User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2018 FIFA Rimet Cup

The 2018 FIFA Rimet Cup was the 12th FIFA Rimet Cup, a quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA, for the top teams in FIFA World Cup qualification that do not qualify for the FIFA World Cup. It will take place in Norway from 12 June to 13 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2013.

Italy won the title, their first ever, defeating Austria in the final.

Qualification
A total of 48 teams qualify for the tournament. 16 teams make the group stage, and 32 play in a qualifying series prior to the tournament.

Qualifying round

 * Main article: 2018 FIFA Rimet Cup qualifying round

The first legs were played on 19 March 2018 and the second legs were played on 26 March 2018.


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Draw
The draw was held on 29 March 2018, at 18:00 CEST, at the Oslo Concert Hall in Oslo. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four.

For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of February 2018. Pot 1 contained the hosts Norway (who were automatically assigned to Position A1) and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, and so on for Pots 3 and 4. This was different from previous draws, where only Pot 1 was based on FIFA Rankings while the remaining pots were based on geographical considerations. However, still retained was the fact that teams from the same confederation were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group contained up to two teams.

Squads

 * Main article: 2018 FIFA Rimet Cup squads

Each team must first name a preliminary squad of 30 players. From the preliminary squad, the team must name a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad may be replaced due to serious injury up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match, where the replacement players do not need to be in the preliminary squad

Top goalscorers

 * 9 goals
 * 🇮🇹 Ciro Immobile
 * 4 goals


 * 🇦🇹 Marko Arnautović
 * 🇧🇬 Ivelin Popov
 * 🇨🇮 Giovanni Sio
 * 🇹🇷 Enes Ünal


 * 3 goals


 * 🇨🇩 Yannick Bolasie
 * 🇪🇨 José Cevallos
 * 🇬🇦 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
 * Kostas Mitroglou
 * 🇹🇷 Cenk Tosun
 * 🇺🇸 Christian Pulisic
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gareth Bale


 * 2 goals


 * 🇦🇹 Martin Hinteregger
 * Charles Aránguiz
 * Eduardo Vargas
 * 🇨🇩 Ndombe Mubele
 * 🇪🇨 Joao Plata
 * 🇭🇺 Ádám Szalai
 * 🇮🇹 Mario Balotelli
 * 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Insigne
 * Ryan Babel
 * Davy Klaassen
 * 🇳🇿 Chris Wood
 * Kyle Lafferty
 * Josh Magennis
 * 🇳🇴 Martin Ødegaard
 * 🇮🇪 Shane Long
 * Leigh Griffiths
 * 🇹🇷 Emre Mor
 * 🇺🇸 Clint Dempsey
 * 🇺🇸 Gyasi Zardes
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Harry Wilson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ben Woodburn
 * Rainford Kalaba


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇹 David Alaba
 * 🇦🇹 Guido Burgstaller
 * 🇦🇹 Michael Gregoritsch
 * 🇦🇹 Florian Grillitsch
 * 🇦🇹 Marcel Sabitzer
 * 🇦🇹 Alessandro Schöpf
 * 🇧🇦 Riad Bajić
 * 🇧🇦 Edin Džeko
 * 🇧🇦 Miralem Pjanić
 * 🇧🇦 Edin Višća
 * 🇧🇬 Ivaylo Chochev
 * 🇧🇬 Spas Delev
 * 🇧🇬 Stanislav Manolev
 * 🇧🇫 Préjuce Nakoulma
 * 🇨🇦 Alphonso Davies
 * 🇨🇦 Raheem Edwards
 * 🇨🇦 Atiba Hutchinson
 * 🇨🇦 Cyle Larin
 * 🇨🇦 Jonathan Osorio
 * 🇨🇦 Ballou Tabla
 * Nicolás Castillo
 * Pedro Pablo Hernández
 * Alexis Sánchez
 * Arturo Vidal
 * 🇨🇩 Chadrac Akolo
 * 🇨🇩 Neeskens Kebano
 * 🇨🇩 Chancel Mbemba
 * 🇨🇩 Aaron Tshibola
 * 🇪🇨 Felipe Caicedo
 * 🇪🇨 Juan Cazares
 * 🇪🇨 Fidel Martínez
 * 🇪🇨 Christian Noboa
 * 🇪🇨 Antonio Valencia
 * 🇬🇦 Lévy Madinda
 * Anastasios Donis
 * Kostas Manolas
 * Bryan Acosta
 * Maynor Figueroa
 * Romell Quioto
 * 🇭🇺 Norbert Balogh
 * 🇭🇺 Nemanja Nikolić
 * 🇭🇺 Zoltán Stieber
 * 🇮🇹 Giorgio Chiellini
 * 🇮🇹 Jorginho
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Verratti
 * 🇮🇹 Davide Zappacosta
 * 🇨🇮 Ismaël Diomandé
 * 🇨🇮 Gervinho
 * 🇨🇮 Franck Kessié
 * Memphis Depay
 * Vincent Janssen
 * Justin Kluivert
 * Quincy Promes
 * Kevin Strootman
 * Virgil van Dijk
 * Georginio Wijnaldum
 * 🇳🇨 Warren Houala
 * 🇳🇨 Joël Wakanumuné
 * Shayne Lavery
 * Paddy McNair
 * Paul Smyth
 * 🇳🇴 Tarik Elyounoussi
 * 🇳🇴 Ola Kamara
 * 🇳🇴 Joshua King
 * 🇳🇴 Ole Selnæs
 * Miguel Almirón
 * Derlis González
 * 🇮🇪 Robbie Brady
 * 🇮🇪 Graham Burke
 * 🇮🇪 Seán Maguire
 * 🇮🇪 James McClean
 * Jason Cummings
 * Johnny Russell
 * Jerry Donga
 * 🇸🇾 Mahmoud Al-Mawas
 * 🇸🇾 Omar Kharbin
 * Joevin Jones
 * 🇹🇷 Emre Belözoğlu
 * 🇹🇷 Çağlar Söyüncü
 * 🇹🇷 Cengiz Ünder
 * 🇹🇷 Burak Yılmaz
 * 🇺🇦 Marlos Romero Bonfim
 * 🇺🇦 Andriy Yarmolenko
 * Ahmed Khalil
 * Ali Mabkhout
 * 🇺🇸 John Brooks
 * 🇺🇸 Fabian Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 Darlington Nagbe
 * 🇺🇸 Josh Sargent
 * 🇺🇸 Timothy Weah
 * 🇺🇸 Bobby Wood
 * 🇺🇿 Igor Sergeev
 * 🇺🇿 Eldor Shomurodov
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Joe Allen
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Billy Bodin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lee Evans
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Adam Matthews
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Aaron Ramsey
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Sam Vokes
 * Patson Daka
 * Ronald Kampamba
 * Emmanuel Mayuka


 * Own goals
 * 🇧🇬 Bozhidar Mitrev (against Honduras)
 * 🇨🇩 Yannick Litombo (against Wales)
 * 🇪🇨 Robert Arboleda (against Turkey)
 * 🇳🇨 Emile Béaruné (against Hungary)
 * 🇺🇦 Mykola Matviyenko (against Italy)