"2018 World Cup" redirects here. For other competitions of that name, see 2018 World Cup (disambiguation). "FIFA 2018" redirects here. For the video game, see FIFA 18. 2018 FIFA World Cup Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018 (Chempionat mira po futbolu 2018)[1] 2018 FIFA World Cup.svg Tournament details Host country Russia Dates 14 June – 15 July Teams 32 (from 5 confederations) Venue(s) 12 (in 11 host cities) ← 2014 2022 → The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018,[2] after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This will be the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany; all but one of the stadium venues are in European Russia, west of the Ural Mountains, to keep travel time manageable. The final tournament will involve 32 national teams, which include 31 teams determined through qualifying competitions and the automatically qualified host team. Of the 32 teams, 20 will be making back-to-back appearances following the last tournament in 2014, including defending champions Germany, while Iceland and Panama will both be making their first appearances at a FIFA World Cup. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities. The final will take place on 15 July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.[3][4][5] The winners of the World Cup will qualify for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup. Contents 1 Host selection 2 Teams 2.1 Qualification 2.2 Draw 2.3 Squads 3 Referees 4 Venues 4.1 Team base camps 5 Schedule 6 Group stage 6.1 Tiebreakers 6.2 Group A 6.3 Group B 6.4 Group C 6.5 Group D 6.6 Group E 6.7 Group F 6.8 Group G 6.9 Group H 7 Knockout stage 7.1 Bracket 7.2 Round of 16 7.3 Quarter-finals 7.4 Semi-finals 7.5 Third place play-off 7.6 Final 8 Prize money 9 Marketing 9.1 Branding 9.2 Mascot 9.3 Ticketing 10 Preparations and costs 11 Controversies 11.1 Doping in Russia 11.2 Response to Skripal poisoning 11.3 Terrorist threats 12 Broadcasting rights 13 Sponsorship 14 See also 15 References 16 External links Host selection Main article: Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid Russian bid personnel celebrate the awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia. Russian president Vladimir Putin holding the FIFA World Cup Trophy at a pre-tournament ceremony in Moscow, September 2017 The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest.[6] Initially, nine countries placed bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but Mexico later withdrew from proceedings,[7] and Indonesia's bid was rejected by FIFA in February 2010 after the Indonesian government failed to submit a letter to support the bid.[8] During the bidding process, the three remaining non-UEFA nations (Australia, Japan, and the United States) gradually withdrew from the 2018 bids, and the UEFA nations were thus ruled out of the 2022 bid. As such, there were eventually four bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, two of which were joint bids: England, Russia, Netherlands/Belgium, and Portugal/Spain. The twenty-two-member FIFA Executive Committee convened in Zürich on 2 December 2010 to vote to select the hosts of both tournaments.[9] Russia won the right to be the 2018 host in the second round of voting. The Portugal/Spain bid came second, and that from Belgium/Netherlands third. England's bid to host its second tournament fell at the first hurdle.[10] The voting results were as follows:[11] 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 The process was not without criticism: allegations of bribery on the part of the Russian team and corruption from FIFA members were made particularly by the English Football Association. It was alleged that four members of the executive committee had requested bribes to vote for England, and Sepp Blatter said that it had already been arranged before the vote that Russia would win.[12] Although the 2014 Garcia Report absolved Russia of any blame, the FA refused to accept this, with Greg Dyke calling for a re-examination of

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