More or less WORLD CUP is the best

More or less WORLD CUP is the best






Overview

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup.It is going to be held in Russia from 14th June to 15th July. 32 nations will be competing in this tournament. Of the 32 teams, 20 are making back-to-back appearances following the last World Cup in 2014, including the defending champions Germany,while Iceland and Panama wil be making ther first appearance at a FIFA World Cup. 12 matches in 11 cities, a total of 64 matches will be played. The final scheduled on 15th July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

MASCOT

The official FIFA World Cup masot for this 2018 tournament, a wolf named Zabivaka("the one who scores" in Russian), was unveiled on 21st October 2016. Representing a anthropomorphic wolf with brown and white wool t-shirt with the words "RUSSIA 2018" and orange sport glasses.

MEET THE TEAMS

TeamMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		Last
appearance		Consecutive
finals
appearances		Previous best
performance
 RussiaHosts2 December 201011th120142Fourth place (1966)2
 BrazilCONMEBOL Round Robin winners28 March 201721st201421Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
 IranAFC Third Round Group A winners12 June 20175th20142Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014)
 JapanAFC Third Round Group B winners31 August 20176th20146Round of 16 (2002, 2010)
 MexicoCONCACAF Fifth Round winners1 September 201716th20147Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)
 BelgiumUEFA Group H winners3 September 201713th20142Fourth place (1986)
 South KoreaAFC Third Round Group Arunners-up5 September 201710th20149Fourth place (2002)
 Saudi ArabiaAFC Third Round Group Brunners-up5 September 20175th20061Round of 16 (1994)
 GermanyUEFA Group C winners5 October 201719th3201417Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
 EnglandUEFA Group F winners5 October 201715th20146Winners (1966)
 SpainUEFA Group G winners6 October 201715th201411Winners (2010)
 NigeriaCAF Third Round Group B winners7 October 20176th20143Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014)
 Costa RicaCONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up7 October 20175th20142Quarter-finals (2014)
 PolandUEFA Group E winners8 October 20178th20061Third place (1974, 1982)
 EgyptCAF Third Round Group E winners8 October 20173rd19901First round (1934), Group stage (1990)
 IcelandUEFA Group I winners9 October 20171st–1–
 SerbiaUEFA Group D winners9 October 201712th420101Fourth place (1930, 1962)5
 PortugalUEFA Group B winners10 October 20177th20145Third place (1966)
 FranceUEFA Group A winners10 October 201715th20146Winners (1998)
 UruguayCONMEBOL Round Robinrunners-up10 October 201713th20143Winners (1930, 1950)
 ArgentinaCONMEBOL Round Robin third place10 October 201717th201412Winners (1978, 1986)
 ColombiaCONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place10 October 20176th20142Quarter-finals (2014)
 PanamaCONCACAF Fifth Round third place10 October 20171st–1–
 SenegalCAF Third Round Group D winners10 November 20172nd20021Quarter-finals (2002)
 MoroccoCAF Third Round Group C winners11 November 20175th19981Round of 16 (1986)
 TunisiaCAF Third Round Group A winners11 November 20175th20061Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006)
  SwitzerlandUEFA Second Round winners12 November 201711th20144Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)
 CroatiaUEFA Second Round winners12 November 20175th20142Third place (1998)
 SwedenUEFA Second Round winners13 November 201712th20061Runners-up (1958)
 DenmarkUEFA Second Round winners14 November 20175th20101Quarter-finals (1998)
 AustraliaCONCACAF v AFC play-offwinners15 November 20175th20144Round of 16 (2006)
 PeruOFC v CONMEBOL play-offwinners15 November 20175th19821Quarter-finals (1970), Second round (1978)6

 GROUPS

The draw was held on 1st December at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four.


The official match ball of the 2018 World Cup is called 'Telstar 18' and is based on the name and the design of the first Adidas World Cup ball in 1970. It was inroduced on 9th November 2017

FIXTURE

If you want the PDF file of the FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 fixture, click on the link below

FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 FIXTURE






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