2018 FIFA World Cup matches

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FIFA World Cup matches football matches collection

The 2018 FIFA World Cup matches were the official football games played during the 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup, held in Russia and featuring 32 national teams competing for the world title.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
2018 FIFA World Cup group stage match Japan vs Poland 1
2018 FIFA World Cup group stage match Saudi Arabia vs Egypt 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
football matches collection ⓘ
ballSupplier Adidas ⓘ
ballUsed Adidas Telstar 18 ⓘ
confederationsRepresented AFC ⓘ
CAF ⓘ
CONCACAF ⓘ
CONMEBOL ⓘ
OFC ⓘ
UEFA ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
endDate 2018-07-15 ⓘ
finalMatch France vs Croatia ⓘ
finalVenue Luzhniki Stadium ⓘ
firstWorldCupWithVAR true ⓘ
frequencyContext quadrennial tournament ⓘ
genderCategory men's football ⓘ
groupsLabelled Group A ⓘ
Group B ⓘ
Group C ⓘ
Group D ⓘ
Group E ⓘ
Group F ⓘ
Group G ⓘ
Group H ⓘ
hostCitiesCount 11 ⓘ
hostCountry Russia ⓘ
hostStadiumsCount 12 ⓘ
knockoutFormat single-elimination ⓘ
level senior national teams ⓘ
nextEditionMatches 2022 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
surface form: 2022 FIFA World Cup matches
numberOfGroups 8 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 32 ⓘ
openingMatch Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russia vs Saudi Arabia
openingMatchVenue Luzhniki Stadium ⓘ
organizer FIFA ⓘ
partOf 2018 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
previousEditionMatches 2014 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
stageIncluded final ⓘ
group stage ⓘ
quarter-finals ⓘ
round of 16 ⓘ
semi-finals ⓘ
third place play-off ⓘ
startDate 2018-06-14 ⓘ
tieBreaker extra time ⓘ
penalty shoot-out ⓘ
timeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
tournamentEdition 2018 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
surface form: 21st FIFA World Cup
videoAssistantRefereeUsed true ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kazan → hostedEvent → 2018 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
Nizhny Novgorod → hostedEvent → 2018 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
Volgograd → hostedEvent → 2018 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
Volgograd Arena → hostedEvent → 2018 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage match Saudi Arabia vs Egypt
Volgograd Arena → hostedEvent → 2018 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage match Japan vs Poland