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World Cup:
Is an international association football competition played by Senior Men's National Teams of the FIFA members. It is contested by 32 teams who qualified out of 211 eligible competitors and played every 4 years. It is inaugurated in 1930 competition. It was not played in 1942 and 1946 due to Second World War.
Russia 2018 World Cup will be commenced in 15 June - 16 July 2018. It will be played in 12 venues in 11 host cities. The final will be played at Luzniki Stadium in Moscow . The winners will qualify for 2021 FIFA confederation cup.
The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups began in January 2009 and voted by 22 member committee in Zurich. And Russia is ahead with 13
RUSSIA 2018 WORLD CUP
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.
The 31 qualified countries are the five-time winners Brazil, defending champions Germany, plus Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Iceland, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia and Uruguay.
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The most favorite teams to win the Russia 2018 World Cup are:
Argentina
Germany
Brasil
France
England.....According to top 10.
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Some of the notable players to watch in Russia 2018 World CupTournament...
Messi, Ronaldo ,Neymar , Salah , Muhammad Elneny, Iwobi, Iniesta, Ramos, Hazard, Mane, Griezman, Mbappe, Silva, Neuer and Many more...
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