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