2018 FIFA World Cup

The 1988 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.

1988 FIFA World Cup

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France with the World Cup trophy.
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
← 2014 2022 →

The defending champions were Germany. France won the tournament after defeating Croatia 4–2.^[5] This was France's second World Cup title.

Qualified teams

  Teams qualified for World Cup

  Teams did not qualify for World Cup

  Teams removed from the tournament by FIFA before playing a match

  Countries were not FIFA members

Russia is the host country, so the Russian team automatically qualified.

Team	Qualified as	Date of qualification
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

Draw

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
Russia (65) (hosts)  Germany (1)  Brazil (2)  Portugal (3)  Argentina (4)  Belgium (5)  Poland (6)  France (7)	Spain (8)  Peru (10)   Switzerland (11)  England (12)  Colombia (13)  Mexico (16)  Uruguay (17)  Croatia (18)	Denmark (19)  Iceland (21)  Costa Rica (22)  Sweden (25)  Tunisia (28)  Egypt (30)  Senegal (32)  Iran (34)	Serbia (38)  Nigeria (41)  Australia (43)  Japan (44)  Morocco (48)  Panama (49)  South Korea (62)  Saudi Arabia (63)

Stadiums

Luzhniki Stadium hosted the final on 15 July.

Moscow: Luzhniki Stadium Otkrytiye Arena Saint Petersburg: Krestovsky Stadium Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad Stadium Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Volgograd: Volgograd Arena Yekaterinburg: Central Stadium

Sochi: Fisht Olympic Stadium Rostov-on-Don: Rostov Arena Saransk: Mordovia Arena Samara: Cosmos Arena Kazan Kazan Arena

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the round of 16. Matches are played on a round-robin basis.

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 32.5):

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. fair play points
   • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
   • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
   • direct red card: minus 4 points;
   • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
8. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Russia	5–0	Saudi Arabia
Cheryshev  43', 90+1' Gazinsky  12' Dzyuba  71' Golovin  90+4'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[8]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

15 June 2018 (2018-06-15)

17:00 YEKT (UTC+5)

Egypt	0–1	Uruguay
	Report	Giménez  89'

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 27,015^[9]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Russia	3–1	Egypt
Fathy  47' (o.g.) Cheryshev  59' Dzyuba  62'	Report	Salah  73' (pen.)

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468^[10]

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

20 June 2018 (2018-06-20)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Uruguay	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Suárez  23'	Report

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 42,678^[11]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)

18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Uruguay	3–0	Russia
Suárez  10' Cheryshev  23' (o.g.) Cavani  90'	Report

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,970^[12]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Egypt
Al-Faraj  45+6' (pen.) Al-Dawsari  90+5'	Report	Salah  22'

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 36,823^[13]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Group B

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 June 2018 (2018-06-15)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Morocco	0–1	Iran
	Report	Bouhaddouz  90+5' (o.g.)

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 62,548^[14]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

15 June 2018 (2018-06-15)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Portugal	3–3	Spain
Ronaldo  4' (pen.), 44', 88'	Report	Costa  24', 55' Nacho  58'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 43,866^[15]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

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20 June 2018 (2018-06-20)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Portugal	1–0	Morocco
Ronaldo  4'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[16]

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

20 June 2018 (2018-06-20)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Iran	0–1	Spain
	Report	Costa  54'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

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25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Iran	1–1	Portugal
Ansarifard  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Quaresma  45'

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 41,685^[17]

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)

20:00 KALT (UTC+2)

Spain	2–2	Morocco
Isco  19' Aspas  90+1'	Report	Boutaïb  14' En-Nesyri  81'

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 33,973^[18]

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Group C

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)

13:00 MSK (UTC+3)

France	2–1	Australia
Griezmann  58' (pen.) Pogba  81'	Report	Jedinak  62' (pen.)

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 41,279

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)

19:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Peru	0–1	Denmark
	Report	Poulsen  59'

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)

16:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Denmark	1–1	Australia
Eriksen  7'	Report	Jedinak  38' (pen.)

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 40,727^[19]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)

20:00 YEKT (UTC+5)

France	1–0	Peru
Mbappé  34'	Report

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 32,789^[20]

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

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26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Denmark	0–0	France
	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[21]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Australia	0–2	Peru
	Report	Carrillo  18' Guerrero  50'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 44,073^[22]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group D

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)

16:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Argentina	1–1	Iceland
Agüero  19'	Report	Finnbogason  23'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[23]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)

21:00 KALT (UTC+2)

Croatia	2–0	Nigeria
Etebo  32' (o.g.) Modric  71' (pen.)	Report

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 31,136^[24]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Argentina	0–3	Croatia
	Report	Rebić  53' Modrić  80' Rakitić  90+1'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 43,319^[25]

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Nigeria	2–0	Iceland
Musa  49', 75'	Report

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 40,904^[26]

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

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26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Nigeria	1–2	Argentina
Moses  51' (pen.)	Report	Messi  14' Rojo  86'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468^[27]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Iceland	1–2	Croatia
G. Sigurðsson  76' (pen.)	Report	Badelj  53' Perišić  90'

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 43,472^[28]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Group E

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)

16:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Costa Rica	0–1	Serbia
	Report	Kolarov  56'

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,432^[29]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Brazil	1–1	Switzerland
Coutinho  20'	Report	Zuber  50'

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 43,109^[30]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

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22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Brazil	2–0	Costa Rica
Coutinho  90+1' Neymar  90+7'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468^[31]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)

20:00 KALT (UTC+2)

Serbia	1–2	Switzerland
Mitrović  5'	Report	Xhaka  52' Shaqiri  90'

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 33,167^[32]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Serbia	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Paulinho  36' Thiago Silva  68'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[33]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Switzerland	2–2	Costa Rica
Džemaili  31' Drmić  88'	Report	Waston  56' Sommer  90+3' (o.g.)

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 43,319^[34]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Group F

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Germany	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Lozano  35'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[35]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Sweden	1–0	South Korea
Granqvist  65' (pen.)	Report

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 42,300^[36]

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

South Korea	1–2	Mexico
Son Heung-min  90+3'	Report	Vela  26' (pen.) Hernández  66'

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 43,472^[37]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Germany	2–1	Sweden
Reus  48' Kroos  90+5'	Report	Toivonen  32'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 44,287^[38]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

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27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

South Korea	2–0	Germany
Kim Young-gwon  90+3' Son Heung-min  90+6'	Report

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 41,835^[39]

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

19:00 YEKT (UTC+5)

Mexico	0–3	Sweden
	Report	Augustinsson  50' Granqvist  62' (pen.) Álvarez  74' (o.g.)

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 33,061^[40]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Group G

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Belgium	3–0	Panama
Mertens  47' Lukaku  69', 75'	Report

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 43,257^[41]

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Tunisia	1–2	England
Sassi  35' (pen.)	Report	Kane  11', 90+1'

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 41,064^[42]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Belgium	5–2	Tunisia
E. Hazard  6' (pen.), 51' Lukaku  16', 45+3' Batshuayi  90'	Report	Bronn  18' Khazri  90+3'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[43]

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

England	6–1	Panama
Stones  8', 40' Kane  22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62' Lingard  36'	Report	Baloy  78'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 43,319^[44]

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

20:00 KALT (UTC+2)

England	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Januzaj  51'

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 33,973^[45]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Panama	1–2	Tunisia
Meriah  33' (o.g.)	Report	F. Ben Youssef  51' Khazri  66'

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 37,168^[46]

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Group H

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
3	Senegal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
4	Poland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Fair play points: Japan −4, Senegal −6.

19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Colombia	1–2	Japan
Quintero  39'	Report	Kagawa  6' (pen.) Osako  73'

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 40,842^[47]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Poland	1–2	Senegal
Krychowiak  86'	Report	Cionek  37' (o.g.) Niang  60'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[48]

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)

20:00 YEKT (UTC+5)

Japan	2–2	Senegal
Inui  34' Honda  78'	Report	Mané  11' Wagué  71'

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 32,572^[49]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Poland	0–3	Colombia
	Report	Mina  40' Falcao  70' Ju. Cuadrado  75'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 42,873^[50]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

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28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Japan	0–1	Poland
	Report	Bednarek  59'

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 42,189^[51]

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Senegal	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Mina  74'

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,970^[52]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Bracket

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)

Round of 16

30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

France	4–3	Argentina
Griezmann  13' (pen.) Pavard  57' Mbappé  64', 68'	Report	Di María  41' Mercado  48' Agüero  90+3'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 42,873^[53]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Uruguay	2–1	Portugal
Cavani  7', 62'	Rport	Pepe  55'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 44,287^[54]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

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1 July 2018 (2018-07-01)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Russia
Ignashevich  12' (o.g.)	Report	Dzyuba  41' (pen.)
Penalties
Iniesta Piqué Koke Ramos Aspas	3–4	Smolov Ignashevich Golovin Cheryshev

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[55]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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1 July 2018 (2018-07-01)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
Mandžukić  4'	Report	M. Jørgensen  1'
Penalties
Badelj Kramarić Modrić Pivarić Rakitić	3–2	Eriksen Kjær Krohn-Dehli Schöne N. Jørgensen

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 40,851^[56]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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2 July 2018 (2018-07-02)

18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Brazil	2–0	Mexico
Neymar  51' Firmino  88'	Report

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,970^[57]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

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2 July 2018 (2018-07-02)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Belgium	3–2	Japan
Vertonghen  69' Fellaini  74' Chadli  90+4'	Report	Haraguchi  48' Inui  52'

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 41,466^[58]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

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3 July 2018 (2018-07-03)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Sweden	1–0	Switzerland
Forsberg  66'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,042^[59]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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3 July 2018 (2018-07-03)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Colombia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Mina  90+3'	Report	Kane  57' (pen.)
Penalties
Falcao Ju. Cuadrado Muriel Uribe Bacca	3–4	Kane Rashford Henderson Trippier Dier

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[60]

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Quarter-finals

6 July 2018 (2018-07-06)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Uruguay	0–2	France
	Report	Varane  40' Griezmann  61'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 44,190^[61]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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6 July 2018 (2018-07-06)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Brazil	1–2	Belgium
Renato Augusto  76'	Report	Fernandinho  13' (o.g.) De Bruyne  31'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 42,873^[62]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)

18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Sweden	0–2	England
	Report	Maguire  30' Alli  59'

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 39,991^[63]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Russia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Croatia
Cheryshev  31' Fernandes  115'	Report	Kramarić  39' Vida  101'
Penalties
Smolov Dzagoev Fernandes Ignashevich Kuzyayev	3–4	Brozović Kovačić Modrić Vida Rakitić

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 44,287^[64]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Semi-finals

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

France	1–0	Belgium
Umtiti  51'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,286^[65]

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

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11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Croatia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Perišić  68' Mandžukić  109'	Report	Trippier  5'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[66]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Third place play-off

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Belgium	2–0	England
Meunier  4' E. Hazard  82'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,406

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Final

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup final

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

France	4–2	Croatia
Mandžukić  18' (o.g.) Griezmann  38' (pen.) Pogba  59' Mbappé  65'	Report	Perišić  28' Mandžukić  69'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[67]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Statistics

Further information: 2018 FIFA World Cup statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 169 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

Twelve own goals have been scored during the tournament, breaking the record of six set in 1998.^[68]

6 goals

• Harry Kane

4 goals

• Romelu Lukaku
• Antoine Griezmann
• Kylian Mbappé
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Denis Cheryshev

3 goals

• Eden Hazard
• Yerry Mina
• Mario Mandžukić
• Ivan Perišić
• Artem Dzyuba
• Diego Costa
• Edinson Cavani

2 goals

• Sergio Agüero
• Mile Jedinak
• Philippe Coutinho
• Neymar
• Luka Modrić
• Mohamed Salah
• John Stones
• Takashi Inui
• Ahmed Musa
• Son Heung-min
• Andreas Granqvist
• Wahbi Khazri
• Luis Suárez

1 goal

• Ángel Di María
• Gabriel Mercado
• Lionel Messi
• Marcos Rojo
• Michy Batshuayi
• Nacer Chadli
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Marouane Fellaini
• Adnan Januzaj
• Dries Mertens
• Thomas Meunier
• Jan Vertonghen
• Roberto Firmino
• Paulinho
• Renato Augusto
• Thiago Silva
• Juan Cuadrado
• Radamel Falcao
• Juan Fernando Quintero
• Kendall Waston
• Milan Badelj
• Andrej Kramarić
• Ivan Rakitić
• Ante Rebić
• Domagoj Vida
• Christian Eriksen
• Mathias Jørgensen
• Yussuf Poulsen
• Dele Alli
• Jesse Lingard
• Harry Maguire
• Kieran Trippier
• Benjamin Pavard
• Paul Pogba
• Samuel Umtiti
• Raphaël Varane
• Toni Kroos
• Marco Reus
• Alfreð Finnbogason
• Gylfi Sigurðsson
• Karim Ansarifard
• Genki Haraguchi
• Keisuke Honda
• Shinji Kagawa
• Yuya Osako
• Javier Hernández
• Hirving Lozano
• Carlos Vela
• Khalid Boutaïb
• Youssef En-Nesyri
• Victor Moses
• Felipe Baloy
• André Carrillo
• Paolo Guerrero
• Jan Bednarek
• Grzegorz Krychowiak
• Pepe
• Ricardo Quaresma
• Mário Fernandes
• Yury Gazinsky
• Aleksandr Golovin
• Salem Al-Dawsari
• Salman Al-Faraj
• Sadio Mané
• M'Baye Niang
• Moussa Wagué
• Aleksandar Kolarov
• Aleksandar Mitrović
• Kim Young-gwon
• Iago Aspas
• Isco
• Nacho
• Ludwig Augustinsson
• Emil Forsberg
• Ola Toivonen
• Josip Drmić
• Blerim Džemaili
• Xherdan Shaqiri
• Granit Xhaka
• Steven Zuber
• Dylan Bronn
• Ferjani Sassi
• Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
• José Giménez

1 own goal

• Aziz Behich (against France)
• Fernandinho (against Belgium)
• Mario Mandžukić (against France)
• Ahmed Fathy (against Russia)
• Edson Álvarez (against Sweden)
• Aziz Bouhaddouz (against Iran)
• Oghenekaro Etebo (against Croatia)
• Thiago Cionek (against Senegal)
• Denis Cheryshev (against Uruguay)
• Sergei Ignashevich (against Spain)
• Yann Sommer (against Costa Rica)
• Yassine Meriah (against Panama)

Source: FIFA^[69]

Discipline

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:

Player	Offence(s)	Suspension(s)
Carlos Sánchez	in Group H vs Japan (matchday 1; 19 June)	Group H vs Poland (matchday 2; 24 June)
Yussuf Poulsen	in Group C vs Peru (matchday 1; 16 June) in Group C vs Australia (matchday 2; 21 June)	Group C vs France (matchday 3; 26 June)
Jérôme Boateng	in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 2; 23 June)	Group F vs South Korea (matchday 3; 27 June)
Armando Cooper	in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June)	Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June)
Michael Amir Murillo	in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June)	Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June)
Igor Smolnikov	in Group A vs Uruguay (matchday 3; 25 June)	Round of 16 vs Spain (1 July)
Sebastian Larsson	in Group F vs Germany (matchday 2; 23 June) in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July)
Héctor Moreno	in Group F vs Germany (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Brazil (2 July)
Stephan Lichtsteiner	in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July)
Fabian Schär	in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July)
Blaise Matuidi	in Group C vs Peru (matchday 2; 21 June) in Round of 16 vs Argentina (30 June)	Quarter-finals vs Uruguay (6 July)
Casemiro	in Group E vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 17 June) in Round of 16 vs Mexico (2 July)	Quarter-finals vs Belgium (6 July)
Mikael Lustig	in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June) in Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July)	Quarter-finals vs England (7 July)
Thomas Meunier	in Group G vs Panama (matchday 1; 18 June) in Quarter-finals vs Brazil (6 July)	Semi-finals vs France (10 July)

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Luka Modrić	Eden Hazard	Antoine Griezmann
Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Harry Kane	Antoine Griezmann	Romelu Lukaku
6 goals, 0 assists	4 goals, 2 assists	4 goals, 1 assist
Golden Glove
Thibaut Courtois
Best Young Player
Kylian Mbappé
FIFA Fair Play Award
Spain

Prize money

Prize money amounts were announced in October 2017.^[70]

Position	Amount (USD million)
	Per team	Total
Champions	38	38
Runners-up	28	28
Third place	24	24
Fourth place	22	22
5th–8th place	16	64
9th–16th place	12	96
17th–32nd place	8	128
Total		400