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Russia 2018 Host Cities
The 2018 World Cup Finals was played out in twelve stadiums across eleven cities around Russia, from Ekaterinburg in the east to Kaliningrad in the west.
2018 World Cup Finals in Russia
Ekaterinburg - Ekaterinburg Arena
Located on the geographical border of Europe and Asia, Ekaterinburg is the most easterly of the Russia 2018 host cities; 26 hours by traing from Moscow.
Situated at the foot of the Ural mountains, Ekaterinburg is also the city where members of the Russian royal family were executed following the October 1917 revolution.
Friday, 15th June
Group A
Egypt vs
Uruguay
(0:1)
0:1 (Jose Maria Gimenez 89)
Thursday, 21st June
Group C
France vs
Peru
(1:0)
1:0 (Kylian Mbappe 34)
Sunday, 24th June
Group H
Japan vs
Senegal
(2:2)
0:1 (Sadio Mane 12)
1:1 (Takashi Inui 34)
1:2 (Moussa Wague 71)
2:2 (Keisuke Honda 77)
Wednesday, 27th June
Group F
Mexico vs Sweden
(0:3)
0:1 (Ludwig Augustinsson 50)
0:2 (Andreas Granqvist 62 pen)
0:3 (Edson Alvarez, own goal, 74)
Kaliningrad - Kaliningrad Stadium
Kaliningrad is the most westerly of the Russia 2018 host cities.
Located on the Baltic coast, Kaliningrad remains an important Russian seaport.
Saturday, 16th June
Group D
Croatia vs
Nigeria
(2:0)
1:0 (Oghenekaro Etebo, own goal, 32)
2:0 (Luka Modric 71 pen)
Friday, 22nd June
Group E
Serbia vs
Switzerland
(1:2)
1:0 (Aleksandar Mitrovic 5)
1:1 (Granit Xhaka 52)
1:2 (Xherdan Shaqiri 90)
Monday, 25th June
Group B
Spain vs
Morocco
(2:2)
0:1 (Khalid Boutaib 14)
1:1 (Isco 19)
1:2 (Youssef En-Nesyri 81)
2:2 (Iago Aspas 90+1)
Thursday, 28th June
Group G
England vs
Belgium
(0:1)
0:1 (Adnan Januzaj 51)
Kazan - Kazan Arena
Kazan is the capital of the republic of Tatarstan.
One of Russia's oldest cities, Kazan celebrated its millennium in 2005.
Saturday, 16th June
Group C
France vs
Australia
(2:1)
1:0 (Antoine Griezmann 58 pen)
1:1 (Mile Jedinak 62 pen)
2:1 (Aziz Behich, own goal, 81)
Wednesday, 20th June
Group B
Iran vs
Spain
(0:1)
0:1 (Diego Costa 54)
Sunday, 24th June
Group H
Poland vs Colombia
(0:3)
0:1 (Yerry Mina 40)
0:2 (Radamel Falcao 70)
0:3 (Juan Cuadrado 75)
Wednesday, 27th June
Group F
South Korea vs
Germany
(2:0)
1:0 (Kim Young-Gwon 90+3)
2:0 (Son Heung-Min 90+6)
Saturday, 30th June
Second Round
France vs
Argentina
(4:3)
1:0 (Antoine Griezmann
13 pen)
1:1 (Angel di Maria 41)
1:2 (Gabriel Mercado 48)
2:2 (Benjamin Pavard 57)
3:2 (Kylian Mbappe 64)
4:2 (Kylian Mbappe 69)
4:3 (Sergio Aguero 90+3)
Friday, 6th July
Quarter-final
Brazil vs
Belgium
(1:2)
0:1 (Fernandinho, own goal, 13)
0:2 (Kevin de Bruyne 31)
1:2 (Renato Augusto 76)
Moscow - Luzhniki Stadium
With a capacity of 81,000 Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium is the main venue for the 2018 World Cup Finals.
The Luzkhniki Stadium will stage the opening and closing matches of the 2018 World Cup Finals tournament.
Thursday, 14th June
Group A
Russia vs
Saudi Arabia
(5:0)
1:0 (Yuri Gazinsky 12)
2:0 (Denis Cheryshev 43)
3:0 (Artem Dzyuba 71)
4:0 (Denis Cheryshev 90+1)
5:0 (Aleksandr Golovin 90+4)
Sunday, 17th June
Group F
Germany vs
Mexico
(0:1)
0:1 (Hirving Lozano 35)
Wednesday, 20th June
Group B
Portugal vs
Morocco
(1:0)
1:0 (Ronaldo 4)
Tuesday, 26th June
Group C
Denmark vs
France
(0:0)
Sunday, 1st July
Second Round
Spain vs
Russia
(1:1 aet 3:4 pens)
1:0 (Sergei Ignashevich, own goal, 12)
1:1 (Artyom Dzyuba, 42 pen)
Extra-time and Penalties.
Wednesday, 11th July
Semi-final
Croatia
vs
England
(2:1 aet)
0:1 (Kieran Trippier 5)
1:1 (Ivan Persic 68)
2:1 (Mario Mandzukic 109)
Sunday, 15th July
2018 World Cup Final
France vs
Croatia
(4:2)
1:0 (Mario Mandzukic, own goal, 18)
1:1 (Ivan Perisic, 28)
2:1 (Antoine Griezmann 38pen)
3:1 (Paul Pogba 59)
4:1 (Kylian Mbappe 65)
4:2 (Mario Mandzukic 69)
Moscow - Spartak Stadium
The home of Spartak Moscow stages four group games and one Second Round match.
Saturday, 16th June
Group D
Argentina vs
Iceland
(1:1)
1:0 (Sergio Aguero 19)
1:1 (Alfred Finnbogason 23)
Tuesday, 19th June
Group H
Poland vs
Senegal
(1:2)
0:1 (Thiago Cionek, own goal, 38)
0:2 (Mbaye Niang 60)
1:2 (Grzegorz Krychowiak 86)
Saturday, 23rd June
Group G
Belgium vs
Tunisia
(5:2)
1:0 (Eden Hazard 6 pen)
2:0 (Romelu Lukaku 16)
2:1 (Dylan Brodn 18)
3:1 (Romelu Lukaku 45+3)
4:1 (Eden Hazard 51)
5:1 (Michy Batshuayi 90)
5:2 (Wahbi Khazri 90+3)
Wednesday, 27th June
Group E
Serbia vs
Brazil
(0:2)
0:1 (Paulinho 36)
0:2 (Thiago Silva 68)
Tuesday, 3rd July
Second Round
Colombia vs
England
(1:1 aet 3:4 pens)
0:1 (Harry Kane 57 pen)
1:1 (Yerry Mina 90+3)
Nizhny Novgorod - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Overlooking the Volga River, Nizhny Novgorod has been an important commercial centre since the 19th century.
Monday, 18th June
Group F
Sweden vs
South Korea
(1:0)
1:0 (Andreas Granqvist 65 pen)
Thursday, 21st June
Group D
Argentina vs
Croatia
(0:3)
0:1 (Ante Rebic 53)
0:2 (Luca Modric 80)
0:3 (Ivan Rakitic 90+1)
Sunday, 24th June
Group G
England vs
Panama
(6:1)
1:0 (John Stones 8)
2:0 (Harry Kane 22 pen)
3:0 (Jesse Lingard 36)
4:0 (Jone Stones 40)
5:0 (Harry Kane 45+1 pen)
6:0 (Harry Kane 62)
6:1 (Felipe Baloy 78)
Wednesday, 27th June
Group E
Switzerland vs
Costa Rica
(2:2)
1:0 (Blerim Dzemaili 31)
1:1 (Kendall Waston 56)
2:1 (Josip Drmic 88)
2:2 (Yann Sommer, own goal, 90+3)
Sunday, 1st July
Second Round
Croatia vs
Denmark
(1:1 aet 3:2 pens)
0:1 (Mathias Jorgensen
1)
1:1 (Mario Mandzukic 4)
Friday, 6th July
Quarter-final
Uruguay vs
France
(0:2)
0:1 (Raphael Varane 40)
0:2 (Antoine Griezmann 61)
Rostov-on-Don - Rostov Arena
Situated on the banks of the River Don, Rostov is famous for its Cossack culture.
Less than thirty kilometres away is the village of Starocherkasskaya. The former capital of the Don Cossacks is now a museum city and popular tourist attraction.
Sunday, 17th June
Group E
Brazil vs
Switzerland
(1:1)
1:0 (Philippe Coutinho 20)
1:1 (Steven Zuber 50)
Wednesday, 20th June
Group A
Uruguay vs
Saudi Arabia
(1:0)
1:0 (Luis Suarez 23)
Saturday, 23rd June
Group F
South Korea vs
Mexico
(1:2)
0:1 (Carlos Vela 26 pen)
0:2 (Javier Hernandez 66)
1:2 (Son Heungmin 90+3)
Tuesday, 26th June
Group D
Iceland vs
Croatia
(1:2)
0:1 (Milan Badelj 53)
1:1 (Gylfi Sigurdsson 76 pen)
1:2 (Ivan Perisic 90)
Monday, 2nd July
Second Round
Belgium vs
Japan
(3:2)
0:1 (Genki Haraguchi 48)
0:2 (Takeshi Inui 52)
1:2 (Jan Vertonghen 69)
2:2 (Marouane Fellaini 74)
3:2 (Nacer Chadli 90+4)
Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg Stadium
Founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, Russia’s former imperial capital is a sight to behold.
Visitors to Saint Petersburg will be impressed by the classical architecture and the great collections of art in the magnificent Hermitage Museum. No wonder UNESCO have proclaimed Saint Petersburg a World Heritage site.
Friday, 15th June
Group B
Morocco vs
Iran
(0:1)
0:1 (Aziz Bouhaddouz, own goal, 90+4)
Tuesday, 19th June
Group A
Russia vs
Egypt
(3:1)
1:0 (Ahmed Fathy, own goal, 47)
2:0 (Denis Cheryshev 59)
3:0 (Artem Dzyuba 62)
3:1 (Mohamed Salah 73 pen)
Friday, 22nd June
Group E
Brazil vs
Costa Rica
()
1:0 (Philippe Coutinho 90+1)
2:0 (Neymar 90+7)
Tuesday, 26th June
Group D
Nigeria vs
Argentina
(1:2)
0:1 (Lionel Messi 14)
1:1 (Victor Moses 51 pen)
1:2 (Marcos Rojo 86)
Tuesday, 3rd July
Second Round
Sweden vs
Switzerland
(1:0)
1:0 (Emil Forsberg 66)
Tuesday, 10th July
Semi-final
France vs
Belgium
(1:0)
1:0 (Sauel Umtiti 51)
Saturday, 14th July
Third-Place Play-off
Belgium
vs
England
(2:0)
1:0 (Thomas Meunier 4)
2:0 (Eden Hazard 82)
Samara - Samara Arena
Samara is a great place to enjoy Europe's largest river; the Volga. Or you could visit Stalin's bunker, located 37 metres under ground.
Sunday, 17th June
Group E
Costa Rica vs
Serbia
(0:1)
0:1 (Aleksandar Kolarov 56)
Thursday, 21st June
Group C
Denmark vs
Australia
(1:1)
1:0 (Christian Eriksen 7)
1:1 (Mile Jedinak 38 pen)
Monday, 25th June
Group A
Uruguay vs Russia
(3:0)
1:0 (Luis Suarez 10)
2:0 (Denis Cheryshev, own goal, 23)
3:0 (Edinson Cavani 90)
Thursday, 28th June
Group H
Senegal vs
Colombia
(0:1)
0:1 (Yerry Mina 74)
Monday, 2nd July
Second Round
Brazil vs
Mexico
(2:0)
1:0 (Neymar 51)
2:0 (Roberto Firminho)
Saturday, 7th July
Quarter-final
Sweden vs
England
(0:2)
0:1 (Harry Maguire 30)
0:2 (Dele Alli 59)
Saransk - Mordovia Arena
The capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Saransk is located in Central Russia; midway between Moscow and Kazan.
Said to be the region where Finno-Ugric speakers (Hungarians, Finns and Estonians) originated, the unique languages and cultures of these ethnic groups are celebrated with frequent ethnographic and folklore festivals.
Saturday, 16th June
Group C
Peru vs
Denmark
(0:1)
0:1 (Yussuf Poulsen 59)
Tuesday, 19th June
Group H
Colombia vs
Japan
(1:2)
0:1 (Shinji Kagawa 6 pen)
1:1 (Juan Quintero 39)
1:2 (Yuya Osako 73)
Monday, 25th June
Group B
Iran vs
Portugal
(1:1)
1:0 (Ricardo Quaresma 45)
1:1 (Karim Ansarifard 90+3 pen)
Thursday, 28th June
Group G
Panama vs
Tunisia
(1:2)
1:0 (Yassine Meriah,
own goal, 33)
1:1 (Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 51)
1:2 (Wahbi Khazri 66)
Sochi - Fisht Stadium
The Black Sea resort hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics and will become the training venue of the Russian national team after the 2018 World Cup finals.
Commonly referred to as the 'Russian Riviera', Sochi has become one of Russia's most popular tourist destinations.
Friday, 15th June
Group B
Portugal v
Spain
(3:3)
1:0 (Ronaldo 4 pen)
1:1 (Diego Costa 24)
2:1 (Ronaldo 44)
2:2 (Diego Costa 55)
2:3 (Nacho 58)
3:3 (Ronaldo 88)
Monday, 18th June
Group G
Belgium vs
Panama
(3:0)
1:0 (Dries Mertens 47)
2:0 (Romelu Lukaku 69)
3:0 (Romelu Lukaku 75)
Saturday, 23rd June
Group F
Germany vs
Sweden
(2:1)
0:1 (Ola Toivonen 32)
1:1 (Marco Reus 48)
2:1 (Toni Kroos 90+5)
Tuesday, 26th June
Group C
Australia vs
Peru
(0:2)
0:1 (Andre Carillo 18)
0:2 (Paolo Guerrero 50)
Saturday, 30th June
Second Round
Uruguay vs
Portugal
(2:1)
1:0 (Edinson Cavani 7)
1:1 (Pepe 55)
2:1 (Edinson Cavani 62)
Saturday, 7th July
Quarter-final
Russia
vs
Croatia
(2:2 aet 3:4 pens)
1:0 (Denis Cheryshev 31)
1:1 (Andrej Kramaric 39)
1:2 (Domagoj Vida 100)
2:2 (Mario Fernandes 115)
Volgograd - Volgograd Arena
As Stalingrad, this city staged some of World War Two's heaviest battles.
The Volga river valleys help erase those memories from the minds of today's eco-tourists who come for bird-watching around the region's many lakes.
Monday, 18th June
Group G
Tunisia vs
England
(1:2)
0:1 (Harry Kane 11)
1:1 (Ferjani Sassi 35 pen)
1:2 (Harry Kane 90+1)
Friday, 22nd June
Group D
Nigeria vs
Iceland
(2:0)
1:0 (Ahmed Musa 49)
2:0 (Ahmed Musa 75)
Monday, 25th June
Group A
Saudi Arabia vs
Egypt
(2:1)
0:1 (Mohamed Salah 22)
1:1 (Al Faraj 45+6 pen)
2:1 (Salem Al Dawsari 90+5)
Thursday, 28th June
Group H
Japan vs Poland
(0:1)
0:1 (Jan Bednarek 59)
World Cup Finals
Uruguay 1930:
Uruguay trailed Argentina at half-time (1:2) but replied with three goals in the second half; to win the first ever World Cup Final (4-2)
on July 30th, 1930.
Italy 1934:
Italy were one of the countries who missed out on the vote to host the first World Cup but managed to win the prestigious golden trophy
for the home fans.
France 1938:
The third World Cup was held in Europe for a second time, although Germany had annexed Austria, and Spain was in civil turmoil.
Brazil 1950:
Although no cup-final as such, Uruguay and Brazil went into their final game with the winner guaranteed to be champions; a draw would be enough for Brazil.
Switzerland 1954:
The fifth World Cup tournament produced a record number of goals, including a 7:5 encounter between Austria and Switzerland in Lausanne.
Sweden 1958:
Brazil presented a 17 year-old Pele to the world; who went on to claim a hat-trick in Brazil's 5:2 semi-final win over France and bag another two in the final.
Chile 1962:
Czechoslovakia overcame Hungary in the quarter-finals and Yugoslavia in the semis, while Brazil took care of England and the host nation, Chile.
England 1966:
Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, in the final against West Germany, as England triumphed in a thrilling game watched by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
Mexico 1970:
1970 belonged to Pelé, who earned his third World Cup winners' medal when Brazil got their hands on the Jules Rimet Cup.... for keeps.
W. Germany 1974:
Johan Cruyff was the player of the tournament as total football became the buzzword of the day, even though Holland lost to West Germany in the 1974 final.
Argentina 1978:
Holland contested the 1978 World Cup Final, in Argentina, for the second time in a row. As in West Germany,
they again finished runners-up; to the hosts.
Spain 1982:
The Spain 82 World Cup finals increased to 24 teams and the format was changed to have two group stages, with four second-round groups of three.
Mexico 1986:
In 1986, Mexico became the first nation to stage the World Cup Finals for a second time; having only staged the competition sixteen years previously.
Italy 1990:
In 1990, Italy became the World Cup of stalemates. Both semi-finals were drawn out through penalty kicks. In the final itself, the only goal came from the spot.
USA 1994:
Once Team US had played a few games most of the nation began to understand they were hosting the greatest show on earth and how the game was played.
France 1998:
France became the sixth nation to win the World Cup on home soil. Thirty-two teams competed in the 16th World Cup; better known as France 98.
Korea-Japan 2002:
The 17th World Cup, held in Korea and Japan, was the first World Cup finals to be shared by two hosts and the first to be held in Asia.
Germany 2006:
The 2006 World Cup Finals ran from 9th June to 9th July; the opening
match in Munich and the final in Berlin. Munich and Dortmund hosted the
semi-finals.
South Africa 2010:
Eighty years after the First World Cup Finals in Uruguay, the world's most prestigious football competition was finally hosted on the African continent.
Brazil 2014:
Five times World Cup Champions, Brazil, get a second chance to hold the prestigious World Cup Finals; 64 years after they last hosted the tournament.
Russia 2018:
VAR made its World Cup debut and set out to change the course of a game with some crucial rule infringement watching and vital on the spot decisions.
Qatar 2022:
When FIFA executives met in Zurich to decide on who would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Finals, Qatar was probably the biggest surprise to many.
United 2026:
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico
and the United States. The United Bid won the hosting rights ahead of
Morocco.
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