The World Football Championships, held every four years, are the most prestigious championship in this sport. Fans from all over the world are eagerly awaiting the next World Cup. 2018 is the time of regular battles for the title of the best national team in the world.
The joy of Russian football fans knew no bounds when the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was announced in Zurich, Switzerland on December 2, 2010. From that day on, millions of fans began to plan their future trip to the cities chosen as the "hosts" of the upcoming World Cup.
According to the tournament regulations, the matches of the football championship of the planet will be held in 11 cities of our country.
Moscow
The main city of the World Cup will be the capital of our Motherland. In Moscow, two stadiums received the right to host tournament matches. Among them are the restored Luzhniki, where the opening and final matches will take place, and the new arena of Moscow's Spartak.
St. Petersburg
Especially for the 2018 World Cup, the wonderful Krestovsky stadium was built in the northern capital of Russia. The arena has already hosted the Confederations Cup matches. FIFA representatives highly appreciated the level of the tournament and the infrastructure in this city.
Kazan
The main city of Tatarstan could not remain without World Cup matches. Built and commissioned in 2013, Kazan Arena will gladly provide forty-five thousand fans with places to watch live matches.
Sochi
Sochi will be the southernmost city of the World Cup. Here, football fans can not only enjoy the tournament with their own eyes, but also swim in the waters of the Black Sea, visit the Olympic facilities.
Yekaterinburg
The capital of the Urals has not yet acquired a 100% ready arena, but very soon the new stadium will be put into operation. The city is surprisingly transforming and preparing to receive numerous guests.
Samara
In Samara, where football traditions are very long, the infrastructure has been undergoing transformation for several years. Although the new arena with a capacity of 45 thousand people has not yet been completed, the city authorities guarantee the delivery of all the necessary facilities on time.
Among the rest of the cities in which preparations for the reception of the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches are continuing, the following should be highlighted. A big holiday will come to the capital of Mordovia, Saransk, and to one of the largest cities in Russia in terms of population - Nizhny Novgorod. Volgograd, Kaliningrad and Rostov-on-Don are ready to welcome guests of the World Cup from all over the world.
