FIFA World Cup 2018 at a glance

FIFA World Cup 2018 at a glance which is going to be another history. This time Russia is the hosting country. Total financial contribution for FIFA World Cup 2018 is 791 million USD which is higher than all the FIFA World Cup events. The second highest contribution was 576 million USD by Brasil in FIFA World Cup 2014. The champion will get 38M USD, the runner-up will get 28M USD and third-place team will get 24M USD. This time 32 countries are participating in 8 groups.

• Five teams from Africa - Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia.
• Five teams from Asia - Australia, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, and, Saudi Arabia
• Five teams from South America - Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay Three teams from North, Central America and the Caribbean - Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama.
• Fourteen teams from Europe - Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the title holder Germany.

Panama and Iceland are the newcomers in FIFA World Cup 2018. But unfortunately, Italy did not qualified for the Russia world cup which hearted many football supporters. Russia as host automatically qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2018 and no country qualified from Oceania.

FIFA World Cup 2018 at a glance

FIFA World Cup 2018 official partners are - Adidas, Coca-Cola, Wanda, Gazprom, Hyundai, Visa and Qatar Airways. FIFA World Cup 2018 Official sponsors are - Budweiser, Hisense, McDonald's, Mengniu and Vivo and five companies will be supporting as FIFA World Cup 2018 Regional Supporter, those are - Alfa Bank, Alrosa, Rostelecom and Russia Railways for Europeans and Yadea for Asians as Asian Regional Supporter.

The name of official Mascot for FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia is Wolf Zabivaka. The tradition of the Official FIFA World Cup Mascot has been in place for more than 50 years. Zabivaka™ means “the one who scores” in Russian, a very suitable name for this wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence. The Official Mascot will play a very important role in the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

The wolf will not only promote the event and entertain crowds at the stadiums, but also become an ambassador for Russia and a worldwide ‘celebrity’. Zabivaka™ was named only after the most engaging creative process for an Official Mascot in FIFA World Cup history. More than one million Russians cast their votes on FIFA.com during the month-long voting period and the big reveal was done during a live show on Russia’s Channel 1.

The name of the official FIFA World Cup 2018 ball is "Telstar 18" by Adidas. A reinvention of a classic model with a brand-new panel design and the latest technology: in an exciting re-imagining, Adidas today revealed the official match ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, which pays homage to the first-ever Adidas World Cup ball.

According to FIFA World Cup History (from 1930 - 2014), 77 countries participants for FIFA, 8 nations got FIFA title, 836 matches were held in 20 tournaments. 7342 player played and they made 2379 goals. Over 37 million spectators watch the matches live from the stadiums those are situated 16 hosting countries and billions of people watched the match live on televisions, radio, and internet.