To the ends of the Earth

Russia is big. The biggest country in the world, Russia covers a total area of 17.1 million kilometres. Although the Fifa World Cup venues are located in the western part of the nation, soccer fans still need to travel huge distances to follow their national team through the group stage

Select a group to discover the distances each national team and followers need to cover during the group stage

Total group stage distances to travel in km

FIFA

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