How to play the World Cup draft

Seven Nil is a World Cup draft game you play in the browser. You do not buy packs. You roll a real national team from a real tournament year, then take one footballer from that squad. Repeat until eleven shirts are filled. Then the XI plays a simulated campaign.

World Cup mode

1. Pick a formation and a style. Classic keeps ratings visible. Almanac hides them.
2. Roll. A nation and a World Cup year appear, with the squad from that summer.
3. Pick one player who fits an empty slot. You can redraw, including the same nation in another year.
4. Place the eleven. Confirm the XI. Simulate the group and knockout path.

Start here: Play the World Cup draft.

Club mode

Club mode is separate. It rolls historic sides from the top five leagues since 1980 and simulates a European night instead of a World Cup. World Cup boards and club boards do not share picks.

Open club draft.

Friends — World Cup

Local is pass-and-play on one device. Cup Final is a two-seat knockout. Full Cup draws a bracket and fills empty seats with real nations. Only a match between two friends is played in full. A draw goes to penalties, one kick at a time. Set names in the lobby. Online rooms use a code.

World Cup friends.

Friends — Clubs and UCL

Club friends is a separate lobby. It never shares a room or a player pool with World Cup friends. Friend vs friend is two club XIs on one device, then one European night. Rivalry is online 1v1. UCL is a knockout of 4, 8, 16, or 32 — empty seats become other European clubs, then the live path from the Round of 32 to the Final.

Club friends.

An example draft

Suppose the formation is 4-3-3 and the first roll is Brazil 1970. The attack is already famous, so the useful pick might be Carlos Alberto, because right-back is empty and he can play it. The next roll is Greece 2004. Stoichkov is not in that squad. Nikopolidis is. If you still need a goalkeeper, that is the pick. If the goalkeeper is filled, redraw. Another team spends one of five chances and draws a new side. Another cup keeps Greece and changes nothing, because Greece has one year in the archive. Another cup is the button you want when the dice give you Brazil and you wanted 2002 instead of 1970.

After eleven shirts, the manager is offered. You can change that coach three times. The coach does not take a place in the XI. They add link-up between the players you already chose. Names can be edited in a friends lobby before the draft starts, and not after the first roll.

An example simulation

A finished XI is scored as attack, midfield, defence, and goalkeeper, plus chemistry. A side built from Spain 2010 and Germany 2014 will usually rate higher through the middle than a side of three number 10s and no holder. The campaign then plays a group and a knockout. A stronger side advances more often. It does not advance every time. If you are the only human in a cup, the other ties in that round are settled immediately and shown with real nation or club names. Your own match, and any match between two people, is played minute by minute. A draw goes to penalties. Each kick is shown, including the miss.

Redraws

• You start with five. There is no extra chance from watching an advert.
• Another team, or another club, draws a different side and spends one.
• Another cup, or another season, keeps the side and changes the year. That also spends one.
• A player already taken, including another year of the same person, cannot be taken again. The card is marked and cannot be selected.
• If the timer runs out, the game picks a legal player for the open role.

FAQ

Is this an official FIFA game?

No. It is an independent draft toy. Not affiliated with FIFA, UEFA, or any club.

Do I need an account?

No. Progress stays on your device. Friends only needs a display name.

Can I keep the same team and change the year?

Yes. After a roll, Another team draws a new side. Another cup keeps that side and changes the year. Clubs use Another club and Another season. Each one spends a re-roll.

Read the archive

The rules above are the whole match. The seasons behind the cards are written out separately: guides, how a rating is set, World Cups, club seasons, and sources.