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Чемпионат мира по футболу FIFA 2018 Chempionat mira po futbolu FIFA 2018 | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 169 (2.64 per match) |
Attendance | 3,031,768 (47,371 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best young player | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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 second World Cup title.
Qualified teams
[change | change source]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_map.png/350px-2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_map.png)
Russia is the host country, so the Russian team automatically qualified.
Team | Qualified as | Date of qualification |
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![]() | CONMEBOL qualification 3rd place | 10 October 2017 |
![]() | CONCACAF v AFC play-off winners | 15 November 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group H winners | 3 September 2017 |
![]() | CONMEBOL qualification winner | 28 March 2017 |
![]() | CONMEBOL qualification 4th place | 10 October 2017 |
![]() | CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up | 7 October 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Second Round winners | 12 November 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Second Round winners | 14 November 2017 |
![]() | CAF Third Round Group E winners | 8 October 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group F winners | 5 October 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group A winners | 10 October 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group C winners | 5 October 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group I winners | 9 October 2017 |
![]() | AFC Third Round Group A winners | 12 June 2017 |
![]() | AFC Third Round Group B winners | 31 August 2017 |
![]() | CONCACAF Fifth Round top 3 | 1 September 2017 |
![]() | CAF Third Round Group C winners | 11 November 2017 |
![]() | CAF Third Round Group B winners | 7 October 2017 |
![]() | CONCACAF Fifth Round 3rd place | 10 October 2017 |
![]() | OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 15 November 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group E winners | 8 October 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group B winners | 10 October 2017 |
![]() | Host | 2 December 2010 |
![]() | AFC Third Round Group B runners-up | 5 September 2017 |
![]() | CAF Third Round Group D winners | 10 November 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group D winners | 9 October 2017 |
![]() | AFC Third Round Group A runners-up | 5 September 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Group G winners | 6 October 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Second Round winners | 13 November 2017 |
![]() | UEFA Second Round winners | 12 November 2017 |
![]() | CAF Third Round Group A winners | 11 November 2017 |
![]() | CONMEBOL qualification runners-up | 10 October 2017 |
Draw
[change | change source]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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Stadiums
[change | change source]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%2829_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_2017%29_%C2%B7_8.jpg/200px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%2829_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_2017%29_%C2%B7_8.jpg)
Group stage
[change | change source]The top two teams of each group advance to the round of 16. Matches are played on a round-robin basis.
Tiebreakers
[change | change source]The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 32.5):
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- 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:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- 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;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Group A
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Faraj ![]() Al-Dawsari ![]() | Report | Salah ![]() |
Group B
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Group C
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Group D
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Group E
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Group F
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
South Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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| Report |
South Korea ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Group G
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Group H
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Poland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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| Report |
Knockout stage
[change | change source]Bracket
[change | change source]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
30 June – Sochi | ||||||||||||||
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6 July – Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||||
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30 June – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
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10 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
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2 July – Samara | ||||||||||||||
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6 July – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
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2 July – Rostov-on-Don | ||||||||||||||
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15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
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1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
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7 July – Sochi | ||||||||||||||
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1 July – Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||||
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11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
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3 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place play-off | ||||||||||||
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7 July – Samara | 14 July – Saint Petersburg | |||||||||||||
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3 July – Moscow (Otkritie) | ||||||||||||||
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Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
[change | change source]Brazil ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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