FIFA World Cup 2018 venues Russia hosts the FIFA World Cup for the first time, with 64 matches at 12 venues over six weeks. Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium hosts the final R U S S I A Saint Petersburg Stadium, 67,000 Moscow: Luzhniki Stadium Capacity: 80,000 Spartak Stadium 45,000 Yekaterinburg: Ekaterinburg Arena 35,000 Kazan Arena 45,000 Samara Arena 45,000 Kaliningrad Stadium 35,000 Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, 45,000 Saransk: Mordovia Arena 44,000 Rostov Arena 45,000 Volgograd Arena 45,000 Sochi: Fisht Olympic Stadium 48,000 Source: FIFA © GRAPHIC NEWS