The official ceremony for the 2018 World Cup to be held at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.

WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE ZHEREBYOVKE Russia (hosts), England, Belgium, Denmark, Germany (champion), Iceland, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, France, Croatia, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Colombia, Costa -Rica, Iran, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Tunisia, Uruguay, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Peru.

The national team of Ukraine could not enter the final tournament, taking the third place in qualifying.

LEADING CEREMONIES The show's host will be the showman Ivan Urgant. And the draw will be conducted by the former England striker Gary Lineker and Russian TV presenter Maria Command.

They will be assisted by football stars: Nikita Simonyan, Laurent Blanc, Gordon Banks, Fabio Cannavaro, Cafu, Diego Maradona, Carles Puyol and Diego Forlan. The World Cup will be performed by Miroslav Klose.

SHOW The singer Alsu will be on the stage, who is preparing a specially created number for the final draw.

Also the organizers promise the performance of the opera singer, the soloist of the Mariinsky Theater and the Metropolitan Opera Ildar Abdrazakov and the People's Artist of Russia Larisa Dolina.

COMPOSITION CART 1 basket: Russia, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, France.

2 basket: Spain, Peru, Switzerland, England, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Croatia.

3 basket: Denmark, Iceland, Costa Rica, Sweden, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, Iran.

4 basket: Serbia, Nigeria, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Panama, South Korea, Saudi Arabia.

FORMAT As a result of the draw, eight groups of four teams will be formed. Two winners of each quartet will go to the playoffs, where up to the finals will be played in knockout matches.