A Copa do Mundo começa no dia 14 de junho. Sede do principal evento futebolístico que existe pela primeira vez na história, a Rússia abre o Mundial e está no Grupo A, ao lado da Arábia Saudita, do Egito e do Uruguai. Abaixo, veja a lista dos convocados desta chave.
Rússia
Goleiros – Igor Akinfeev (CSKA), Vladimir Gabulov (Club Brugge) e Andrei Lunev (Zenit);
Defensores – Vladimir Granat (Rubin Kazan), Serguei Ignashevich (CSKA), Fedor Kudryashov (Rubin Kazan), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscou), Andrey Semenov (Akhmat Grozny), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit) e Mário Fernandes (CSKA);
Meio-campistas – Yuri Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Alexander Golovin (CSKA), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA), Alexander Erokhin (Zenit), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscou), Daler Kuziyev (Zenit), Alexander Samedov (Spartak Moscou) e Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal);
Atacantes – Artem Dziuba (Arsenal Tula), Alexei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscou), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar) e Fedor Chalov (CSKA).
Arábia Saudita
Goleiros – Mohammed Al-Owais (Al-Ahli Jeddah), Yasser Al-Musailem (Al-Ahli Jeddah) e Abdullah Al-Mayuf (Al-Hilal Jeddah);
Defensores – Mansour Al-Harbi (Al-Ahli Jeddah), Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal Riad), Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal Riad), Motaz Hawsaki (Al-Ahli Jeddah), Osama Hawsawi (Al-Hilal Riad), Omar Hawsawi (Al-Nasr Riad), Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Fateh);
Meio-campistas – Abdullah Al-Khaibari (Al-Shabab Riad), Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal Riad), Taiseer Al-Jassim (Al-Ahli Jeddah), Houssain Al-Mogawhi (Al-Ahli Jeddah), Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal Riad), Mohamed Kanno (Ettifaq FC), Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab), Salem Al-Dawsari (Villarreal) e Yehya Al-Shehri (Legañes);
Atacantes – Fahad Al-Muwallad (Levante), Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (Al-Hilal Riad) Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nassr) e Muhannad Assiri (Al-Ahli Jeddah).
Egito
Goleiros – Essam El-Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly);
Defensores – Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al Ahly), Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Fath), Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich), Ali Gabr (West Bromwich), Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa) e Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC);
Meio-campistas – Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Shikabala (Al Raed), Abdallah Said (Kuopion Pallousera), Sam Morsy (Wigan), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Kahraba (Al Ittihad), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City), Mahmoud Hassan (Kasimpasa) e Amr Warda (Atromitos);
Atacantes – Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly) e Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
Uruguai
Goleiros – Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martín Silva (Vasco da Gama) e Martín Campaña (Independiente);
Defensores – Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid), Sebastián Coates (Sporting), José María Giménez (Atlético de Madrid), Maximiliano Pereira (Porto), Gastón Silva (Independiente), Martín Cáceres (Lazio) e Guillermo Varela (Peñarol);
Meio-campistas – Nahitan Nández (Boca Juniors), Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria), Matías Vecino (Internazionale), Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus), Carlos Sánchez (Monterrey), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro), Diego Laxalt (Genoa), Cristian Rodríguez (Peñarol) e Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Monterrey);
Atacantes – Cristhian Stuani (Girona), Maximiliano Gómez (Celta de Vigo), Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) e Luis Suárez (Barcelona).