<Tr> <Th> Top scorer (s) </Th> <Td> Cristiano Ronaldo Denis Cheryshev (3 goals each) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2014 2022 → All statistics correct as of 19 June 2018 . </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 FIFA World Cup is 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 currently ongoing in Russia starting from 14 June and will end with the final match on 15 July 2018 . The country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010 . </P> <P> This is the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe, and the eleventh time that it has been held in Europe . All of the stadium venues are in or just near European Russia to keep travel time manageable . At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever . </P>

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