Where will the FIFA World Cup in Russia take place and when will it start? The FIFA World Cup begins in Russia. What you need to know about the main sporting event of the summer Who is the main favorite

Greetings to everyone who is interested in where the 2018 FIFA World Cup will take place. I have prepared information that will give almost all the answers to your questions, namely: when will the 2018 FIFA World Cup start, in which cities the matches will be held and other related information.

Football is the sport of many. It is impossible to imagine a person who knows practically nothing about football. Unless it will be some representative of an African tribe from the very depths of the black continent. In our country, a whole subculture is being built (more precisely, has already been built) around football, which is called "near football".

It is not necessary to go in for sports to follow all sports events: no one will be surprised by a man enjoying a sports match between two national teams in the evening after a working day.

Now imagine that this match is taking place in your city. Have you presented? Do you understand what this means for the economy and infrastructure of the host city? And for the economy of the entire country as a whole. Definitely, such a global event, affecting the whole world, will not pass without leaving a trace for Russia, because our country is precisely the manager of the Hunger Games.

Just imagine that 11 cities in Russia will see not just the football players of foreign teams and the people accompanying them (coaches, doctors and others), but also just foreigners who want to support their compatriot athletes and see this significant event with their own eyes.

Where will the matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup take place?

As I said, the number of host cities is 11, but all football battles will take place in 12 stadiums. Cities with sports and municipal infrastructure include:

Nizhny Novgorod;
Saransk;
Moscow;
St. Petersburg;
Sochi;
Ekaterinburg;
Samara;
Kazan;
Volgograd;
Rostov-on-Don;
Kaliningrad.

The first city in which the first football battles will take place will, of course, be the capital of our Motherland, Moscow. Very soon, this summer we will be able to see people and show ourselves. May God grant that our team will show itself with dignity: they even help the wall at home. The first stadium is Luzhniki.

I want to say that each of these cities is large (Saransk, perhaps a little smaller). This means that cities will be able to fully accept all guests for their comfortable pastime.

Countries from all over the world will play: Europe, Asia, South, Central and North America, Africa. Unless there won't be guys from Antarctica. That's why he is the world championship. There are 32 participating countries in total, and who do you think will play first? By tradition, the hosts should play first. Therefore, Russia - Saudi Arabia is the first match to open the 2018 world championship.

Actually, there are only 31 visiting teams, plus the host country participating in the FIFA tournament regardless of the qualifying round.

And here we come to, in fact, the start date of the games.

When does the 2018 FIFA World Cup start?

The first match (and we already know that this is Russia and CA) will begin on June 14, 2018 at 18:00 Moscow time. This, by the way, is the only match that day, although the next day 6 teams will already play, that is, as many as 3 football battles! Only have time to switch channels! Or choose in advance which matches to go to. Well, when else will there be an opportunity to visit such a major tournament and see football legends "live" without leaving your own city or country?

The final of the sports confrontation between the countries will take place a month and one day after the opening, that is, on July 15 (it started on 14, ends on 15, only the next month). So far, for obvious reasons, it is not known who will reach the final and win.

Football matches will take place every day, up to the quarter-finals: on the 4th and 5th of July, there will be an impromptu weekend for football players so that they properly prepare and rest before such important world events. The gaze of fans and fans of this sport will be riveted on the football stars almost around the clock.

Perhaps many of our compatriots will be able to get autographs from the celebrities of the world of football! Or maybe even it will be you? By the way, are you going to football or will you watch from TV monitors and computers?

Like the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup (also called "Mundial" from French) takes place every 4 years, although qualifying matches last approximately 3 years after the last championship. It is not difficult to calculate that the previous World Cup was played in 2014 in Brazil. At the moment, Germany is the world champion in football.

Our guests will be visited by such famous personalities as Messi (Argentina national team), Olivier Giroud (France national team), David Silva together with Sergio Ramos and Andres Iniesta (Spain), and, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo with Andre Silva.

Best regards, Vladimir Manerov

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DUSHANBE, June 14 - Sputnik. The World Cup kicks off on Thursday, in the opening match the hosts of the tournament will play against the Saudi Arabian team. The meeting will take place in Moscow at the Luzhniki stadium, beginning at 18:00 Moscow time.

The territory of the tournament is not limited to the twelve arenas where the matches of the World Cup will be held. Many national teams have chosen cities and regions as their bases that are far from the main venues of the World Cup. Kaluga became the base for the Senegal national team, the Swiss stopped in Tolyatti, the Moroccans chose Voronezh, the Danes - Anapa, the Egyptians - Grozny, the Spaniards - Krasnodar, the Nigerians - Essentuki, and the Icelanders - Gelendzhik. The Moscow region turned out to be the most demanded - 10 teams gave preference to it at once.

Even before the start of the World Cup, many national teams held open training sessions. Not only journalists, but also ordinary fans got access to these classes. Almost everywhere training took place with a large crowd of people. More than three thousand spectators watched the Brazilian national team's training in Sochi; not everyone could get to the Argentina national team's training in Bronnitsy, because there were fewer seats in the stands than the fans.

In early June, FIFA announced that almost 2.5 million tickets had been distributed to fans from around the world. At the same time, most of it went to the Russians, who purchased more than 870 thousand tickets for the World Cup matches. The second place was taken by the fans from the USA - almost 90 thousand tickets, and the third - by the Brazilians, who bought more than 72.5 thousand tickets.

VAR system

The upcoming World Cup should be a breakthrough in terms of football technology. For the first time in history, a video referee assistance system (VAR) will be used at a tournament of this level. It was tested a year ago during the FIFA Confederations Cup and has been used in a number of leading European championships during the club season that has ended.

The head of the FIFA referees department, Massimo Buzacca, hopes that the video assistance system for referees will help to avoid loud scandals with controversial decisions of his subordinates.

“We are trying to implement this system very quickly, but it takes time. Yes, there were difficulties during the season. We do not expect everything to be perfect. For example, no team can be perfect. 100%, because people will interpret. But I am sure that we will not see the scandals of the past, "Buzacca told reporters.

Who is the main favorite

Of the traditional favorites of the World Cup, the Brazilians were the most successful in the final part of the preparations for the tournament. The team, led by coach Tite, have not conceded a single goal in four 2018 friendlies. In March, the five-time world champions beat the Russian national team in Luzhniki (3: 0) and defeated the Germans (1: 0). In June, the Brazilians defeated Croatia (2: 0) and Austria (3: 0).

The winners of the 2010 World Cup, the Spaniards, also powerfully spent the final stage of preparation for the current world championship. Julen Lopetegui's team defeated Argentina 6-1 in March. In June, Spain drew 1: 1 with Switzerland and beat Tunisia with a minimum score. However, the day before the start of the World Cup, the leadership of the Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF) dismissed Lopetegui.

The reason for the dismissal was the coach's negotiations and the signing of a contract with Real Madrid, which the federation "learned five minutes before the appointment." RFEF President Luis Rabiales compared the coach's sudden departure to the Royal Club with betrayal and said goodbye to Lopetegui without waiting for the end of the World Cup. Fernando Hierro took the helm of the Spanish national team.

The reigning world champion and winner of the Confederations Cup Germany, on the other hand, suffered a series of setbacks in the last friendly games. In addition to being defeated by Brazil, the Germans also lost to the Austrians in June. In the last test match before the start of the World Cup, the Bundesteam beat Saudi Arabia with a score of 2: 1.

Therefore, the time has come to talk about when the main football event of the next year will begin, on what schedule the teams will play, what time will the national teams' matches begin, and, most importantly, when and where the Russian national team will play, with which domestic fans associate their most bold and innermost dreams.

We have already said that the mascots of the 1966 and 1998 World Championships brought good luck to the host countries, allowing them to raise the World Cup over their heads. Zabivak's wolf, according to the forecasts of many football specialists and experts, may also turn out to be significant for Russia, so we do not stop believing that our country is capable of demonstrating decent football, which will allow it to go far in the tournament bracket.

Opening ceremony and opening match of the 2018 World Cup

Of course, the World Championship is not the Olympic Games, and they traditionally do not use large-scale theatrical performances during the opening ceremony. And it lasts much less - no more than an hour. However, the World Cup in Russia is a landmark event for the country, so there will be a small performance before the start match.

Vitaly Mutko announced that an opening ceremony is planned for 17 minutes. The performance will begin two hours before the first official match of the Mundial, in which the Russian national team will be one of the participants.

The opening ceremony and the opening match of the World Championship will take place on June 14, 2018 at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. The start time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is 18:00 Moscow time.

World Cup 2018 kick-off times

Recall that only on December 1, representatives of 8 groups will become officially known, who will compete for the gold medals of the World Cup. In accordance with this, pairs of teams will be determined, which will have to fight in face-to-face meetings.

But already now we can talk about the start time of the World Championship matches. So:

Group stage matches will start at 15:00, 18:00 and 21:00 Moscow time.
The final matches of the group stage will start at 17:00 and 21:00 Moscow time.
The quarter-finals will start at 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm Moscow time.
The semi-finals will start at 9:00 p.m. Moscow time.
The match for third place will start at 17:00 Moscow time.
The finals will start at 6:00 pm Moscow time.

Let us remind you that the matches of the World Championship will be hosted by 12 stadiums in 11 cities of Russia.

The route of the Russian national team at the 2018 World Cup

Despite the fact that so far the Russian national team only has to guess which teams will be the rivals of the wards Stanislav Cherchesova in the group stage of the World Championship, the calendar of the group stage of the Russian team is known. It is also known in which group the Russian national team will be - in group A.

As the host country of the Mundial, the Russian national team did not participate in the qualifying matches, automatically falling into the first basket. According to the established tradition of the World Championship, the host team of the tournament always plays in the opening match. So, the attention of the inhabitants of the country June 14, 2018 from 18:00 will be chained to TV screens, at the Luzhniki stadium the Russian squad will try to please the fans with a successful start in order to capture the first place in the group.

Cherchesov's charges will play the second match of the Mundial group stage on June 19 in St. Petersburg. Krestovsky stadium should help the national team to strengthen its position in the standings.

And the final match will be played by the Russian national team June 25 at the Samara stadium "Kosmos Arena". The stadium can become a landmark for Russian footballers, because in case of victory, they can rise in the standings simply to "space heights" (take first place in the group).

Then we decided to fantasize a little (we'll spit over our left shoulder and knock on wood so as not to jinx it). Theoretically, the Russian national team has two ways to continue performing at the 2018 World Cup, and both ways, in case of a successful outcome for us, will end July 15 at Luzhniki(the final match of the World Championship will take place here).

So, scenario one - Russia takes first place in the group... In this case, the rival of our national team at the 1/8 finals stage will be the team that will take second place in group B. The 1/8 final match will be held in Sochi on June 30. If Cherchesov's wards manage to win, then the Russian squad will go to Nizhny Novgorod, where they will play the quarterfinal match of the Mundial on July 6 at the stadium of the same name. The victory will pave the way for the Russian national team to St. Petersburg, where the semifinal match will take place on July 10. And the final itself, as mentioned above, will be held on July 15 in Moscow.

Now let's go through the second scenario, in which the national team Russia ranks second in its group... In this case, the rival of our team will be the team that will take first place in group B. The 1/8 finals match will be held on July 1 in Moscow at the Luzhniki arena. In case of victory, the quarterfinal match is scheduled for July 7, and will take place in Sochi at the Fisht stadium. The victory will allow Cherchesov's team to return to Luzhniki again, where the semifinal match and the final will take place.

There is an option that the Russian national team will stop one step away from the final match for the World Cup. In this case, our team will have to play a match for third place, which is scheduled for July 14 in St. Petersburg.

Conclusion

Now you can build a lot of conjectures and deduce various theories about how the Russian national team will perform at the 2018 World Cup. Some experts try to predict the most likely options for the draw of teams in groups, choosing for the Russian national team in the "group of life" and "group of death". So far, these are all just theories. Some of them will receive their confirmation after the final draw, which will take place on December 1st, others will remain theories.

So far, only one thing is reliably known - the path of the Russian national team at the 2018 World Cup will begin on July 14 at 18:00, and in the opening match of the World Championship, our team must demonstrate all their skills in order to adequately represent their country at this tournament.

In 2018, our country has a great honor and responsibility to host the final part of the FIFA World Cup. Russia is not just becoming the host country of the World Cup for the first time, it will be the first among Eastern European countries to host this world-class sporting event.

When does the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia start?

The final part of the 21st FIFA Football Championship will be held in Russia. Dates from June 14 to July 15, 2018. The championship will be held at 12 stadiums in 11 cities. And of course, our Moscow occupies a special place among these cities.

Playoff matches: 1/8 - from June 30 to July 3, 1/4 games - July 6 and 7, semi-finals in St. Petersburg (July 10) and Moscow (July 11).

Finally, the match for third place will take place on July 14 in St. Petersburg, and the championship final will be held on July 15 in Moscow.

In which cities will the 2018 FIFA World Cup be held

World championship matches will be hosted by 12 stadiums in 11 cities of Russia - Moscow (2 stadiums), St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Rostov-on-Don and Saransk.

Dates of upcoming matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup

the beginning of the meeting at 18:00 - the first round - Russia - Saudi Arabia - 06/14/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 15:00 - the first round - Egypt - Uruguay - 06/15/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 18:00 - the first round - Morocco - Iran - 06/15/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 21:00 - the first round - Portugal - Spain - 06/15/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 13:00 - the first round - France - Australia - 06/16/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 16:00 - the first round - Argentina - Iceland - 06.16.18;

the beginning of the meeting at 19:00 - the first round - Peru - Denmark - 06/16/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 22:00 - the first round - Croatia - Nigeria - 06/16/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 15:00 - the first round - Costa Rica - Serbia - 06/17/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 18:00 - the first round - Germany - Mexico - 06/17/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 21:00 - the first round - Brazil - Switzerland - 06/17/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 15:00 - the first round - Sweden - South Korea - 06/18/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 18:00 - the first round - Belgium - Panama - 06/18/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 21:00 - the first round - Tunisia - England - 06/18/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 15:00 - the first round - Colombia - Japan - 06/19/18;

the beginning of the meeting at 18:00 - the first round - Poland - Senegal - 06/19/18.

2018 FIFA World Cup Schedule Play Offs

2018 FIFA World Cup: Schedule for June 30, 2018
Match 49.1 / 8 finals. Kazan. 1st place in Group C - 2nd place in Group D

Match 50.1 / 8 finals. Sochi. 1A - 2B

2018 FIFA World Cup: Schedule for 1 July 2018
Match 51.1 / 8 finals. Moscow, Luzhniki. 1B - 2A

Match 52.1 / 8 finals. Nizhny Novgorod. 1D - 2C

2018 FIFA World Cup: Schedule for 2 July 2018
Match 53.1 / 8 finals. Rostov-on-Don. 1G - 2H

Match 54.1 / 8 finals. Samara. 1E - 2F

2018 FIFA World Cup: Schedule for 3 July 2018
Match 55.1 / 8 finals. Moscow, Otkrytie Arena. 1H - 2G

Match 56.1 / 8 finals. St. Petersburg. 1F - 2E

Match 57.1 / 4 finals. Kazan. Winner 53 - Winner 54.

Match 58.1 / 4 finals. Nizhny Novgorod. P49 - P50.

Match 59.1 / 4 finals. Samara. P55 - P56

Match 60.1 / 4 finals. Sochi. P51 - P52.

Match 61.1 / 2 finals. St. Petersburg. P57 - P58

Match 62.1 / 2 finals. Moscow, Luzhniki. P59 - P60

2018 FIFA World Cup: Schedule for 14 July 2018
Match 63. Match for 3rd place. St. Petersburg.

FAN ID

In order to attend the matches, you must have a ticket and a personalized spectator card, which is also a fan's passport. If you only have a ticket, you will not be allowed to enter the match, alas.

A FAN ID is issued free of charge and is valid for all matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This passport and match ticket will allow fans to travel free of charge in the transport of the host cities of the FIFA World Cup on match days.

There is already a single 24-hour hotline for fans on transportation issues. The Rospotrebnadzor department also operates a hotline on hotel services for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Before the start of the championship, millions of people around the globe take special vacations so as not to miss any of the 64 matches. The world championship, held every four years, attracts increased attention of almost half of the earth's population, this is an event of world significance. Given this interest in the World Cup, the organizers of the World Cup are carefully preparing for its holding, thinking through all the accompanying events to the smallest detail: ensuring the safety of all its participants and spectators, living conditions for the national teams, accommodation for all foreign fans who have arrived and much more.

But most of all attention is paid to one date - the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It is about this event that we will now tell you.

June 14, 2018 marked the red date in the calendar of all sports fans. It is on this day that the next world championship starts, in which 32 teams from all regions of the world will fight for the gold set of awards.

Tournament participants are divided into eight groups of 4 teams. The teams that take first or second place in a group will take part in the next round. The championship begins with meetings of the group stage (a total of 48 matches), which lasts until June 28.

From June 30 to July 3, eight games of the 1/8 finals will be played.
The quarterfinals will be held on July 6 and 7, again, two meetings a day.
One semifinal match will take place on July 10 and 11.

On July 14, two teams eliminated in the semifinals will compete for third place, bronze medal set. And on July 15, the whole world will join their screens to enjoy the final match of the World Cup, on the same day the closing ceremony of the world tournament will be held.

When and where will the 2018 World Cup opening ceremony

The upcoming world championship has its own special calendar, where the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup falls on June 14th. The championship will begin at 18:00 at the Luzhniki stadium, when in a face-to-face meeting Russian footballers will measure their strength with the guys from Asia.

And the opening ceremony itself will begin two hours before this first confrontation of the beginning world tournament.

The details of this event are kept very secret by the organizers themselves, but some information sources say that this will be one of the most ambitious shows, which can overshadow all previous ones. It is known that the anthem of the 2018 World Cup will be sung by an actor, musician and singer from America and another performer from Albania. Naturally, the President of Russia, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, will deliver a welcoming speech at this event.

The Luzhniki stadium itself has been preparing for the upcoming magnificent event for a long time and, judging by the spreading rumors, it will be incredibly beautiful and impressive.

Recently, it has been said that the opening ceremony could begin half an hour before the opening match. It will be short but grand. In general, the intrigue is fueled by crazy.

Championship start

The date June 14 is the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. On this day, the only match will be played - "Russia - Saudi Arabia". It is curious that the world championship starts a few days later every year:

World Cup 2014: June 12 - Brazil-Croatia;
2010 World Cup: June 11 - South Africa - Mexico;
2006 World Cup: June 9 - Germany - Costa Rica;
2002 World Cup: May 31 - France - Senegal.

The first match

As mentioned above, the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is the Russia - Saudi Arabia duel. The national team representing the hostess of the tournament is the first to start the fight. Traditionally, the teams of group "A" start to play, on the second day two more teams from this group will play and representatives of group "B" will start fighting.

The opening and the final match will be hosted by Luzhniki (Moscow). Tickets for the World Cup match have long gone on sale, they are all divided into 4 categories:

4th - from 30,000 rubles;
2nd - from 24,000 rubles;
3rd - from 13,000 rubles;
1st - from 1,260 rubles (opening match from 3,200).

You can tell right away that the cost of tickets is not the highest. For example, at the last World Cup in Brazil, a fan had to spend at least 5,000 rubles on a ticket.

Interesting information: although the US national team does not take part in the upcoming tournament, but the second in the number of tickets purchased after Russia is precisely the Stars and Stripes country. Colombia and Germany are in third place in terms of ticket purchases, followed by Mexico, Argentina, Peru, etc. South American fans are very active.

When buying tickets, there are some restrictions:

you cannot buy tickets for different matches taking place on the same day;
no more than four tickets are given per hand, they will all be of only one category.

Championship cities

The upcoming world championship will be held in 11 policies, where colossal work has been done to organize and hold the world championship. Naturally, this list includes both capitals of the country: Moscow and St. Petersburg. It also included:

Volgograd;
Kazan;
Sochi;
Kaliningrad (many European fans will find it easier to get to this city);
Nizhny Novgorod;
Samara;
Rostov-on-Don.

The eleventh city where the games of the upcoming tournament will be held is Saransk.

Initially, it was proposed to host the 21st world championship on the football fields of 13 cities, but the FIFA commission rejected this proposal and reduced the list to eleven.

Unfortunately, the World Cup flew past cities such as Yaroslavl and Krasnodar.

In each city, an existing or rebuilt stadium was reconstructed that meets all the necessary international standards. One of the main requirements for stadiums is its capacity, it should not be less than 40 thousand people. True, two stadiums fall short of this figure: (Yekaterinburg Arena and Kaliningrad).

In the cities themselves, great work was carried out:

new hotels were built to accommodate large numbers of foreign fans;
major repairs of city communications were carried out;
modernization of transport networks, repair of local hospitals and clinics was carried out.

A big surprise for many domestic fans was the fact that Saransk is included in the list of cities that will host the championship, but Krasnodar did not get here. It is difficult to understand what caused this. Maybe the government wanted to improve the infrastructure of the city in view of such a grandiose event.

within a radius of two kilometers from the stadium where the championship matches will be held, the sale of alcoholic beverages and ordinary drinks in glass containers is prohibited;
shooting galleries and shops, where the sale of firearms and ammunition for them is carried out, stop working;
it is forbidden to bring objects exceeding 25 centimeters into the stadium itself (goodbye to selfie sticks);
Kindling of bonfires in nature is prohibited.

Remember that several million fans from all over the world will come to the upcoming world tournament, and in addition to football, they will obviously look closely at the lifestyle of Russians, their culture, decency and friendliness. Therefore, everyone should remember that local guys should show only the best qualities in front of foreign sports fans: politeness, responsiveness and mutual understanding.