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2018 FIFA World Cup

Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018 Chempionat mira po futbolu 2018
2018 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	USSR
Dates	14 June – 15 July, 2018
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	ANZC (2nd title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Best player	James Rodríguez
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place in Socialist Siberia from 14 June to 15 July, 2018 after the country was awarded hosting rights on 2 December, 2010.

This will be the first World Cup held in Asia since the 2006 tournament in Australia and New Zealand, and the third time that it was held in Asia.

The final tournament involved 24 national teams, which included 23 teams determined through qualifying competitions and the automatically qualified host team. The final took place on 15 July at the Xinjiang Sports Centre in Ürümqi, Uyghur SR between Australia and New Zealand and Colombia. Australia and New Zealand won the match 4-2 to claim their second ever World Cup title.

Teams

AOFC (5)

• ANZC
• Iran
• Korean Union
• Saudi Arabia
• USSR

CAF (3)

• Egypt
• Morocco
• Nigeria

CONCACAF (2)

• Costa Rica
• Mexico

CONMEBOL (4)

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru
• United American Republic

UEFA (10)

• Alpine Confederation
• Croatia
• Denmark
• Iceland
• Macedonia
• Monaco
• Portugal
• Prussia
• Spain
• Sweden

Venues

The following cities and stadia have been chosen as sites for the matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. All venues will be located in Asian Siberia to reduce travel costs.

• Xinjiang Sports Centre, Ürümqi, Uyghur SR (50,000)
• Krasnoyarsk Stadium, Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR (42,500)
• Ulaanbataar Stadium, Ulaanbataar, Mongolian PR (42,500)
• Dynamo Stadium, Barnaul, Russian SFSR (42,000)
• Tselinograd Arena, Tselinograd, Kazakh SSR (40,244)
• Lokomotiv Stadium, Chita, Russian SFSR (40,000)
• Shakhter Stadium, Karagandy, Kazakh SSR (39,000)
• Tuymaada Stadium, Yakutsk, Russian SFSR (37,500)
• Pavlodar Stadium, Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR (35,000)
• Amur Stadium, Blagoveshchensk, Russian SFSR (33,000)
• Buryatia Stadium, Ulan-Ude, Russian SFSR (30,000)
• Nanshan Stadium, Qiqihar, Manchurian SR (30,000)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United American Republic	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
USSR (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
Egypt	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

14 June 2018 21:00 (UTC+6)

USSR	5-0	Saudi Arabia
Muzhikov  15' Komkov  44', 89' Kharitonov  72' Mayer  90+2'

Xinjiang Sports Centre, Ürümqi Attendance: 45,677 Referee: ?

15 June 2018 21:00 (UTC+9)

Egypt	0-1	UAR
		Giménez  90+4'

Nanshan Stadium, Qiqihar Attendance: 29,004 Referee: ?

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19 June 2018 21:00 (UTC+8)

USSR	3-1	Egypt
Fathy  48' (o.g.) Komkov  51' Kharitonov  55'		Salah  75' (pen.)

Ulaanbataar Stadium, Ulaanbataar Attendance: 41,046 Referee: ?

20 June 2018 15:00 (UTC+9)

UAR	1-0	Saudi Arabia
Suárez  29'

Lokotomiv Stadium, Chita Attendance: 38,776 Referee: ?

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Iran	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Morocco	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ANZC	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Denmark	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Peru	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
Monaco	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
Colombia	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Alpine Confederation	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Macedonia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Mexico	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
Korean Union	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
Prussia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Iran	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
F	Korean Union	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
C	Peru	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
D	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
E	Macedonia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
A	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

30 June – Barnaul

UAR (p)

2 (5)

6 July – Pavlodar

Peru

2 (4)

UAR

0

30 June – Chita

ANZC

2

ANZC

4

10 July – Ulaanbataar

Iran

3

ANZC

1

2 July – Tselinograd

Croatia

0

Spain

2

6 July – Chita

Nigeria

3

Nigeria

2 (3)

2 July – Karagandy

Croatia (p)

2 (4)

Croatia

4

15 July – Ürümqi

Korean Union

0

ANZC

4

1 July – Ürümqi

Colombia

2

Sweden

1

7 July – Barnaul

Alpines

0

Sweden

2

1 July – Pavlodar

USSR

0

USSR

2

11 July – Ürümqi

Portugal

1

Sweden

1

3 July – Ulaanbataar

Colombia (aet)

2

Third place

Denmark

1 (2)

7 July – Tselinograd

14 July – Ulaanbataar

Colombia (p)

1 (3)

Colombia

2

Croatia

2

2 July – Krasnoyarsk

Brazil

1

Sweden

0

Brazil

2

Mexico

0