On July 7 and 8 the pairs of the 1/2 finals of the World Championship were decided.

Following the matches of Uruguay - France, Brazil - Belgium, Sweden - England and Russia - Croatia, the following fights were formed.

July 10, France and Belgium will meet;.

July 11 will be a duel between England and Croatia.

Match for third place is scheduled for July 14. The final is to be held on July 15.

______________________ Recall that 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this were the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine and Syria, the poisoning of the Russian ex-intelligence agent Sergey Skripal in Britain, the starvation of Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsov, and the systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the release of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.

2015 Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-regime colony. The actions in support of the director were held all over the world, including in Russia.