the last time russia was in the world cup was 2014.
the last time russia was in the world cup was 2014.
when was the last time russia was in the world cup?
2014
russia was announced as the host on 2 december 2010 after the country was awarded the hosting rights of the 2018 fifa world cup. the matches were played in four different stadiums across four cities: saint petersburg, moscow, kazan, and sochi. it was the first time russia has hosted the tournament, and the third time the confederations cup has been held in the european continent. as hosts, russia qualified automatically for the tournament; they were joined by the six winners of the fifa confederation championships and the 2014 fifa world cup champions, germany.
2017 fifa confederations cup
russia was drawn in a group of three nations in qualifying for the fifa futsal world cup brazil 2008, but after france withdrew at the last minute, the berth in the next round was decided in a single eliminator against serbia. the russians duly won 3–2 to book a play-off spot with belarus, one of the surprise packages at the group stage, but the experience of three appearances at the fifa futsal world cup finals told in the end as the russians eased to a 6–2 aggregate win. much of the credit goes to keeper pavel stepanov for conceding only four goals in three matches. at the final tournament, russia was drawn in group a along with brazil, japan, cuba and solomon islands. losing against brazil and winning the other three games, russia finished second and qualified for the second round. this time russia was drawn in group f together with spain, argentina and paraguay. after losing to spain in the opening match, russia went on to win against paraguay and draw with argentina to scrape through to set up a semi-final against brazil. however, russia was unable to past brazil and eventually placed fourth after losing out to italy in the third place playoff final.
russia national futsal team