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FIFA World Cup 2018 Important Highlights
FIFA World Cup 2018 Award winners - Golden Boot, Ball , Glove & others

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FIFA World Cup 2018 Important Highlights

The FIFA World Cup 2018 was the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the
men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years. It took place in Russia from 14
June to 15 July 2018. This was the 1st World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe, and the 11th time that it had been
held in Europe.

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In The FIFA World Cup 2018 , the finals involved 32 teams, of which 31 came through qualifying competitions,
while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 32 teams, 20 had also appeared in the last tournament in
2014, while both Iceland and Panama made their first appearances at a FIFA World Cup. A total of 64 matches were
played in 12 venues across 11 cities. The FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match took place on 15 July at the Luzhniki
Stadium in Moscow, with France and Croatia competing for the World Cup. In this final match, France won the
match 4–2 to claim their second World Cup title.

Important points About FIFA World Cup 2018

• The opening ceremony of FIFA World Cup 2018 took place on 14 June 2018, at the Luzhniki Stadium in
Moscow and the opening match of the tournament between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia.
• The FIFA World Cup official match ball of the 2018 World Cup group stage was "Telstar 18", based on the
name and design of the first Adidas World Cup ball from 1970. It was introduced on 9 November 2017.
• The Prize money for the champion team will be 38 million US Dollars.
• Zabivaka is the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
• The official song of the tournament is "Live It Up", with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi.
• First time in the history of world cup VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system would be used.
• McDonald's is the official food partner for the World Cup 2018.
• The FIFA World Cup 2018 tournament would be played across 11 cities and 12 stadiums.
• Iceland and Panama would make their World Cup debut this year.
• Luzhniki stadium in Moscow has a capacity of 81,000 people and is the biggest stadium rebuilt in Russia on
the occasion of World Cup.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match Highlights

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match France Vs Croatia
FIFA World Cup 2018 Winner France (Beating Croatia 4-2)
FIFA World Cup 2018 Runner Up Croatia
FIFA World Cup 2018 3rd Position Belgium
FIFA World Cup 2018 4th Position England

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 FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match stadium Luzhniki stadium in Russia

FIFA World Cup 2018 Award Winner List

FIFA World Cup 2018 Winner France (Beating Croatia 4-2)
Adidas Golden Ball Award Luka Modric (Croatia)
Adidas Golden Boot Award Harry Kane (England)
Adidas Golden Glove Award Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
Fifa Young Player Award Kylian Mbappe's (19-year-old – France)
Fifa Fair Play Trophy Spain
Man of The Match Antoine Griezmann (France)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Statistics

Total Match 64
Top Scorers • Harry Kane – England ( 6 Goal)
• Antoine Griezmann – France ( 4 Goal)
• Romelu Lukaku – Belgium ( 3 Goal)
Total Goals 169
Total Yellow Cards 219
Total Red Cards 4
Top Goals by Team Belgium ( 16 Goal)

FIFA World Cup – History

• The first World Cup was conducted in Uruguay in 1930 and was also won by the host nation.
• Brazil is the only nation to play in each tournament.
• The World Cup has been held 20 times since 1930 and Brazil has won the maximum number of times i.e
five.
• Italy and Germany hold the second place with four wins each.
• 2014 FIFA World Cup broke all records with approximately 3.2 billion fans who watched the matches all
over the world and an average of 53,000 spectators per match.
• Just once in the history of World Cup, two countries were host nations. South Korea and Japan both were
host nations in 2002.
• The World Cup was skipped in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
Least number of teams participated in 1950. Just 13 teams played after India, Turkey and Scotland withdrew.

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 List of FIFA World Cup 2018 Award Winners

Today we are providing you with an article on the List of FIFA World Cup 2018 Award winners - Golden Boot, Ball
,Glove & others in PDF format. One or two questions are expected in upcoming exams. France lifted their second
ever World Cup title since 1998, concluding the month-long extravaganza after they beat Croatia 4-2 at the Luzhniki
stadium in Russia.

FIFA World Cup - Golden Ball Award

The adidas Golden Ball was won by Croatia's Luka Modric as the competition’s best player. Members of the FIFA
Technical Study Group determined the winner at the conclusion of the Final. Belgium's Eden Hazard and France's
Antoine Griezmann finished second and third to receive the adidas Silver Ball and adidas Bronze Ball respectively.

Presented to the outstanding player at each FIFA World Cup since 1982, the adidas Golden Ball award has always
highlighted truly exceptional players. The full list of winners:-

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 World Cup Match Winner
FIFA World Cup 2018 Luka Modric (Croatia)
FIFA World Cup 2014 Lionel Messi (Argentina)
FIFA World Cup 2010 Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
FIFA World Cup 2006 Zinedine Zidane (France)
FIFA World Cup 2002 Oliver Kahn (Germany)
FIFA World Cup 1998 Ronaldo (Brazil)
FIFA World Cup 1994 Romario (Brazil)
FIFA World Cup 1990 Salvatore Schillaci (Italy)
FIFA World Cup 1986 Diego Maradona (Argentina)
FIFA World Cup 1982 Paolo Rossi (Italy)

FIFA World Cup - Golden Boot Award

England's Harry Kane finished as the leading goalscorer at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ to win the adidas Golden
Boot. France's Antoine Griezmann and Belgium's Romelu Lukakufinished second and third respectively. If two or
more players are tied on goals, the winner is determined by total assists. If assists cannot split them, the players
who played the least minutes will emerge with the prize.

The adidas Golden Boot accolade is coveted by every top striker on the planet, but only the highest scorers at the
FIFA World Cup™ finals are awarded it. Here is the list of winners:-

World Cup Match Winner

FIFA World Cup 2018 Harry Kane (England) 6 goals
FIFA World Cup 2014 James Rodríguez (Colombia) 6 Goals
FIFA World Cup 2010 Thomas Muller (Germany ) 5 Goals
FIFA World Cup 2006 Miroslav Klose (Germany) 5 Goals
FIFA World Cup 2002 Ronaldo (Brazil) 8 Goals
FIFA World Cup 1998 Davor Suker (Croatia) 6 Goals
FIFA World Cup 1994 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia) 6
Goals

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 FIFA World Cup 1990 Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) 6 Goals
FIFA World Cup 1986 Gary Lineker (England) 6 Goals
FIFA World Cup 1982 Paolo Rossi (Italy) 6 Goals

FIFA World Cup - Golden Glove Award

Belgium's Thibaut Courtois won the adidas Golden Glove as the tournament’s best goalkeeper, as decided by the
FIFA Technical Study Group. Iker Casillas, Oliver Kahn and Gianluigi Buffon are amongst the previous winners. Until
2006, the award was called the Yashin Award in honour of the former goalkeeper Lev Yashin. Here are the list of
winners:

World Cup Match Winner

FIFA World Cup 2018 Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
FIFA World Cup 2014 Manuel Neuer (Germany)
FIFA World Cup 2010 Iker Casillas (Spain)
FIFA World Cup 2006 Gianluigi Buffon (ITA)
FIFA World Cup 2002 Oliver Kahn (GER)
FIFA World Cup 1998 Fabien Barthez (FRA)
FIFA World Cup 1994 Michel Preud’homme (BEL)

FIFA World Cup - FIFA Young Player Award

France's Kylian Mbappe won the FIFA Young Player award. The award was created to recognise the impact made by
young footballers in the FIFA World Cup. The tournament is constantly being rejuvenated by fresh talent – many of
these players are relatively unknown even before the opening ceremony, but emerge as household names after the
event.

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 World Cup Match Winner
FIFA World Cup 2018 Kylian Mbappe (France)
FIFA World Cup 2014 Paul Pogba (France)

FIFA World Cup - Fair Play Trophy

Spain won the Fair Play Trophy which goes to the team with the tournament’s best disciplinary record. The winner
is selected by the FIFA Technical Study Group.

World Cup Match Winner

FIFA World Cup 2018 Spain
FIFA World Cup 2014 Colombia

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