World Cup 2018 - Bet-Helper

This is also the order page for our usual major tournaments analysis that covers all the 48 matches from the tournament kick-off until the last game of the Group Stage. So saving or bookmarking it might prove helpful.

This year's FIFA World Cup™ edition is being hosted for the first time by the Russian Federation who's bid was approved on December 2nd 2010 by the FIFA Executive Committee in Zurich. The Russian bid was preferred to two joint bids from Portugal & Spain and Belgium & The Netherlands.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ has the usual format for a finals tournament, starting with 32 teams divided in 8 groups of 4. The final draw for the Group Stage was held on December 1st 2017 at the Kremlin in Moscow and you can see the detailed groups listed in the table below.

             

QUALIFIED TEAMS
GROUP A			GROUP B			GROUP C			GROUP D
	Russia			Iran			Australia			Argentina
	Egypt			Morocco			Denmark			Croatia
	Saudi Arabia			Portugal			France			Iceland
	Uruguay			Spain			Peru			Nigeria
GROUP E			GROUP F			GROUP G			GROUP H
	Brazil			Germany			Belgium			Colombia
	Costa Rica			Mexico			England			Japan
	Serbia			South Korea			Panama			Poland
	Switzerland			Sweden			Tunisia			Senegal

Relevant 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ information
Category	Information	Resources
Official organization information	The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ is a FIFA regulated competition.  You can find both the direct page of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ and also the Russian Football Federation official website	2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Official            Russian Football Federation
Tournament duration	Starting date: Thursday, June 14th        Ending date: Sunday, July 15th        Total games to be played: 64	2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Schedule
Group Stage	Starting date: Thursday, June 14th        Ending date: Thursday, June 28th        Number of teams: 32        Total games to be played: 48	2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Schedule
Final Stage	Starting date: Saturday, June 30th        Ending date: Sunday, July 15th        Number of teams: 16        Total games to be played: 16	2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Schedule
Time zones	Being the largest country in the world the Russian Federation has 11 (eleven) official time zones, ranging from Kaliningrad (UTC+2) in the West to Kamchatka (UTC+12) in the East.	World Time Zones Map
Host city (time) / stadium / seats	Moscow (UTC+3) / Luzhniki Stadium / 81,000        Moscow (UTC+3) / Otkrytiye Arena/ 45,360        Kaliningrad (UTC+2) / Kaliningrad Stadium / 35,212        Kazan (UTC+3) / Kazan Arena / 45,379        Nizhny Novgorod (UTC+3) /  Nizhny Stadium/ 45,000        Rostov-on-Don (UTC+3) / Rostov Arena / 45,000        Saint Petersburg (UTC+3) / Krestovsky Stadium/ 68,134             Samara (UTC+4) / Cosmos Arena / 44,918        Saransk (UTC+3) / Mordovia Arena /  44,442        Sochi (UTC+3) / Fisht Olympic Stadium / 47,659        Volgograd (UTC+3) / Volgograd Arena / 45,568        Yekaterinburg (UTC+5) / Central Stadium / 35,696	Russian Football Federation
Tournament logo	The official competition's logo was once again designed with the contribution of the now closed Portuguese design agency Brandia Central.  It was unveiled in 2014 by Russian cosmonauts orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station. The logo itself symbolizes a "lift-off" movement of a ball with stylized windows, bringing football emotion and human excitement closer to the stars.
Tournament mascot	The mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ is a football playing wolf called Zabivaka™, roughly translated as "the scorer". It was presented on October 21st 2016 and it is the creation of Ekaterina Bocharova. The official selection was conducted online on the official FIFA website and it has seen the participation of more than 1 million voters.
Official ball	Adidas™ is, no surprise, the supplier of the official ball for this edition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia ™. The  name of the ball is "Telstar 18", like the first ever FIFA World Cup™ ball produced by Adidas™ in 1970, also the first to have the black & white pattern we know and it derives from the name of a telecommunications satellite back in the days. Telstar 18™ was presented in Moscow by Lionel Messi on November 9th 2017 and it has six panels.
2018 FIFA World Cup  Russia™ tickets	It is our strong recommendation to get your 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™  tickets from authorized sources ONLY. Since Russia has regulated matches access by requesting a special FAN ID please  follow the adjacent link to access the appropriate website.	Official FAN ID page      2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ tickets

No doubt that the 2018  World Cup™ edition is a going to be a hard  fought, interesting tournament to the end with some of the world's  greatest soccer forces competing for the most coveted international  trophy of nations. On their route to the final in Moscow all the  favorites and the surprising challengers that will arise will have to  prove their value even from the Group Stage, the first part of the  competition.

For the Group Stage of the tournament we've  prepared a comprehensive and extended edition of our special analysis  like we've done for ALL the finals international soccer tournaments  since 2010. And, of course, we've called it the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™  - Group Stage Special.

As usual our 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™  - Group Stage Special analysis includes:

• detailed team information for every qualified team;

                

Our previous similar documents are available for free download and you can judge for yourself if you could have found value in such a purchase. The success rates are listed to the right.

     

• The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Group Stage Special is available for free delivery starting from June 30th 2018.