FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 RUSSIA:- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

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The biggest event in football is here. It is the FIFA world cup with Russia being the host. The 2018 FIFA world cup will be the 21st edition of the Quadrennial tournament held at a gap of 4 years. As usual 32 teams are going to take part in it with Russia qualifying as host nation. It is scheduled to take place between 14th july to 15th june.

This will be the 1st football tournament held in Europe since 2006(hosted in Germany), first in eastern Europe and the 11th in Europe. All the stadium tournaments are discussed below.

The world cup features 32 teams in total, 31 of them determined through Qualification tournaments and the host nation. Of the 32 teams 20 will be making back to back appearances from 2014 including Germany, while Iceland and Panama will be making their 1st appearances. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues across 11 cities. The final will take place on 15 july at he Luzhnki stadium.

HOST SELECTION

The voting results were as follows:

2018 FIFA bidding (majority 12 votes)

Bidders	Votes
	Round 1	Round 2
Russia	9	13
Portugal / Spain	7	7
Belgium / Netherlands	4	2
England	2	Eliminated

VENUES

Stadiums

A total of 12 stadiums in 11 Russian cities have been built and renovated for the FIFA World Cup.

• Samara: Samara Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000). The construction officially started on 21 July 2014. The project was completed on 21 April 2018.
• Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000). The construction of the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium commenced in 2015. The project was completed in December 2017.^[48]
• Volgograd: Volgograd Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000). The main arena of Volgograd was built on the demolished Central Stadium site, at the foot of the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex. The stadium was commissioned on 3 April 2018.^[49]
• Ekaterinburg: Ekaterinburg Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 35,000). The Central Stadium of Ekaterinburg has been renovated for the FIFA World Cup. The arena's stands will have a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The renovation project was completed in December 2017.
• Saransk: Mordovia Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 44,000). The stadium in Saransk was scheduled to be commissioned in 2012 in time for the opening of the all-Russian Spartakiad, but the plan was revised. The opening was rescheduled to 2017. The arena hosted its first match on 21 April 2018.
• Rostov-on-Don: Rostov Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000). The stadium is located on the left bank of the Don River. The stadium construction was completed on 22 December 2017.
• Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 35,000). The first piles were driven into the ground in September 2015. On 11 April 2018 the new stadium hosted its first match.
• Kazan: Kazan Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000). The stadium was built for the 2013 Summer Universiade. It has since hosted the 2015 World Aquatics Championship and the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. The stadium serves as a home arena to FC Rubin Kazan.
• Moscow: Spartak Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000). The stadium is a home arena to its namesake FC Spartak Moscow. In accordance with the FIFA requirements, during the 2018 World Cup it will be called Spartak Stadium instead of its usual name Otkritie Arena. The stadium hosted its first match on 5 September 2014.
• Sochi: Fisht Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000). The stadium is one of 22 arenas in history to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. After Sochi 2014, the arena was renovated in preparation for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 World Cup.
• Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 67,000). The construction of the stadium commenced in 2007. The project was officially completed on 29 December 2016.^[50]The stadium has hosted games of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and will serve as a venue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship.
• Moscow: Luzhniki Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 80,000). The largest stadium in the country was closed for renovation in 2013. The stadium was commissioned in November 2017.

Moscow		Saint Petersburg	Sochi
Luzhniki Stadium	Otkritie Arena (Spartak Stadium)	Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)	Fisht Olympic Stadium (Fisht Stadium)
Capacity: 81,000	Capacity: 45,360	Capacity: 68,134	Capacity: 47,659
Samara	Moscow Saint Petersburg Kaliningrad Nizhny Novgorod Kazan Samara Volgograd Saransk Sochi Rostov-on-Don Yekaterinburg		Kazan
Cosmos Arena (Samara Arena)			Kazan Arena
Capacity: 44,918			Capacity: 45,379
Rostov-on-Don			Volgograd
Rostov Arena			Volgograd Arena
Capacity: 45,000			Capacity: 45,568
Nizhny Novgorod	Saransk	Yekaterinburg	Kaliningrad
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium	Mordovia Arena	Central Stadium (Ekaterinburg Arena)	Kaliningrad Stadium
Capacity: 44,899	Capacity: 44,442	Capacity: 35,696	Capacity: 35,212

TEAMS

SCHEDULE

Group A
Date	Time	Place	Match
14-Jun	16:00	Moscow	Russia vs Saudi Arabia
15-Jun	13:00	Ekaterinburg	Egypt vs Uruguay
19-Jun	19:00	Saint Petersburg	Russia vs Egypt
20-Jun	16:00	Rostov-on-Don	Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia
25-Jun	15:00	Samara	Uruguay vs Russia
25-Jun	15:00	Volgogra	Saudi Arabia vs Egypt

Group B
Date	Time	Place	Match
15-Jun	19:00	Sochi	Portugal vs Spain
15-Jun	16:00	Saint Petersburg	Morocco vs Iran
20-Jun	13:00	Moscow	Portugal vs Morocco
20-Jun	19:00	Kazan	Iran vs Spain
25-Jun	19:00	Saransk	Iran vs Portugal
25-Jun	19:00	Kaliningrad	Spain vs Morocco

Group C
Date	Time	Place	Match
16-Jun	11:00	Kazan	France vs Australia
16-Jun	17:00	Saransk	Peru vs Denmark
21-Jun	16:00	Ekaterinburg	France vs Peru
21-Jun	13:00	Samara	Denmark vs Australia
26-Jun	15:00	Moscow	Denmark vs France
26-Jun	15:00	Sochi	Australia vs Peru

Group D
Date	Time	Place	Match
16-Jun	14:00	Moscow	Argentina vs Iceland
16-Jun	20:00	Kaliningrad	Croatia vs Nigeria
21-Jun	19:00	Nizhny Novgorod	Argentina vs Croatia
22-Jun	16:00	Volgograd	Nigeria vs Iceland
26-Jun	19:00	Saint Petersburg	Nigeria vs Argentina
26-Jun	19:00	Rostov-on-Don	Iceland vs Croatia

Group E
Date	Time	Place	Match
17-Jun	19:00	Rostov-on-Don	Brazil vs Switzerland
17-Jun	13:00	Samara	Costa Rica vs Serbia
22-Jun	13:00	Saint Petersburg	Brazil vs Costa Rica
22-Jun	19:00	Kaliningrad	Serbia vs Switzerland
27-Jun	19:00	Moscow	Serbia vs Brazil
27-Jun	19:00	Nizhny Novgorod	Switzerland vs Costa Rica

Group F
Date	Time	Place	Match
17-Jun	16:00	Moscow	Germany vs Mexico
18-Jun	13:00	Nizhny Novgorod	Sweden vs South Korea
23-Jun	19:00	Sochi	Germany vs Sweden
23-Jun	16:00	Rostov-on-Don	South Korea vs Mexico
27-Jun	19:00	Kazan	South Korea vs Germany
27-Jun	19:00	Ekaterinburg	Mexico vs Sweden

Group G
Date	Time	Place	Match
18-Jun	16:00	Sochi	Belgium vs Panama
18-Jun	19:00	Volgograd	Tunisia vs England
23-Jun	13:00	Moscow	Belgium vs Tunisia
24-Jun	13:00	Nizhny Novgorod	England vs Panama
28-Jun	19:00	Kaliningrad	England vs Belgium
28-Jun	19:00	Saransk	Panama vs Tunisia

Group H
Date	Time	Place	Match
19-Jun	16:00	Moscow	Poland vs Senegal
19-Jun	13:00	Saransk	Colombia vs  Japan
24-Jun	19:00	Kazan	Poland vs Colombia
24-Jun	16:00	Ekaterinburg	Japan vs Senegal
28-Jun	15:00	Volgograd	Japan vs  Poland
28-Jun	15:00	Samara	Senegal vs  Colombia

SECOND STAGE ROUND OF LAST 16

Round of Last 16
Date	Time	Place	Match
30-Jun	19:00	Sochi	1A vs  2B
30-Jun	15:00	Kazan	1C vs  2D
1-Jul	15:00	Moscow	1B vs  2A
1-Jul	19:00	Nizhny Novgorod	1D vs  2C
2-Jul	15:00	Samara	1E vs 2F
2-Jul	19:00	Rostov-on-Don	1G vs 2H
3-Jul	15:00	Saint Petersburg	1F vs  2E
3-Jul	19:00	Moscow	1H vs 2G

PLAY-OFF FOR THIRD PLACE

Third place
Date	Time	Place	Match
14-Jul	15:00	Saint Petersburg	L61 vs L62

SEMI-FINALS

Semi-finals
Date	Time	Place	Match
10-Jul	19:00	Saint Petersburg	W57 vs W58
11-Jul	19:00	Moscow	W59 vs W60

FINAL- MATCH 64

Finals
Date	Time	Place	Match
15-Jul	16:00	Moscow	W61 vs W62

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