The coming 2018 World Cup Football in Russia was and still is a highly controversial matter. The qualification rounds are played around the world, right as we speak. The general testing tournament for the world cup is, as is usual, played 1 year in advance, in June 2017. This is the Confederation Cup. The opening match of the world cup is played on 14th of June 2018 and the final is taking place on 15th of July 2018. This feast will be watched by millions of spectators on tv and by tens of thousands of fans in the stadiums. Tickets for the Confed Cup can be ordered in advance at Fifa.com. The ticket sales for the World Cup will start in 2018.

Regardless whether one wants to go to the Confed Cup or World Cup, Russia has a visa obligation. This means that, just like with football, one should trust professionals. Visaworld.ch is the visa specialist in Switzerland, with further offices in Austria and Moscow, and can help you obtain your visa.

DIFFERENCE CONFED CUP AND WORLD CUP

While the World Cup has 32 participating countries, the Confed Cup only has 8. The World Cup is played in 12 stadiums and the smaller Confed Cup only in 4. The national teams will qualify this year for the World Cup.

The 8 participating nations for the Confed Cup are already known and include the following teams:

• Russia, as host
• Germany, as World Cup winner 2014
• Australia, as Asia Cup winner 2015
• Chile, as winner of the Copa America 2015
• Mexico, as winner of the CONCACAF Cup 2015
• New Zealand, as winner of the cup of Oceania in 2016
• Portugal, as winner of the European Cup in 2016
• winner of the African Cup 2017

The matches are played in Moscow (Spartak Stadium), St. Petersburg (Stadium) and Sotschi (Fisht Stadium) and Kazan (Kazan Arena).

These are the stadiums for the World Cup 2018:

• Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow)
• St. Petersburg Stadium (St. Petersburg)
• Fisht Stadium (Sotschi)
• Kazan Arena (Kazan)
• Mordwine Arena (Saransk)
• Wolgograd Arena (Wolgograd)
• Samara Arena (Samara)
• Rostow Arena (Rostow)
• Spartak Stadium (Moscow)
• Jekaterinburg Arena (Jekaterinburg)
• Kaliningrad Stadium (Kaliningrad)
• Nischi-Nowgorod Stadium (Nischi Nowgorod)

The ball is rolling towards the World Cup 2018 in Russia and makes a short stop at the Confed Cup. We are looking forward to a special football feast and say „sdráßtwujti“ to Russia.

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