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The World XI, also known as the FIFA World Stars, is an association football scratch team consisting of players from various countries. The World XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of continental teams.
FIFPRO invites all professional men's and women's footballers to compose the teams. Initially known as the FIFPRO World 11, the award began in 2005 and celebrated the best football players as voted by their peers. In 2009, FIFPRO partnered with FIFA, rebranding it as the 'FIFA FIFPRO World 11' while retaining its original format. From the 2024 ...
The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), five Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2024), nine CONCACAF W Championship titles, and one CONCACAF W Gold Cup title.
The World XI was voted for by professional players from 70 countries. ... FIFPRO has invited the world’s professional footballers to choose their men's team since 2005 and the women's team since ...
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame ^ This is one of several annual awards presented to the top head coach in NCAA Division I women's basketball. Of the 22 individual award winners through the 2023–24 NCAA Division I season, six are men—including Geno Auriemma , who has won six times to date and became the award's namesake in 2024.
A few days after the rugby team made history, across town, near the banks of the Seine River at the La Concorde urban park, the Team U.S.A women’s 3x3 basketball team secured their own bronze medal.
She was also selected to play for first ever Rest of the World XI women's team against the Marylebone Cricket Club women's team in a match which was held at Lord's on 19 May 2014. [7] She was also part of the Sri Lankan team which secured bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games after defeating China by 4 wickets in the bronze medal match .
In December 2013, the USWNT All-Time Best XI was named by the United States Soccer Federation. [1] A committee of 56 former soccer players and administrators, as well as media members, voted for the team. 11 United States women's national soccer team players were chosen, with results leaning heavily toward the team that won the 1999 World Cup.