Best Teams

No African soccer team has ever reached the World Cup semi-finals. For the 2018 tournament in Russia, five strong teams could change that. But it's not going to be an easy feat.

2 December, 2010 Russia, for the first time in its history, was granted the right to host the FIFA World Cup. The finals of the tournament will be held from June 14 to July 15, 2018.

With Peru beating New Zealand in the final World Cup play-off overnight, we now know the full runners and riders of who will be competing in Russia next summer.

After a multi-year qualification process, the field for the 2018 World Cup in Russia is finally set. The 31 nations who qualified to join the host country will be able to book their summer plans once the Dec. 1 group stage draw is conducted in Moscow. In the meantime, they'll celebrate the accomplishment and dream of a trophy. Here's who is headed to the World Cup, in order of when they qualified.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals will take place in 11 different cities across Russia and will commence on June 14, 2018.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup draw has been completed! All 32 teams know the fate that awaits in Russia come June, with the eight groups of four that begin the first phase of the tournament decided.

The teams who are heading for the 2018 World Cup finals have all been in action over the past week and while Germany and Brazil lead the way there are plenty of other sides who will fancy their chances in Russia.

With the draw having taken place in Moscow on Friday, here is all you need to know about the teams, from star players to tactics and the ones to watch.

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Teams.

FIFA placed the 32 qualified teams for next summer’s World Cup into their first-round groups on Friday.

There are about 7-8 teams that can realistically win this thing.