<P> The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup , a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men 's national teams of the member associations of FIFA . It is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018 , after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010 . This will be the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany ; all but one of the stadium venues are in European Russia , west of the Ural Mountains , to keep travel time manageable . </P>
where is the world cup being held 2018
Russia