2018 FIFA World Cup (Football Future's Scenario)

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This will be the first World Cup ever held in Eastern Europe, and the first held in Europe since.

Host selection
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Qualification
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Apart from Russia, who qualified automatically for the tournament as the hosts, all FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the qualification process.

The qualifying draw took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg on 25 July 2015 at 18:00 local time (UTC+3).


 * Debut: Bhutan, Gibraltar, Kosovo, South Sudan.
 * Disqualified: Indonesia, Zimbabwe.

Qualified teams

 * Flag of Iran.svg
 * 3 or 4 other teams
 * 3 or 4 other teams


 * 5 teams
 * 5 teams


 * 3 or 4 teams
 * 3 or 4 teams


 * Flag of Brazil.svg
 * 3 or 4 other teams
 * 3 or 4 other teams


 * Flag of Russia.svg (hosts)
 * 12 other teams
 * 12 other teams


 * 0 or 1 teams
 * 0 or 1 teams