FIFA World Cup 2018 Opening Ceremony Live Streaming: From IST Timing to Venue and Performers, All You Need To Know About Opening Ceremony

The stage is set for the opening ceremony of world's biggest Football event, FIFA World Cup 2018, Russia.

The stage is set for the opening ceremony of world’s biggest Football event, FIFA World Cup 2018, Russia.

The event will be held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The Luzhniki is Russia’s national stadium and the biggest in the country with a capacity of 81,000.

Take a look at the glimpse of where the opening ceremony will take place:

The Luzhniki Stadium

Just 50 days until the #WorldCup kicks off at this amazing stadium pic.twitter.com/oY3nKUcJvm

— FIFA World Cup(@FIFAWorldCup) April 25, 2018

Date and Time of the Opening Ceremony (IST):

The opening ceremony will begin at 6:30 PM IST on June 14, Thursday.

Centre of attraction for the opening ceremony: 

Will Smith and Nicky Jam will perform at the official song of the tournament “Live It Up”. Along with that, the Global music icon Robbie Williams and Russian operatic soprano Aida Garifullina will entertain millions of people around the world. Brazil’s Ronaldo, two times FIFA World Cup Champion will also present in the open ceremony which will brighten up the event.

The #WorldCup begins THIS WEEK!

To start the week right, we have some news… Thursday’s Opening Ceremony will feature @ronaldo, @robbiewilliams and @a_garifullina!

More info https://t.co/5Lef5gR61O pic.twitter.com/NszfwxuN9m

— FIFA World Cup(@FIFAWorldCup) June 11, 2018

Telecast:

The event will telecast on Sony network.

Live Streaming:

The event will live stream on Sony LIV app.

In this edition of the FIFA World Cup, 32 countries have qualified to the final stages and all of them have been pooled into eight groups of four each. And, the top two team from each group will qualify for the knockouts i.e., in the Round of 16.

The host country, Russia will take on Saudi Arabia in the opening game which is going to kick off after the opening ceremony.

The star attraction for this world cup would be Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr., Mesut Özil, Mo Salah and many more.