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The World Cup is the most prestigious association football competition in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. [2] [3] The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.57 billion, close to half of the global population, [4] [5] while the engagement with the 2022 World Cup was estimated ...
The defending champions were France, who defeated Croatia 4–2 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final. [18] [19] The event was scheduled to take place under a reduced length, [20] from 20 November to 18 December in Qatar. [21] [22] [23] Being held in Qatar, it was the first World Cup tournament to be held in the Arab world. [24]
Pots 1, 2 and 3 for the second round draw contained the teams ranked 1–9, 10–18, and 19–26, respectively, while pot 4 contained placeholders for the ten first round ties. Nine teams were drawn from pot 4 first and placed in position 4 of each group.
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The teams had met on four previous occasions, with three wins for Brazil and one draw. Two of these encounters took place in the World Cup group stage, with Brazil winning both matches: 1–0 in 2006 and 3–1 in 2014 (Brazil was hosting the World Cup at the time, with the victory being the opening match of that tournament). [39]
Examples with single round-robin scheduling include the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, and UEFA Cup (2004–2009) in football, Super Rugby (rugby union) in the Southern Hemisphere during its past iterations as Super 12 and Super 14 (but not in its later 15- and 18-team formats), the Cricket World Cup along with Indian ...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, [2] will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
The FIFAe World Cup, formerly the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) and the FIFA eWorld Cup, is an esports tournament series held by FIFA. [1] From its inception until 2023, the tournaments were held on the latest incarnation of the FIFA association football video game series.