Indies cricket team is a multinational team representing a group of Caribbean nations and territories in international cricket, renowned for its historically dominant fast bowlers and charismatic style of play.
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C.
India national cricket team
The India national cricket team is the country’s premier international cricket side, renowned for its passionate fan base, historic rivalries, and multiple ICC tournament triumphs across formats.
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D.
Tri Nations
Tri Nations was an annual international rugby union tournament contested by the national teams of New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa before its expansion into The Rugby Championship.
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E.
North America All-Stars
North America All-Stars was a team composed of NHL players from the United States and Canada that competed in the league’s late-1990s North America vs. World All-Star Game format.
- 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: World XI Target entity description: World XI is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world as selected by professional footballers under the FIFA FIFPro awards.
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A.
India Under-19 cricket team
The India Under-19 cricket team is the national youth side that serves as a key breeding ground for future stars of Indian cricket, competing in international under-19 tournaments like the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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B.
West Indies cricket team
The West Indies cricket team is a multinational team representing a group of Caribbean nations and territories in international cricket, renowned for its historically dominant fast bowlers and charismatic style of play.
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C.
India national cricket team
The India national cricket team is the country’s premier international cricket side, renowned for its passionate fan base, historic rivalries, and multiple ICC tournament triumphs across formats.
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D.
Tri Nations
Tri Nations was an annual international rugby union tournament contested by the national teams of New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa before its expansion into The Rugby Championship.
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E.
North America All-Stars
North America All-Stars was a team composed of NHL players from the United States and Canada that competed in the league’s late-1990s North America vs. World All-Star Game format.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
all-star football team
ⓘ
annual sports selection ⓘ association football award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FIFA FIFPro World XI selection
ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA FIFPro World XI
FIFA FIFPro World XI selection ⓘ
surface form:
FIFPro World XI
|
| associatedWith |
FIFA World Player of the Year
ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year awards
The Best FIFA Awards ⓘ
surface form:
The Best FIFA Football Awards
|
| awardCategory |
men's football
ⓘ
women's football ⓘ |
| awardedFor | individual excellence in a team of the year format ⓘ |
| basedOn | performance over the previous year ⓘ |
| category | football team of the year ⓘ |
| criterion | best players in the world ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| geographicalEligibility | players from all FIFA member associations ⓘ |
| governingBody |
FIFPro
ⓘ
surface form:
FIFPro World Players' Union
|
| hasAbbreviation | World XI self-link ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
World XI
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
World XI Men's Team
World XI self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
World XI Women's Team
|
| hasGenderDivision |
men
ⓘ
women ⓘ |
| includesPosition |
defender
ⓘ
forward ⓘ goalkeeper ⓘ midfielder ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature | only global football award decided exclusively by players' votes ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayers | 11 ⓘ |
| organizer |
FIFA
ⓘ
FIFPro ⓘ |
| presentedAt |
The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony
ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA awards gala
|
| recognizedBy | FIFA ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| selectionBody | professional footballers worldwide ⓘ |
| selectionLevel | club and international performance ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | voted by professional footballers ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
ballot distributed to professional footballers
ⓘ
players choose a best XI from a shortlist ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| teamSize | starting eleven ⓘ |
| teamType |
all-star team
ⓘ
fantasy team ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: World XI Description of subject: World XI is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world as selected by professional footballers under the FIFA FIFPro awards.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
FIFA FIFPro World XI
this entity surface form:
men’s World XI
this entity surface form:
women’s World XI
this entity surface form:
#WorldXI
this entity surface form:
World XI Men's Team
this entity surface form:
World XI Women's Team