![]() ![]() The English Football Association and others raised concerns of bribery on the part of the Russian team and corruption from FIFA members. England, which was bidding to host its second tournament, was eliminated in the first round. The Portugal/Spain bid came second, and that from Belgium/Netherlands third. ![]() Russia won the right to be the 2018 host in the second round of voting. The 22-member FIFA Executive Committee convened in Zürich on 2 December 2010 to vote to select the hosts of both tournaments. As such, there were eventually four bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, two of which were joint bids: England, Russia, Netherlands/Belgium, and Portugal/Spain. During the bidding process, the three remaining non- UEFA nations (Australia, Japan, and the United States) gradually withdrew from the 2018 bids, and the UEFA nations were thus ruled out of the 2022 bid. Initially, nine countries placed bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but Mexico later withdrew from proceedings, and Indonesia's bid was rejected by FIFA in February 2010 after the Indonesian government failed to submit a letter to support the bid. The bidding procedure to host the 20 FIFA World Cup tournaments began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest. It was the fourth time in the last five World Cups that the holders had been eliminated in the opening stage of the tournament after France in 2002, Italy in 2010 and Spain in 2014. It was the first time since the 1938 FIFA World Cup that a German side did not advance from the first stage of a World Cup tournament. On 27 June 2018, the defending champions, Germany, were knocked out in the group stage. France won the match 4–2 to claim their second World Cup title. The final took place on 15 July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, with France and Croatia competing for the World Cup. A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues located in 11 cities. Of the 32 teams, 20 was making back-to-back appearances following the last tournament in 2014, including defending champions Germany, while Iceland and Panama both made their first appearances at a FIFA World Cup. The final tournament involved 32 national teams, which included 31 teams determined through qualifying competitions and the automatically qualified host team. All of the stadium venues are in European Russia to keep travel time manageable. This was the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany, the first ever to be held in Eastern Europe and the eleventh time that it has been held in Europe. ![]() It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. ![]()
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