Jose Sanchez
Research expert covering society, economy, & politics for Latin America
FIFA World Cup 2018 - Statistics & Facts
The 2018 FIFA football World Cup tournament, which took place in Russia between June 14 and July 15 2018, was the 21st edition of the quadrennially held international soccer competition. It was the first time the competition was held in Eastern Europe, as Russia became the eighth European nation to host the tournament. The selection of Russia as host of the world cup makes them the largest country geographically to ever host the tournament, while Qatar鈥攖he succeeding host nation, scheduled to host the tournament in 2022鈥攚ill not only become the first Middle-Eastern nation to host the tournament, but will also become the smallest country geographically to ever do so.
