2018 FIFA World Cup JUNE 15 — JULY 16 Competition schedule All times (when TV coverage starts) and dates New Zealand . All games live on Sky Sport 3 and 4. * Live on free-to-air Prime. (Kicko time half an hour later) 0 Top two from each group progress to knockout stage FIFA rank at time of draw

65 63 30 17 3 8 48 34 7 43 10 19 4 21 18 41 June A Russia Saudi Arabia Egypt Uruguay June B Portugal Morocco Iran June C France Australia Peru Denmark June D Argentina Iceland Croatia Nigeria 15 2.30am* Russia Saudi Arabia 16 2.30am Morocco Iran St Petersburg 16 9.30pm France Australia 17 12.30am Argentina Iceland Moscow 15 11.30pm Egypt Uruguay Yekaterinburg 5.30am* Portugal Spain Sochi 17 3.30am* Peru Denmark 6.30am Croatia Nigeria Kaliningrad 20 5.30am Russia Egypt St Petersburg 20 11.30pm* Portugal Morocco Moscow 21 11.30pm Denmark Australia Samara 22 5.30am* Argentina Croatia Nizhny 21 2.30am Uruguay Saudi Arabia Rostov 21 5.30am Iran Spain Kazan 22 2.30am France Peru Yekaterinburg 23 2.30am Nigeria Iceland Volgograd 26 1.30am* Uruguay Russia Samara 26 5.30am Iran Portugal Saransk 27 1.30am Denmark France Moscow 27 5.30am Nigeria Argentina St Petersburg 1.30am Saudi Arabia Egypt Volgograd 5.30am Spain Morocco Kaliningrad 1.30am Australia Peru Sochi 5.30am* Iceland Croatia Rostov PWDLFA Pts PWDLFJeremy RichardsonA Pts PWDLFA Pts PWDLFA Pts 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4

2 11 22 38 1 16 25 62 5 49 28 12 6 32 13 44 Roll call of June E Brazil Switzerland Serbia Costa Rica June F Germany Mexico Sweden Sth Korea June G Belgium Panama Tunisia England June H Senegal Colombia Japan 17 11.30pm Costa Rica Serbia Samara 18 2.30am Germany Mexico Moscow 19 2.30am Belgium Panama Sochi 19 11.30pm Colombia Japan Saransk Champions 18 5.30am* Brazil Switzerland Rostov 11.30pm Sweden South Korea Nizhny 5.30am* Tunisia England Volgograd 20 2.30am* Poland Senegal Moscow 1930 Uruguay 4-2 Argentina 22 11.30pm Brazil Costa Rica St Petersburg 24 2.30am* South Korea Mexico Rostov 23 11.30pm Belgium Tunisia Moscow 25 2.30am Japan Senegal Yekaterinburg 1934 2-1 Czechoslovakia 23 5.30am* Serbia Switzerland Kaliningrad 5.30am Germany Sweden Sochi 24 11.30pm England Panama Nizhny 5.30am* Poland Colombia Kazan 1938 Italy 4-2 Hungary 28 5.30am Serbia Brazil Moscow 28 1.30am* Mexico SwedenYekaterinburg 29 5.30am* England Belgium Kaliningrad 29 1.30am Japan Poland Volgograd 1950 Uruguay 2-1 Brazil 5.30amSwitzerland Costa Rica Nizhny 1.30am South Korea Germany Kazan 5.30am Panama Tunisia Saransk 1.30am Senegal Colombia Samara 1954 W Germany 3-2 Hungary PWDLFA Pts PWDLFA Pts PWDLFA Pts PWDLFA Pts 1958 Brazil 5-2 Sweden 1 1 1 1 1962 Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia 1966 England West Germany 2 2 2 2 4-2 1970 Brazil 4-1 Italy 3 3 3 3 1974 W Germany 2-1 Netherlands 4 4 4 4 1978 Argentina 3-1 Netherlands 1982 Italy 3-1 West Germany 1986 Argentina 3-2 West Germany Knockout stage 1990 W Germany 1-0 Argentina If scores level aer 90 minutes, matches go into extra time. Venues 1994 Brazil (3-2)* 0-0 Italy Matches remaining level decided on penalties. RUSSIA 1998 France 3-0 Brazil Stadium 2002 Brazil 2-0 Germany Second stage 67,000 Moscow: Yekaterinburg: July 1, 1.30am Sochi Ekaterinburg 2006 Italy (5-3)* 1-1 France Kaliningrad Capacity: 80,000 Arena 2010 Spain 1-0 Netherlands A1 Quarter- nals Stadium Spartak Stadium 35,000 35,000 45,000 2014 Germany 1-0 Argentina July 7, 1.30am* Nizhny * Penalties B2 Kazan Arena 45,000 July 1, 5.30am Kazan Stadium 45,000 Samara Arena Saransk: 45,000 C1 Semi nal Arena 44,000 July 11, 5.30am* St Petersburg D2 Volgograd Arena July 3, 1.30am Samara 45,000 45,000 Brazil’s Neymar Sochi: Fisht is con dent of E1 Olympic playing despite foot Stadium Second stage surgery in March. F2 July 7, 5.30am* Kazan 48,000 July 2, 1.30am Moscow July 16, 2.30am* Final Moscow July 3, 5.30am Rostov Quarter- nals B1 G1 July 8, 1.30am Sochi A2 H2 July 2, 5.30am* Nizhny Semi nal D1 Winning feeling July 12, 5.30am* Moscow C2 Victory for Germany would equal Brazil’s ve World Cup crowns and be the rst successive title win since 1962 July 4, 1.30am St Petersburg Luzhniki Stadium BRAZIL World Cup games won: 70 Capacity: 80,000 Third-place F1 GERMANY 66 July 15, 1.30am St Petersburg July 8, 5.30am Samara E2 ITALY* 45 ARGENTINA 42 July 4, 5.30am* Moscow SPAIN 29 H1 FRANCE 28 NETHERLANDS* 27 Opened in 1956 as Central Lenin Stadium, agship Reopened in Nov 2017 aer four-year, €350m G2 *Did not qualify for stadium of Communist Russia — hosted 1980 Summer renovation to expand roof structure, increase FIFA World ENGLAND 26 World Cup 2018 Olympics and Champions League nal in 2008. capacity and preserve iconic Soviet facade. Cup Trophy

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