2018 FIFA World Cup Group a - wikipedia 2018 FIFA World Cup Group a 2018 postage stamp from Russia depicting Group A of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage. Group A of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 14 to 25 June 2018. The group consisted of Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Uruguay. The top two teams, Uruguay and Russia, advanced to the round of 16. Contents 1 Teams 2 Standings 3 Matches 3.1 Russia vs Saudi Arabia 3.2 Egypt vs Uruguay 3.3 Russia vs Egypt 3.4 Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia 3.5 Uruguay vs Russia 3.6 Saudi Arabia vs Egypt 4 Discipline 5 References 6 External links Teams Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of qualification Date of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance FIFA Rankings October 2017 June 2018 A1 Russia UEFA Hosts 2 December 2010 11th 2014 ( group stage ) Fourth place ( 1966 ) 65 70 A2 Saudi Arabia AFC AFC Third Round Group B runners - up 5 September 2017 5th 2006 ( group stage ) Round of 16 ( 1994 ) 63 67 A3 Egypt CAF CAF Third Round Group E winners 8 October 2017 3rd 1990 ( group stage ) First round ( 1934 ), Group stage ( 1990 ) 30 45 A4 Uruguay CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin runners - up 10 October 2017 13th 2014 ( round of 16 ) Winners ( 1930, 1950 ) 17 14 Notes Jump up ^ The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw. Jump up ^ This is the 4th appearance of Russia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union, who qualified on 7 occasions. Jump up ^ Russia 's best result is group stage in 1994, 2002, and 2014. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union. Standings Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Uruguay 0 0 5 0 + 5 9 Advance to knockout stage Russia ( H ) 0 8 + 4 6 Saudi Arabia 0 7 − 5 Egypt 0 0 6 − 4 0 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Group stage tiebreakers ( H ) Host. In the round of 16 : The winners of Group A, Uruguay, advanced to play the runners - up of Group B, Portugal. The runners - up of Group A, Russia, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Spain. Matches All times listed are local time. Russia vs Saudi Arabia Russia national association football team The two teams had met only once, a friendly game in 1993 won by Saudi Arabia 4 -- 2. In the 12th minute, Yury Gazinsky headed the first goal for Russia from a cross from the left before substitute Denis Cheryshev evaded several challenges and smashed home at the near post close to half - time. The tempo slowed and the atmosphere flattened after the restart, giving the whole thing the feel of a friendly match. But substitute Artem Dzyuba illuminated a match of often dubious quality with a precise header from a cross from the right to extend his team 's lead just minutes after replacing Fyodor Smolov. As the match moved into injury time, Cheryshev smashed home with a crisp left - foot strike into the top right corner before Aleksandr Golovin curled a free - kick around the wall and into the right of the net. Alan Dzagoev limped off with a hamstring injury in the 24th minute. `` Alan Dzagoev damaged the muscles in the back of the thigh, '' Russia said in a brief statement. For the first time in World Cup history, two players -- Gazinsky and Cheryshev -- scored their first international goals in the opening match. Russia 's victory means that the host nation has never lost their opening match in any of the 21 editions of the World Cup ( won 16, drew six ). Russia ( 5 -- 0 ) recorded the second biggest victory by a host nation in their opening match at a World Cup, after Italy v USA in 1934 ( 7 -- 1 ) ; while it is also the second largest victory of any host nation, only behind Italy vs USA at 1934 and Brazil vs Sweden at 1950, both ended 7 -- 1. Russia 's Denis Cheryshev became the first substitute to score a goal in the opening match of a World Cup tournament. In this game, Sergei Ignashevich became the oldest player to ever appear in a World Cup match for Russia / USSR ( 38 years & 335 days old ). For Saudi Arabia, this was their second biggest defeat in World Cup, after the 0 -- 8 defeat to Germany in 2002. These losses are also the biggest defeats for any Arab team to have participated in the FIFA World Cup. 14 June 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 14 ) 18 : 00 MSK ( UTC + 3 ) Russia 5 -- 0 Saudi Arabia Gazinsky 12 ' Cheryshev 43 ', 90 + 1 ' Dzyuba 71 ' Golovin 90 + 4 ' Report Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance : 78,011 Referee : Néstor Pitana ( Argentina ) Russia Saudi Arabia GK Igor Akinfeev ( c ) RB Mário Fernandes CB Ilya Kutepov CB Sergei Ignashevich LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov CM 8 Yury Gazinsky CM 11 Roman Zobnin RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov 64 ' AM 9 Alan Dzagoev 24 ' LW 17 Aleksandr Golovin 88 ' CF 10 Fyodor Smolov 70 ' Substitutions : MF 6 Denis Cheryshev 24 ' MF 7 Daler Kuzyayev 64 ' FW 22 Artem Dzyuba 70 ' Manager : Stanislav Cherchesov GK Abdullah Al - Mayouf RB 6 Mohammed Al - Breik CB Osama Hawsawi ( c ) CB 5 Omar Hawsawi LB 13 Yasser Al - Shahrani DM 7 Salman Al - Faraj CM 14 Abdullah Otayf 64 ' CM 17 Taisir Al - Jassim 90 + 3 ' RW 18 Salem Al - Dawsari LW 8 Yahya Al - Shehri 72 ' CF 10 Mohammad Al - Sahlawi 85 ' Substitutions : FW 19 Fahad Al - Muwallad 64 ' MF 9 Hattan Bahebri 72 ' FW 20 Muhannad Assiri 85 ' Manager : Juan Antonio Pizzi Man of the Match : Denis Cheryshev ( Russia ) Assistant referees : Hernán Maidana ( Argentina ) Juan Pablo Belatti ( Argentina ) Fourth official : Sandro Ricci ( Brazil ) Reserve assistant referee : Emerson de Carvalho ( Brazil ) Video assistant referee : Massimiliano Irrati ( Italy ) Assistant video assistant referees : Mauro Vigliano ( Argentina ) Carlos Astroza ( Chile ) Daniele Orsato ( Italy ) Egypt vs Uruguay Carlos Sánchez 's corner kick The two teams had met only once, a friendly game in 2006 won by Uruguay 2 -- 0. Egypt frustrated Uruguay with a deep defensive line, staying compact, dealing with danger competently and threatening on the counter-attack to maintain the scoreline goalless, nearing the end of the match. Luis Suárez looked increasingly at a loss but remained prominent in the few opportunities that were created. When he had just the goalkeeper to beat, he dithered too long and allowed Mohamed El - Shenawy to muffle the ball at his feet. With three minutes remaining, Edinson Cavani pulled rank over his strike partner over a free kick on the edge of the area. José Giménez headed into the net in the 89th minute as he met Carlos Sánchez 's free - kick from the right to give the South Americans a winning start in Russia. Uruguay won their opening match at the World Cup tournament for the first time since 1970, when they beat Israel 2 -- 0. 15 June 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 15 ) 17 : 00 YEKT ( UTC + 5 ) Egypt 0 -- 1 Uruguay Report Giménez 89 ' Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg Attendance : 27,015 Referee : Björn Kuipers ( Netherlands ) Egypt Uruguay GK 23 Mohamed El - Shenawy RB 7 Ahmed Fathy ( c ) CB Ali Gabr CB 6 Ahmed Hegazi 90 + 6 ' LB 13 Mohamed Abdel - Shafy CM 8 Tarek Hamed 50 ' CM 17 Mohamed Elneny RW 22 Amr Warda 82 ' AM 19 Abdallah Said LW 21 Trézéguet CF 9 Marwan Mohsen 63 ' Substitutions : MF 5 Sam Morsy 90 + 4 ' 50 ' FW 11 Kahraba 63 ' FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi 82 ' Manager : Héctor Cúper GK Fernando Muslera RB Guillermo Varela CB José Giménez CB Diego Godín ( c ) LB 22 Martín Cáceres RM 8 Nahitan Nández 58 ' CM 15 Matías Vecino 87 ' CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur LM 10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta 59 ' CF 9 Luis Suárez CF 21 Edinson Cavani Substitutions : MF 5 Carlos Sánchez 58 ' MF 7 Cristian Rodríguez 59 ' MF 14 Lucas Torreira 87 ' Manager : Óscar Tabárez Man of the Match : Mohamed El - Shenawy ( Egypt ) Assistant referees : Sander van Roekel ( Netherlands ) Erwin Zeinstra ( Netherlands ) Fourth official : Milorad Mažić ( Serbia ) Reserve assistant referee : Milovan Ristić ( Serbia ) Video assistant referee : Danny Makkelie ( Netherlands ) Assistant video assistant referees : Paweł Gil ( Poland ) Cyril Gringore ( France ) Clément Turpin ( France ) Russia vs Egypt Egypt national football team The two teams had never met before. Sergei Ignashevich headed at Mohamed El - Shenawy before Aleksandr Golovin fired wide. Trézéguet then curled just wide from the edge of the box. Russia took the lead when El - Shenawy 's clearance punch found Roman Zobnin, whose first - time follow up shot spun in off Ahmed Fathy, with VAR confirming that Artem Dzyuba had not fouled his opponent. Mário Fernandes soon drove into the box before supplying a cut - back form the right for Denis Cheryshev to slot home Russia 's second with his left foot. Dzyuba made it 3 -- 0 as he took a lofted ball into the box down on his chest, taking a touch to go past Ali Gabr and finish past El - Shenawy with a low shot. Salah won a penalty after he was fouled by Zobnin - although it was only given after a consultation with the video assistant referee as the referee had initially said the offence took place outside the area. Salah scored from the spot to become only the third Egyptian player to score at a World Cup. This is the first time Russia have won their opening two matches at a World Cup since 1966 ( as the Soviet Union ). And following with Uruguay 's 1 -- 0 victory over Saudi Arabia, Russia, for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, qualified for the next round. 19 June 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 19 ) 21 : 00 MSK ( UTC + 3 ) Russia 3 -- 1 Egypt Fathy 47 ' ( o.g. ) Cheryshev 59 ' Dzyuba 62 ' Report Salah 73 ' ( pen. ) Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance : 64,468 Referee : Enrique Cáceres ( Paraguay ) Russia Egypt GK Igor Akinfeev ( c ) RB Mário Fernandes CB Ilya Kutepov CB Sergei Ignashevich LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov 86 ' CM 11 Roman Zobnin CM 8 Yury Gazinsky RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov AM 17 Aleksandr Golovin LW 6 Denis Cheryshev 74 ' CF 22 Artem Dzyuba 79 ' Substitutions : MF 7 Daler Kuzyayev 74 ' FW 10 Fyodor Smolov 84 ' 79 ' DF 13 Fyodor Kudryashov 86 ' Manager : Stanislav Cherchesov GK 23 Mohamed El - Shenawy RB 7 Ahmed Fathy ( c ) CB Ali Gabr CB 6 Ahmed Hegazi LB 13 Mohamed Abdel - Shafy CM 8 Tarek Hamed CM 17 Mohamed Elneny 64 ' RW 10 Mohamed Salah AM 19 Abdallah Said LW 21 Trézéguet 57 ' 68 ' CF 9 Marwan Mohsen 82 ' Substitutions : FW 22 Amr Warda 64 ' FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi 68 ' FW 11 Kahraba 82 ' Manager : Héctor Cúper Man of the Match : Denis Cheryshev ( Russia ) Assistant referees : Eduardo Cardozo ( Paraguay ) Juan Zorrilla ( Paraguay ) Fourth official : Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey ) Reserve assistant referee : Bahattin Duran ( Turkey ) Video assistant referee : Massimiliano Irrati ( Italy ) Assistant video assistant referees : Mauro Vigliano ( Argentina ) Carlos Astroza ( Chile ) Szymon Marciniak ( Poland ) Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia Uruguay - Saudi Arabia The two teams had met in two games. Their most recent meeting was a friendly in 2014, ending in a 1 -- 1 draw. A left - wing Carlos Sánchez corner was missed by Mohammed Al - Owais, giving Luis Suárez a close - range finish into an unguarded net with his left foot. Fernando Muslera had to tip over a long - range drive from Hattan Bahebri, who then missed a chance in the box. The flat feel of the game continued after the interval with both sides struggling to build tempo in hot conditions at the Rostov Arena. Martín Cáceres headed over in the 68th minute from a Sanchez delivery. Saudi Arabia had plenty of the ball in the closing stages but were unable to score a goal. The result ensured that both Russia and Uruguay would advance to the knockout stage, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia would be eliminated at the group stage. Uruguay have won all four of their World Cup matches against Asian opposition. Suarez became the sixth player to make 100 appearances for his country. He also became the first Uruguay player to score in three World Cups. Uruguay 's victory had also helped Russia to qualify for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union, as Russia had won 3 -- 1 over Egypt earlier. 20 June 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 20 ) 18 : 00 MSK ( UTC + 3 ) Uruguay 1 -- 0 Saudi Arabia Suárez 23 ' Report Rostov Arena, Rostov - on - Don Attendance : 42,678 Referee : Clément Turpin ( France ) Uruguay Saudi Arabia GK Fernando Muslera RB Guillermo Varela CB José Giménez CB Diego Godín ( c ) LB 22 Martín Cáceres RM 5 Carlos Sánchez 82 ' CM 15 Matías Vecino 59 ' CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur LM 7 Cristian Rodríguez 59 ' CF 9 Luis Suárez CF 21 Edinson Cavani Substitutions : MF 17 Diego Laxalt 59 ' MF 14 Lucas Torreira 59 ' MF 8 Nahitan Nández 82 ' Manager : Óscar Tabárez GK 22 Mohammed Al - Owais RB 6 Mohammed Al - Breik CB Osama Hawsawi ( c ) CB Ali Al - Bulaihi LB 13 Yasser Al - Shahrani DM 14 Abdullah Otayf CM 7 Salman Al - Faraj CM 17 Taisir Al - Jassim 44 ' RW 9 Hattan Bahebri 75 ' LW 18 Salem Al - Dawsari CF 19 Fahad Al - Muwallad 78 ' Substitutions : MF 16 Housain Al - Mogahwi 44 ' MF 12 Mohamed Kanno 75 ' FW 10 Mohammad Al - Sahlawi 78 ' Manager : Juan Antonio Pizzi Man of the Match : Luis Suárez ( Uruguay ) Assistant referees : Nicolas Danos ( France ) Cyril Gringore ( France ) Fourth official : John Pitti ( Panama ) Reserve assistant referee : Gabriel Victoria ( Panama ) Video assistant referee : Szymon Marciniak ( Poland ) Assistant video assistant referees : Paweł Gil ( Poland ) Paweł Sokolnicki ( Poland ) Daniele Orsato ( Italy ) Uruguay vs Russia Uruguay team The two teams had met in one previous game, a friendly in 2012, which ended in a 1 -- 1 draw. With Russia formerly playing as the Soviet Union, the sides had faced each other seven times, including two matches at the World Cup, one in the 1962 FIFA World Cup group stage, won by the Soviet Union 2 -- 1, and the other one at the 1970 FIFA World Cup quarter - finals, won by Uruguay 1 -- 0. Luis Suárez curled a low free - kick into the bottom - right corner after Yury Gazinsky 's foul on Rodrigo Bentancur. Denis Cheryshev struck a half - volley straight at Fernando Muslera. He then found the net at the other end on 23 minutes, though, as his touch diverted Diego Laxalt 's first - time effort past Igor Akinfeev. In the 36th minute, Igor Smolnikov picked up his second booking after lunging in on Edinson Cavani, just eight minutes after being carded for a foul on Matías Vecino. Muslera 's pass enabled Russia to counter, though Artem Dzyuba sent his close - range effort well wide. In the final minute of normal time, Cavani thumped home the rebound after Akinfeev had kept out Diego Godín 's header. Russia are the first European side to fail to top their group as the host nation since Spain in 1982, and they are equal with South Africa ( 2010 ) in suffering the heaviest defeat as hosts in the group stage -- both defeated 3 -- 0 by Uruguay. Uruguay are the first side to win all three of their group games ( scoring five goals ) without conceding a single goal since Argentina in 1998 ( seven goals scored, none conceded ). Smolnikov is the first outfield player to be sent off for the host nation of a World Cup since Marcel Desailly for France against Brazil in the 1998 final. Cavani became just the second player to score a goal in three separate World Cup tournaments for Uruguay after Luis Suárez. Muslera became Uruguay 's all - time leading appearance maker at the World Cup ( 14 ) overtaking Ladislao Mazurkiewicz. 25 June 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 25 ) 18 : 00 SAMT ( UTC + 4 ) Uruguay 3 -- 0 Russia Suárez 10 ' Cheryshev 23 ' ( o.g. ) Cavani 90 ' Report Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance : 41,970 Referee : Malang Diedhiou ( Senegal ) Uruguay Russia GK Fernando Muslera CB 19 Sebastián Coates CB Diego Godín ( c ) CB 22 Martín Cáceres DM 14 Lucas Torreira CM 15 Matías Vecino CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur 59 ' 63 ' RW 8 Nahitan Nández 73 ' LW 17 Diego Laxalt CF 9 Luis Suárez CF 21 Edinson Cavani 90 + 3 ' Substitutions : MF 10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta 63 ' MF 7 Cristian Rodríguez 73 ' FW 18 Maxi Gómez 90 + 3 ' Manager : Óscar Tabárez GK Igor Akinfeev ( c ) RB 23 Igor Smolnikov 27 ', 36 ' CB Ilya Kutepov CB Sergei Ignashevich LB 13 Fyodor Kudryashov CM 11 Roman Zobnin CM 8 Yury Gazinsky 9 ' 46 ' RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov AM 15 Aleksei Miranchuk 60 ' LW 6 Denis Cheryshev 38 ' CF 22 Artem Dzyuba Substitutions : DF Mário Fernandes 38 ' MF 7 Daler Kuzyayev 46 ' FW 10 Fyodor Smolov 60 ' Manager : Stanislav Cherchesov Man of the Match : Luis Suárez ( Uruguay ) Assistant referees : Djibril Camara ( Senegal ) El Hadji Samba ( Senegal ) Fourth official : Bamlak Tessema Weyesa ( Ethiopia ) Reserve assistant referee : Hasan Al Mahri ( United Arab Emirates ) Video assistant referee : Clément Turpin ( France ) Assistant video assistant referees : Paweł Gil ( Poland ) Cyril Gringore ( France ) Daniele Orsato ( Italy ) Saudi Arabia vs Egypt Saudi Arabia The two teams had met in six previous matches, the most recent one in the 2007 Pan Arab Games, won by Egypt 2 -- 1. Mohamed Salah took Abdallah Said 's long ball in his stride and then sent a deft lob over the onrushing Yasser Al - Mosailem with his second touch in the 22nd minute. Salah broke Saudi Arabia 's offside trap and clipped an effort wide of the right - hand post. Five minutes before the interval Ahmed Fathy was adjudged to have deliberately handled Yasser Al - Shahrani 's cross inside the area. Essam El - Hadary produced a save to deny Fahad Al - Muwallad, but his celebrations were cut short when a second penalty was awarded for Ali Gabr 's tug on Al - Muwallad 's shirt. Salman Al - Faraj stepped up this time to fire past the goalkeeper and draw his side level. Egypt substitute Kahraba fired straight at Al - Mosailem late on. Salem Al - Dawsari finished a right - footed volley past El - Hadary in the closing stages. This match was the first time Egypt have ever led in a World Cup match, in what was their seventh match in the competition. Al - Faraj 's penalty goal for Saudi Arabia, scored after 50 minutes and 36 seconds, was the latest goal scored in the first half of a World Cup game since 1966. El - Hadary, at the age of 45 years and 161 days, is the oldest player in the history of the World Cup, breaking the record set by Colombia 's Faryd Mondragón in 2014 ( 43y 3d ). Salah became the first African player to score in his first two appearances at the World Cup. Abdullah Otayf completed 110 passes in this match, the most by an Asian player in a World Cup match since 1966. Saudi Arabia remains undefeated when it comes against their Arab rivals in the World Cup, having beaten Morocco 2 -- 1 in 1994 and drew 2 -- 2 to Tunisia in 2006. All in all, it was Saudi Arabia 's first World Cup win since 1994. 25 June 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 25 ) 17 : 00 MSK ( UTC + 3 ) Saudi Arabia 2 -- 1 Egypt Al - Faraj 45 + 6 ' ( pen. ) Al - Dawsari 90 + 5 ' Report Salah 22 ' Volgograd Arena, Volgograd Attendance : 36,823 Referee : Wilmar Roldán ( Colombia ) Saudi Arabia Egypt GK 21 Yasser Al - Mosailem RB 6 Mohammed Al - Breik CB Osama Hawsawi ( c ) CB 23 Motaz Hawsawi LB 13 Yasser Al - Shahrani DM 14 Abdullah Otayf CM 7 Salman Al - Faraj CM 16 Housain Al - Mogahwi RW 9 Hattan Bahebri 65 ' LW 18 Salem Al - Dawsari CF 19 Fahad Al - Muwallad 79 ' Substitutions : FW 20 Muhannad Assiri 65 ' MF 8 Yahya Al - Shehri 79 ' Manager : Juan Antonio Pizzi GK Essam El - Hadary ( c ) RB 7 Ahmed Fathy 86 ' CB Ali Gabr 45 + 5 ' CB 6 Ahmed Hegazi LB 13 Mohamed Abdel - Shafy CM 17 Mohamed Elneny CM 8 Tarek Hamed RW 10 Mohamed Salah AM 19 Abdallah Said 45 + 7 ' LW 21 Trézéguet 81 ' CF 9 Marwan Mohsen 64 ' Substitutions : FW 22 Amr Warda 45 + 7 ' FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi 64 ' FW 11 Kahraba 81 ' Manager : Héctor Cúper Man of the Match : Mohamed Salah ( Egypt ) Assistant referees : Alexander Guzmán ( Colombia ) Cristian de la Cruz ( Colombia ) Fourth official : Ricardo Montero ( Costa Rica ) Reserve assistant referee : Hiroshi Yamauchi ( Japan ) Video assistant referee : Artur Soares Dias ( Portugal ) Assistant video assistant referees : Tiago Martins ( Portugal ) Carlos Astroza ( Chile ) Wilton Sampaio ( Brazil ) Discipline Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head - to - head records of teams had been tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows : first yellow card : minus 1 point ; indirect red card ( second yellow card ) : minus 3 points ; direct red card : minus 4 points ; yellow card and direct red card : minus 5 points ; Only one of the above deductions would be applied to a player in a single match. Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points Uruguay − 1 Saudi Arabia − 1 Egypt − 5 Russia − 6 References ^ Jump up to : `` FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 -- Match Schedule '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 December 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Regulations -- 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 16 November 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` 2018 FIFA World Cup -- Statistical Kit '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. p. 3. Jump up ^ `` Russia coast past Saudi Arabia and leave them all smiling in Putin 's place ''. Guardian. 14 June 2018. 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Question: who won group a in world cup 2018
Answer: Uruguay