2018 World Cup in Russia: stadiums of the 21^st World Cup (2/2)

The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow (RUS), will host the opening match of the 2018 World Cup (Russia - Saudi Arabia, Group A, kick-off at 18:00, local time, 17:00 CET) , on Thursday 14/06/2018. The same stadium will also host the final scheduled at the same time, 32 days later, on Sunday 15/07/2018.

Between these two dates, 62 other matches will be played in 11 other stadiums, that are either new or have been completely renovated for the tournament.

After the presentation of Moscow's two stadiums (Luzhniki Stadium and Spartak Stadium) and those of Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Vovgorod and Saransk (see our further reading section for "stadiums of the 21^st World Cup 1/2"), below is a continuation of the stadiums of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

2018 World Cup: the host 11 cities

Ekaterinburg Arena (Yekaterinburg)

• Construction: 1953, renovation for the 2018 World Cup
• Capacity: 35,000
• Resident club: Ural FC