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2018 RUSSIA

Mbappé arrives. France's second star. Croatia's fairytale ends in Moscow.

The Final

How it ended

2018-07-15 · Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance
78,011
Referee
Néstor Pitana (ARG)
Venue
Luzhniki Stadium
City
Moscow
Individual honours

Awards

The numbers

By the figures

32
Teams
64
Matches
169
Goals
2.64 per game
3,031,768
Attendance
avg 47,371
The tournament

Format, mascot, ball

Format
Group stage + knockout
Dates
2018-06-14
→ 2018-07-15
Mascot
Zabivaka (a wolf)
Match ball
Telstar 18
Poster
Lev Yashin tribute — keeper's hands and Soviet space motifs
Footnote

First VAR-officiated World Cup. Mbappé became the first teen since Pelé to score in a final.

Phase 2 adds full squads, group standings, knockout bracket, and every match