Promotional posters released for 'Russia 2018'

The Luzhniki Stadium will host the 2018 World Cup final

2018 World Cup hosts Russia have unveiled 11 posters promoting their host cities.

1. Moscow

Moscow will host the final

2. Saint Petersburg

Petersburg has a 69,000-seater stadium

3. Samara

US$436 million will be spent on this stadium

4. Volgograd

The stadium here is undergoing renovation

5. Kaliningrad

One of the farthest stadiums in Russia

6. Rostov-On-Don

FC Rostov will shift here after the World Cup

7. Sochi

Sochi played host to the Winter Olympics

8. Nizhny Novgorod

The stadium is located on the banks of Volga river

9. Saransk

The smallest of the host cities

10. Kazan

Will also host the 2017 Confederations Cup

11. Ekaterinburg

It is 1400 kms away from Moscow

The 2014 edition of the tournament held in Brazil, ended on Sunday, as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to clinch their fourth title. A 113th minute extra-time goal from Mario Gotze sealed a win for Die Mannschaft at the Maracana. The win was the first time that an European nation won the World Cup on South American soil.

After the match, Brazil president Dilma Rousseff symbolically handed over the World Cup to her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The Brazil president also invited Putin for the 2016 Olympics that will be held in Rio De Janeiro.

Russia has a lot of work to do before being ready for the footballing extravaganza. The nation will have to spend an estimated US$19.5 billion for building the 12 stadiums at the 11 cities selected for the event. Those host cities include: Kaliningrad, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, Volgograd, and Yekaterinburg.

The stadiums in Kazan and Sochi have been completed in January. The main venue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament will be Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, which will be hosting the opening game, semifinal, and final match. The stadium, built in 1956, has played host to the 1980 Olympics, 2008 Champions League final and 2013 World Athletics Championship. It will now undergo a major change in order to be transformed into a 81,000 seater arena.

After Sunday's final at the Maracana, FIFA President, Sepp Blatter confirmed that a delegation will be sent to Russia in September, to check on the developments.

Russia will hope to improve on their performances when they host the tournament in their own backyard. In Brazil 2014, Russia crashed out of the Group stages along with South Korea, as Algeria and Belgium went through.