The 21st FIFA World Cup will be hosted in Russia in June and July 2018. It is the first time that the event has ever been held in the country and will also become the first World Cup held across more than one continent, namely Europe and Asia.

• World Cup History
• World Cup 2010
• World Cup 2014
• World Cup 2022

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There are 11 cities that will host games:

• Kaliningrad
• Kazan

• Moscow
• Nizhny Novgorod
• Rostov-on-Don
• Saint Petersburg
• Samara
• Saransk
• Sochi
• Volgograd

• Yekaterinburg

The qualification process for the 2018 World Cup has not yet been announced.