20/KOOC-0/8 The World Cup in Russia was held in/KOOC-0/2 stadiums in 8 cities in Russia from June/KOOC-0/4 to July/KOOC-0/5. This is the first time that the World Cup has been held in Russia, and it is also the first time that the World Cup has been held in Eastern European countries. 2018 July 16, France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final of this World Cup and won the World Cup again after 20 years.
Croatia also achieved the best result (runner-up) in team history in this World Cup. Croatian midfielder luka modric, English center harry kane and Belgian goalkeeper thibaut courtois won the Golden Globe Award, Golden Boot Award and Golden Glove Award respectively. French striker Kylian Mbappé won the Best Rookie Award.
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In addition to the host Russian National Football Association, 365,438+0 teams from five continental football associations have qualified for the World Cup finals, and each continental football association holds its own preliminaries to decide the final qualifying team. Among them, Panama and Iceland advanced to the World Cup finals for the first time in history. The number of participants in the World Cup qualifiers is: Europe 14, Africa 5, South America 4.5, Asia 4.5, Central and North America and the Caribbean 3.5 and Oceania 0.5. In the play-off system of 20 18, the fifth place in Asia played against the fourth place in Central and North America, and the fifth place in South America competed with Oceania 1 for a place. For details, please refer to: 20 18 Russia World Cup qualifiers.