The 2018 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
It was the 21st final of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial association football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
The match was contested by France and Croatia and held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 15 July 2018.
Before 2018, France's only World Cup victory was in 1998 though they had also reached the final in 2006 while Croatia were playing in their very first World Cup final.
Croatia became the third Eastern European nation to reach the World Cup final, and the first since Czechoslovakia lost the final in 1962 to Brazil.
France won the match 4–2
It was the first time that an own goal had been scored in a World Cup final.
France also became the second team in the 32-team World Cup after Brazil in 2002 to win all their knockout matches without any extra time or penalty shoot-out.
As winners, France earned the right to compete for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.
France became the sixth country to win the World Cup more than once.
Didier Deschamps became the third person to have won the World Cup as both a player and manager, after Franz Beckenbauer and Mário Zagallo
The final is the highest scoring since 1966, and the highest score in regular time since 1958
Luka Modrić of Croatia won the Golden Ball as best player of the tournament.
France's Antoine Griezmann, the final man of the match, also won the Bronze Ball and the Silver Boot award with four goals and two assists.
Kylian Mbappé won the Best Young Player award for the tournament.
It was the 21st final of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial association football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
The match was contested by France and Croatia and held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 15 July 2018.
Before 2018, France's only World Cup victory was in 1998 though they had also reached the final in 2006 while Croatia were playing in their very first World Cup final.
Croatia became the third Eastern European nation to reach the World Cup final, and the first since Czechoslovakia lost the final in 1962 to Brazil.
France won the match 4–2
It was the first time that an own goal had been scored in a World Cup final.
France also became the second team in the 32-team World Cup after Brazil in 2002 to win all their knockout matches without any extra time or penalty shoot-out.
As winners, France earned the right to compete for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.
France became the sixth country to win the World Cup more than once.
Didier Deschamps became the third person to have won the World Cup as both a player and manager, after Franz Beckenbauer and Mário Zagallo
The final is the highest scoring since 1966, and the highest score in regular time since 1958
Luka Modrić of Croatia won the Golden Ball as best player of the tournament.
France's Antoine Griezmann, the final man of the match, also won the Bronze Ball and the Silver Boot award with four goals and two assists.
Kylian Mbappé won the Best Young Player award for the tournament.
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