| Чемпионат мира по футболу FIFA 2018 Chempionat mira po futbolu FIFA 2018 | |
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France with the World Cup trophy. | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Russia |
| Dates | 14 June – 15 July |
| Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 12 (in 11 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 64 |
| Goals scored | 169 (2.64 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,031,768 (47,371 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
| Best player(s) | |
| Best young player | |
| Best goalkeeper | |
| Fair play award | |
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, which is a men's football tournament that takes place every four years and is organized by FIFA. The tournament took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This was the first World Cup taking place in Eastern Europe.
The defending champions were Germany. France won the tournament after defeating Croatia 4–2. This was France's second World Cup title.

Russia is the host country, so the Russian team automatically qualified.
| Team | Qualified as | Date of qualification |
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| CONMEBOL qualification 3rd place | 10 October 2017 | |
| CONCACAF v AFC play-off winners | 15 November 2017 | |
| UEFA Group H winners | 3 September 2017 | |
| CONMEBOL qualification winner | 28 March 2017 | |
| CONMEBOL qualification 4th place | 10 October 2017 | |
| CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up | 7 October 2017 | |
| UEFA Second Round winners | 12 November 2017 | |
| UEFA Second Round winners | 14 November 2017 | |
| CAF Third Round Group E winners | 8 October 2017 | |
| UEFA Group F winners | 5 October 2017 | |
| UEFA Group A winners | 10 October 2017 | |
| UEFA Group C winners | 5 October 2017 | |
| UEFA Group I winners | 9 October 2017 | |
| AFC Third Round Group A winners | 12 June 2017 | |
| AFC Third Round Group B winners | 31 August 2017 | |
| CONCACAF Fifth Round top 3 | 1 September 2017 | |
| CAF Third Round Group C winners | 11 November 2017 | |
| CAF Third Round Group B winners | 7 October 2017 | |
| CONCACAF Fifth Round 3rd place | 10 October 2017 | |
| OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 15 November 2017 | |
| UEFA Group E winners | 8 October 2017 | |
| UEFA Group B winners | 10 October 2017 | |
| Host | 2 December 2010 | |
| AFC Third Round Group B runners-up | 5 September 2017 | |
| CAF Third Round Group D winners | 10 November 2017 | |
| UEFA Group D winners | 9 October 2017 | |
| AFC Third Round Group A runners-up | 5 September 2017 | |
| UEFA Group G winners | 6 October 2017 | |
| UEFA Second Round winners | 13 November 2017 | |
| UEFA Second Round winners | 12 November 2017 | |
| CAF Third Round Group A winners | 11 November 2017 | |
| CONMEBOL qualification runners-up | 10 October 2017 |
The draw was held in Moscow at 18:00 MSK, on Friday 1 December 2017 The teams were divided into 4 pots, 8 teams each. The number in parenthesis show positions in the FIFA World Rankings prior to the tournament.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The top two teams of each group advance to the round of 16. Matches are played on a round-robin basis.
The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 32.5):
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 0–1 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| South Korea | 1–2 | |
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| South Korea | 2–0 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| Poland | 1–2 | |
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| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 30 June – Sochi | ||||||||||||||
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| 6 July – Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||||
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| 30 June – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 July – Samara | ||||||||||||||
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| 6 July – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 July – Rostov-on-Don | ||||||||||||||
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| 15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
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| 7 July – Sochi | ||||||||||||||
| 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 July – Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||||
| 2 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | ||||||||||||||
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| 3 July – Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Third place play-off | |||||||||||||
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| 7 July – Samara | 14 July – Saint Petersburg | |||||||||||||
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| 3 July – Moscow (Otkritie) | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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| 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||
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| Brazil | 1–2 | |
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There have been 169 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
Twelve own goals have been scored during the tournament, breaking the record of six set in 1998.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: FIFA
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
The following suspensions were served during the tournament:
| Player | Offence(s) | Suspension(s) |
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| Group H vs Poland (matchday 2; 24 June) | ||
| Group C vs France (matchday 3; 26 June) | ||
| Group F vs South Korea (matchday 3; 27 June) | ||
| Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June) | ||
| Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June) | ||
| Round of 16 vs Spain (1 July) | ||
| Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July) | ||
| Round of 16 vs Brazil (2 July) | ||
| Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July) | ||
| Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July) | ||
| Quarter-finals vs Uruguay (6 July) | ||
| Quarter-finals vs Belgium (6 July) | ||
| Quarter-finals vs England (7 July) | ||
| Semi-finals vs France (10 July) |
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| 6 goals, 0 assists | 4 goals, 2 assists | 4 goals, 1 assist |
| Golden Glove | ||
| Best Young Player | ||
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
Prize money amounts were announced in October 2017.
| Position | Amount (USD million) | |
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| Per team | Total | |
| Champions | 38 | 38 |
| Runners-up | 28 | 28 |
| Third place | 24 | 24 |
| Fourth place | 22 | 22 |
| 5th–8th place | 16 | 64 |
| 9th–16th place | 12 | 96 |
| 17th–32nd place | 8 | 128 |
| Total | 400 | |