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ArchiveFIFA World Cup 2018

2018 World Cup

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Global leaders

Top 3 across all groups

Full tables
  • Belgium flag

    Belgium

    Grp G

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +7

    9

    points

  • 2Croatia flag

    Croatia

    Grp D

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +6

    9

    points

  • 3

Tables

Group standings

8 groups

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A

Group stage

4 nations

Top 2 → R32
  • 1Uruguay flag

    Uruguay

    Q
    P3W3D0

Results

Latest scores

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Final

France flagFrance
4–2
Croatia flagCroatia

2018-07-15 · 18:00 · Luzhniki Stadium

Third place

Belgium flagBelgium
1–0
England flagEngland

2018-07-14 · 17:00 · Krestovsky Stadium

Semi-final

21st edition

Russia

Jun 14, 2018 – Jul 15, 2018

France flag

Champion

France

Teams

32

Matches

64

Squads

2018 nations

32 teams

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France flag

France

Grp C

Croatia flag

Croatia

Grp D

Belgium flag

Belgium

Grp G

England flag

England

Grp G

Uruguay flag

Knockout

2018 bracket

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Round of 16

Kazan Arena · Kazan

France flagFrance
Argentina flagArgentina

4–3

Fisht Olympic Stadium · Sochi

Uruguay flagUruguay
Portugal flagPortugal

2–1

Luzhniki Stadium · Moscow

Spain flag

Full schedule

All 2018 matches

64 games

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Group A

Russia flagRussia
5–0
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia

2018-06-14 · 18:00 · Luzhniki Stadium

Group A

Egypt flagEgypt
0–1
Uruguay flagUruguay

2018-06-15 · 17:00 · Central Stadium

Venues

2018 stadiums

12 venues

Luzhniki Stadium

Moscow, Russia

78.0K capacity · 159m elevation

Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)

Moscow, Russia

45.4K capacity · 125m elevation

Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)

Saint Petersburg, Russia

68.1K capacity · 16m elevation

Fisht Olympic Stadium

Sochi, Russia

47.7K capacity · 1m elevation

Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)

Kazan, Russia

45.4K capacity · 49m elevation

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

44.9K capacity · 74m elevation

Samara Arena

Samara, Russia

44.9K capacity · 161m elevation

All time

World Cup winners

Brazil flagBrazil
5 titles
Italy flagItaly
4 titles
West Germany flagWest Germany
3 titles
Argentina flagArgentina
3 titles
Uruguay flagUruguay
2 titles
France flag

On this day

July 17 in World Cup history

Yugoslavia flagYugoslavia
4-0
Bolivia flagBolivia

1930 · group 2 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

United States flagUnited States
3-0
Paraguay flagParaguay

1930 · group 4 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

Brazil flagBrazil
0-0
Italy flagItaly

1994 · Final · Rose Bowl, Pasadena · 32y ago

Tournaments
24
Matches
1.2K
Stadiums
206
Archive
1930–2026
Back to 2026 edition
Uruguay flag

Uruguay

Grp A

3 played · 3 wins · GD +5

9

points

L0
GD+5

9

pts

  • 2Russia flag

    Russia

    Q
    P3W2D0L1GD+4

    6

    pts

  • 3Saudi Arabia flag

    Saudi Arabia

    P3W1D0L2GD-5

    3

    pts

  • 4Egypt flag

    Egypt

    P3W0D0L3GD-4

    0

    pts

    • B

    Group stage

    4 nations

    Top 2 → R32
    • 1Spain flag

      Spain

      Q
      P3W1D2L0GD+1

      5

      pts

    • 2Portugal flag

      Portugal

      Q
      P3W1D2L0GD+1

      5

      pts

    • 3Iran flag

      Iran

      P3W1D1L1GD0

      4

      pts

    • 4Morocco flag

      Morocco

      P3W0D1L2GD-2

      1

      pts

    Croatia flagCroatia
    2–1
    England flagEngland

    2018-07-11 · 21:00 · Luzhniki Stadium

    Semi-final

    France flagFrance
    1–0
    Belgium flagBelgium

    2018-07-10 · 21:00 · Krestovsky Stadium

    Quarter-final

    Russia flagRussia
    2–2
    Croatia flagCroatia

    2018-07-07 · 21:00 · Fisht Olympic Stadium

    Quarter-final

    Sweden flagSweden
    0–2
    England flagEngland

    2018-07-07 · 18:00 · Cosmos Arena

    Goals

    169

    Attendance

    3.0M

    Croatia flag

    Runner-up

    Croatia

    Belgium flag

    Third place

    Belgium

    Top scorer

    Harry Kane (6)

    Best player

    Luka Modrić

    Uruguay

    Grp A

    Brazil flag

    Brazil

    Grp E

    Sweden flag

    Sweden

    Grp F

    Russia flag

    Russia

    Grp A

    Colombia flag

    Colombia

    Grp H

    Spain flag

    Spain

    Grp B

    Denmark flag

    Denmark

    Grp C

    Mexico flag

    Mexico

    Grp F

    Portugal flag

    Portugal

    Grp B

    Switzerland flag

    Switzerland

    Grp E

    Japan flag

    Japan

    Grp H

    Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Grp D

    Spain
    Russia flagRussia

    1–1

    Nizhny Novgorod Stadium · Nizhny Novgorod

    Croatia flagCroatia
    Denmark flagDenmark

    1–1

    Quarter-finals

    Nizhny Novgorod Stadium · Nizhny Novgorod

    Uruguay flagUruguay
    France flagFrance

    0–2

    Kazan Arena · Kazan

    Brazil flagBrazil
    Belgium flagBelgium

    1–2

    Cosmos Arena · Samara

    Sweden flagSweden
    England flagEngland

    0–2

    Fisht Olympic Stadium · Sochi

    Russia flagRussia
    Croatia flagCroatia

    2–2

    Group B

    Morocco flagMorocco
    0–1
    Iran flagIran

    2018-06-15 · 18:00 · Krestovsky Stadium

    Group B

    Portugal flagPortugal
    3–3
    Spain flagSpain

    2018-06-15 · 21:00 · Fisht Olympic Stadium

    Rostov Arena

    Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    45.0K capacity

    Volgograd Arena

    Volgograd, Russia

    45.6K capacity · 94m elevation

    Mordovia Arena

    Saransk, Russia

    44.4K capacity · 144m elevation

    Kaliningrad Stadium

    Kaliningrad, Russia

    35.2K capacity · 5m elevation

    Yekaterinburg Arena

    Yekaterinburg, Russia

    35.7K capacity · 277m elevation

    France
    2 titles
    England flagEngland
    1 title
    Spain flagSpain
    1 title
    Germany flagGermany
    1 title