2018 FIFA World Cup

2018 FIFA World Cup
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	250px 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	23x15px France (Script error: No such module "Ordinal". title)
Runners-up	23x15px Croatia
Third place	23x15px Belgium
Fourth place	23x15px England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	169 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	3,031,768 (47,371 per match)
Top scorer(s)	border\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge ENG Harry Kane (6 goals)
Best player	Template:Fbicon Luka Modrić
Best young player	Template:Fbicon Kylian Mbappé
Best goalkeeper	border\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge BEL Thibaut Courtois
Fair play award	23x15px Spain
	← 2014 2022 → All statistics correct as of 3 July 2018.

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.

The defending champions were Germany. France won the tournament after defeating Croatia 4–2.^[5] This was France's 2nd World Cup title. France qualified for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams

File:2018 world cup qualification.PNG

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
23x15px Argentina	CONMEBOL qualification 3rd place	10 October 2017
23x15px Australia	CONCACAF v AFC play-off winners	15 November 2017
23x15px Belgium	UEFA Group H winners	3 September 2017
23x15px Brazil	CONMEBOL qualification winner	28 March 2017
23x15px Colombia	CONMEBOL qualification 4th place	10 October 2017
23x15px Costa Rica	CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up	7 October 2017
23x15px Croatia	UEFA Second Round winners	12 November 2017
23x15px Denmark	UEFA Second Round winners	14 November 2017
23x15px Egypt	CAF Third Round Group E winners	8 October 2017
23x15px England	UEFA Group F winners	5 October 2017
23x15px France	UEFA Group A winners	10 October 2017
23x15px Germany	UEFA Group C winners	5 October 2017
23x15px Iceland	UEFA Group I winners	9 October 2017
23x15px Iran	AFC Third Round Group A winners	12 June 2017
23x15px Japan	AFC Third Round Group B winners	31 August 2017
23x15px Mexico	CONCACAF Fifth Round top 3	1 September 2017
23x15px Morocco	CAF Third Round Group C winners	11 November 2017
23x15px Nigeria	CAF Third Round Group B winners	7 October 2017
23x15px Panama	CONCACAF Fifth Round 3rd place	10 October 2017
23x15px Peru	OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners	15 November 2017
23x15px Poland	UEFA Group E winners	8 October 2017
23x15px Portugal	UEFA Group B winners	10 October 2017
23x15px Russia	Host	2 December 2010
23x15px Saudi Arabia	AFC Third Round Group B runners-up	5 September 2017
23x15px Senegal	CAF Third Round Group D winners	10 November 2017
23x15px Serbia	UEFA Group D winners	9 October 2017
23x15px South Korea	AFC Third Round Group A runners-up	5 September 2017
23x15px Spain	UEFA Group G winners	6 October 2017
23x15px Sweden	UEFA Second Round winners	13 November 2017
23x16px Switzerland	UEFA Second Round winners	12 November 2017
23x15px Tunisia	CAF Third Round Group A winners	11 November 2017
23x15px 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
23x15px Russia (65) (hosts) 23x15px Germany (1) 23x15px Brazil (2) 23x15px Portugal (3) 23x15px Argentina (4) 23x15px Belgium (5) 23x15px Poland (6) 23x15px France (7)	23x15px Spain (8) 23x15px Peru (10) 23x16px Switzerland (11) 23x15px England (12) 23x15px Colombia (13) 23x15px Mexico (16) 23x15px Uruguay (17) 23x15px Croatia (18)	23x15px Denmark (19) 23x15px Iceland (21) 23x15px Costa Rica (22) 23x15px Sweden (25) 23x15px Tunisia (28) 23x15px Egypt (30) 23x15px Senegal (32) 23x15px Iran (34)	23x15px Serbia (38) 23x15px Nigeria (41) 23x15px Australia (43) 23x15px Japan (44) 23x15px Morocco (48) 23x15px Panama (49) 23x15px Korea Republic (62) 23x15px Saudi Arabia (63)

Stadiums

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Luzhniki Stadium hosted the final on 15 July.

Moscow:

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Discipline

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)
COLborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge COL Carlos Sánchez	Sent off in Group H vs Japan (matchday 1; 19 June)	Group H vs Poland (matchday 2; 24 June)
DENborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge DEN Yussuf Poulsen	Booked in Group C vs Peru (matchday 1; 16 June) Booked in Group C vs Australia (matchday 2; 21 June)	Group C vs France (matchday 3; 26 June)
GERborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge GER Jérôme Boateng	BookedBooked againSent off in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 2; 23 June)	Group F vs South Korea (matchday 3; 27 June)
PANborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge PAN Armando Cooper	Booked in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) Booked in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June)	Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June)
PANborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge PAN Michael Amir Murillo	Booked in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) Booked in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June)	Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June)
RUSborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge RUS Igor Smolnikov	BookedBooked againSent off in Group A vs Uruguay (matchday 3; 25 June)	Round of 16 vs Spain (1 July)
SWEborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge SWE Sebastian Larsson	Booked in Group F vs Germany (matchday 2; 23 June) Booked in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July)
MEXborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge MEX Héctor Moreno	Booked in Group F vs Germany (matchday 1; 17 June) Booked in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Brazil (2 July)
SUIborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge SUI Stephan Lichtsteiner	Booked in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) Booked in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July)
SUIborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge SUI Fabian Schär	Booked in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) Booked in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July)
FRAborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge FRA Blaise Matuidi	Booked in Group C vs Peru (matchday 2; 21 June) Booked in Round of 16 vs Argentina (30 June)	Quarter-finals vs Uruguay (6 July)
BRAborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge BRA Casemiro	Booked in Group E vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 17 June) Booked in Round of 16 vs Mexico (2 July)	Quarter-finals vs Belgium (6 July)
SWEborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge SWE Mikael Lustig	Booked in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June) Booked in Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July)	Quarter-finals vs England (7 July)
BELborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge BEL Thomas Meunier	Booked in Group G vs Panama (matchday 1; 18 June) Booked in Quarter-finals vs Brazil (6 July)	Semi-finals vs France (10 July)

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Template:Fbicon Luka Modrić	Template:Fbicon Eden Hazard	Template:Fbicon Antoine Griezmann
Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Template:Fbicon Harry Kane	Template:Fbicon Antoine Griezmann	Template:Fbicon Romelu Lukaku
6 goals, 0 assists	4 goals, 2 assists	4 goals, 1 assist
Golden Glove
Template:Fbicon Thibaut Courtois
Best Young Player
Template:Fbicon Kylian Mbappé
FIFA Fair Play Award
23x15px Spain

Prize money

Prize money amounts were announced in October 2017.^[8]

Position	Amount (USD million)
Position	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

Notes

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References

↑ "England captain Harry Kane wins Golden Boot at 2018 World Cup". ESPN. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Modric wins World Cup Golden Ball as Mbappe named best young player". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
↑ "World Cup 2018: Belgium and Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois wins golden glove for best keeper". TheSun.co.uk. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
↑ FIFA.com (19 December 2014). "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™ bidding process". Press release. https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2494723/index.html.
↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - France - Croatia - FIFA.com". FIFA. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
↑ "Final Draw to take place in State Kremlin Palace". FIFA.com. 24 January 2017.
↑ "Final Draw to take place at 18:00". telegraph.co.uk. 24 November 2017.
↑ Henley, Brendon (27 October 2017). "FIFA World Cup Prize Money" (PDF). FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

Other websites

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[1] "England captain Harry Kane wins Golden Boot at 2018 World Cup". ESPN. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[modricmbappe-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Modric wins World Cup Golden Ball as Mbappe named best young player". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[3] "World Cup 2018: Belgium and Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois wins golden glove for best keeper". TheSun.co.uk. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[press_release-4] FIFA.com (19 December 2014). "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™ bidding process". Press release. https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2494723/index.html.

[5] "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - France - Croatia - FIFA.com". FIFA. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[6] "Final Draw to take place in State Kremlin Palace". FIFA.com. 24 January 2017.

[7] "Final Draw to take place at 18:00". telegraph.co.uk. 24 November 2017.

[8] Henley, Brendon (27 October 2017). "FIFA World Cup Prize Money" (PDF). FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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250px 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	23x15px France (Script error: No such module "Ordinal". title)
Runners-up	23x15px Croatia
Third place	23x15px Belgium
Fourth place	23x15px England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	169 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	3,031,768 (47,371 per match)
Top scorer(s)	ENGborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge ENG Harry Kane (6 goals)^[1]
Best player	Template:Fbicon Luka Modrić^[2]
Best young player	Template:Fbicon Kylian Mbappé^[2]
Best goalkeeper	BELborder\|20px\|class=noviewer\|baseline\|Flagge BEL Thibaut Courtois^[3]
Fair play award	23x15px Spain
← 2014 2022 → All statistics correct as of 3 July 2018.

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