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World Cup 2018 team-by-team schedules: Matchups, dates, times, locations

The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow will host the 2018 World Cup final. (Getty)
The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow will host the 2018 World Cup final. (Getty)

The 2018 World Cup Draw is complete. That not only means the groups are set for next summer’s tournament in Russia; it means the schedule is set, too. Matchups, dates, kickoff times, locations – they are all now official.

Below is a team-by-team schedule, with those opponents, those dates, those kickoff times and those locations. But first, so you get a sense of where the host cities are, here’s a map of Russia, with the 11 markers highlighting the 11 cities that will stage matches next summer:

Map made using National Geographic’s mapmaker tool. (Henry Bushnell/Yahoo Sports)
Map made using National Geographic’s mapmaker tool. (Henry Bushnell/Yahoo Sports)

A day-by-day schedule of matches can be found here. A printable match grid, with locations, dates, and times, can be found here.

Now, to the team-by-team schedules for the group stage:

NOTE: All times ET. Six post-draw changes to kickoff times are accounted for.

GROUP A

Russia
Saudi Arabia — Thursday, June 14 | 11 a.m. | Moscow
Egypt — Tuesday, June 19 | 2 p.m. | Saint Petersburg
Uruguay — Monday, June 25 | 10 a.m. | Samara

Saudi Arabia
Russia — Thursday, June 14 | 11 a.m. | Moscow
Uruguay — Wednesday, June 20 | 11 a.m. | Rostov-on-Don
Egypt — Monday, June 25 | 10 a.m. | Volgograd

Egypt
Uruguay — Friday, June 15 | 8 a.m. | Yekaterinburg
Russia — Tuesday, June 19 | 2 p.m. | Saint Petersburg
Saudi Arabia — Monday, June 25 | 10 a.m. | Volgograd

Uruguay
Egypt — Friday, June 15 | 8 a.m. | Yekaterinburg
Saudi Arabia — Wednesday, June 20 | 11 a.m. | Rostov-on-Don
Russia — Monday, June 25 | 10 a.m. | Samara

GROUP B

Portugal
Spain — Friday, June 15 | 2 p.m. | Sochi
Morocco — Wednesday, June 20 | 8 a.m. | Moscow
Iran — Monday, June 25 | 2 p.m. | Saransk

Spain
Portugal — Friday, June 15 | 2 p.m. | Sochi
Iran — Wednesday, June 20 | 2 p.m. | Kazan
Morocco — Monday, June 25 | 2 p.m. | Kaliningrad

Morocco
Iran — Friday, June 15 | 11 a.m. | Saint Petersburg
Portugal — Wednesday, June 20 | 8 a.m. | Moscow
Spain — Monday, June 25 | 2 p.m. | Kaliningrad

Iran
Morocco — Friday, June 15 | 11 a.m. | Saint Petersburg
Spain — Wednesday, June 20 | 2 p.m. | Kazan
Portugal — Monday, June 25 | 2 p.m. | Saransk

GROUP C

France
Australia — Saturday, June 16 | 6 a.m. | Kazan
Peru — Thursday, June 21 | 11 a.m. | Yekaterinburg
Denmark — Tuesday, June 26 | 10 a.m. | Moscow

Australia
France — Saturday, June 16 | 6 a.m. | Kazan
Denmark — Thursday, June 21 | 8 a.m. | Samara
Peru — Tuesday, June 26 | 10 a.m. | Sochi

Peru
Denmark — Saturday, June 16 | Noon | Saransk
France — Thursday, June 21 | 11 a.m. | Yekaterinburg
Australia — Tuesday, June 26 | 10 a.m. | Sochi

Denmark
Peru — Saturday, June 16 | Noon | Saransk
Australia — Thursday, June 21 | 8 a.m. | Samara
France — Tuesday, June 26 | 10 a.m. | Moscow

GROUP D

Argentina
Iceland — Saturday, June 16 | 9 a.m. | Moscow
Croatia — Thursday, June 21 | 2 p.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
Nigeria — Tuesday, June 26 | 2 p.m. |Saint Petersburg

Iceland
Argentina — Saturday, June 16 | 9 a.m. | Moscow
Nigeria — Friday, June 22 | 11 a.m. | Volgograd
Croatia — Tuesday, June 26 | 2 p.m. | Rostov-on-Don

Croatia
Nigeria — Saturday, June 16 | 3 p.m. | Kaliningrad
Argentina — Thursday, June 21 | 2 p.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
Iceland — Tuesday, June 26 | 2 p.m. | Rostov-on-Don

Nigeria
Croatia — Saturday, June 16 | 3 p.m. | Kaliningrad
Iceland — Friday, June 22 | 11 a.m. | Volgograd
Argentina — Tuesday, June 26 | 2 p.m. | Saint Petersburg

GROUP E

Brazil
Switzerland — Sunday, June 17 | 2 p.m. | Rostov-on-Don
Costa Rica — Friday, June 22 | 8 a.m. | Saint Petersburg
Serbia — Wednesday, June 27 | 2 p.m. | Moscow

Switzerland
Brazil — Sunday, June 17 | 2 p.m. | Rostov-on-Don
Serbia — Friday, June 22 | 2 p.m. | Kaliningrad
Costa Rica — Wednesday, June 27 | 2 p.m. | Nizhny Novgorod

Costa Rica
Serbia — Sunday, June 17 | 8 a.m. | Samara
Brazil — Friday, June 22 | 8 a.m. | Saint Petersburg
Switzerland — Wednesday, June 27 | 2 p.m. | Nizhny Novgorod

Serbia
Costa Rica — Sunday, June 17 | 8 a.m. | Samara
Switzerland — Friday, June 22 | 2 p.m. | Kaliningrad
Brazil — Wednesday, June 27 | 2 p.m. | Moscow

GROUP F

Germany
Mexico — Sunday, June 17 | 11 a.m. | Moscow
Sweden — Saturday, June 23 | 2 p.m. | Sochi
South Korea — Wednesday, June 27 | 10 a.m. | Kazan

Mexico
Germany — Sunday, June 17 | 11 a.m. | Moscow
South Korea — Saturday, June 23 | 11 a.m. | Rostov-on-Don
Sweden — Wednesday, June 27 | 10 a.m. | Yekaterinburg

Sweden
South Korea — Monday, June 18 | 8 a.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
Germany — Saturday, June 23 | 2 p.m. | Sochi
Mexico — Wednesday, June 27 | 10 a.m. | Yekaterinburg

South Korea
Sweden — Monday, June 18 | 8 a.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
Mexico — Saturday, June 23 | 11 a.m. | Rostov-on-Don
Germany — Wednesday, June 27 | 10 a.m. | Kazan

GROUP G

Belgium
Panama — Monday, June 18 | 11 a.m. | Sochi
Tunisia — Saturday, June 23 | 8 a.m. | Moscow
England — Thursday, June 28 | 2 p.m. | Kaliningrad

Panama
Belgium — Monday, June 18 | 11 a.m. | Sochi
England — Sunday, June 24 | 8 a.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
Tunisia — Thursday, June 28 | 2 p.m. | Saransk

Tunisia
England — Monday, June 18 | 2 p.m. | Volgograd
Belgium — Saturday, June 23 | 8 a.m. | Moscow
Panama — Thursday, June 28 | 2 p.m. | Saransk

England
Tunisia — Monday, June 18 | 2 p.m. | Volgograd
Panama — Sunday, June 24 | 8 a.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
Belgium — Thursday, June 28 | 2 p.m. | Kaliningrad

GROUP H

Poland
Senegal — Tuesday, June 19 | 11 a.m. | Moscow
Colombia — Sunday, June 24 | 2 p.m. | Kazan
Japan — Thursday, June 28 | 10 a.m. | Volgograd

Senegal
Poland — Tuesday, June 19 | 11 a.m. | Moscow
Japan — Sunday, June 24 | 11 a.m. | Yekaterinburg
Colombia — Thursday, June 28 | 10 a.m. | Samara

Colombia
Japan — Tuesday, June 19 | 8 a.m. | Saransk
Poland — Sunday, June 24 | 2 p.m. | Kazan
Senegal — Thursday, June 28 | 10 a.m. | Samara

Japan
Colombia — Tuesday, June 19 | 8 a.m. | Saransk
Senegal — Sunday, June 24 | 11 a.m. | Yekaterinburg
Poland — Thursday, June 28 | 10 a.m. | Volgograd

KNOCKOUT ROUNDS

1C v 2D — Saturday, June 30 | 10 a.m. | Kazan
1A v 2B — Saturday, June 30 | 2 p.m. | Sochi
1B v 2A — Sunday, July 1 | 10 a.m. | Moscow
1D v 2C — Sunday, July 1 | 2 p.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
1E v 2F — Monday, July 2 | 10 a.m. | Samara
1G v 2H — Monday, July 2 | 2 p.m. | Rostov-on-Don
1F v 2E — Tuesday, July 3 | 10 a.m. | Saint Petersburg
1H v 2G — Tuesday, July 3 | 2 p.m. | Moscow

1C/2D v 1A/2B — Friday, July 6 | 10 a.m. | Nizhny Novgorod
1E/2F v 1G/2H — Friday, July 6 | 2 p.m. | Kazan
1F/2E v 1H/2G — Saturday, July 7 | 10 a.m. | Samara
1B/2A v 1D/2C — Saturday, July 7 | 2 p.m. | Sochi

Winners, first two quarterfinals — Tuesday, July 10 | 2 p.m. | Saint Petersburg
Winners, second two quarterfinals — Wednesday, July 11 | 2 p.m. | Moscow

Third place match — Saturday, July 14 | 8 a.m. | Saint Petersburg

Final — Sunday, July 15 | 11 a.m. | Moscow

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