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A Bid for History

The Russia 2018/2022 bid represents an historic chance for the FIFA World Cup™ brand to inspire Eastern Europe by choosing a Host Country from the former Soviet bloc. Our recognition of the incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that the tournament affords Russia has impacted and informed every aspect of our organization and planning.

From our Committee selection to our multi-cluster plan concept, the Russia 2018/2022 bid has been developed to meet our continued commitment to create an amazing tournament guaranteed to surprise our visitors and guests, while delivering on the ideals embodied by FIFA and its mission to build "a better future for the world by using the power and popularity of football."

Host Cities

Russia's FIFA World Cup™ plan is at once alluring and accessible. Our vast nation offers incomparably dynamic urban and natural settings for the FIFA World Cup™, with 16 football-specific stadiums located within 13 host cities in four major venue clusters. Each host city reveals a new world with distinctive culture and geography. Each city offers an attractive and inspiring atmosphere to enhance the world's greatest event-offering many distinctive, captivating, once-in-a-lifetime experiences in a single event. more >

Latest Bid News

  • 20.08.2010

    RUSSIA WOULD BE READY BY 2018

    FIFA Inspection Delegation Lauds Potential For Legacy, Russia Would Be Ready By 2018  more >

  • 18.08.2010

    FIFA INSPECTION DELEGATION VISITS SOCHI

    FIFA Inspection Delegation Visits Sochi, Concludes Presentations Before Returning to Moscow   more >

  • 18.08.2010

    FIFA INSPECTION DELEGATION MEETS TATARSTAN PRESIDENT IN KAZAN

    FIFA Inspection Delegation Meets Tatarstan President in Kazan, Inaugurates Three Training Centres   more >

  • 17.08.2010

    FIFA Delegation Received By Russian Prime Minister Putin

    FIFA Delegation Received by Russian Prime Minister Putin, Visits Luzhniki Stadium and Other World Cup Facilities  more >