2018 FIFA World Cup

2018 FIFA World Cup

Russia 2018
2018 FIFA World Cup official logo
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	France (2nd title)
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	169 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	3,031,768 (47,371 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harry Kane (6 goals)
Best player	Luka Modrić
Best young player	Kylian Mbappé
Best goalkeeper	Thibaut Courtois
Fair play award	Spain
← 2014 2022 →

The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010.

This was the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany, the first ever to be held in Eastern Europe and the eleventh time that it has been held in Europe. All of the stadium venues are in European Russia to keep travel time manageable.

The final tournament involved 32 national teams, which included 31 teams determined through qualifying competitions and the automatically qualified host team. Of the 32 teams, 20 was making back-to-back appearances following the last tournament in 2014, including defending champions Germany, while Iceland and Panama both made their first appearances at a FIFA World Cup. A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues located in 11 cities. The final took place on 15 July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, with France and Croatia competing for the World Cup. France won the match 4–2 to claim their second World Cup title.

On 27 June 2018, the defending champions, Germany, were knocked out in the group stage. It was the first time since the 1938 FIFA World Cup that a German side did not advance from the first stage of a World Cup tournament. It was the fourth time in the last five World Cups that the holders had been eliminated in the opening stage of the tournament after France in 2002, Italy in 2010 and Spain in 2014.

Host selection

The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest. Initially, nine countries placed bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but Mexico later withdrew from proceedings, and Indonesia's bid was rejected by FIFA in February 2010 after the Indonesian government failed to submit a letter to support the bid. During the bidding process, the three remaining non-UEFA nations (Australia, Japan, and the United States) gradually withdrew from the 2018 bids, and the UEFA nations were thus ruled out of the 2022 bid. As such, there were eventually four bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, two of which were joint bids: England, Russia, Netherlands/Belgium, and Portugal/Spain.

The 22-member FIFA Executive Committee convened in Zürich on 2 December 2010 to vote to select the hosts of both tournaments. Russia won the right to be the 2018 host in the second round of voting. The Portugal/Spain bid came second, and that from Belgium/Netherlands third. England, which was bidding to host its second tournament, was eliminated in the first round.

The voting results were as follows:

2018 FIFA bidding (majority 12 votes)

Bidders	Votes
	Round 1	Round 2
Russia	9	13
Portugal / Spain	7	7
Belgium / Netherlands	4	2
England	2	Eliminated

Criticism

The English Football Association and others raised concerns of bribery on the part of the Russian team and corruption from FIFA members. They claimed that four members of the executive committee had requested bribes to vote for England, and Sepp Blatter had said that it had already been arranged before the vote that Russia would win. The 2014 Garcia Report, an internal investigation led by Michael J. Garcia, was withheld from public release by Hans-Joachim Eckert, FIFA's head of adjudication on ethical matters. Eckert instead released a shorter revised summary, and his (and therefore FIFA's) reluctance to publish the full report caused Garcia to resign in protest. Due to such controversy, the FA refused to accept Eckert's absolving of Russia from blame, with Greg Dyke calling for a re-examination of the affair and David Bernstein calling for a boycott of the World Cup.

Teams

Qualification

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Apart from Russia, who qualified automatically for the tournament as the hosts, all FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the qualification process.

Myanmar, having successfully appealed against a ban from the competition for crowd trouble during a 2014 World Cup qualifying tie against Oman, were obliged to play all their home matches outside the country. On 12 March 2015, prior to the start of qualification, Zimbabwe were expelled from the tournament for failing to pay former coach José Claudinei. Indonesia were suspended and then expelled before playing a single qualifying match, as part of punishment for government interference in the Football Association of Indonesia.

The qualifying draw took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg on 25 July 2015 at 18:00 local time (UTC+3). Qualifying matches for AFC and CONCACAF started in March 2015, prior to the qualifying draw.

The allocation of slots for each confederation was decided to be unchanged by the FIFA Executive Committee on 30 May 2015 in Zürich, after the FIFA Congress.

On 13 May 2016, Gibraltar and Kosovo became FIFA members and eligible for the World Cup qualifying.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1	Previous best performance
Russia2	Hosts	01 !2 December 2010	10 (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2014)	Fourth place (1966)
Brazil	CONMEBOL Round Robin winners	02 !28 March 2017	20 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Iran	AFC Third Round Group A winners	03 !12 June 2017	4 (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014)	First round (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014)
Japan	AFC Third Round Group B winners	04 !31 August 2017	5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Round of 16 (2002, 2010)
Mexico	CONCACAF Fifth Round winners	05 !1 September 2017	15 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)
Belgium	UEFA Group H winners	06 !3 September 2017	12 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014)	Fourth place (1986)
South Korea	AFC Third Round Group A runners-up	07 !5 September 2017	9 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Fourth place (2002)
Saudi Arabia	AFC Third Round Group B runners-up	08 !5 September 2017	4 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)	Round of 16 (1994)
Germany3	UEFA Group C winners	09 !5 October 2017	18 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
England	UEFA Group F winners	10 !5 October 2017	14 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Winners (1966)
Spain	UEFA Group G winners	11 !6 October 2017	14 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Winners (2010)
Nigeria	CAF Third Round Group B winners	12 !7 October 2017	5 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014)	Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014)
Costa Rica	CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up	13 !7 October 2017	4 (1990, 2002, 2006, 2014)	Quarter-finals (2014)
Poland	UEFA Group E winners	14 !8 October 2017	7 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006)	Third place (1974, 1982)
Egypt	CAF Third Round Group E winners	15 !8 October 2017	2 (1934, 1990)	First round (1934, 1990)
Iceland	UEFA Group I winners	16 !9 October 2017	–	–
Serbia	UEFA Group D winners	17 !9 October 2017	114 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010)	Fourth place (1930, 1962)5
Portugal	UEFA Group B winners	18 !10 October 2017	6 (1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Third place (1966)
France	UEFA Group A winners	19 !10 October 2017	14 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Winners (1998)
Uruguay	CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up	20 !10 October 2017	12 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014)	Winners (1930, 1950)
Argentina	CONMEBOL Round Robin third place	21 !10 October 2017	16 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Winners (1978, 1986)
Colombia	CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place	22 !10 October 2017	5 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014)	Quarter-finals (2014)
Panama	CONCACAF Fifth Round third place	23 !10 October 2017	–	–
Senegal	CAF Third Round Group D winners	24 !10 November 2017	1 (2002)	Quarter-finals (2002)
Morocco	CAF Third Round Group C winners	25 !11 November 2017	4 (1970, 1986, 1994, 1998)	Round of 16 (1986)
Tunisia	CAF Third Round Group A winners	26 !11 November 2017	4 (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006)	Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Switzerland	UEFA Second Round winners	27 !12 November 2017	10 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)
Croatia	UEFA Second Round winners	28 !12 November 2017	4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2014)	Third place (1998)
Sweden	UEFA Second Round winners	29 !13 November 2017	11 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006)	Runners-up (1958)
Denmark	UEFA Second Round winners	30 !14 November 2017	4 (1986, 1998, 2002, 2010)	Quarter-finals (1998)
Australia	CONCACAF v AFC play-off winners	31 !15 November 2017	4 (1974, 2006, 2010, 2014)	Round of 16 (2006)
Peru	OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners	3215 November 2017	4 (1930, 1970, 1978, 1982)	Quarter-finals (1970), Second round (1978)6

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

² From 1958 to 1990, Russia competed as the Soviet Union.

³ From 1954 to 1990, Germany competed as West Germany.

⁴: This is the 2nd appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro national teams, who between them qualified on 10 occasions.

⁵: No official third place match took place in 1930 and no official third place was awarded at the time; both United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. However, FIFA lists the teams as third and fourth respectively using the overall records of the teams in the tournament.

⁶: In 1978, the second round was another group stage which involved 8 teams qualified from the first round.

Draw

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup seeding

All teams were allocated into four pots based of FIFA World Rankings of October 2017. The hosts, Russia was automatically assigned to position A1. Teams from same confederation were not drawn into the same group, with an exception for teams from UEFA where each group contained up to two teams.

The draw was held on 1 December 2017 at Kremlin, Moscow.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Russia (65) (hosts) Germany (1) Brazil (2) Portugal (3) Argentina (4) Belgium (5) Poland (6) France (7)	Spain (8) Peru (10) Switzerland (11) England (12) Colombia (13) Mexico (16) Uruguay (17) Croatia (18)	Denmark (19) Iceland (21) Costa Rica (22) Sweden (25) Tunisia (28) Egypt (30) Senegal (32) Iran (34)	Serbia (38) Nigeria (41) Australia (43) Japan (44) Morocco (48) Panama (49) South Korea (62) Saudi Arabia (63)

Squads

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup squads

Each team must first name a preliminary squad of 30 players. From the preliminary squad, the team must name a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad may be replaced due to serious injury up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match, where the replacement players do not need to be in the preliminary squad.

For players named in the 30-player preliminary squad, there is a mandatory rest period between 21 and 27 May 2018, except for those involved in the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final played on 26 May.

Referees

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup officials

On 16 March 2018, the FIFA Council approved the use of video assistant referees (VAR) for the first time in a FIFA World Cup tournament.

On 29 March 2018, FIFA released the list of 36 referees and 63 assistant referees selected to oversee matches. On 30 April 2018, FIFA released the list of 13 video assistant referees, who will solely act as VARs in the tournament. On 30 May 2018, Saudi referee Fahad Al-Mirdasi was banned for life over match fixing, and he and his two assistant referees, Mohammed Al Abakry and Abdulah Alshalwai, were removed. A new referee was not appointed, but two assistant referees, Hasan Almahri of United Arab Emirates and Hiroshi Yamauchi of Japan, received appointments.

List of officials
Confederation	Referee	Assistant Referees	Video Assistant Referees
AFC	Alireza Faghani (Iran)	Yaser Khalil Abdulla Tulefat (Bahrain) / Taleb Al Maari (Qatar) Mohamed Alhammadi (United Arab Emirates) / Hasan Almahri (United Arab Emirates) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) / Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Toru Sagara (Japan) / Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) Reza Sokhandan (Iran) / Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)	Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
	Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
	Ryuji Sato (Japan)
	Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
CAF	Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)	Redouane Achik (Morocco) / Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) / Djibril Camara (Senegal) Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola) / Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) / Marwa Range (Kenya) El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) / Zakhele Thusi Siwela (South Africa)
	Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
	Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
	Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
	Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
	Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
CONCACAF	Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)	Frank Anderson (United States) / Joe Fletcher (Canada) Miguel Angel Hernandez Paredes (Mexico) / Juan Carlos Mora Araya (Costa Rica) Corey Rockwell (United States) / Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Gabriel Victoria (Panama) / Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
	Mark Geiger (United States)
	Jair Marrufo (United States)
	Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
	John Pitti (Panama)
	César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Julio Bascuñán (Chile)	Carlos Astroza (Chile) / Juan Pablo Bellati (Argentina) Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) / Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia) / Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) / Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Christian Schiemann (Chile) / Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay) Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) / Juan Zorilla (Paraguay)	Wilton Sampaio (Brazil) Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
	Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
	Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
	Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
	Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
	Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
OFC	Matthew Conger (New Zealand)	Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) Simon Lount (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
	Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
UEFA	Felix Brych (Germany)	Anton Averianov (Russia) / Mark Borsch (Germany) Pau Cebrián Devis (Spain) / Nicolas Danos (France) Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) / Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain) Dalibor Djurdjevic (Serbia) / Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Cyril Gringore (France) / Tikhon Kalugin (Russia) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) / Stefan Lupp (Germany) Tarik Ongun (Turkey) / Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Milovan Ristic (Serbia) / Pawel Sokolnicki (Poland) Mauro Tonolini (Italy) / Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Robert Vukan (Slovenia) / Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)	Bastian Dankert (Germany) Paweł Gil (Poland) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (Portugal) Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Daniele Orsato (Italy) Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) Paolo Valeri (Italy) Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Clément Turpin (France)

Venues

Russia proposed the following host cities: Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, Volgograd, Yaroslavl, and Yekaterinburg. Most cities are in European Russia, while Yekaterinburg is very close to the Europe-Asia border, to reduce travel time for the teams in the huge country. The bid evaluation report stated: "The Russian bid proposes 13 host cities and 16 stadiums, thus exceeding FIFA's minimum requirement. Three of the 16 stadiums would be renovated, and 13 would be newly constructed."

In October 2011, Russia decreased the number of stadiums from 16 to 14. Construction of the proposed Podolsk stadium in the Moscow region was cancelled by the regional government, and also in the capital, Otkritie Arena was competing with Dynamo Stadium over which would be constructed first.

The final choice of host cities was announced on 29 September 2012. The number of cities was further reduced to 11 and number of stadiums to 12 as Krasnodar and Yaroslavl were dropped from the final list. Of the 12 stadiums used for the tournament, 3 (Luzhniki, Yekaterinburg and Sochi) have been extensively renovated and the other 9 stadiums to be used are brand new; $11.8 billion has been spent on hosting the tournament.

Sepp Blatter stated in July 2014 that, given the concerns over the completion of venues in Russia, the number of venues for the tournament may be reduced from 12 to 10. He also said, "We are not going to be in a situation, as is the case of one, two or even three stadiums in South Africa, where it is a problem of what you do with these stadiums".

In October 2014, on their first official visit to Russia, FIFA's inspection committee and its head Chris Unger visited St Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan and both Moscow venues. They were satisfied with the progress.

On 8 October 2015, FIFA and the Local Organising Committee agreed on the official names of the stadiums used during the tournament.

Of the twelve venues used, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the Saint Petersburg Stadium – the two largest stadiums in Russia – were used most, both hosting seven matches. Sochi, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara all hosted six matches, including one quarter-final match each, while the Spartak Stadium in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don hosted five matches, including one round-of-16 match each. Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg and Saransk all hosted four matches, but did not host any knockout stage games.

Twelve stadiums in eleven Russian cities were built or renovated for the FIFA World Cup. Between 2010 (when Russia were announced as hosts) and 2018, 9 of the 12 stadiums were built (some in place of older, outdated venues) and the other 3 were renovated for the tournament.

• Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad Stadium (new). The first piles were driven into the ground in September 2015. On 11 April 2018 the new stadium hosted its first match.
• Kazan: Kazan Arena (new). The stadium was built for the 2013 Summer Universiade. It has since hosted the 2015 World Aquatics Championship and the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. The stadium serves as a home arena to FC Rubin Kazan.
• Moscow: Luzhniki Stadium (renovated). The largest stadium in the country was closed for renovation in 2013. The stadium was commissioned in November 2017.
• Moscow: Spartak Stadium (new). The stadium is a home arena to its namesake FC Spartak Moscow. In accordance with the FIFA requirements, during the 2018 World Cup it is called Spartak Stadium instead of its usual name Otkritie Arena. The stadium hosted its first match on 5 September 2014.
• Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (new). The construction of the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium commenced in 2015. The project was completed in December 2017.
• Rostov-on-Don: Rostov Arena (new). The stadium is located on the left bank of the Don River. The stadium construction was completed on 22 December 2017.
• Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Stadium (new). The construction of the stadium commenced in 2007 after the site clearance formerly occupied by Kirov Stadium. The project was officially completed on 29 December 2016. The stadium has hosted games of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and will serve as a venue for UEFA Euro 2020.
• Samara: Samara Arena (new). The construction officially started on 21 July 2014. The project was completed on 21 April 2018.
• Saransk: Mordovia Arena (new). The stadium in Saransk was scheduled to be commissioned in 2012 in time for the opening of the all-Russian Spartakiad, but the plan was revised. The opening was rescheduled to 2017. The arena hosted its first match on 21 April 2018.
• Sochi: Fisht Stadium (renovated). The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Afterwards, it was renovated in preparation for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 World Cup.
• Volgograd: Volgograd Arena (new). The main arena of Volgograd was built on the demolished Central Stadium site, at the foot of the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex. The stadium was commissioned on 3 April 2018.
• Yekaterinburg: Ekaterinburg Arena (renovated). The Central Stadium of Yekaterinburg has been renovated for the FIFA World Cup. The arena's stands have a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The renovation project was completed in December 2017.

Moscow		Saint Petersburg	Sochi
Luzhniki Stadium	Otkritie Arena (Spartak Stadium)	Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)	Fisht Olympic Stadium (Fisht Stadium)
Capacity: 78,011	Capacity: 44,190	Capacity: 64,468	Capacity: 44,287
Volgograd			Rostov-on-Don
Volgograd Arena			Rostov Arena
Capacity: 43,713			Capacity: 43,472
Nizhny Novgorod			Kazan
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium			Kazan Arena
Capacity: 43,319			Capacity: 42,873
Samara	Saransk	Kaliningrad	Yekaterinburg
Samara Arena	Mordovia Arena	Kaliningrad Stadium	Central Stadium (Ekaterinburg Arena)
Capacity: 41,970	Capacity: 41,685	Capacity: 33,973	Capacity: 33,061

Schedule

The full schedule was announced by FIFA on 24 July 2015 (without kick-off times, which will be confirmed later). Russia will be placed in position A1 in the group stage and play in the opening match at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 14 June, which will also host the second semi-final on 11 July and the final on 15 July. The Zenit Arena in Saint Petersburg will host the first semi-final on 10 July and the third place match on 14 July.

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):

1.points obtained in all group matches;
 

2.goal difference in all group matches;
 

3.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:

4.points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 

5.goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 

6.number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 

7.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;
   

8.drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
 

All times listed are local time.

Group A

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Uruguay (A)	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase
Russia (A)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Saudi Arabia (E)	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Egypt (E)	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

14 June 2018 (2018-06-14) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Russia	5–3	Saudi Arabia	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
	Gazinsky  12' Cheryshev  43', 90+1' Dzyuba  71' Golovin  90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

15 June 2018 (2018-06-15) 17:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Egypt	0–1	Uruguay	Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 20,015 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Giménez  90'

----

19 June 2018 (2018-06-19) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Russia	3–1	Egypt	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
	Fathy  47' (o.g.) Cheryshev  59' Dzyuba  62'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Salah  73' (pen.)

20 June 2018 (2018-06-20) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Uruguay	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 42,678 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Suárez  23'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

25 June 2018 (2018-06-25) 18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)	Uruguay	3–0	Russia	Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance: 41,970 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
	Suárez  10' Cheryshev  23' (o.g.) Cavani  90'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

25 June 2018 (2018-06-25) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Egypt	Volgograd Arena, Volgograd Attendance: 36,823 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Al-Faraj  45+6' (pen.) Al-Dawsari  90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Salah  22'

Group B

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Spain (A)	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5	Advance to knockout phase
Portugal (A)	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Iran (E)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Morocco (E)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

15 June 2018 (2018-06-15) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Morocco	0–1	Iran	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 62,548 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Bouhaddouz  90+5' (o.g.)

15 June 2018 (2018-06-15) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Portugal	3–3	Spain	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 43,866 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Ronaldo  4' (pen.), 44', 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Diego Costa  24', 55' Nacho  58'

----

20 June 2018 (2018-06-20) 15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Portugal	1–0	Morocco	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Ronaldo  4'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

20 June 2018 (2018-06-20) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Iran	0–1	Spain	Kazan Arena, Kazan Attendance: 42,718 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Costa  54'

----

25 June 2018 (2018-06-25) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Iran	1–1	Portugal	Mordovia Arena, Saransk Attendance: 41,685 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
	Ansarifard  90+3' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Quaresma  45'

25 June 2018 (2018-06-25) 20:00 KALT (UTC+2	Spain	2–2	Morocco	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Attendance: 33,973 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Isco  19' Aspas  90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Boutaïb  14' En-Nesyri  81'

Group C

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
France (A)	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout phase
Denmark (A)	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Peru (E)	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
Australia (E)	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16) 13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	France	2–1	Australia	Kazan Arena, Kazan Attendance: 41,279 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
	Griezmann  58' (pen.) Pogba  81'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Jedinak  62' (pen.)

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16) 19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Peru	0–1	Denmark	Mordovia Arena, Saransk Attendance: 40,502 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Poulsen  59'

----

21 June 2018 (2018-06-21) 16:00 SAMT (UTC+4)	Denmark	1–1	Australia	Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance: 40,727 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Eriksen  7'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Jedinak  38' (pen.)

21 June 2018 (2018-06-21) 20:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	France	1–0	Peru	Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 32,789 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
	Mbappé  36'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Denmark	0–0	France	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Australia	0–2	Peru	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 44,073 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Carrillo  18' Guerrero  50'

Group D

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Croatia (A)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout phase
Argentina (A)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Nigeria (E)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Iceland (E)	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16) 16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Argentina	1–1	Iceland	Otkritie Arena, Moscow Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Agüero  19'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Finnbogason  23'

16 June 2018 (2018-06-16) 21:00 KALT (UTC+2)	Croatia	2–0	Nigeria	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Attendance: 31,136 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
	Etebo  32' (o.g.) Modrić  71' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

21 June 2018 (2018-06-21) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Argentina	0–3	Croatia	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Rebić  53' Modrić  80' Rakitić  90+1'

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nigeria	2–0	Iceland	Volgograd Arena, Volgograd Attendance: 40,904 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
	Musa  49', 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nigeria	1–2	Argentina	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Moses  51' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Messi  14' Rojo  86'

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Iceland	1–2	Croatia	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 43,472 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	G. Sigurðsson  76' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Badelj  53' Perišić  90'

Group E

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Brazil (A)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase
Switzerland (A)	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Serbia (E)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Costa Rica (E)	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) 16:00 SAMT (UTC+4)	Costa Rica	0–1	Serbia	Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance: 41,432 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Kolarov  56'

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Brazil	1–1	Switzerland	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 43,109 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
	Coutinho  20'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Zuber  50'

----

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22) 15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Brazil	2–0	Costa Rica	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Coutinho  90+1' Neymar  90+7'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22) 20:00 KALT (UTC+2)	Serbia	1–2	Switzerland	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Attendance: 33,167 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Mitrović  5'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Xhaka  52' Shaqiri  90'

----

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Serbia	0–2	Brazil	Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Paulinho  36' Thiago Silva  68'

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Switzerland	2–2	Costa Rica	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Džemaili  31' Drmić  88'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Waston  56' Sommer  90+3' (o.g.)

Group F

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Sweden (A)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
Mexico (A)	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
South Korea (E)	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
Germany (E)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Germany	0–1	Mexico	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Lozano  35'

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18) 15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sweden	1–0	South Korea	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 42,300 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Grandqvist  65' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	South Korea	1–2	Mexico	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 43,472 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Son Heung-min  90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Vela  26' (pen.) Chicharito  66'

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Germany	2–1	Sweden	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 44,287 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Reus  48' Kroos  90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Toivonen  32'

----

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	South Korea	2–0	Germany	Kazan Arena, Kazan Attendance: 41,385 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Young-gwon  90+3' Heung-min  90+6'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) 19:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Mexico	0–3	Sweden	Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 33,061 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Augustinsson  50' Granqvist  62' (pen.) Álvarez  74' (o.g.)

Group G

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Belgium (A)	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
England (A)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Tunisia (E)	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
Panama (E)	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Belgium	3–0	Panama	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 43,257 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
	Mertens  47' Lukaku  69', 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tunisia	1–2	England	Volgograd Arena, Volgograd Attendance: 41,064 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Sassi  36' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Kane  11', 90+1'

----

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) 15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Belgium	5–2	Tunisia	Otkritie Arena, Moscow Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
	Hazard  6' (pen.), 51' Lukaku  16', 45+3' Batshuayi  90'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Bronn  18' Khazri  90+3'

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) 15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	England	6–1	Panama	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
	Stones  8', 40' Kane  22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62' Lingard  36'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Baloy  78'

----

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28) 20:00 KALT (UTC+2)	England	0–1	Belgium	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Attendance: 33,973 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Januzaj  51'

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Panama	1–2	Tunisia	Mordovia Arena, Saransk Attendance: 37,169 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
	Meriah  33' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	F. Ben Youssef  51' Khazri  66'

Group H

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Colombia (A)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
Japan (A)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Senegal (E)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Poland (E)	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Fair play points: Japan −4, Senegal −6.

19 June 2018 (2018-06-19) 15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Colombia	1–2	Japan	Mordovia Arena, Saransk Attendance: 40,842 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Quintero  39'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Kagawa  6' (pen.) Osako  73'

19 June 2018 (2018-06-19) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poland	1–2	Senegal	Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
	Krychowiak  86'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Cionek  37' (o.g.) Niang  60'

----

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) 20:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Japan	2–2	Senegal	Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 32,572 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Inui  34' Honda  78'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Mané  11' Wagué  71'

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poland	0–3	Colombia	Kazan Arena, Kazan Attendance: 42,873 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Mina  40' Falcao  70' Cuadrado  75'

----

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Japan	0–1	Poland	Volgograd Arena, Volgograd Attendance: 42,189 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Bednarek  59'

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28) 18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)	Senegal	0–1	Colombia	Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance: 41,970 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Mina  74'

Knockout stage

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

If a match goes into extra time, each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution, the first time this had been allowed in a FIFA World Cup tournament.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

30 June – Sochi

Uruguay

2

6 July – Nizhny Novgorod

Portugal

1

Uruguay

0

30 June – Kazan

France

2

France

4

10 July – Saint Petersburg

Argentina

3

France

1

2 July – Samara

Belgium

0

Brazil

2

6 July – Kazan

Mexico

0

Brazil

1

2 July – Rostov-on-Don

Belgium

2

Belgium

3

15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki)

Japan

2

France

4

1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki)

Croatia

2

Spain

1 (3)

7 July – Sochi

Russia (p)

1 (4)

Croatia (p)

1 (4)

1 July – Nizhny Novgorod

Russia

1 (3)

Croatia (p)

1 (3)

11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki)

Denmark

1 (2)

Croatia

2

3 July – Saint Petersburg

England

1

Third place

Sweden

1

7 July – Samara

14 July – Saint Petersburg

Switzerland

0

Sweden

0

Belgium

2

3 July – Moscow (Spartak)

England

2

England

0

Colombia

1 (3)

England (p)

1 (4)

Round of 16

30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	France	4–3	Argentina	Kazan Arena, Kazan Attendance: 42,873 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
	Griezmann  13' (pen.) Pavard  57' Mbappé  64', 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Di María  41' Mercado  48' Agüero  90+3'

----

30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Uruguay	2–1	Portugal	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 44,287 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
	Cavani  7', 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Pepe  55'

----

1 July 2018 (2018-07-01) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Russia	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Ignashevich  12' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Dzyuba  42' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Iniesta Piqué Koke Ramos Aspas	3–4	Smolov Ignashevich Golovin Cheryshev

----

1 July 2018 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 40,851 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
	Mandžukić  4'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	M. Jørgensen  1'
		Penalties
	Badelj Kramarić Modrić Pivarić Rakitić	3–2	Eriksen Kjær Krohn-Dehli Schöne N. Jørgensen

----

2 July 2018 (2018-07-02) 18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)	Brazil	2–0	Mexico	Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance: 41,970 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Neymar  51' Firmino  88'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

2 July 2018 (2018-07-02) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Belgium	3–2	Japan	Levberdon Arena, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 41,466 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
	Vertonghen  69' Fellaini  74' Chadli  90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Haraguchi  48' Inui  52'

----

3 July 2018 (2018-07-03) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sweden	1–0	Switzerland	Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 64,042 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Forsberg  66'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

3 July 2018 (2018-07-03) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Colombia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England	Spartak Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Mina  90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Kane  57' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Falcao Cuadrado Muriel Uribe Bacca	3–4	Kane Rashford Henderson Trippier Dier

Quarter-finals

6 July 2018 (2018-07-06) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Uruguay	0–2	France	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Varane  40' Griezmann  61'

----

6 July 2018 (2018-07-06) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Brazil	1–2	Belgium	Kazan Arena, Kazan Attendance: 42,873 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Renato Augusto  76'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Fernandinho  13' (o.g.) De Bruyne  31'

----

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sweden	0-2	England	Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance: 39,991 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Maguire  30' Alli  58'

----

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Russia	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Croatia	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 44,287 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
	Cheryshev  31' Fernandes  115'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Kramarić  39' Vida  100'
		Penalties
	Smolov Dzagoev Fernandes Ignashevich Kuzyayev	3-4	Brozović Kovačić Modrić Vida Rakitić

Semi-finals

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	France	1–0	Belgium	Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 64,286 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
	Umtiti  51'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

----

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Croatia	2–1	England	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Perišić  68' Mandžukić  109'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Trippier  5'

Third place match

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) 17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Belgium	2–0	England	Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 64,406 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
	Meunier  4' E. Hazard  82'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)

Final

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Final

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) 18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	France	4–2	Croatia	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
	Mandžukić  18' (o.g.) Griezmann  38' (pen.) Mbappé  59' Pogba  65'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Perišić  28' Mandžukić  69'

Statistics

For more details on this topic, see 2018 FIFA World Cup statistics.

See also: List of FIFA World Cup records

Goalscorers

There were 169 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.

Twelve own goals were scored during the tournament, doubling the record of six set in 1998.

6 goals

• Harry Kane

4 goals

• Romelu Lukaku
• Antoine Griezmann
• Kylian Mbappé
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Denis Cheryshev

3 goals

• Eden Hazard
• Yerry Mina
• Mario Mandžukić
• Ivan Perišić
• Artem Dzyuba
• Diego Costa
• Edinson Cavani

2 goals

• Sergio Agüero
• Mile Jedinak
• Philippe Coutinho
• Neymar
• Luka Modrić
• Mohamed Salah
• John Stones
• Takashi Inui
• Ahmed Musa
• Son Heung-min
• Andreas Granqvist
• Wahbi Khazri
• Luis Suárez

1 goal

• Ángel Di María
• Gabriel Mercado
• Lionel Messi
• Marcos Rojo
• Michy Batshuayi
• Nacer Chadli
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Marouane Fellaini
• Adnan Januzaj
• Dries Mertens
• Thomas Meunier
• Jan Vertonghen
• Roberto Firmino
• Paulinho
• Renato Augusto
• Thiago Silva
• Juan Cuadrado
• Radamel Falcao
• Juan Fernando Quintero
• Kendall Waston
• Milan Badelj
• Andrej Kramarić
• Ivan Rakitić
• Ante Rebić
• Domagoj Vida
• Christian Eriksen
• Mathias Jørgensen
• Yussuf Poulsen
• Dele Alli
• Jesse Lingard
• Harry Maguire
• Kieran Trippier
• Benjamin Pavard
• Paul Pogba
• Samuel Umtiti
• Raphaël Varane
• Toni Kroos
• Marco Reus
• Alfreð Finnbogason
• Gylfi Sigurðsson
• Karim Ansarifard
• Genki Haraguchi
• Keisuke Honda
• Shinji Kagawa
• Yuya Osako
• Javier Hernández
• Hirving Lozano
• Carlos Vela
• Khalid Boutaïb
• Youssef En-Nesyri
• Victor Moses
• Felipe Baloy
• Jan Bednarek
• Grzegorz Krychowiak
• André Carrillo
• Paolo Guerrero
• Pepe
• Ricardo Quaresma
• Mário Fernandes
• Yury Gazinsky
• Aleksandr Golovin
• Salem Al-Dawsari
• Salman Al-Faraj
• Sadio Mané
• M'Baye Niang
• Moussa Wagué
• Aleksandar Kolarov
• Aleksandar Mitrović
• Kim Young-gwon
• Iago Aspas
• Isco
• Nacho
• Ludwig Augustinsson
• Emil Forsberg
• Ola Toivonen
• Josip Drmić
• Blerim Džemaili
• Xherdan Shaqiri
• Granit Xhaka
• Steven Zuber
• Dylan Bronn
• Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
• Ferjani Sassi
• José Giménez

1 own goal

• Aziz Behich (for France)
• Fernandinho (for Belgium)
• Mario Mandžukić (for France
• Ahmed Fathy (for Russia)
• Aziz Bouhaddouz (for Iran)
• Edson Álvarez (for Sweden)
• Oghenekaro Etebo (for Croatia)
• Thiago Cionek (for Senegal)
• Denis Cheryshev (for Uruguay)
• Sergei Ignashevich (for Spain)
• Yann Sommer (for Costa Rica)
• Yassine Meriah (for Panama)

Discipline

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record

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)
Carlos Sánchez	in Group H vs Japan (matchday 1; 19 June)	Group H vs Poland (matchday 2; 24 June)
Yussuf Poulsen	in Group C vs Peru (matchday 1; 16 June) in Group C vs Australia (matchday 2; 21 June)	Group C vs France (matchday 3; 26 June)
Jérôme Boateng	in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 2; 23 June)	Group F vs South Korea (matchday 3; 27 June)
Armando Cooper	in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June)	Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June)
Michael Amir Murillo	in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June)	Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June)
Igor Smolnikov	in Group A vs Uruguay (matchday 3; 25 June)	Round of 16 vs Spain (1 July)
Sebastian Larsson	in Group F vs Germany (matchday 2; 23 June) in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July)
Héctor Moreno	in Group F vs Germany (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Brazil (2 July)
Stephan Lichtsteiner	in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July)
Fabian Schär	in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June)	Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July)
Blaise Matuidi	in Group C vs Peru (matchday 2; 21 June) in Round of 16 vs Argentina (30 June)	Quarter-finals vs Uruguay (6 July)
Casemiro	in Group E vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 17 June) in Round of 16 vs Mexico (2 July)	Quarter-finals vs Belgium (6 July)
Mikael Lustig	in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June) in Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July)	Quarter-finals vs England (7 July)
Thomas Meunier	in Group G vs Panama (matchday 1; 18 June) in Quarter-finals vs Brazil (6 July)	Semi-finals vs France (10 July)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Golden Boot, Golden Ball and Golden Glove awards were all sponsored by Adidas.

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

Additionally, FIFA.com shortlisted 18 goals for users to vote on as the tournaments' best. The poll closed on 23 July. The award was sponsored by Hyundai.

Goal of the Tournament
Goalscorer	Opponent	Score	Round
Benjamin Pavard	Argentina	2–2	Round of 16

Dream Team

As was the case during the 2010 and 2014 editions, FIFA did not release an official All-Star Team, but instead invited users of FIFA.com to elect their Fan Dream Team.

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Thibaut Courtois	Marcelo Thiago Silva Raphaël Varane Diego Godín	Kevin De Bruyne Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić	Harry Kane Kylian Mbappé Cristiano Ronaldo

FIFA also published an alternate team of the tournament based on player performances evaluated through statistical data.

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Thibaut Courtois	Andreas Granqvist Thiago Silva Raphaël Varane Yerry Mina	Denis Cheryshev Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić	Harry Kane Antoine Griezmann Eden Hazard

Prize money

Prize money amounts were announced in October 2017.

Position	Amount (million US$)
	Per team	Total
Champions	38	38
Runners-up	28	28
Third place	24	24
Fourth place	22	22
5th–8th place (quarter-finals)	16	64
9th–16th place (round of 16)	12	96
17th–32nd place (group stage)	8	128
Total		400

Branding

The tournament logo was unveiled on 28 October 2014 by cosmonauts at the International Space Station and then projected onto Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre during an evening television programme. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that the logo was inspired by "Russia's rich artistic tradition and its history of bold achievement and innovation", and FIFA President Sepp Blatter stated that it reflected the "heart and soul" of the country. For the branding, a typeface called Dusha (from Душа, Russian for soul) was created by Portuguese design agency Brandia Central in 2014.

External links

Portal:FIFA

• FIFA.com 2018 website
• Welcome2018.com

2018 FIFA World Cup Referees

AFC

Fahad Al-Mirdasi · Alireza Faghani · Ravshan Irmatov · Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed · Ryuji Sato · Nawaf Shukralla

CAF

Mehdi Abid Charef · Malang Diedhiou · Bakary Gassama · Gehad Grisha · Janny Sikazwe · Bamlak Tessema Weyesa

CONCACAF

Joel Aguilar · Mark Geiger · Jair Marrufo · Ricardo Montero · John Pitti · César Arturo Ramos

CONMEBOL

Julio Bascuñán · Enrique Cáceres · Andrés Cunha · Néstor Pitana · Sandro Ricci · Wilmar Roldán

OFC

Matthew Conger · Norbert Hauata

UEFA

Felix Brych · Cüneyt Çakır · Sergei Karasev · Björn Kuipers · Szymon Marciniak · Antonio Mateu Lahoz · Milorad Mažić · Gianluca Rocchi · Damir Skomina · Clément Turpin

2018 FIFA World Cup Matches v • t • e 14 June 2018 Russia v Saudi Arabia 15 June 2018 Egypt v Uruguay • Morocco v Iran • Portugal v Spain 16 June 2018 France v Australia • Argentina v Iceland • Peru v Denmark • Croatia v Nigeria 17 June 2018 Costa Rica v Serbia • Germany v Mexico • Brazil v Switzerland 18 June 2018 Sweden v South Korea • Belgium v Panama • Tunisia v England 19 June 2018 Colombia v Japan • Poland v Senegal • Russia v Egypt 20 June 2018 Uruguay v Saudi Arabia • Portugal v Morocco • Iran v Spain 21 June 2018 Denmark v Australia • France v Peru • Argentina v Croatia 22 June 2018 Nigeria v Iceland • Brazil v Costa Rica • Serbia v Switzerland 23 June 2018 Belgium v Tunisia • South Korea v Mexico • Germany v Sweden 24 June 2018 England v Panama • Japan v Senegal • Poland v Colombia 25 June 2018 Uruguay v Russia • Saudi Arabia v Egypt • Iran v Portugal • Spain v Morocco 26 June 2018 Denmark v France • Australia v Peru • Nigeria v Argentina • Iceland v Croatia 27 June 2018 South Korea v Germany • Mexico v Sweden • Serbia v Brazil • Switzerland v Costa Rica 28 June 2018 Japan v Poland • Senegal v Colombia • England v Belgium • Panama v Tunisia 30 June 2018 France v Argentina • Uruguay v Portugal 1 July 2018 Spain v Russia • Croatia v Denmark 2 July 2018 Brazil v Mexico • Belgium v Japan 3 July 2018 Sweden v Switzerland • Colombia v England 6 July 2018 Uruguay v France • Brazil v Belgium 7 July 2018 Sweden v England • Russia v Croatia 10 July 2018 France v Belgium 11 July 2018 Croatia v England 14 July 2018 Belgium v England 15 July 2018 France v Croatia