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Nations XI: build an international XI from 62 national teams

Free · no signup · 62 national squads

Nations XI is the international side of Perfect Eleven. Instead of Premier League clubs, the wheel spins national teams: all 62 nations in the game, including the ones that missed the 2026 World Cup. Each deals its latest published call-up, or its World Cup 2026 squad where no call-up has been published, and the game labels which squad every nation deals. You take one player from every nation the wheel lands on until you have eleven players and a manager. It is free for everyone and needs no account.

The rules

1. Choose a formation first. It locks at your first player pick, and so does Expert mode.
2. Spin a nation, pick one player. Each nation gives you one pick, so taking a striker from France means France is gone for the rest of the draft, unless you swap that player out.
3. Twelve spins: eleven players and a manager. On any spin you can take that nation’s manager instead of a player, once.
4. Three skips and two swaps. A skip re-spins a nation you do not want; a swap takes a placed player off the pitch so you can fill his slot again.

How it is scored

Nations XI runs on the same engine as the Premier League draft. A player goes straight into one of his natural slots when one is open. If none is, but his line still has an open slot, you choose where he plays out of position: one point off for a related role, two for anything else. Chemistry is where the international game differs. Every player already comes from a national squad, so players who share a club league link up instead. The game tracks twelve major leagues (the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and seven more); a player from any other league adds no chemistry. Your team rating is the average of your eleven, lifted by chemistry.

Expert mode is optional. Switch it on before your first pick and the ratings stay hidden until the final reveal; an Expert entry’s board score is your rating multiplied by 1.10. Post your eleven with a display name and it goes on the Nations XI leaderboard, which keeps one XI per player.

The International Daily

The daily puzzle on the national teams: the same twelve spins for everyone, one attempt, no skips and no swaps, and only your first run counts on its board. A new one starts at midnight Eastern. It is free for everyone, like PL Daily on the Premier League side.

More international drafts

• Challenge a mate. Send a friend a link and you both draft from the same twelve spins. It is free for everyone during an international break and part of the Season Pass outside one; whoever receives a challenge link plays it free either way.
• International Tactical (Season Pass). The wheel picks a position and deals you ten players who play there, from all 62 squads.
• International Top 50 (Season Pass). Only the nations inside the FIFA top 50 spin.

During international breaks

While club football pauses, the international side adds five free games around the break’s fixtures:

• International Duel. Two internationals, one shirt, ten seconds to choose who starts in your World XI. It keeps its own streak.
• International 3 from 6. Six internationals with the ratings hidden: pick the best three. One a day.
• International Scorer & Assister. The Premier League side’s Scorer & Assister game, played over the break’s featured fixtures. Each fixture locks at its own kick-off and is settled from the published results.
• International Break Predictions. Call home, draw or away in each featured fixture, with an exact score if you like: 3 points for the result, 2 more for the score.
• International Break XI. Lock the Nations XI you drafted, once per break. Each of its players earns 3 points when his nation wins and 1 for a draw, in every fixture of the break that kicks off after your lock.

Every fixture and score is on the international fixtures & results page.

Free or season pass

Nations XI is free for everyone, with no signup and no pass, and so is the International Daily. The season pass (one payment, twelve months, nothing auto-renews) adds International Tactical, International Top 50, the other paid draft modes, the Legends daily and the More Boards leaderboards, while the Nations XI and International Daily boards stay free.

Questions

Is Nations XI free?

Yes, for everyone, with no signup and no season pass, and posting your XI to the Nations XI leaderboard is free too. So is the International Daily.

Which squads does the wheel use?

All 62 nations in the game, including the ones that missed the 2026 World Cup. Each deals its latest published call-up, or its World Cup 2026 squad where no call-up has been published, and the game labels which squad every nation deals.

How is chemistry different from the Premier League draft?

In the Premier League draft every player is already Premier League, so players link through shared nationality. In Nations XI every player comes from a national squad, so players link through their club league instead: twelve major leagues count, and a player from any other league adds no chemistry.

Go deeper

• International fixtures & results — every fixture of the break, with scores.
• How to Play — every mode on both sides, free and paid.
• PL Daily — the same daily puzzle on the twenty Premier League clubs.
• The 2026 World Cup archive — the finished tournament’s drafts, bracket and awards.

Perfect Eleven is an independent, unofficial fan project by SportsMarket LLC. Not affiliated with FIFA or the Premier League. Ratings are editorial — see the ratings methodology.
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