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The 12 playing venues of the 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup: Luzhniki Stadium, Spartak Stadium, Kazan Arena, Zenit Arena, Fisht Olympic Stadium, Rostov Stadium, Central Stadium.
- Mordovia Arena
The Mordovia Arena, also known as Saransk Stadium, got built...
- Rostov Arena
The Rostov Arena is a recently opened new stadium in the...
- Ekaterinburg Arena
Round the same time, Russia got awarded the 2018 World Cup,...
- Kaliningrad Stadium
It was built to be one of the playing venues of the 2018...
- Samara
The stadium was built to serve as one of the playing venues...
- Volgograd Arena
The Volgograd Arena has a capacity of 45,000 seats divided...
- Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium was part of the Russian bid to host...
- Spartak Stadium
The Otkritie Arena was selected as one of the playing venues...
- Mordovia Arena
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010.
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup is being held in cities throughout Russia from June 14 through July 15. Teams are competing at 12 stadiums in 11 different cities, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-Don, among others. The opening match, semi-final and final World Cup games are set to be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in...
Heading into the 2018 World Cup, Germany, Brazil, Belgium and Portugal wereamong the highest-ranked teams by FIFA in April. Germany returns with hopes of defending its 2014 title, and Portugal’s squad, led by star Cristiano Ronaldo, are hoping to one-up their Euro 2016 win. (Germany, however, will have to catch up: They lostto Mexico in their first...
First-time watchers or occasional soccer fans may need a quick refresher on how exactly the World Cup works. After 32 teams qualify for the tournament through whichever of the six FIFA confederations they belong to, officials seed the teams into eight different groups based on their world rankings. In those groups (labeled A through H) four teams s...
For the first time since 1986, the U.S. men’s national team won’t compete in the World Cup. The team lost 2-1 in the final qualifying roundagainst Trinidad and Tobago in October 2017. But the loss wasn’t the only thing that kept the U.S. out of the 2018 World Cup. Wins from Panama and Honduras in their qualifying matches over Costa Rica and Mexico,...
FIFA selected Russia for its 2018 host country as part of a campaign to spread the World Cup to new countries. In 2010, FIFA also selected Qatar as the World Cup’s host city for 2022. “We go to new lands,” Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president who has since been ousted from his role amid the high-profile bribing scandal, said at the time, accordi...
Viewers can catch all 64 matches of the 2018 World Cup live on FOX Sports. Thirty-eight of those matches will air live, including the opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia on July 14 at 11:00 a.m. E.T., as well as the championship match on July 15 at 11:00 a.m. E.T. Viewers with cable can also watch the games on the Fox Sports GO app on the...
A white, deaf, German cat named Achilles may predict the correct winner of the 2018 World Cup. (You read that right.) Russian officials announced that Achilles, who lives at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, is slated to predict the highly anticipated event’s outcome. Indeed, Achilles — dubbed the “feline oracle” by the museum — predi...
Yes, tickets to the 2018 World Cup are still available. The last-minute phase of FIFA’s ticket selling began in mid-April, meaning that tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. “We would advise football fans to place their order online and as soon as the sales period opens, as high demand can be expected and the most sought-after T...
The German men’s national team won the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil in a thrilling 1-0 victory against Argentina. Mario Gotze scored the game-winning goal against Argentina in overtime. (It’s unclear if Gotze will make Germany’s team for the World Cup this year, according to ESPN.) The German win also meant defeat for Lionel Messi, who is widely k...
The 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar, marking the first time the international event will be held in the Middle East. Organizers have already begun construction on stadiums to prepare for the event. Meanwhile, FIFA is considering raising the number of teams that can compete in the World Cup to 48 by the event in 2022. That would add 16 teams to...
Jun 4, 2018 · The 21st edition of the World Cup kicked off June 14 in Moscow with host Russia’s 5-0 rout of Saudi Arabia, and concluded with France’s 4-2 title-winning triumph over Croatia on July 15 in the...
Jun 1, 2018 · Fisht Stadium. Spread over 1,800 miles from the exclave of Kaliningrad on the coast of the Baltic Sea to Ekaterinburg, at the base of the Ural mountains, 12 stadiums across Russia will host the 64...
Nov 16, 2018 · The 2018 FIFA World Cup took place in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018. Learn more about the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and future World Cups in 2022 and 2026.
Jun 14, 2017 · Local club Zenit will move into the stadium after the World Cup. FIFA.com is bringing its series on the stadiums hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, where the best players in the world...
