Setting the Stage: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

By: Carolina Herrera

 

2018 FIFA World Cup: Russia: Dates:

June 14, 2018- July 15, 2018

Russia World Cup 2018- In Numbers

  • Teams: 32
  • Playing Venues: 12
  • Matches: 65
  • Opening match: Luzhniki Stadium
  • Final: Luzhniki Stadium
  • Largest Venue: Luzhniki Stadium (81,000 seats)
  • Smallest Venue: Kaliningrad Stadium (35, 212 seats)

Host Cities and Their Respective Stadiums

Moscow


Luzhniki Stadium
Address:
ул. Лужники, 24, Москва, г. Москва,
Russia, 119048
+7 495 780-08-08

Otkrytiye Arena
Address:
Volokolamskoye sh., 69, Moskva,
Russia, 125424
+7 495 530-95-01

Saint Petersburg


Saint Petersburg Stadium
Address:
Futbol’naya Alleya,
1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia,
197110

Kazan


Kazan Arena
Address:
пр-кт Ямашева, 115 А, Kazan,
Respublika Tatarstan, Russia, 421001
+7 843 245-34-34

Sochi


Olympic Stadium Fisht
Address:
Olympic Ave, Adler, Krasnodarskiy kray,
Russia, 354340

Volgograd


Central Stadium
Address:
пр-кт. В.И. Ленина, 76, Volgograd,
Volgogradskaya oblast’, Russia, 400005

Ekaterinburg


Central Stadium
Address:
Ulitsa Repina, 5, Yekaterinburg,
Sverdlovskaya oblast’, Russia, 620028

Kaliningrad


Kaliningrad Stadium
Address:
Solnechnyy Bul’var, Konigsberg,
Kaliningradskaya oblast’, Russia,
236006

Nizhny Novgord


Stadio Nizhniy Novgorod
Address:
Ulitsa Dolzhanskaya, 2А корпус 1,
Nizhnij Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya
oblast’, Russia, 603159

Rostov-on-Don


Rostov Arena
Address:
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast,
Russia, 344002

Samara


Cosmos Samara Stadium
Address:
Ulitsa Dal’nyaya, Samara, Samarskaya
oblast’, Russia, 443072

Saransk


Mordovia Arena
Address:
Volgogradskaya Ulitsa, 1, Saransk,
Respublika Mordoviya, Russia, 430009

 

Russian National Anthem 

Lyrics of the National Anthem 

Russia National Anthem: Video with the Lyrics 

 

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Sources:

FIFA World Cup 2018 Stadiums.” The Stadium Guide. Accessed April 19, 2018. http://www.stadiumguide.com/tournaments/fifa-world-cup-2018/.

“Fifa World Cup Russia 2018 | Минспорт России.” Schedule | 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Accessed April 20, 2018. http://welcome2018.com/en/matches/.

FIFA.com. “2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ – Destination.” FIFA.com. Accessed April 20, 2018. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/.

FIFA.com. “RUSSIA.” FIFA.com. January 01, 1900. Accessed April 19, 2018. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/stories/y=2017/m=11/news=russia-2921194.html.