FIFA World Cup 2018

[Lineker]

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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
 SOUTH KOREA

GROUP G

 BELGIUM
 PANAMA
 TUNISIA
 ENGLAND

GROUP H

 POLAND
 SENEGAL
 COLOMBIA
 JAPAN

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Group stage
14 June: Russia v Saudi Arabia (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 7.45pm, Group A)
15 June: Egypt v Uruguay (Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg, 1pm, Group A)
15 June: Morocco v Iran (Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, 4pm, Group B)
15 June: Portugal v Spain (Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, 7pm, Group B)
16 June: France v Australia (Kazan Arena, Kazan, 11am, Group C)
16 June: Argentina v Iceland (Otkrytie Arena, Moscow, 2pm, Group D)
16 June: Peru v Denmark (Mordovia Arena, Saransk, 5pm, Group C)
16 June: Croatia v Nigeria (Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, 8pm, Group D)
17 June: Costa Rica v Serbia (Samara Arena, Samara, 1pm, Group E)
17 June: Germany v Mexico (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 4pm, Group F)
17 June: Brazil v Switzerland (Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, 7pm, Group E)
18 June: Sweden v South Korea (Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, 1pm, Group F)
18 June: Belgium v Panama (Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, 4pm, Group G)
18 June: Tunisia v England (Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, 7pm, Group G)
19 June: Poland v Senegal (Otkrytie Arena, Moscow, 1pm, Group H)
19 June: Colombia v Japan (Mordovia Arena, Saransk, 4pm, Group H)
19 June: Russia v Egypt (Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, 7pm, Group A)
20 June: Portugal v Morocco (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 1pm, Group B)
20 June: Uruguay v Saudi Arabia (Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, 4pm, Group A)
20 June: Iran v Spain (Kazan Arena, Kazan, 7pm, Group B)
21 June: France v Peru (Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg, 1pm, Group C)
21 June: Denmark v Australia (Samara Arena, Samara, 4pm, Group C)
21 June: Argentina v Croatia (Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, 7pm, Group D)
22 June: Brazil v Costa Rica (Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, 1pm, Group E)
22 June: Nigeria v Iceland (Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, 4pm, Group D)
22 June: Serbia v Switzerland (Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, 7pm, Group E)
23 June: Belgium v Tunisia (Otkrytie Arena, Moscow, 1pm, Group G)
23 June: Germany v Sweden (Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, 4pm, Group F)
23 June: South Korea v Mexico (Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, 7pm, Group F)
24 June: England v Panama (Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, 1pm, Group G)
24 June: Japan v Senegal (Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg, 4pm, Group H)
24 June: Poland v Colombia (Kazan Arena, Kazan, 7pm, Group H)
25 June: Saudi Arabia v Egypt (Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, 3pm, Group A)
25 June: Uruguay v Russia (Samara Arena, Samara, 3pm, Group A)
25 June: Iran v Portugal (Mordovia Arena, Saransk, 7pm, Group B)
25 June: Spain v Morocco (Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, 7pm, Group B)
26 June: Australia v Peru (Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, 3pm, Group C)
26 June: Denmark v France (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 3pm, Group C)
26 June: Iceland v Croatia (Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, 7pm, Group D)
26 June: Nigeria v Argentina (Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, 7pm, Group D)
27 June: South Korea v Germany (Kazan Arena, Kazan, 3pm, Group F)
27 June: Mexico v Sweden (Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg, 3pm, Group F)
27 June: Serbia v Brazil (Otkrytie Arena, Moscow, 7pm, Group E)
27 June: Switzerland v Costa Rica (Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, 7pm, Group E)
28 June: Japan v Poland (Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, 3pm, Group H)
28 June: Senegal v Colombia (Samara Arena, Samara, 3pm, Group H)
28 June: England v Belgium (Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, 7pm, Group G)
28 June: Panama v Tunisia (Mordovia Arena, Saransk, 7pm. Group G)

Round of 16
30 June: Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D (Kazan Arena, Kazan, 3pm, R16 1)
30 June: A1 v B2 (Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, 7pm, R16 2)
1 July: B1 v A2 (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 3pm, R16 3)
1 July: D1 v C2 (Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, 7pm, R16 4)
2 July: E1 v F2 (Samara Arena, Samara, 3pm, R16 5)
2 July: G1 v H2 (Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, 7pm, R16 6)
3 July: F1 v E2 (Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, 3pm, R16 7)
3 July: H1 v G2 (Otkrytie Arena, Moscow, 7pm, R16 8)

Quarter-finals
6 July: Winner R16 1 v Winner R16 2 (Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, 3pm)
6 July: Winner R16 5 v Winner R16 6 (Kazan Arena, Kazan, 7pm)
7 July: Winner R16 7 v Winner R16 8 (Samara Arena, Samara, 1pm)
7 July: Winner R16 3 v Winner R16 4 (Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, 7pm)

Semi-finals
10 July: Winner QF1 v Winner QF 2 (Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, 7pm)
11 July: Winner QF3 v Winner QF 4 (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 7pm)

Third-placed play-off
14 July: Loser SF1 v Loser SF 2 (Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, 3pm)

Final
15 July: Winner SF1 v Winner SF 2 (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 4pm)

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[Bobfoc]

I look forward to the draws for major tournaments, so I'm annoyed that I'll be working during this one.

[King Ellis]

I thought you and Rich already had a well established thread for this? Myke's been dying to post in it for years. 

[MDK]

I refuse to make any Russia related puns as a protest to the treatment of fellow puncrafters around the world.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Well it's their fault for Russian the other thread.

[Colly]

2 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

I look forward to the draws for major tournaments, so I'm annoyed that I'll be working during this one.

Is it sad that I'll be out but am considering taping it? 

[MDK]

9 minutes ago, Colly said:

Is it sad that I'll be out but am considering taping it? 

Let me save you the trouble

[FestiveJack]

Well that protest lasted long.

[Kaney]

2 hours ago, King Michaellis Myers said:

I thought you and Rich already had a well established thread for this? Myke's been dying to post in it for years. 

Excuse me! I am terribly offended at this mix up, and for that you Moscow to the banned forum.

[MDK]

I dunno what you are talking about. This protest is Permanent. 

[Moses Julep]

You guys don't seem to be Putin a lot of efforts into those puns.

[Adam]

My prediction right now: we draw Iceland in the group stage. Plus Brazil and either Nigeria or Japan.

It'll go one of two ways. We'll either get a "group of death" or we'll draw Poland out of the seeds and this will lead to everyone getting carried away yet again saying we're going to do really well when we clearly aren't.

Sorry for no puns, I'm too excited about the draw.

[MDK]

7 minutes ago, Adam said:

Sorry for no puns,

No puns?! So be it. You nigh on insult me.

[DavidMarrio]

What time is the actual draw expected and not the usual talking bollocks forever followed by a Pele appearence in which he goes on about himself? 

[Adam]

About 3:20pm apparently.

Cos I'm boring, I've just mocked up a prediction for the draw that I'm sure will be totally wrong in every way:

 

[MDK]

I cant believe you quoted yourself. That is Linker levels of wankery. 

[Gazz]

Johnathan Pearce looks like he's spent a week in a Siberian gulag.

[Adam]

In this modern world, it was quicker to embed the tweet than copy/paste it 

[MDK]

The fuck is this intro

[Lineker]

Here we go...