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2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ 14 June - 15 July

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Match Schedule

A close up of the World Cup trophy
A total of 64 games will be played to decide the winner of the FIFA World Cup. See when and where the action will be taking place.

Qualifiers

Africa

Round 1 (October 2015)

The Confederation of African Football's Preliminary Competition offers five berths at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

53Participating Teams
0/5Qualified to Russia 2018

Asia

Round 2 (June 2015-March 2016)

The Asian Football Confederation's Preliminary Competition offers four and a half berths at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

45Participating Teams
0/4.5Qualified to Russia 2018

Europe

Round 1 (September 2016-October 2017)

Europe’s Preliminary Competition offers the highest number of berths at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™: thirteen in total.

52Participating Teams
1/14Qualified to Russia 2018

North, Central America and Caribbean

Round 4 (November 2015-September 2016)

The North, Central America and Caribbean’s Preliminary Competition offers three and a half berths at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

35Participating Teams
0/3.5Qualified to Russia 2018

Oceania

Round 2 (May 2016-June 2016)

The Oceania Football Confederation’s Preliminary Competition offers half a berth at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

11Participating Teams
0/0.5Qualified to Russia 2018

South America

Round 1 (October 2015-October 2017)

South America’s Preliminary Competition offers four and a half berths at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

10Participating Teams
0/4.5Qualified to Russia 2018

Thinking of visiting Russia?

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Are you planning to visit Russia for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 or the 2018 FIFA World Cup™? Welcome2018.com is the tourist portal of the Russian government and provides fans travelling to Russia with useful information about the host nation of the next FIFA World Cup.

Destination

Ekaterinburg Ekaterinburg Kaliningrad Kaliningrad Kazan Kazan Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod Rostov-On-Don Rostov-On-Don Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg Samara Samara Saransk Saransk Sochi Sochi Volgograd Volgograd

Find your hotel in Russia!

A City view of the Cathedral of Saint righteous Warrior Feodor Ushakov

Hospitality

A general view of the hospitality area from the Estadio Beira-Rio

FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017

The FIFA Confederations Cup Trophy

From 17 June to 2 July 2017, four host cities in Russia will get a taste of what is to come as the six confederation champions, along with reigning world champions Germany and host nation Russia, come together for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 - the tantalising precursor to the main event, the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

Organisation

  • FIFA carries out stadium visits in Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad

    A general view of the Saint Petersburg Stadium construction site

  • Working conditions monitoring system launched at World Cup stadiums

    Monitoring system on decent working conditions launched at FIFA World Cup stadiums

  • Stars to promote World Cup 2018 as host cities ambassadors

    Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Samara Host City Ambassador for the 2018 FIFA World Cup

  • Future residents impressed by stadium progress

    FC Baltika visits Kaliningrad Stadium construction site

  • Russia 2018 LOC Management Board meeting with FIFA participation in Nizhny Novgorod

    Russia 2018 LOC Management Board meeting with FIFA participation in Nizhny Novgorod

  • Stadium tour reveals positive developments

    Fisht Stadium in Sochi

World Cup Timeline

1930/1958
1962/1982
1986/2006
2010/2022

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