2018 World Cup: A guide to the grounds hosting games in Russia
2018 World Cup: A guide to the grounds hosting games in Russia
Spread over 1,800 miles from the exclave of Kaliningrad on the coast of the Baltic Sea to Ekaterinburg, at the base of the Ural mountains, 12 stadiums across Russia will host the 64 matches that comprise the 2018 World Cup.
The biggest scene is additionally one of the most up to date - with the 81,000-limit Luzhniki Stadium just revived in 2018 on the site of the old ground in Moscow.
It is here that the principal diversion will be hung on 14 June and furthermore the last, after 31 days.
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
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| Luzhniki Stadium |
Capacity: 81,006*
Opened: 1956 (reopened after development work in 2018)
Climate: Average highs of 23C and lows of 18C with a 50% chance of rain
Time Zone: BST +2 hours
Location: Russia's capital city, Moscow, is arranged on the Moskva River in the west of the nation. The stadium is in parkland in a curve of the stream, around six kilometres south-west of the downtown area.
Background: The Luzhniki Stadium, at first named the Central Lenin Stadium, has seen both triumph and frightfulness. It was developed in only 450 days in the vicinity of 1955 and 1956 - an impression of the developing desire of the then Soviet government after the Union's competitors had come back from their first Olympics, in Helsinki in 1952, with 71 awards.
With an underlying limit of a little more than 100,000, the stadium was the focal setting of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. It was here that Allan Wells took 100m gold for Great Britain and Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe arranged their now incredible tussles over both 800m and 1500m. Be that as it may, disaster struck two years after the fact when 66 individuals passed on in a scramble for the exit amid the end phases of a Uefa Cup coordinate between Spartak Moscow and Dutch side HFC Haarlem.
Widely remodeled amid the 1990s, amid which it was renamed Luzhniki (which is a harsh interpretation of the Russian word for 'knolls' and alludes to the surge glades on the twist of the Moskva River where the stadium is constructed), it has since facilitated the 1999 Uefa Cup last, in which Parma vanquished Marseille, and the 2008 Champions League last, which saw Manchester United beat Chelsea on punishments.
Amid redevelopment work for the 2018 World Cup, the stands were separated into two levels and the games track evacuated, with the outside of the stadium safeguarded. This late spring, it will end up being the fifth stadium to have facilitated the finals of the World Cup, the European Cup/Champions League and included as a fundamental stadium of the late spring Olympics.
Group matches: Russia v Saudi Arabia (Thursday, 14 June, 16:00 BST), Germany v Mexico (Sunday, 17 June, 16:00 BST), Portugal v Morocco (Wednesday, 20 June, 13:00 BST), Denmark v France (Tuesday, 26 June, 15:00 BST).
Knockout matches: Last 16 - victors of Group B v sprinters up of Group A (Sunday, 1 July, 15:00 BST), semi-last 2 (Wednesday, 11 July, 19:00 BST), last (Sunday, 15 July, 16:00 BST).
Spartak Stadium, Moscow
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| Spartak Stadium |
Capacity: 43,298*
Opened: 2014
Climate: Average highs of 23C and lows of 18C with a 50% chance of rain
Time Zone: BST +2 hours
Location: North-west Moscow
Background: Spartak Stadium (which is its official title amid the World Cup, transformed from the Otkritie Arena) is the main changeless home of 22-time Soviet/Russian champions Spartak Moscow. Preceding its opening in 2014, Spartak played in various distinctive scenes in Moscow, including the Luzhniki.
Arranged on the site of Moscow's previous runway in the region of Tushino, the stadium facilitated its first match on 5 September 2014, in which Spartak drew 1-1 with Red Star Belgrade.
The outside plan of the stadium highlights many associated jewels, reminiscent of chainmail. These are shaded by the red and white of Spartak, however, can be changed to mirror the groups playing.
Group matches: Argentina v Iceland (Saturday, 16 June, 14:00 BST), Poland v Senegal (Tuesday, 19 June, 16:00 BST), Belgium v Tunisia (Saturday, 23 June, 13:00 BST), Serbia v Brazil (Wednesday, 27 June, 19:00 BST).
Knockout matches: Last 16 - champs of Group H v sprinters up of Group G (Tuesday, 3 July, 19:00 BST).
