{"id":3259,"date":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/clone-heres-everything-you-need-know-when-it-comes-2018-fifa-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","slug":"clone-heres-everything-you-need-know-when-it-comes-2018-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/clone-heres-everything-you-need-know-when-it-comes-2018-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know when it comes to the 2018 FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh hey, football fans! Don\u2019t you have an exciting few weeks ahead of ya?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The<a href=\"\/news\/socceroos-coach-ange-postecoglous-emotional-resignation-ahead-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <\/a>2018 FIFA World Cup starts in Russia at 1:00am AEST on Friday, June 15th and if you\u2019re anything like us, you\u2019re more than ready to see the world\u2019s finest and their perfectly-defined calf-muscles (you know it\u2019s true) take to the field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>If you\u2019re unsure about when and where you can see each major match, don\u2019t worry &#8211; we\u2019ve got you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can&nbsp;you watch games?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to tuning in, <a href=\"https:\/\/theworldgame.sbs.com.au\/how-to-watch-world-cup#matches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SBS<\/a> will screen every Socceroos game along with the match of the day, every day and Optus will be airing every game of the World Cup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When are the Socceroos playing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s first match, <strong>Australia v France takes place at <\/strong><strong>8:00pm<\/strong><strong> AEST on Saturday, June 16th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is followed by <strong>Australia v Denmark on Thursday, June 21 at <\/strong><strong>10:00pm<\/strong><strong> AEST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then <strong>Australia v Peru on Wednesday, June 27 at <\/strong><strong>12:00am<\/strong><strong> AEST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about other major games?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The quarter-finals will play out between July 7th and 8th, the semi-finals are on July 11th and 12th, the game crowning the team in third place will be on July 15th and the final is on Monday, July 16th at 1:00am AEST.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Steve Christo\/Corbis via Getty Images&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all kicks off&nbsp;this Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-3259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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