2018 FIFA World Cup

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in England from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This will be the second time that England have hosted the tournament having last hosted it in 1966 and it will be the first tournament since 2006 held in Europe.

The final tournament will involve 32 national teams, which include 31 teams determined through qualifying competitions and the automatically qualified host team. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities. The final will take place on 15 July in London at Wembley Stadium.

The winners will qualify for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualification

 * AFC (5)
 * 23px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png Australia (36)
 * Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Iran (37)
 * 23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png Japan (61)
 * Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png Saudi Arabia (67)
 * Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png South Korea (57)


 * CAF (5)
 * Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png Egypt (45)
 * Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png Morocco (41)
 * 23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png Nigeria (48)
 * 23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png Senegal (27)
 * Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png Tunisia (21)


 * CONCACAF (3)
 * Flag_of_Costa_Rica.png Costa Rica (23)
 * Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png Mexico (15)
 * 45px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png Panama (55)


 * CONMEBOL (5)
 * 23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png Argentina (6)
 * 22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Brazil (3)
 * 23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png Colombia (16)
 * Flag_of_Peru.svg.png Peru (12)
 * 23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png Uruguay (14)


 * OFC (0)
 * None qualified


 * UEFA (14)
 * Belgium.png Belgium (4)
 * Croatia.png Croatia (20)
 * Denmark.png Denmark (13)
 * England.png England (1) (hosts)
 * France.png France (8)
 * Germany.png Germany (2)
 * Iceland.png Iceland (22)
 * Poland.png Poland (9)
 * Portugal.png Portugal (5)
 * Russia.png Russia (70)
 * Serbia.png Serbia (34)
 * Spain.png Spain (11)
 * Sweden.png Sweden (24)
 * Switzerland.png Switzerland (7)

Venues

 * Note: The Northumberland Development Project in London had originally been selected but wasn't completed in time so the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield took over instead.