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The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, which is a men's football tournament that takes place every four years and is organized by FIFA. The tournament took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018,[4] after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This was the first World Cup taking place in Eastern Europe.
Чемпионат мира по футболу FIFA 2018 Chempionat mira po futbolu FIFA 2018 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Russia |
Dates | 14 June – 15 July |
Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 12 (in 11 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | France (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Croatia |
Third place | Belgium |
Fourth place | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 169 (2.64 per match) |
Attendance | 3,031,768 (47,371 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Harry Kane (6 goals)[1] |
Best player(s) | Santhosh Modric[2] |
Best young player | Kylian Mbappé[2] |
Best goalkeeper | Thibaut Courtois[3] |
Fair play award | Spain |
The defending champions were Germany. France won the tournament after defeating Croatia 4–2.[5] This was France's second World Cup title.
Russia is the host country, so the Russian team automatically qualified.
Team | Qualified as | Date of qualification |
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Argentina | CONMEBOL qualification 3rd place | 10 October 2017 |
Australia | CONCACAF v AFC play-off winners | 15 November 2017 |
Belgium | UEFA Group H winners | 3 September 2017 |
Brazil | CONMEBOL qualification winner | 28 March 2017 |
Colombia | CONMEBOL qualification 4th place | 10 October 2017 |
Costa Rica | CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up | 7 October 2017 |
Croatia | UEFA Second Round winners | 12 November 2017 |
Denmark | UEFA Second Round winners | 14 November 2017 |
Egypt | CAF Third Round Group E winners | 8 October 2017 |
England | UEFA Group F winners | 5 October 2017 |
France | UEFA Group A winners | 10 October 2017 |
Germany | UEFA Group C winners | 5 October 2017 |
Iceland | UEFA Group I winners | 9 October 2017 |
Iran | AFC Third Round Group A winners | 12 June 2017 |
Japan | AFC Third Round Group B winners | 31 August 2017 |
Mexico | CONCACAF Fifth Round top 3 | 1 September 2017 |
Morocco | CAF Third Round Group C winners | 11 November 2017 |
Nigeria | CAF Third Round Group B winners | 7 October 2017 |
Panama | CONCACAF Fifth Round 3rd place | 10 October 2017 |
Peru | OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 15 November 2017 |
Poland | UEFA Group E winners | 8 October 2017 |
Portugal | UEFA Group B winners | 10 October 2017 |
Russia | Host | 2 December 2010 |
Saudi Arabia | AFC Third Round Group B runners-up | 5 September 2017 |
Senegal | CAF Third Round Group D winners | 10 November 2017 |
Serbia | UEFA Group D winners | 9 October 2017 |
South Korea | AFC Third Round Group A runners-up | 5 September 2017 |
Spain | UEFA Group G winners | 6 October 2017 |
Sweden | UEFA Second Round winners | 13 November 2017 |
Switzerland | UEFA Second Round winners | 12 November 2017 |
Tunisia | CAF Third Round Group A winners | 11 November 2017 |
Uruguay | CONMEBOL qualification runners-up | 10 October 2017 |
The draw was held in Moscow at 18:00 MSK, on Friday 1 December 2017[6][7] The teams were divided into 4 pots, 8 teams each. The number in parenthesis show positions in the FIFA World Rankings prior to the tournament.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Russia (65) (hosts) |
Spain (8) |
Denmark (19) |
Serbia (38) |
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The top two teams of each group advance to the round of 16. Matches are played on a round-robin basis.
The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 32.5):
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Russia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Russia | 5–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Costa Rica | 0–1 | Serbia |
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Serbia | 0–2 | Brazil |
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Switzerland | 2–2 | Costa Rica |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
Sweden | 1–0 | South Korea |
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South Korea | 1–2 | Mexico |
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South Korea | 2–0 | Germany |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
30 June – Sochi | ||||||||||||||
Uruguay | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 July – Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||||||||||
Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||||||
30 June – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
France | 2 | |||||||||||||
France | 4 | |||||||||||||
10 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
Argentina | 3 | |||||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||||||
2 July – Samara | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 July – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
2 July – Rostov-on-Don | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||||
Belgium | 3 | |||||||||||||
15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
Japan | 2 | |||||||||||||
France | 4 | |||||||||||||
1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
Croatia | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
7 July – Sochi | ||||||||||||||
Russia (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
Russia | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
1 July – Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||||
Croatia (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
Croatia (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
Denmark | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
Croatia (aet) | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
England | 1 | Third place play-off | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | |||||||||||||
7 July – Samara | 14 July – Saint Petersburg | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sweden | 0 | Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||
3 July – Moscow (Otkritie) | ||||||||||||||
England | 2 | England | 0 | |||||||||||
Colombia | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
England (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
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Sweden | 1–0 | Switzerland |
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France[68]
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Croatia[68]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[68]
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