World Cup 2018 Россия
The World Cup in Russia in 2018 will be the first time the tournament has been held in the country and the 21st World Cup since the first in Uruguay in 1930.
The tournament will run from 14 June to 15 July, 2018 with the opening match featuring the hosts to be played in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with the final scheduled for the same stadium.
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The 2018 World Cup faces some problems in terms of travel infrastructure and security for fans but promises to be something different. Russia will, however, have to address its problems of football hooliganism and racism for the tournament to be a total success.
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Russian Venue Cities
Moscow and St. Petersburg will be the main attractions for traveling football fans with other venues in Sochi, Yekaterinburg. Kaliningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Saransk, Samara and Volgograd.
In September 2012 Luzhniki Stadium and Spartak Stadium (Otkrytiye Arena) in Moscow where chosen as venues along with the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, the Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) in Saint Petersburg, the Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, the Kazan Arena in Kazan, the Cosmos Arena (Samara Arena) in Samara, the Mordovia Arena in Saransk, the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd, the Rostov Arena in Rostov-on-Don and the Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg Arena) in Yekaterinburg.
Look forward to all the action from the qualifying rounds, full results and team profiles on the competing nations, player profiles and World Cup stats.
Map of Russia World Cup Venues 2018
World Cup 2018 Russia
A Look Back At World Cup 2018
Was Russia 2018 the best ever? - we compare the 2018 edition with other tournaments going back to Spain 1982.World Cup 2018 Schedule & Results
World Cup 2018 Schedule & Results
World Cup Groups
World Cup Groups: Group A; Group B; Group C; Group D; Group E; Group F; Group G; Group H
World Cup Team Profiles
Group A Team Previews; Group B Team Previews; Group C Team Previews; Group D Team Previews; Group E Team Previews; Group F Team Previews; Group G Team Previews; Group H Team Previews
World Cup Stadiums 2018
See a review of all the stadiums for World Cup 2018 in Russia.
European Qualifying Draw & Groups
See the full list of European Qualifying Groups for World Cup 2018 Russia.
South American Qualifying
World Cup 2018 Russia South American Qualifying Group
Tickets
Find information on 2018 World Cup tickets: prices, sales periods and purchase procedures.
Official World Cup 2018 Poster
The Official World Cup 2018 Poster harks back to the 1930's in a striking design by Igor Gurovich.
Official Mascot
Zabivaka, a friendly Russian wolf, is the official mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Official Emblem
The 2018 FIFA World Cup emblem mirrors the actual World Cup trophy, as did its predecessor in 2014.
World Cup 2018 Beckons
How ready is Putin's Russia to host the 2018 World Cup?
Previous World Cups
World Cup Korea/Japan 2002 - relive all the best from a great tournament.
World Cup Germany 2006 - all the action from one of the best World Cups ever.
World Cup South Africa 2010 - the first ever World Cup tournament in Africa.
World Cup Brazil 2014 - World Cup finals return to South America.