• Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Football Attendances
  • Football Finalists
  • Football Finances
  • Football on social media
  • Large stadiums
  • Stadium news
World of Stadiums
Mail us
World of Stadiums
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Stadium news

The Samara Arena and the 2018 FIFA World Cup

  • 26 April 2018
  • World of Stadiums

Stadium news #3

In 2010, Joseph Blatter announced that Russia was chosen to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup and that Qatar was chosen to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Russia and Qatar never hosted a FIFA World Cup match. Qatar is scheduled to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup match in the Middle East. The world championship for national football teams in Russia is scheduled to take place from 14 June to 15 July. The matches are planned to be played in Kaliningrad, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Volgograd and Yekaterinburg. Moscow is scheduled to host the final of the tournament and it will probably become the only city with two 2018 FIFA World Cup venues.

The stadium in Samara

The Samara Arena in Samara is planned to be one of the 12 venues for the FIFA World Cup. All 2018 FIFA World Cup stadiums require a minimum capacity of 30,000 according to FIFA, the highest governing body of football. The Samara Arena failed to be ready in December 2017. Later, it failed to be ready in March. The latest deadline for the opening of the venue is in April, a few weeks before the start of the FIFA World Cup. The future home of football club Krylia Sovetov won’t be completely ready by then, but it will probably meet the minimal requirements to safely hold a game.

Matches at the Samara Arena and the first-ever FIFA World Cup

The Samara Arena will probably host its first FIFA World Cup match on 17 June 2018, when the national football team of Costa Rica is scheduled to face Serbia. Australia, Colombia, Denmark, Russia, Senegal and Uruguay are also scheduled to play one FIFA World Cup group stage match at the stadium. The national football team of Uruguay won the first-ever edition of the FIFA World Cup, which took place in Uruguay in 1930.

World of Stadiums

Previous Article
  • Stadium news

New home for NYCFC?

  • 23 April 2018
  • World of Stadiums
View Post
Next Article
  • Stadium news

Will the King Power Stadium be expanded?

  • 1 May 2018
  • World of Stadiums
View Post
You May Also Like
View Post
  • Stadium news

The expansion of the Anfield Road Stand

  • World of Stadiums
  • 20 January 2023
View Post
  • Stadium news

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

  • World of Stadiums
  • 19 December 2022
View Post
  • Stadium news

The stadium disaster in Indonesia

  • World of Stadiums
  • 6 October 2022
View Post
  • Stadium news

A roof for the Teslim Balogun Stadium

  • World of Stadiums
  • 24 July 2022
View Post
  • Stadium news

The plans of Paris Saint-Germain

  • World of Stadiums
  • 23 July 2022
View Post
  • Stadium news

A new stadium in Riyadh?

  • World of Stadiums
  • 21 July 2022
View Post
  • Stadium news

A new football stadium in Nashville

  • World of Stadiums
  • 4 April 2022
View Post
  • Stadium news

Old Trafford might be demolished or renovated

  • World of Stadiums
  • 3 April 2022

Input your search keywords and press Enter.