FIFA Executive Committee approves kick-off times for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

FIFA Executive Committee approves kick-off times for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

The FIFA Executive Committee has approved the kick-off times for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ and the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 during the first of two days of meetings in Zurich.

FIFA RUSSIA 2018

The opening match of both tournaments, as well as the FIFA World Cup Final, will be played at 18.00 Moscow time (UTC + 3).

Taking into account time zone considerations, the FIFA Executive Committee also amended the 2018 FIFA World Cup match schedule accordingly by swapping the following matches between Kaliningrad and Ekaterinburg: Match #21 and #26, #32 and #36, #44 and #45.

The next step in the development of the match schedules will be the assignment of kick-off times to matches, factoring in such considerations as daily temperatures and local time zones. Updated versions of the match schedules should be approved in March 2016, during the meeting of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.

The final match schedules, which will include the participating teams, will be unveiled after the FIFA Confederations Cup Draw, in November 2016, and after the FIFA World Cup Final Draw, in December 2017. 

The kick-off times of both competitions using Moscow’s time zones*, are as follows,

2018™ FIFA World Cup Russia  - 14 June to 15 July

Opening match: 18.00
16 June: 13.00, 16.00, 19.00, 22.00
Group stage matches for the days with three matches: 15.00, 18.00, 21.00
Last round of group stage matches with simultaneous kick-offs, Round of 16 and Quarter-finals: 17.00, 21.00
Semi-finals: 21.00
Match for third place: 17.00
Final: 18.00

FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 - 17 June to 2 July

Opening Match: 18.00
First two rounds of group stage matches: 18.00, 21.00
Last round of group stage matches: 18.00
Semi-finals: 21.00
Match for third place: 15.00
Final: 21.00

2018 FIFA World Cup

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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 Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018,^[2] after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This will be the first World Cup held in the area of the former Soviet
Union and the first to be held in Europe since 2006.                 
            
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 is expected to take place in Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium.^[3][4][5]
The winners will qualify for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.
     
                                                                                              

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	14 June – 15 July 2018 (32 days)
Teams	32 (from 5 or 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 11 host cities)
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Russia

14 June – 15 July 2018 (32 days)

32 (from 5 or 6 confederations)

12 (in 11 host cities)

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