FIFA World Cup 2018 is the 21st edition of Football World Cup, the final part of which will be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018. Russia for the first time in its history will become the host country of the world football championship, in addition, it will be held for the first time in Eastern Europe .The Soccer championship is scheduled for 12 stadiums in 11 cities of Russia. In addition, the championship will for the first time use a system of video replay.
7 of the 8 teams that previously won the FIFA World Cup will take Part in this competition. The only team from earlier world champions and not participating in the final tournament is the Italian team. In the previous two Soccer World Cup, all 8 champions of the world participated.Iceland and the national team of Panama will participate For the first time in the World Cup.
The opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup will be held at 4 pm (June 14, 2018) at the Luzhniki stadium. It is known that the opening ceremony will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as other heads of state and government.The official song of the Soccer World Cup 2018 will be performed by the famous American actor, hip-hop artist Will Smith and Nicky Jam, as well as Albanian performer Era Istrefi and American musician Diplo.
32 teams will take part in the final tournament of the FIFA World Cup in 2018.Teams will first need to submit a preliminary list of 30 players. In the final application for the tournament will get 23 players (of which at least three goalkeepers). In case of injury, players in the final application can be replaced no later than 24 hours before the first match of the team in the tournament.
Games in Group A at the FIFA World Cup 2018 will be held from June 14 to June 25, 2018. The group consists of the national teams of Russia - host country of the championship, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay.
In the playoffs, the team that took the 1st place will play with the team that took the 2nd place in Group B, and the team that took the 2nd place will play with the winner of Group B.
Games in Group B at the World Cup 2018 will be held from June 15 to June 25, 2018. The group consists of the national teams of Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Iran.
The 2018 soccer World Cup playoffs are the final stage of the competition, in which out of 16 teams the winner will be determined, as well as the teams that took the second, third and fourth places.