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Belgium
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France
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England
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Croatia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, France finished first in Group C, with two wins and a draw, after which they defeated Argentina in the round of 16, Uruguay in the quarter-final and Belgium in the semi-final.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the final, France played Croatia on 15 July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. France won the match 4–2, claiming their second World Cup and becoming the fourth consecutive title won by a European team, after Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010, and Germany in 2014.
Detailed explanation-3: -Belgium, England, France, Germany, Iceland (for the first time), Poland, Portugal, Serbia, and Spain qualified in the first round by winning their groups. Croatia, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland qualified by winning their playoffs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Russia’s Yuri Gazinskiy scores the opening goal of the 2018 World Cup after only 12 minutes as the hosts beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 in Moscow.