Today, at 6:00 pm (Moscow time) a football match between the Russian national team and the Saudi Arabia team, which will be held at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, will open the 21st World Cup 2018!
At 5:30 pm (Moscow time) at the Moscow stadium "Luzhniki" will be the solemn opening ceremony of the World Cup 2018 in which the president of the country, Vladimir Putin, as well as well-known sportsmen, Russian pop stars and world show -business will take part. It should be noted that this main sports arena of the country and it can host 81 thousand spectators, and on 15 July it will host the final game of the World Cup.
The Football World Cup 2018 will be held at 12 stadiums in 11 cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd, Saransk and Rostov-on-Don.
In the mundiale, 32 teams will take part, divided into eight groups. This format of the world football championship exists since 1998.
From the 14th to the 28th of June, football matches of the preliminary stage will be held. From 30 June to 3 July, the games will be held 1/8 finals, the quarterfinals will be held on 6 and 7 July, the semifinals on 10th and 11th, the match for the third place will be held on 14 July, and the final game - 15 July.
Today the 21st World Football Cup 2018 starts in Russia!
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