For example, we passed a federal law, establishing a special visa regime for foreigners who will help to organize the 2018 Championship, and enabling not only the official participants, such as the athletes, referees, coaches and others, but also the fans to visit Russia without visas before and during the competition. The history of football championships has never seen anything like this before.
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, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This will be the first World Cup 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.
FIFA and the Local Organising Committee agreed on the official names of the stadiums used during the tournament.
1.Moscow:Luzhniki Stadium(Capacity: 81,000)
2.Moscow:Otkrytiye Arena(Capacity: 44,929)
3.Saint Petersburg:Krestovsky Stadium(Capacity: 66,881)
4.Kaliningrad:Kaliningrad Stadium(Capacity: 35,000)
5.Kazan:Kazan Arena(Capacity: 45,105)
6.Nizhny Novgorod:Nizhny Novgorod Stadium(Capacity: 44,899)
7.Samara:Cosmos Arena(Capacity: 44,918)
8.Volgograd:Volgograd Arena(Capacity: 45,015)
9.Saransk:Mordovia Arena(Capacity: 45,015)
10.Rostov-on-Don:Rostov Arena(Capacity: 43,702)
11.Yekaterinburg:Central Stadium(Capacity: 35,000)
12.Sochi:Fisht Olympic Stadium(Capacity: 47,659)
Magic meets the dream
Immense in size and spanning millennia in time, Russia is a land of magic. Its mystical and enchanting tales from years gone by will combine with the heartfelt generosity and ambition of its people to welcome the world in 2018, in an unmatched atmosphere of warmth and hospitality.
