Russia was awarded the hosting rights to host the FIFA 2018 World Cup in 2nd December 2010. The FIFA World Cup is a tournament which involves different countries in the world who are determined by qualifying competitions.
It comprises of 32 teams where only 31 of them go through the qualifying competitions, the other one team automatically qualifies by hosting the tournament.
Germany are the defending champions while Iceland and Panama will both be appearing for the FIFA World Cup for the first time.
All 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities while the final match will take place on 15th July 2018 at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.
The winners of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will qualify for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.
This will be the 1st World Cup to be held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany.
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