WORLD CUP 2018 FOOTBALL RESULTS

10. WORLD CUP 2018 FOOTBALL RESULTS

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World Football Championship ( FIFA World Cup) is an international soccer tournament organized by the World Football Association (FIFA) every 4 years for all national football teams of the FIFA member countries. The first tournament was held in 1930 and was interrupted twice in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. This is the biggest football tournament on the planet.

A.  WORLD CUP 2018 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2018 FIFA World Cup (also called the 2018 FIFA World Cup) was the 21st world football championship held in Russia. The tournament takes place from June 14 to July 15, 2018.

This was the first time that the World Cup has been held in Eastern Europe and the 11th tournament in Europe. This was considered as the most expensive World Cup ever with a cost estimation of over $ 14.2 billion. This was also the first World Cup applying referee assist technology (VAR).

1. There were 32 national team attendants, including host Russia and 31 teams qualified for the tournament.

They were:

• GROUP A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay.
• GROUP B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran.
• GROUP C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark.
• GROUP D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria. 
• GROUP E: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia.
• GROUP F: Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea.
• GROUP G: Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England.
• GROUP H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan.

2. A total of 64 matches of the tournament took place on 12 stadiums in 11 different cities of Russia. 

They were:

• Kaliningrad
•  Kazan
•  Moskva
•  Moskva
•  Nizhny Novgorod
•  Rostov
•  Sankt-Peterburg
•  Samara
•  Saransk
•  Sochi
•  Volgograd
•  Yekaterinburg

The name of the current German champion was erased from the group before 16 team-round started. The Russian hosts have reached the quarter-finals of the tournament with Croatia, for the first time in its history, reached the World Cup final, surpassing its third-place achievement in 1998, England and Belgium.

After the elimination of Belgium and England, the final round’s result was coming up to France and Croatia. Finally, the scores were defined by France, 4-2 over Croatia, meaning victory of France in the World Cup history the second time (first in 1998) on July 15 in Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium. It is recorded that this is the four consecutive -time world championship belonged to teams from Europe after this triumph and three times; Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010 and Germany in 2014.

3. Teams gaining entry to the knockout round

1. Russia

2. Uruguay

3. Turkey

4. Spain

5. France 

6. Denmark

7. Croatia

8. Argentina

9. Brazil

10. Switzerland

11. Mexico

12. Sweden

13. England

14. Belgium

15. Colombia

16. Japan

4. Results 

1. Quarterfinals

Uruguay         0 – 2          France

Brasil             1 – 2           Belgium

Sweden          0 – 2         England

Russia           2 –2            Croatia

2.Semifinal

France         1–0         Belgium

Croatia         2–1        England

3. Play-off third place

Belgium        2-0      England

4.Final

France          4–2         Croatia

B. WORLD CUP 2022

I/ About the WORLD CUP 2022

Continue the World Cup 2018, the 2022 FIFA World Cup (English: 2022 FIFA World Cup) will be the 22nd world football championship, hosted by Qatar. With the participation of 32 national football teams, the final round will take place from November, 21st to December 18th, including the host team Qatar, the first time-hosted country in the Middle East. And this is the second World Football Championship to be held in Asia (after the 2002 World Football Championship in Japan and South Korea). 

In the beginning, as usual, it is intended to take place in June and July, but because of the hot temperature of the summer in Qatar, over 40 ° C, that can affect the health of the players as well as the fans. As a result, on March 20, 2015, FIFA officially decided to delay the tournament to the winter (the first time in the history of World Cup finals, from November 20, which is Qatar's National Day coincidentally). Unlike the previous seasons, which lasted 32 days, the 2022' s final round of the tournament is expected to be 28 days (from November 20 to December 18, 2022).

France is the present champion of the tournament after they won their second championship in 2018.

II/ ELIMINATION ROUND

-  FIFA member associations, involving 211 teams, are currently in the qualifiers organized by six continental federations. The host, Qatar, will be automatically qualified. However, Qatar will still qualify the 2022 Asia football world championship (round 2) as it also acts as a qualifier for the Asian Football Cup 2023.

-   The current champion, France is also going to go through the qualifying stages as usual.

- The draw for qualifying is expected to take place in July 2019 

- The draw for the final round is scheduled to take place in April 2022

III/ COMPETING STADIUMS:

-  The first five proposed World Cup locations were announced in early March 2010. The stadiums are supposed to apply the cooling technology system, reducing stadium temperatures by up to 20 °C (36 ° F), and the upper floors of the stadiums will be removed after the World Cup and donated to countries that are underdeveloped sports infrastructure.s by up to 20 °. C (36 ° F), and the upper floors of the stadiums will be removed after the World Cup and donated to countries that are underdeveloped regarding sports infrastructure.

- Proposed battlefields:

1. Lusail (Doha Area), Iconic Lusail Stadium 

2. Al Khor, Al Bayt Stadium(Doha area)

3. Al Rayyan (Stadium City Education Stadium, Al Rayyan Stadium)

4. Al Wakrah ( Al Janoub Stadium, Ras Abu Aboud Stadium)        

5. Doha (Al Thumama Stadium,  Khalifa International Stadium)
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