FIFA WORLD CUP 2018

FIFA WORLD CUP 2018

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial universal football competition challenged by the men's national teams of the part relationship of FIFA. It is planned to happen in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the nation was granted the facilitating right child 2 December 2010. 

The last competition will include 32 national teams, which incorporate 31 teams decided through qualifying rivalries and the naturally qualified host team. Of the 32 teams, 20 will show up following the last competition in 2014, including guarding champions Germany, while Iceland and Panama will both show up at a FIFA World Cup. A sum of 64 matches will be played in 12 scenes situated in 11 urban communities. The last will occur on 15 July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. 

Teams 

Of the thirty-two countries fit the bill to play at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, twenty nations contended at the past release of the competition in 2014. Both Iceland and Panama met all requirements out of the blue, with the previous turning into the littlest nation regarding populace to achieve the World Cup. Different teams returning after non attendances of no less than three competitions include: Egypt, coming back to the finals following a 28-year non appearance from their last appearance in 1990; Morocco, who last contended in 1998; Peru, returning following a 36-year non attendance (since 1982); and Senegal, going after the second time in the wake of achieving the quarter-finals in 2002. It is the first run through three Nordic nations (Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) and four Arab nations(Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia) have met all requirements for the World Cup. 

Outstanding nations that neglected to qualify incorporate four-time champions Italy (out of the blue since 1958) and three-time sprinter up the Netherlands (out of the blue since 2002), and four ruling mainland champions: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winner Cameroon, two-time Copa Américachampion and 2017 Confederations Cup runner-up Chile, 2016 OFC Nations Cup winner New Zealand, and 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup champion United States (out of the blue since 1986). The other prominent qualifying streaks broken were for Ghana and Ivory Coast, who had both made the past three competitions. 

Pot 1

  Russia(65) (hosts)

  Germany(1)

  Brazil(2)

  Portugal(3)

  Argentina(4)

  Belgium(5)

  Poland(6)

  France(7)

Pot 2

  Spain (8)

  Peru (10)

   Switzerland(11)

  England(12)

  Colombia(13)

  Mexico (16)

  Uruguay(17)

  Croatia (18)

Pot 3

  Denmark(19)

  Iceland(21)

  Costa Rica(22)

  Sweden(25)

  Tunisia(28)

  Egypt(30)

  Senegal(32)

  Iran (34)

Pot 4

  Serbia (38)

  Nigeria (41)

  Australia(43)

  Japan (44)

  Morocco(48)

  Panama(49)

  South Korea(62)

  Saudi Arabia(63)

Squad 

Each team needed to name a fundamental squad of 35 players. From the starter squad, the team needed to name a last squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by 4 June. Players in the last squad might be supplanted because of genuine damage up to 24 hours preceding kickoff of the team's first match and such substitutions don't need been named in the starter squad. 

Preparation and cost 

Framework 

The Russian government reserved a financial plan of around $20 billion. which was later sliced to $10 billion for the arrangements of the World Cup, of which half is spent on transport framework. As a feature of the program for arrangement to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a government sub-program "Development and Renovation of Transport Infrastructure" was executed with an aggregate spending plan of 352.5 billion rubles, with 170.3 billion originating from the elected spending plan, 35.1 billion from territorial spending plans, and 147.1 billion from financial specialists. The greatest thing of government spending was the flying foundation (117.8 billion rubles). Development of new inns was a significant region of framework improvement in the World Cup have urban areas. 

Marketing 

Branding 

The competition logo was divulged on 28 October 2014 by cosmonauts at the International Space Station and afterward anticipated onto Moscow's Bolshoi Theatreduring a night TV program. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that the logo was propelled by "Russia's rich imaginative custom and its history of intense accomplishment and development", and FIFA President Sepp Blatter expressed that it mirrored the "essence" of the nation. 

For the branding, l typeface called Dusha (from Душа, Russian for soul) was made by Portuguese outline office Brandia Central in 2014. 

Ticketing 

The primary period of ticket deals began on 14 September 2017, 12:00 Moscow Time, and kept going until 12 October 2017. 

The general visa approach of Russia won't make a difference to members and observers, will's identity ready to visit Russia without a visa just previously and amid the opposition paying little mind to their citizenship.Spectators are in any case required to enroll for a "Fan-ID"— an exceptional photograph ID pass. A Fan-ID is required to enter the nation sans visa, while both a Fan-ID and international ID are required to enter matches. Fan-IDs likewise allow participants free access to open transport administrations, including transports and prepare benefit between coordinate destinations. Fan-ID is managed by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, who may renounce these accreditations whenever to "guarantee the protection ability or security of the state or open request". 

Official songs

The official songs of the competition is " Live It Up", with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi, released on 25 May. The FIFA World Cup Official Music Video was discharged on 8 June. 

Broadcasting rights 

In the United States, the 2018 World Cup will be the primary men's World Cup whose English rights will be held by Fox Sports, and Spanish rights held by Telemundo. The end of the U.S. national team in qualifying prompted worries that U.S. intrigue and viewership of this World Cup would be lessened (particularly among "easygoing" watchers keen on the U.S. team), particularly noticing the amount Fox paid for the rights, and that U.S. diversions at the 2014 World Cup crested at 16.5 million watchers. Amid a dispatch occasion before the end, Fox expressed that it had intended to put an auxiliary spotlight on the Mexican team in its scope to exploit their notoriety among U.S. watchers (figuring Hispanic and Latino Americans). Fox expressed that it was as yet dedicated to broadcasting a lot of scope for the competition.