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You have reached a degraded version of ESPN.com because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.For a complete ESPN.com experience, please upgrade or use aESPN staff2y2018 FIFA World Cup daily scheduleThe World Cup kicks off on June 14 when hosts Russia take on Saudi Arabia. The final takes place in Moscow on July 15.Group stage: June 14-28June 14Group A: Russia vs.
Saudi Arabia (Moscow Luzhniki; 11 a.m. GMT)June 15A: Egypt vs. Uruguay (Ekaterinburg; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m. GMT)B: Morocco vs.
Iran (St Petersburg; 11 a.m. GMT)B: Portugal vs. Spain (Sochi; 2 p.m.
GMT)June 16C: France vs. Australia (Kazan; 6 a.m. GMT)D: Argentina vs. Iceland (Moscow Spartak; 9 a.m. GMT)C: Peru vs. Denmark (Saransk; Noon ET / 4 p.m.
GMT)D: Croatia vs. Nigeria (Kaliningrad; 3 p.m. GMT)June 17E: Costa Rica vs.
Serbia (Samara; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m.
GMT)F: Germany vs. Mexico (Moscow Luzhniki; 11 a.m.
GMT)E: Brazil vs. Switzerland (Rostov-on-Don; 2 p.m. GMT)June 18F: Sweden vs. South Korea (Nizhny Novgorod; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m.
GMT)G: Belgium vs. Panama (Sochi; 11 a.m. GMT)G: Tunisia vs. England (Volgograd; 2 p.m. GMT)June 19H: Colombia vs.
Japan (Saransk; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m. GMT)H: Poland vs. Senegal (Moscow Spartak; 11 a.m. GMT)A: Russia vs. Egypt (St Petersburg; 2 p.m. GMT)June 20B: Portugal vs.
Morocco (Moscow Luzhniki; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m. GMT)A: Uruguay vs. Saudi Arabia (Rostov-on-Don; 11 a.m. GMT)B: Iran vs. Spain (Kazan; 2 p.m.
GMT)June 21C: Denmark vs. Australia (Samara; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m. GMT)C: France vs. Peru (Ekaterinburg; 11 a.m. GMT)D: Argentina vs. Croatia (Nizhny Novgorod; 2 p.m.
GMT)June 22E: Brazil vs. Costa Rica (St Petersburg; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m. GMT)D: Nigeria vs. Iceland (Volgograd; 11 a.m. GMT)E: Serbia vs. Switzerland (Kaliningrad; 2 p.m.
GMT)June 23G: Belgium vs. Tunisia (Moscow Spartak; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m. GMT)F: South Korea vs. Mexico (Rostov-on-Don; 11 a.m.
GMT)F: Germany vs. Sweden (Sochi; 2 p.m. GMT)June 24G: England vs. Panama (Nizhny Novgorod; 8 a.m. ET / noon p.m. GMT)H: Japan vs.
Senegal (Ekaterinburg; 11 a.m. GMT)H: Poland vs. Colombia (Kazan; 2 p.m.
GMT)June 25A: Uruguay vs. Russia (Samara; 10 a.m. GMT)A: Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt (Volgograd; 10 a.m. GMT)B: Iran vs.
Portugal (Saransk; 2 p.m. GMT)B: Spain vs. Morocco (Kaliningrad; 2 p.m. GMT)June 26C: Denmark vs. France (Moscow; 10 a.m.
GMT)C: Australia vs. Space funeral 3. Peru (Sochi; 10 a.m. GMT)D: Nigeria vs. Argentina (St Petersburg; 2 p.m.
GMT)D: Iceland vs. Croatia (Rostov-on-Don; 2 p.m.
GMT)June 27F: Mexico vs. Sweden (Ekaterinburg; 10 a.m.
GMT)F: South Korea vs. Germany (Kazan; 10 a.m. GMT)E: Serbia vs.
Brazil (Moscow Spartak; 2 p.m. GMT)E: Switzerland vs. Costa Rica (Nizhny Novgorod; 2 p.m. GMT)June 28H: Japan vs. Poland (Volgograd; 10 a.m. GMT)H: Senegal vs.
Colombia (Samara; 10 a.m. GMT)G: Panama vs. Tunisia (Saransk; 2 p.m. GMT)G: England vs. Belgium (Kaliningrad; 2 p.m. GMT)Round of 16: June 30 - July 3June 30Match 50: Winner Group C vs.
Runner-up Group D (Kazan; 10 a.m. GMT)Match 49: Winner Group A vs.
Runner-up Group B (Sochi; 2 p.m. GMT)July 1Match 51: Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group A (Moscow Luzhniki; 10 a.m.
GMT)Match 52: Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group C (Nizhny Novgorod; 2 p.m. GMT)July 2Match 53: Winner Group E vs. Runner-up Group F (Samara; 10 a.m. GMT)Match 54: Winner Group G vs. Runner-up Group H (Rostov-on-Don; 2 p.m. GMT)July 3Match 55: Winner Group F vs.
Runner-up Group E (St Petersburg; 10 a.m. GMT)Match 56: Winner Group H vs. Runner-up Group G (Moscow Spartak; 2 p.m. GMT)Quarterfinals: July 6-7July 6Match 57: Winner of Match 49 vs.
Winner of Match 50 (Nizhny Novgorod; 10 a.m. GMT)Match 58: Winner of Match 53 vs. Winner of Match 54 (Kazan; 2 p.m. GMT)July 7Match 59: Winner of Match 55 vs. Winner of Match 56 (Samara; 10 a.m. GMT)Match 60: Winner of Match 51 vs.
Winner of Match 52 (Sochi; 2 p.m. GMT)Semifinals: July 10-11July 10Match 61: Winner of Match 57 vs. Winner of Match 58 (St Petersburg; 2 p.m. GMT)July 11Match 62: Winner of Match 59 vs. Winner of Match 60 (Moscow Luzhniki; 2 p.m.
GMT)Third-place game: July 14Loser of Match 61 vs. Loser of Match 62 (St Petersburg; 10 a.m.
GMT)Final: July 15Winner of Match 61 vs. Winner of Match 62 (Moscow Luzhniki; 11 a.m. GMT)© 2020 ESPN Internet Ventures. And are applicable to you. All rights reserved.More From ESPN:.
→The 2026 FIFA World Cup (: Copa Mundial de la FIFA de 2026;: Coupe du monde de la FIFA de 2026) will be the 23rd, the quadrennial international men's championship contested by the of the member associations of. The tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries; 60 matches, including the quarterfinals, semi-finals, and the final, will be hosted by the United States while neighboring Canada and Mexico will each host 10 matches. The tournament will be the first hosted by three nations.The beat a during a final vote at the 68th in. It will be the first World Cup since that will be hosted by more than one nation and the first by more than two. With its past hosting of the and tournaments, Mexico will become the first country to host or co-host the men's World Cups three times. The United States last hosted the World Cup in, whereas it will be Canada's first time hosting or co-hosting the tournament.The 2026 World Cup will also see the tournament expanded from 32 to 48 teams.
Contents.Format , who was then the, had suggested in October 2013 an expansion of the tournament to 40 teams, an idea that FIFA president also suggested in March 2016. A desire to increase the number of participants in the tournament from the previous 32 team format was announced on October 4, 2016. Four expansion options were considered:. Expand to 40 teams (8 groups of 5 teams) – 88 matches. Expand to 40 teams (10 groups of 4 teams) – 76 matches. Expand to 48 teams (opening 32-team playoff round) – 80 matches. Expand to 48 teams (16 groups of 3 teams) – 80 matchesOn January 10, 2017, the voted unanimously to expand to a 48-team tournament.The tournament will open with a group stage consisting of 16 groups of three teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to a starting with a round of 32 teams.
The number of games played overall will increase from 64 to 80, but the number of games played by finalists remains at seven, the same as with 32 teams. Each team will play one fewer group match than under the previous format, compensating for the additional knockout round. The tournament will also be completed within 32 days, the same as previous 32-team tournaments. Slot allocation On March 30, 2017, the Bureau of the (composed of the FIFA president and the presidents of each of the six confederations) proposed a slot allocation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The recommendation was submitted for the ratification by the.On May 9, 2017, two days before the 67th, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation in a meeting in, Bahrain. It includes an intercontinental playoff tournament involving six teams to decide the last two FIFA World Cup berths.
Map of the World with the six confederationsThe FIFA Council went back and forth between 2013 and 2017 on limitations within hosting rotation based on the continental confederations. Originally, it was set that bids to be host would not be allowed from countries belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding tournaments. It was temporarily changed to only prohibit countries belonging to the confederation that hosted the previous World Cup from bidding to host the following tournament, before the rule was changed back to its prior state of two World Cups.
However, the FIFA Council did make an exception to potentially grant eligibility to member associations of the confederation of the second-to-last host of the FIFA World Cup in the event that none of the received bids fulfill the strict technical and financial requirements. In March 2017, FIFA president confirmed that 'Europe and Asia are excluded from the bidding following the selection of and in 2018 and 2022 respectively.' Therefore, the 2026 World Cup could be hosted by one of the remaining four confederations: (North America; last hosted in ), (Africa; last hosted in ), (South America; last hosted in ), or (Oceania, never hosted before), or potentially by UEFA in case no bid from those four met the requirements.
Map of World Cup hosts stayed after the announcement of the 2026 edition hostsCo-hosting the FIFA World Cup—which had been banned by FIFA after the 2002 World Cup—was approved for the 2026 World Cup, though not limited to a specific number but instead evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Also for 2026, the FIFA general secretariat, after consultation with the Competitions Committee, had the power to exclude bidders who did not meet the minimum technical requirements to host the competition.Canada, Mexico and the United States had all publicly considered bidding for the tournament separately, but the United joint bid was announced on April 10, 2017. Main article:The voting took place on June 13, 2018, during FIFA's annual congress in Moscow, and it was reopened to all eligible members. The United bid won receiving 134 valid ballots, while the Morocco bid received 65 valid ballots. Upon the selection, Canada becomes the fifth country to host both men's and —the latter was in —Mexico becomes the first country to host three men's World Cups—previously in and —and the United States becomes the first country to host both men's and women's World Cup twice each—having hosted the and the and World Cups.NationVoteRound 1Canada, Mexico, United States134Morocco65None of the bids1Abstentions3Total votes200Qualification The 2026 World Cup's qualification process has yet to be decided.
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