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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which will play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 remaining FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying process, and for the first time in World Cup history, all eligible national teams registered for the preliminary competition, but Zimbabwe and Indonesia were disqualified before playing their first matches. Bhutan, South Sudan, Gibraltar and Kosovo made their FIFA World Cup qualification debuts.

While the main qualifying draw took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, on 25 July 2015, a number of qualification matches were played before that. The first began in Dili, Timor Leste, on 12 March 2015 as part of the AFC's qualification,  with East Timorese player Chiquito do Carmo scoring the first goal of qualification. Matches were also played in CONCACAF prior to the main draw.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Consecutive finals appearances	Previous best performance
Russia	Host	2 December 2010	11th1	2014	2	Fourth place (1966)2
Brazil	CONMEBOL Round Robin winners	28 March 2017	21st	2014	21	Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Iran	AFC Third Round Group A winners	12 June 2017	5th	2014	2	Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014)
Japan	AFC Third Round Group B winners	31 August 2017	6th	2014	6	Round of 16 (2002, 2010)
Mexico	CONCACAF Fifth Round winners	1 September 2017	16th	2014	7	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)
Belgium	UEFA Group H winners	3 September 2017	13th	2014	2	Fourth place (1986)
South Korea	AFC Third Round Group A runners-up	5 September 2017	10th	2014	9	Fourth place (2002)
Saudi Arabia	AFC Third Round Group B runners-up	5 September 2017	5th	2006	1	Round of 16 (1994)
Germany	UEFA Group C winners	5 October 2017	19th3	2014	17	Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
England	UEFA Group F winners	5 October 2017	15th	2014	6	Winners (1966)
Spain	UEFA Group G winners	6 October 2017	15th	2014	11	Winners (2010)
Nigeria	CAF Third Round Group B winners	7 October 2017	6th	2014	3	Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014)
Costa Rica	CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up	7 October 2017	5th	2014	2	Quarter-finals (2014)
Poland	UEFA Group E winners	8 October 2017	8th	2006	1	Third place (1974, 1982)
Egypt	CAF Third Round Group E winners	8 October 2017	3rd	1990	1	First round (1934, 1990)
Iceland	UEFA Group I winners	9 October 2017	1st	–	1	–
Serbia	UEFA Group D winners	9 October 2017	12th4	2010	1	Fourth place (1930, 1962)5
Portugal	UEFA Group B winners	10 October 2017	7th	2014	5	Third place (1966)
France	UEFA Group A winners	10 October 2017	15th	2014	6	Winners (1998)
Uruguay	CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up	10 October 2017	13th	2014	3	Winners (1930, 1950)
Argentina	CONMEBOL Round Robin third place	10 October 2017	17th	2014	12	Winners (1978, 1986)
Colombia	CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place	10 October 2017	6th	2014	2	Quarter-finals (2014)
Panama	CONCACAF Fifth Round third place	10 October 2017	1st	–	1	–

Notes

• ¹: This is the 4th appearance of Russia at the FIFA World Cup; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union who themselves qualified on 7 occasions.
• ²: Russia's best result is group stage in 1994, 2002 and 2014; however, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union who achieved this result.
• ³: Germany between 1951 and 1990 is often referred to as "West Germany", as a separate East German state and team existed then.
• ⁴: This is the 2nd appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro national teams, who between them qualified on 10 occasions.
• ⁵: No official third place match took place in 1930 and no official third place was awarded at the time; both United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. However, FIFA lists the teams as third and fourth respectively.

Russia 2018 official logo

Russia 2018 official logo

The official emblem of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has been unveiled, with the logo projected onto the iconic Bolshoi Theater building in the heart of the country's capital, Moscow

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament, that is scheduled to take place in 2018 in Russia. This will be the first World Cup held in the former Soviet Union.

The finals tournament will involve 32 national teams, including that of the host nation, assuming the current format of the finals is maintained

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FIFA World Cup 2018

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"2018 World Cup" redirects here. For other competitions of that name, see 2018 World Cup (disambiguation).

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament, that is scheduled to take place in 2018 in Russia.

The finals tournament will involve 32 national teams, including that of the host nation, assuming the current format of the finals is maintained. This will be the first World Cup held in the former Soviet Union

Venues
Russia has proposed the following host cities: Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, Volgograd, Yaroslavl, and Yekaterinburg. All the cities are in or just outside European Russia to reduce travel time for the teams in the huge country. The bid evaluation report stated: "The Russian bid proposes 13 host cities and 16 stadiums, thus exceeding FIFA's minimum requirement. Three of the 16 stadiums would be renovated, and 13 would be newly constructed."
In October 2011 Russia decreased the number of stadiums from 16 to 14. Construction of the proposed Podolsk stadium in the Moscow region was cancelled by the regional government, and Spartak Stadium is competing with Dynamo Stadium which will have been constructed first.
The final choice of host cities was announced on 29 September 2012. The number of cities was further reduced to 11 and number of stadiums to 12 as Krasnodar and Yaroslavl were dropped from the final list

Russia 2018 interim logo

Tournament details

Host country Russia

Dates 8 June – 8 July 2018 (32 days)

Teams 32 (expected) (from 5 or 6 confederations)

Venue(s) 12 (in 11 host cities)

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The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament, that is scheduled to take place in 2018 in Russia.

The finals tournament will involve 32 national teams, including that of the host nation, assuming the current format of the finals is maintained. This will be the first World Cup held in the former Soviet Union

Russian visa policy

The general visa policy of Russia will not apply to the World Cup participants and fans who will be able to visit Russia without a visa right before and during the competition regardless of their citizenship