| France | 4-2 | Croatia |
| Mandzukic 18 og Griezmann 38 pen Pogba 59, Mbappe 65 | Perisic 28 Mandzukic 69 |
France Lloris (c) - Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Hernandez - Pogba, Kante (N'Zonzi 55), Matuidi (Tolisso 73) - Griezmann, Giroud (Fekir 81), Mbappe Booked Kante, Hernandez
Croatia Subasic - Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Strinic (Pjaca 81) - Rakitic, Modric (c), Brozovic, Perisic, Rebic (Kramaric 71) - Mandzukic Booked Vrsaljko
Referee Nestor Pitana (Argentina) Attendance 78,011 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
FRANCE rode their luck to win a second World Cup in an entertaining and controversial Final at the Luznikhi Stadium in Moscow.
Kylian Mbappe became only the second teenager in World Cup history - after Pele in 1958 - to score a goal in a Final as he effectively sealed Les Bleus' victory by putting them 4-1 up.
Long before then, though, the match had turned against the unfortunate runners-up Croatia after a first half of botched decisions by Argentine referee Nestor Pitana.
Croatia had dominated the opening spell of the contest as unfinished chances fell to Ivan Strinic and Ivan Perisic.
Favourites France had largely been pinned back inside their own half - but then, in the 18th-minute, they scored the opener in somewhat controversial circumstances.
Antoine Griezmann - with just about his first touch - won a free-kick despite appearing to dive following a fairly innocuous challenge by Marcelo Brozovic.
But, having dusted himself down, Griezmann simply placed the ball into a massively dangerous area - and, Mario Mandzukic, in an unfamiliar defensive position, inadvertently did the rest.
It was the first ever own goal in a World Cup Final although it extended the record at this tournament to a remarkable total of 12.
Despite that blow, though, Croatia remained the better side and Internazionale attacker Perisic got a deserved equaliser with a fine left-footed finish from the edge of the box.
Next, however, came the critical moment of the match as France somehow stole themselves into a 2-1 lead at the interval with the help of the Argentine referee.
Griezmann whipped a corner to the near post where the unsighted Perisic handled the ball. Referee Pitana was unmoved at first but then decided to check a video review of the incident.
The Argentine took an age, watching replay after replay, and he even gave his shoulders a shrug as he tried to determine if the handball had been a deliberate act.
Surely the referee's struggle to come to a final decision should have been guidance enough for him to believe he had not made a clear and obvious error.
But, to the surprise of many, he gave the penalty - and Griezmann calmly converted for his fourth goal of the tournament.
Incredibly, even before the interval, Croatia should have been back on level terms - but, as angry thunder roared in the skies above Moscow, Domagoj Vida's header slipped just wide of the post.
The second half started in the same manner as which much of the first period had been contested - with Croatia on top but chasing the game.
It was perhaps inevitable then with the way the match had panned out that the fourth goal of the Final would also fall to France.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba made his mark on the hour - but even this effort had a touch of fortune about it as the ball broke kindly back to him after his first shot had been blocked.
For a short while, it looked as if the luckless Croatians were going to be swamped by the French, and there were still 25 minutes left when Mbappe thumped in his goal from the edge of the box.
But Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris embodied the height of arrogance when he tried to dribble past Mandzukic, only for the striker to read his play and intercept for a simple finish.
This was just the latest of a series of goalkeeping howlers which have been a running theme of this World Cup alongside a prevalence of own goals, VAR and penalties, and other successful set-piece conversions.
The Adidas Telstar 18 ball was clearly kinder for attackers than goalkeepers but that, in itself, is no bad thing given that it resulted in plenty of entertaining games throughout the tournament.
Only one match out of the 64 finished 0-0 while the sixth goal in Moscow yesterday meant that this Final was the most goal-laden affair inside 90 minutes since 1958.
Sadly for Croatia, though, no further strikes found the back of the net, and Les Bleus comfortably saw out the final portion of the match.
Indeed, the most notable event in the last 20 minutes was a deluge of rain which drenched the players.
Not that the French players, or their head coach Didier Deschamps, cared about that at all - and, in fact, Deschamps became just the third man after Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer to win the World Cup as both a player and a coach.
The general tone of this report may not suggest so - but, certainly, it is difficult to begrudge France their triumph following their performances in the last few weeks.
Les Bleus won six of their seven matches inside the regulation 90 minutes and scored 11 goals in four matches in the knockout stages.
Full-back Benjamin Pavard scored what was, for me, the goal of the tournament in what was, for me, the match of the tournament in the Last 16 against Argentina.
The second half started in the same manner as which much of the first period had been contested - with Croatia on top but chasing the game.
It was perhaps inevitable then with the way the match had panned out that the fourth goal of the Final would also fall to France.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba made his mark on the hour - but even this effort had a touch of fortune about it as the ball broke kindly back to him after his first shot had been blocked.
For a short while, it looked as if the luckless Croatians were going to be swamped by the French, and there were still 25 minutes left when Mbappe thumped in his goal from the edge of the box.
But Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris embodied the height of arrogance when he tried to dribble past Mandzukic, only for the striker to read his play and intercept for a simple finish.
This was just the latest of a series of goalkeeping howlers which have been a running theme of this World Cup alongside a prevalence of own goals, VAR and penalties, and other successful set-piece conversions.
The Adidas Telstar 18 ball was clearly kinder for attackers than goalkeepers but that, in itself, is no bad thing given that it resulted in plenty of entertaining games throughout the tournament.
Only one match out of the 64 finished 0-0 while the sixth goal in Moscow yesterday meant that this Final was the most goal-laden affair inside 90 minutes since 1958.
Sadly for Croatia, though, no further strikes found the back of the net, and Les Bleus comfortably saw out the final portion of the match.
Indeed, the most notable event in the last 20 minutes was a deluge of rain which drenched the players.
Not that the French players, or their head coach Didier Deschamps, cared about that at all - and, in fact, Deschamps became just the third man after Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer to win the World Cup as both a player and a coach.
The general tone of this report may not suggest so - but, certainly, it is difficult to begrudge France their triumph following their performances in the last few weeks.
Les Bleus won six of their seven matches inside the regulation 90 minutes and scored 11 goals in four matches in the knockout stages.
Full-back Benjamin Pavard scored what was, for me, the goal of the tournament in what was, for me, the match of the tournament in the Last 16 against Argentina.
Meanwhile, Mbappe was undoubtedly the breakout star as the sun begins to set on the careers of some older legends like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
In St Petersburg, a day earlier, England were unable to claim the small consolation of third place after being beaten by Belgium for the second time in just over two weeks.
The Three Lions, to be fair, never gave up and were slightly unfortunate their best chances fell to Eric Dier rather than Tottenham Hotspur team mate and Golden Boot winner Harry Kane.
However, the Belgians were clearly the better side from the start and they took a quick lead through Thomas Meunier before Eden Hazard doubled it late on after a run which devastated the back-tracking Phil Jones.
Coach Gareth Southgate was honest, at least, about the England performance.
"We are very realistic about the constant improvements we have to make," he said. "It has been nice to receive a lot of praise but, balanced with that, we have had a lot of reality as well."
Remember, England were the youngest side of the 32 teams at these World Cup finals while the likes of France and Belgium have been building towards this tournament for a few years now.
Still, a young magician like Mbappe is exactly the sort of thing which England need to reach the next level, although such players are not exactly commonplace.
Overall then, this madcap World Cup has been a thoroughly enjoyable adventure and probably my favourite tournament since the 1998 edition, which was also won by France.
England played pretty well and further brightened the hot summer at home while Putin's strongman leadership ensured the Russians' hosting duties were just about carried out without a hitch.
The ultimate triumph, though, belongs to France and, in particular, their starlet Mbappe - who was not even born when Les Bleus last won.
Goodness knows just how brilliant he might end up being considering his World Cup career has so far followed the path of the truly great Pele.
At the age of 19, the world is at his feet and already he has helped place the World Cup is back in French hands. Chapeau, indeed!
In St Petersburg, a day earlier, England were unable to claim the small consolation of third place after being beaten by Belgium for the second time in just over two weeks.
The Three Lions, to be fair, never gave up and were slightly unfortunate their best chances fell to Eric Dier rather than Tottenham Hotspur team mate and Golden Boot winner Harry Kane.
However, the Belgians were clearly the better side from the start and they took a quick lead through Thomas Meunier before Eden Hazard doubled it late on after a run which devastated the back-tracking Phil Jones.
Coach Gareth Southgate was honest, at least, about the England performance.
"We are very realistic about the constant improvements we have to make," he said. "It has been nice to receive a lot of praise but, balanced with that, we have had a lot of reality as well."
Remember, England were the youngest side of the 32 teams at these World Cup finals while the likes of France and Belgium have been building towards this tournament for a few years now.
Still, a young magician like Mbappe is exactly the sort of thing which England need to reach the next level, although such players are not exactly commonplace.
Overall then, this madcap World Cup has been a thoroughly enjoyable adventure and probably my favourite tournament since the 1998 edition, which was also won by France.
England played pretty well and further brightened the hot summer at home while Putin's strongman leadership ensured the Russians' hosting duties were just about carried out without a hitch.
The ultimate triumph, though, belongs to France and, in particular, their starlet Mbappe - who was not even born when Les Bleus last won.
Goodness knows just how brilliant he might end up being considering his World Cup career has so far followed the path of the truly great Pele.
At the age of 19, the world is at his feet and already he has helped place the World Cup is back in French hands. Chapeau, indeed!
WORLD CUP 2018
THE COMPLETE RESULTS
| GROUP A | |||||||||
| ITV | 4pm | Thu 14-June | RUSSIA | 5-0 | SAUDI ARABIA | Moscow | |||
| Gazinskiy 12, Cheryshev 43, 90+1 Dzyuba 71, Golovin 90+4 | |||||||||
| BBC | 1pm | Fri 15-June | EGYPT | 0-1 | URUGUAY | Yekaterinburg | |||
| Gimenez 89 | |||||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Tue 19-June | RUSSIA | 3-1 | EGYPT | St Petersburg | |||
| Fathy 47 og, Cheryshev 59 Dzyuba 62 | Salah 73 pen | ||||||||
| BBC | 4pm | Wed 20-June | URUGUAY | 1-0 | SAUDI ARABIA | Rostov-on-Don | |||
| Suarez 23 | |||||||||
| ITV | 3pm | Mon 25-June | SAUDI ARABIA | 2-1 | EGYPT | Volgograd | |||
| Al Faraj 45+6 pen Al Dawsari 90+5 | Salah 22 | ||||||||
| ITV | 3pm | Mon 25-June | URUGUAY | 3-0 | RUSSIA | Samara | |||
| Suarez 10, Cheryshev 23 og Cavani 90 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) URUGUAY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| (Q) RUSSIA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| GROUP B | |||||||
| ITV | 4pm | Fri 15-June | MOROCCO | 0-1 | IRAN | St Petersburg | |
| Bouhaddouz 90+5 og | |||||||
| BBC | 4pm | Fri 15-June | PORTUGAL | 3-3 | SPAIN | Sochi | |
| Ronaldo 4 pen, 44, 88 | Costa 24, 55, Nacho 58 | ||||||
| BBC | 1pm | Wed 20-June | PORTUGAL | 1-0 | MOROCCO | Moscow | |
| Ronaldo 4 | |||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Wed 20-June | IRAN | 0-1 | SPAIN | Kazan | |
| Costa 54 | |||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Mon 25-June | IRAN | 1-1 | PORTUGAL | Saransk | |
| Ansarifard 90+3 pen | Quaresma 45 | ||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Mon 25-June | SPAIN | 2-2 | MOROCCO | Kaliningrad | |
| Isco 19, Aspas 90+1 | Boutaib 14, En-Nesyri 81 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) SPAIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| (Q) PORTUGAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Morocco | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| GROUP C | ||||||
| BBC | 11am | Sat 16-June | FRANCE | 2-1 | AUSTRALIA | Kazan |
| Griezmann 58 pen, Pogba 80 | Jedinak 62 pen | |||||
| BBC | 5pm | Sat 16-June | PERU | 0-1 | DENMARK | Saransk |
| Poulsen 59 | ||||||
| ITV | 1pm | Thu 21-June | DENMARK | 1-1 | AUSTRALIA | Samara |
| Eriksen 7 | Jedinak 39 pen | |||||
| ITV | 4pm | Thu 21-June | FRANCE | 1-0 | PERU | Yekaterinburg |
| Mbappe 34 | ||||||
| ITV | 3pm | Tue 26-June | AUSTRALIA | 0-2 | PERU | Sochi |
| Carrillo 18 Guerrero 50 | ||||||
| ITV | 3pm | Tue 26-June | DENMARK | 0-0 | FRANCE | Moscow |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) FRANCE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| (Q) DENMARK | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Peru | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| GROUP D | ||||||
| ITV | 2pm | Sat 16-June | ARGENTINA | 1-1 | ICELAND | Moscow |
| Aguero 19 | Finnbogason 23 | |||||
| ITV | 8pm | Sat 16-June | CROATIA | 2-0 | NIGERIA | Kaliningrad |
| Etebo 32 og, Modric 71 pen | ||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Thu 21-June | ARGENTINA | 0-3 | CROATIA | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Rebic 53 Modric 80 Rakitic 90+1 | ||||||
| BBC | 4pm | Fri 22-June | NIGERIA | 2-0 | ICELAND | Volgograd |
| Musa 49, 75 | ||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Tue 26-June | ICELAND | 1-2 | CROATIA | Rostov-on-Don |
| G Sigurdsson 76 pen | Badelj 53 Perisic 90 | |||||
| BBC | 7pm | Tue 26-June | NIGERIA | 1-2 | ARGENTINA | St Petersburg |
| Moses 51 pen | Messi 14 Rojo 86 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) CROATIA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| (Q) ARGENTINA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| GROUP E | ||||||
| ITV | 1pm | Sun 17-June | COSTA RICA | 0-1 | SERBIA | Samara |
| Kolarov 57 | ||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Sun 17-June | BRAZIL | 1-1 | SWITZERLAND | Rostov-on-Don |
| Coutinho 19 | Zuber 50 | |||||
| ITV | 1pm | Fri 22-June | BRAZIL | 2-0 | COSTA RICA | St Petersburg |
| Coutinho 90+1 Neymar 90+7 | ||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Fri 22-June | SERBIA | 1-2 | SWITZERLAND | Kaliningrad |
| Mitrovic 5 | Xhaka 52 Shaqiri 90 | |||||
| ITV | 7pm | Wed 27-June | SERBIA | 0-2 | BRAZIL | Moscow |
| Paulinho 36 Thiago Silva 68 | ||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Wed 27-June | SWITZERLAND | 2-2 | COSTA RICA | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Dzemail 31, Drmic 88 | Waston 56 Sommer 90+3 og |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) BRAZIL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| (Q) SWITZERLAND | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| GROUP F | ||||||
| BBC | 4pm | Sun 17-June | GERMANY | 0-1 | MEXICO | Moscow |
| Lozano 35 | ||||||
| ITV | 1pm | Mon 18-June | SWEDEN | 1-0 | SOUTH KOREA | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Granqvist 65 pen | ||||||
| ITV | 4pm | Sat 23-June | SOUTH KOREA | 1-2 | MEXICO | Rostov-on-Don |
| Son Heung-Min 90+3 | Vela 26 pen Hernandez 65 | |||||
| ITV | 7pm | Sat 23-June | GERMANY | 2-1 | SWEDEN | Sochi |
| Reus 48, Kroos 90+5 | Toivonen 32 | |||||
| BBC | 3pm | Wed 27-June | SOUTH KOREA | 2-0 | GERMANY | Kazan |
| Kim Young-Gwon 90+2 Son Heung-Min 90+6 | ||||||
| BBC | 3pm | Wed 27-June | MEXICO | 0-3 | SWEDEN | Yekaterinburg |
| Augustinsson 50 Granqvist 62 pen Alvarez 74 og |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) SWEDEN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| (Q) MEXICO | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| GROUP G | ||||||
| BBC | 4pm | Mon 18-June | BELGIUM | 3-0 | PANAMA | Sochi |
| Mertens 47, Lukaku 69, 75 | ||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Mon 18-June | TUNISIA | 1-2 | ENGLAND | Volgograd |
| Sassi 35 pen | Kane 11, 90+1 | |||||
| BBC | 1pm | Sat 23-June | BELGIUM | 5-2 | TUNISIA | Moscow |
| E Hazard 6 pen, 51 Lukaku 16, 40+3 Batshuayi 90 | Bronn 18 Khazri 90+3 | |||||
| BBC | 1pm | Sun 24-June | ENGLAND | 6-1 | PANAMA | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Stones 8, 40 Kane 22 pen, 45+1 pen, 62 Lingard 36 | Baloy 78 | |||||
| ITV | 7pm | Thu 28-June | ENGLAND | 0-1 | BELGIUM | Kaliningrad |
| Januzaj 51 | ||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Thu 28-June | PANAMA | 1-2 | TUNISIA | Saransk |
| Meriah 33 og | F Ben Youssef 51 Khazri 66 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) BELGIUM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| (Q) ENGLAND | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| GROUP H | ||||||
| BBC | 1pm | Tue 19-June | COLOMBIA | 1-2 | JAPAN | Saransk |
| Quintero 39 | Kagawa 6 pen, Osako 73 | |||||
| ITV | 4pm | Tue 19-June | POLAND | 1-2 | SENEGAL | Moscow |
| Krychowiak 86 | Cionek 37 og, Niang 60 | |||||
| BBC | 4pm | Sun 24-June | JAPAN | 2-2 | SENEGAL | Yekaterinburg |
| Inui 34, Honda 78 | Mane 11, Wague 71 | |||||
| ITV | 7pm | Sun 24-June | POLAND | 0-3 | COLOMBIA | Kazan |
| Mina 40, Falcao 70 Juan Cuadrado 75 | ||||||
| BBC | 3pm | Thu 28-June | JAPAN | 0-1 | POLAND | Volgograd |
| Bednarek 59 | ||||||
| BBC | 3pm | Thu 28-June | SENEGAL | 0-1 | COLOMBIA | Samara |
| Mina 74 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| (Q) COLOMBIA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| (Q*) JAPAN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
*Note: Japan [four yellow cards] qualified by virtue of holding a better fair play record than Senegal [six yellow cards]
| LAST 16 | ||||||||||
| BBC | 3pm | Sat 30-June | FRANCE | 4-3 | ARGENTINA | Kazan | ||||
| Griezmann 13 pen Pavard 57 Mbappe 64, 68 | Di Maria 41 Mercado 48 Aguero 90+3 | |||||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Sat 30-June | URUGUAY | 2-1 | PORTUGAL | Sochi | ||||
| Cavani 7, 62 | Pepe 55 | |||||||||
| ITV | 3pm | Mon 02-July | BRAZIL | 2-0 | MEXICO | Samara | ||||
| Neymar 51, Firmino 88 | ||||||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Mon 02-July | BELGIUM | 3-2 | JAPAN | Rostov-on-Don | ||||
| Vertonghen 69 Fellani 74, Chadli 90+4 | Haraguchi 48 Inui 52 | |||||||||
| BBC | 3pm | Sun 01-July | SPAIN | 1-1 | RUSSIA | Moscow | ||||
| Ignashevich 11 og | AET (3-4) | Dzyuba 41 pen | ||||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Sun 01-July | CROATIA | 1-1 | DENMARK | Nizhny Novgorod | ||||
| Mandzukic 4 | AET (3-2) | M Jorgensen 1 | ||||||||
| BBC | 3pm | Tue 03-July | SWEDEN | 1-0 | SWITZERLAND | St Petersburg | ||||
| Forsberg 66 | ||||||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Tue 03-July | COLOMBIA | 1-1 | ENGLAND | Moscow | ||||
| Mina 90+3 | AET (3-4) | Kane 57 pen |
| QUARTER FINALS | ||||||||||
| ITV | 3pm | Fri 06-July | URUGUAY | 0-2 | FRANCE | Nizhny Novgorod | ||||
| Varane 40 Griezmann 61 | ||||||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Fri 06-July | BRAZIL | 1-2 | BELGIUM | Kazan | ||||
| Renato Augusto 76 | Fernandinho 13 og De Bruyne 31 | |||||||||
| BBC | 3pm | Sat 07-July | SWEDEN | 0-2 | ENGLAND | Samara | ||||
| Maguire 30 Alli 58 | ||||||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Sat 07-July | RUSSIA | 2-2 | CROATIA | Sochi | ||||
| Cheryshev 31 Figueira Fernandes 115 | AET (3-4) | Kramaric 39 Vida 100 |
| SEMI FINALS | ||||||||||
| BBC | 7pm | Tue 10-July | FRANCE | 1-0 | BELGIUM | St Petersburg | ||||
| Umtiti 51 | ||||||||||
| ITV | 7pm | Wed 11-July | CROATIA | 2-1 | ENGLAND | Moscow | ||||
| Perisic 68 Mandzukic 109 | AET | Trippier 5 |
| THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF | ||||||||||
| ITV | 3pm | Sat 14-July | BELGIUM | 2-0 | ENGLAND | St Petersburg | ||||
| Meunier 4 E Hazard 82 |
6 Harry Kane (England)
4 Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Antoine Griezmann (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
3 Eden Hazard (Belgium), Yerry Mina (Colombia), Kylian Mbappe (France), Artem Dzyuba (Russia), Diego Costa (Spain), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
2 Sergio Aguero (Argentina), Mile Jedinak (Australia), Philippe Coutinho (Brazil), Neymar (Brazil), Mario Mandzukic (Croatia), Luka Modric (Croatia), Ivan Perisic (Croatia), Mo Salah (Egypt), John Stones (England), Paul Pogba (France), Takashi Inui (Japan), Ahmed Musa (Nigeria), Son Heung-min (South Korea), Andreas Granqvist (Sweden), Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia), Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
1 Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Gabriel Mercado (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Marcus Rojo (Argentina), Michu Batshuayi (Belgium), Nacer Chadli (Belgium), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Marouane Fellaini (Belgium), Adnan Januzaj (Belgium), Dries Mertens (Belgium), Thomas Meunier (Belgium), Jan Vertonghen (Belgium), Renato Augusto (Brazil), Roberto Firmino (Brazil), Paulinho (Brazil), Thiago Silva (Brazil), Juan Cuadrado (Colombia), Radamel Falcao (Colombia), Juan Quintero (Colombia), Kendall Waston (Costa Rica), Milan Badelj (Croatia), Andrej Kramaric (Croatia), Ivan Rakitic (Croatia), Ante Rebic (Croatia), Domagoj Vida (Croatia), Christian Eriken (Denmark), Mathias Jorgensen (Denmark), Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark), Dele Alli (England), Jesse Lingard (England), Harry Maguire (England), Kieran Trippier (England), Samuel Umtiti (France), Raphael Varane (France), Toni Kroos (Germany), Marco Reus (Germany), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland), Alfreð Finnbogason (Iceland), Karim Ansarifard (Iran), Genki Haraguchi (Japan), Keisuke Honda (Japan), Shinji Kagawa (Japan), Yuya Osako (Japan), Javier Hernandez (Mexico), Hirving Lozano (Mexico), Carlos Vela (Mexico), Khalid Boutaib (Morocco), Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco), Victor Moses (Nigeria), Felipe Baloy (Panama), Jose Luis Rodriguez (Panama), Andre Carrillo (Peru), Paolo Guerrero (Peru), Jan Bednarek (Poland), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland), Pepe (Portugal), Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal), Mario Figueira Fernandes (Russia), Yury Gazinsky (Russia), Aleksandr Golovin (Russia), Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia), Salman Al Faraj (Saudi Arabia), Sadio Mane (Senegal), M'Baye Niang (Senegal), Moussa Wague (Senegal), Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia), Kim Young-Gwon (South Korea), Iago Aspas (Spain), Isco (Spain), Nacho (Spain), Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden), Emil Forsberg (Sweden), Ola Toivonen (Sweden), Josip Drmic (Switzerland), Blerim Dzemail (Switzerland), Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland), Granit Xhaka (Switzerland), Steven Zuber (Switzerland), Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia), Dylan Bronn (Tunisia), Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia), Jose Gimenez (Uruguay)
12 own goals
Aziz Behich (Australia) v France
Aziz Bouhaddouz (Morocco) v Iran
Oghenekaro Etebo (Nigeria) v Croatia
Ahmed Fathy (Egypt) v Russia
Thiago Cionek (Poland) v Senegal
Denis Cheryshev (Russia) v Uruguay
Edson Alvarez (Mexico) v Sweden
Yann Sommer (Switzerland) v Costa Rica
Yassine Meriah (Tunisia) v Panama
Sergei Ignashevich (Russia) v Spain
Fernandinho (Brazil) v Belgium
Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) v France
RED CARDS
- Carlos Sanchez (Colombia) v Japan
- Jerome Boateng (Germany) v Sweden
- Igor Smolnikov (Russia) v Uruguay
- Michael Lang (Switzerland) v Sweden
PERFORMANCE CLASSIFICATION
| 1 | FRANCE | won 4-2 v Croatia in the Final |
| 2 | CROATIA | lost 2-4 v France in the Final |
| 3 | BELGIUM | won 2-0 v England in the third-place playoff; lost 0-1 to France in SF |
| 4 | ENGLAND | lost 0-2 v Belgium in the third-place playoff; lost 1-2 aet to Croatia in SF |
| 5 | RUSSIA | lost 3-4 on pens v Croatia in QF, after 2-2 aet |
| 6 | BRAZIL | lost 1-2 v Belgium in QF |
| 7 | URUGUAY | lost 0-2 v France in QF |
| 8 | SWEDEN | lost 0-2 v England in QF |
| 9 | COLOMBIA | lost 3-4 on pens v England in Last 16, after 1-1 aet |
| 9 | SPAIN | lost 3-4 on pens v Russia in Last 16, after 1-1 aet |
| 11 | DENMARK | lost 2-3 on pens v Croatia in Last 16, after 1-1 aet |
| 12 | ARGENTINA | lost 3-4 v France in Last 16 |
| 13 | JAPAN | lost 2-3 v Belgium in Last 16 |
| 14 | PORTUGAL | lost 1-2 v Uruguay in Last 16 |
| 15 | SWITZERLAND | lost 0-1 v Sweden in Last 16 |
| 16 | MEXICO | lost 0-2 v Brazil in Last 16 |
| 17 | SENEGAL | eliminated in group stage (four points, four goals, GD 0) |
| 18 | IRAN | eliminated in group stage (four points, two goals, GD 0) |
| 19 | SOUTH KOREA | eliminated in group stage (three points, three goals, GD 0) |
| 20 | PERU | eliminated in group stage (three points, two goals, GD 0) |
| 21 | NIGERIA | eliminated in group stage (three points, three goals, GD -1) |
| 22 | GERMANY | eliminated in group stage (three points, two goals, GD -2) |
| 22 | SERBIA | eliminated in group stage (three points, two goals, GD -2) |
| 24 | TUNISIA | eliminated in group stage (three points, five goals, GD -3) |
| 25 | POLAND | eliminated in group stage (three points, two goals, GD -3) |
| 26 | SAUDI ARABIA | eliminated in group stage (three points, two goals, GD -5) |
| 27 | MOROCCO | eliminated in group stage (one point, two goals, GD -2) |
| 28 | AUSTRALIA | eliminated in group stage (one point, two goals, GD -3) |
| 28 | COSTA RICA | eliminated in group stage (one point, two goals, GD -3) |
| 28 | ICELAND | eliminated in group stage (one point, two goals, GD -3) |
| 31 | EGYPT | eliminated in group stage (zero points, two goals, GD -4) |
| 32 | PANAMA | eliminated in group stage (zero points, two goals, GD -9) |
