World Cup 2018 draw
World Cup 2018 draw: as it happened
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Update:
Roll on June 14 with the opening game of World Cup 2018 being hosts Russia facing Saudi Arabia in Moscow after the draw for the Group stage was held today at the Kremlin in Moscow.
Group B
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Spain were drawn in Group B and will open their campaign in Sochi on June 15 with a kick-off at 2100 (local Russian time). They then move onto Kazan where the Iranian national side await before finishing the group campaign in Kaliningrad against Morocco.
Should Lopetegui's men progress from Group B, they then face the first or second placed side from Group A (a group which features Russia, Uruguay, Egypt and Saudi Arabia) in either Sochi or Moscow.