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By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 11, Jun 2018, 12:26 pm IST | UPDATED: 28, Jun 2018, 19:31 pm IST
New Delhi: A popular internet meme implies that being an Asian football fan means going sleepless at night to catch live the biggest matches international football has to offer. Past World Cups and club-level matches in Europe posed that big question to the people of this part of the globe: to watch or not to watch?|
THURSDAY, JUNE 14 |
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Russia vs. Saudi Arabia |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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FRIDAY, JUNE 15 |
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Egypt vs. Uruguay |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Yekaterinburg |
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Morocco vs. Iran |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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Portugal vs. Spain |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Sochi |
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SATURDAY, JUNE 16 |
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France vs. Australia |
3:30 PM (IST) |
Kazan |
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Argentina vs. Iceland |
6:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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Peru vs. Denmark |
9:30 PM (IST) |
Saransk |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 17 |
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Croatia vs. Nigeria |
12:30 AM (IST) |
Kaliningrad |
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Costa Rica vs. Serbia |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Samara |
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Germany vs. Mexico |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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Brazil vs. Switzerland |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Rostov |
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MONDAY, JUNE 18 |
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Sweden vs. South Korea |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Nizhny Novgorod |
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Belgium vs. Panama |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Sochi |
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Tunisia vs. England |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Volgograd |
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TUESDAY, JUNE 19 |
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Poland vs. Senegal |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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Colombia vs. Japan |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Saransk |
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Russia vs. Egypt |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 |
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Portugal vs. Morocco |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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Uruguay vs. Saudi Arabia |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Rostov |
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Iran vs. Spain |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Kazan |
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21 |
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France vs. Peru |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Yekaterinburg |
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Denmark vs. Australia |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Samara |
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Argentina vs. Croatia |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Nizhny Novgorod |
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FRIDAY, JUNE 22 |
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Brazil vs. Costa Rica |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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Nigeria vs. Iceland |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Volgograd |
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Serbia vs. Switzerland |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Kaliningrad |
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SATURDAY, JUNE 23 |
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Belgium vs. Tunisia |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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Germany vs. Sweden |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Sochi |
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South Korea vs. Mexico |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Rostov |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 24 |
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England vs. Panama |
5:30 PM (IST) |
Nizhny Novgorod |
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Japan vs. Senegal |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Yekaterinburg |
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Poland vs. Colombia |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Kazan |
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MONDAY, JUNE 25 |
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Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Volgograd |
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Uruguay vs. Russia |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Samara |
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Iran vs. Portugal |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Saransk |
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Spain vs. Morocco |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Kaliningrad |
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TUESDAY, JUNE 26 |
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Australia vs. Peru |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Sochi |
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Denmark vs. France |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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Iceland vs. Croatia |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Rostov |
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Nigeria vs. Argentina |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 |
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South Korea vs. Germany |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Kazan |
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Mexico vs. Sweden |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Yekaterinburg |
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Switzerland vs. Costa Rica |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Nizhny Novgorod |
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Serbia vs. Brazil |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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THURSDAY, JUNE 28 |
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Japan vs. Poland |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Volgograd |
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Senegal vs. Colombia |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Samara |
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England vs. Belgium |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Kaliningrad |
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Panama vs. Tunisia |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Saransk |
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SATURDAY, JUNE 30 |
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Round of 16: Match 50: Group C winner vs. Group D runner-up |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Kazan |
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Round of 16: Match 49: Group A winner vs. Group B runner-up |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Sochi |
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SUNDAY, JULY 1 |
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Round of 16: Match 51: Group B winner vs. Group A runner-up |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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Round of 16: Match 52: Group D winner vs. Group C runner-up |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Nizhny Novgorod |
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MONDAY, JULY 2 |
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Round of 16: Match 53: Group E winner vs. Group F runner-up |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Samara |
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Round of 16: Match 54: Group G winner vs. Group H runner-up |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Rostov |
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TUESDAY, JULY 3 |
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Round of 16: Match 55: Group F winner vs. Group E runner-up |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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Round of 16: Match 56 : Group H winner vs. Group G runner-up |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Rostov |
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FRIDAY, JULY 6 |
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Quarterfinal: Match 57 : Match 49 winner vs. Match 50 winner |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Nizhny Novgorod |
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Quarterfinal: Match 58 : Match 53 winner vs. Match 54 winner |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Kazan |
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SATURDAY, JULY 7 |
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Quarterfinal: Match 60 (Match 55 winner vs. Match 66 winner) |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Samara |
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Quarterfinal: Match 59 (Match 51 winner vs. Match 52 winner) |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Sochi |
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TUESDAY, JULY 10 |
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Semifinal: Match 61 (Match 57 winner vs. Match 58 winner) |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 |
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Semifinal: Match 62 (Match 59 winner vs. Match 60 winner) |
11:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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SATURDAY, JULY 14 |
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Third-place match: Match 63 (Match 61 loser vs. Match 62 loser) |
7:30 PM (IST) |
Saint Petersburg |
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SUNDAY, JULY 15 |
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Final: Match 64 (Match 61 winner vs. Match 62 winner) |
8:30 PM (IST) |
Moscow |
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