Description

The knockout stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It will begin on 30 June with the round of 16 and end on 15 July with the final match, held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The top two teams from each group (16 in total) will advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third place play-off will also be played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.All times listed are local time.

Venues: Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, Volgograd, Yaroslavl, and Yekaterinburg.

Total number of Stadiums: 12

1. Samara: Samara Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000)
2. Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000)
3. Volgograd: Volgograd Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000)
4. Ekaterinburg: Ekaterinburg Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 35,000)
5. Saransk: Mordovia Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 44,000)
6. Rostov-on-Don: Rostov Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000)
7. Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 35,000)
8. Kazan: Kazan Arena (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000)
9. Moscow: Spartak Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000)
10. Sochi: Fisht Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 45,000)
11. Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 67,000)
12. Moscow: Luzhniki Stadium (seating capacity during the FIFA World Cup: 80,000)

2018 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals