Bidding process:
20 10 On May 4th, Russia submitted its official bid for the 20 18 World Cup to FIFA. 18 10 On 9 October, the Russian Football Association announced that Russia had officially launched the bid for the 20 18 World Cup. FIFA announced the whole process of bidding for the 20 18 World Cup through official website.
Nine candidates (including 1 1 country) made their final statements and introductions on February 2, 65438. After the presentation of the bidding country, FIFA called the Executive Committee for discussion, and 22 members of the Executive Committee began to vote. Finally, FIFA President Joseph Blatter opened the envelope and announced the result on February 2, 65438, Central European Time.
Group draw:
20 17 12 1, the draw ceremony for the final stage of this tournament was held in the Russian Kremlin. The top 32 players in the final stage of this tournament are divided into 8 groups. All teams are divided into four grades, among which the host Russia, as the first seed team, automatically falls into the position of A 1.
Other teams entered the first (seed team), the second, the third and the fourth gear in turn according to the FIFA world ranking in June 20 17. The classification principle is based on the FIFA World Ranking +2007+65438 published on June 6, 2007.
Each grade is divided into 8 teams, and each grade is randomly selected 1 team for grouping, which is divided into A-H group. The principle of grouping is to avoid teams from the same continent except Europe, and teams belonging to the same FIFA will not be assigned to the same group. At the same time, due to the large number of participating teams in UEFA, there can only be two European teams in the same group at most.
Activity lineup:
In addition to the host Russian National Football Association, 365,438+0 teams from five continental football associations have qualified for the World Cup finals, and each continental football association holds its own preliminaries to decide the final qualifying team. Among them, Panama and Iceland advanced to the World Cup finals for the first time in history.