FIFA World Cup 2018 semifinals schedule
- Viral Noax
- Jul 5, 2018
- 2 min read
While five-time champions Brazil, 1998 winner France and 1966 champion England are among the favourites to lift the FIFA World Cup on July 15 in Moscow, teams like 1930 and 1950 champion Uruguay, dark horse Belgium, host Russia, Sweden and Croatia have also shown a lot of spark to reach the last 8.
Photo Credit: Reuters Eight teams remain in FIFA World Cup 2018 after the end of the group stages and the Round of 16 (pre-quarterfinals) matches which saw 16 and eight teams going back home respectively. Now the battle to be crowned the football world champion is between France, Uruguay, Brazil, Belgium, Sweden, England, Russia and Croatia, who must battle it out in the quarterfinals for a place in the semifinals.
Some of the big names which bit the dust in the pre-quarters are Argentina, Spain and Portugal. While five-time champions Brazil, 1998 winner France and 1966 champion England are among the favourites to lift the FIFA World Cup on July 15 in Moscow, teams like 1930 and 1950 champion Uruguay, dark horse Belgium, host Russia, Sweden and Croatia have also shown a lot of spark to reach the last 8.
Below is the complete schedule of FIFA World Cup 2018 quarterfinals:
Quarterfinals Friday, 6 July France vs Uruguay Venue: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Time: 7:30 pm
Brazil vs Belgium Venue: Kazan Arena, Kazan Time: 11:30 pm
Saturday, 7 July Sweden vs England Venue: Samara Arena, Samara Time: 7:30 pm
Russia vs Croatia Venue: Fisht Stadium, Sochi Time: 11:30 pm
The first quarterfinal will see France lock horns with Uruguay on July 6 (Friday) at 7:30 pm Indian Standard Time (IST) at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod for a place in the semifinals. In the second match on the same day at 11:30 pm IST, Brazil and Belgium will play each other at Kazan Arena, Kazan to decide the second semifinalist.
On July 7 (Saturday), Sweden face England in the third quarterfinal at 7:30 pm IST in Samara Arena, Samara. The last semifinalist will be decided when Russia take on Croatia at 11:30 PM IST in Sochi’s Fisht Stadium.
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