<Tr> <Th> Fair play award </Th> <Td> Spain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2014 2022 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years . It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018 . </P> <P> This was the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe, and the 11th time that it had been held in Europe . At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever . It was also the first World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system . </P>

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