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Hosts Russia will kick off the 2018 World
Cup finals in 100 days against Saudi
Arabia in Moscow, while defending
champions Germany will start against
Mexico.
Five-time winners Brazil will face
Switzerland in their first Group E match
with Costa Rica and Serbia making up one
of the harder groups.
European champions Portugal will play
neighbours Spain in their first match in
Group B, while Argentina were placed in
Group D with newcomers Iceland, Croatia
and Nigeria.
England will face the other debut nation
Panama in Group G, but open against
Tunisia before facing the group's top seeds
Belgium.
Groups
GROUP A
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Uruguay
GROUP B
Portugal
Spain
Morocco
Iran
GROUP C
France
Australia
Peru
Denmark
GROUP D
Argentina
Iceland
Croatia
Nigeria
GROUP E
Brazil
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Serbia
GROUP F
Germany
Mexico
Sweden
Korea Republic
GROUP G
Belgium
Panama
Tunisia
England
GROUP H
Poland
Senegal
Colombia
Japan
Fixtures
Thursday, June 14: Russia v Saudi Arabia
(Luzhniki)
Friday, June 15: Egypt v Uruguay
(Ekaterinburg)
Friday, June 15: Morocco v Iran (St
Petersburg)
Friday, June 15: Portugal v Spain (Sochi)
Saturday, June 16: France v Australia
(Kazan)
Saturday, June 16: Argentina v Iceland
(Spartak)
Saturday, June 16: Peru v Denmark
(Saransk)
Saturday, June 16: Croatia v Nigeria
(Kaliningrad)
Sunday, June 17: Costa Rica v Serbia
(Samara)
Sunday, June 17: Germany v Mexico
(Luzhniki)
Sunday, June 17: Brazil v Switzerland
(Rostov-on-Don)
Monday, June 18: Sweden v Korea Republic
(Nizhny Novgorod)
Monday, June 18: Belgium v Panama (Sochi)
Monday, June 18: Tunisia v England
(Volgograd)
Tuesday, June 19: Poland v Senegal
(Spartak)
Tuesday, June 19: Colombia v Japan
(Saransk)
Tuesday, June 19: Russia v Egypt (St
Petersburg)
Wednesday, June 20: Portugal v Morocco
(Luzhniki)
Wednesday, June 20: Uruguay v Saudi
Arabia (Rostov-on-Don)
Wednesday, June 20: Iran v Spain (Kazan)
Thursday, June 21: France v Peru
(Ekaterinburg)
Thursday, June 21: Denmark v Australia
(Samara)
Thursday, June 21: Argentina v Croatia
(Nizhny Novgorod)
Friday, June 22: Brazil v Costa Rica (St
Petersburg)
Friday, June 22: Nigeria v Iceland
(Volgograd)
Friday, June 22: Serbia v Switzerland
(Kaliningrad)
Saturday, June 23: Belgium v Tunisia
(Spartak)
Saturday, June 23: Germany v Sweden
(Sochi)
Saturday, June 23: Korea Republic v Mexico
(Rostov-on-Don)
Sunday, June 24: England v Panama
(Nizhny Novgorod)
Sunday, June 24: Japan v Senegal
(Ekaterinburg)
Sunday, June 24: Poland v Colombia
(Kazan)
Monday, June 25: Uruguay v Russia
(Samara)
Monday, June 25: Saudi Arabia v Egypt
(Volgograd)
Monday, June 25: Spain v Morocco
(Kaliningrad)
Monday, June 25: Iran v Portugal (Saransk)
Tuesday, June 26: Denmark v France
(Luzhniki)
Tuesday, June 26: Australia v Peru (Sochi)
Tuesday, June 26: Nigeria v Argentina (St
Petersburg)
Tuesday, June 26: Iceland v Croatia (Rostov-
on-Don)
Wednesday, June 27: Korea Republic v
Germany (Kazan)
Wednesday, June 27: Mexico v Sweden
(Ekaterinburg)
Wednesday, June 27: Serbia v Brazil
(Spartak)
Wednesday, June 27: Switzerland v Costa
Rica (Nizhny Novgorod)
Thursday, June 28: Japan v Poland
(Volgograd)
Thursday, June 28: Senegal v Colombia
(Samara)
Thursday, June 28: England v Belgium
(Kaliningrad)
Thursday, June 28: Panama v Tunisia
(Saransk)
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