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World Cup 2018 kits of all 32 teams feature feathers, waves and an eagle

World Cup 2018 kits of all 32 teams

Feathers, waves and an eagle feature on the designs of the FIFA World Cup 2018 kits. With the football tournament kicking off today, here's a look at all 32.

The World Cup takes place from 14 June to 15 July 2018, in 12 stadiums located in 11 Russian cities.

All 32 kits teams have released new home and away strips for the event. Highlights include a feather pattern for Nigeria, a stitch-style design for Japan and a lion-face graphic for Senegal.

Adidas and Nike are behind many of the World Cup 2018 kits, but there are also a handful by other sports brands, including Puma and New Balance.

Read on more details of all 32 designs:


World Cup Russia Kit 2018

Russia, Adidas

The host's World Cup shirt is a revision of the jersey worn by the Soviet Union during the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. The red and white shirt has the country's flag and the Russian eagle printed on the inside collar.


World Cup Saudi Arabia Kit 2018

Saudi Arabia, Nike

The simple green and white Saudi Arabia kit pays homage to the federation's 1994 team, which reached the final 16 at the tournament held in the United States.


World Cup Egypt Kit 2018

Egypt, Adidas

Egypt's shirt features the colours of nation's flag – red, black and white – with a subtle chequered pattern running throughout, and Adidas' signature triple stripes running down its side.


Uruguay, Puma

An engineered jacquard graphic is embedded in Uruguay's shirt, inspired by the nation's Sol de Atlántida monument. The design has a classic dark blue collar and Puma's logo also in dark blue.


World Cup Portugal Kit 2018

Portugal, Nike

Portugal's success in the Euro 2016 football tournament is marked with "celebratory splashes of gold" on its otherwise burgundy and green kit.


World Cup Spain Kit 2018

Spain, Adidas

Spain's traditionally red and yellow kit features a diamond-shaped printed pattern running down the right-hand side, a feature last seen on the country's shirts at USA 1994.


Morocco, Adidas

Morocco's 2018 World Cup home kit is a clean red shirt with three white stripes on the shoulders and a white collar. It will be paired with green shorts and red socks.


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Iran, Adidas

Adidas has designed a clean and simple shirt for Iran, which includes only two colours – red and white. The brand's logo, striped shoulders and sleeve detailing are in red.


World Cup France Kit 2018

France, Nike

Designed to put a modern spin on its tricolour flag, France's blue, white and red shirt has "Nos Differences Nous Unissent", meaning "Our Differences Unite Us", written inside the collar.


World Cup Australia Kit 2018

Australia, Nike

Inspired by the kit worn in the teams' decisive 2006 World Cup qualifier – when the team qualified for a major tournament for the first time in 32 years – Australia's 2018 version is gold with a dark green collar, and unique graphic print on the sleeves.


World Cup Peru Kit 2018

Peru, Umbro

This slimline shirt, in Peru's classic white and red colours, is adorned with gold details on the shoulders and retains the classic sash across the front.


World Cup Denmark Kit 2018

Denmark, Hummel

White Hummel chevrons run down the arms of Denmark's World Cup shirt, which is otherwise – and unsurprisingly – predominantly red.


World Cup Argentina Kit 2018

Argentina, Adidas

In celebration of the Argentine Football Association's 125-year anniversary, the country's kit incorporates laurels underneath the AFA badge, which also has two gold stars placed above it to represent its two World Cup victories.


Iceland, Errea

Nature inspired Iceland's bold blue home shirt, which has speckles of red and white on the shoulders, as metaphors for ice, water, fire and geysers.


World Cup Croatia Kit 2018

Croatia, Nike

The World Cup 2018 kits include a new interpretation of Croatia's eye-catching red and white chequer design, with the squares increased in size compared to previous years.


World Cup Nigeria Kit 2018

Nigeria, Nike

Nigeria's top has feather-style patterns – black and white for the sleeves, and green and white for the torso – based on the shirt the team wore when they qualified for the competition for the first time in 1994.


Brazil, Nike

Brazil's yellow shirt is the same samba gold shade as the kits worn by the team that won the tournament back in 1970 – the first year the games were broadcast in colour.


Switzerland, Puma

The nation's flag, the Puma logo and a unique red design demonstrating the topography of Switzerland's mountain-dominated landscape, pop from this predominantly white shirt.


Costa Rica, New Balance

Costa Rica's traditionally red and white kit was released under the slogan "Declare your DNA", and features subtle DNA stripes across the front left of the shirt, over the heart.


Serbia, Puma

A very low-key and understated look, the Serbia 2018 World Cup shirt by Puma, is red with a white crew neck and has a white stripe on each sleeve.


World Cup Germany Kit 2018

Germany, Adidas

Inspired by their third World Cup win in 1990, Germany's 2018 shirt features an updated monochrome version of the old printed graphic, and a gold World Cup winner's badge to celebrate their victory at the last tournament in 2014.


World Cup Mexico Kit 2018

Mexico, Adidas

Harking back to the eye-catching, all-over print used on its World Cup 1994 shirt, Mexico's 2018 version has a green graphic pattern running from the curved red hem up towards the armpit.


World Cup Sweden Kit 2018

Sweden, Adidas 

Seeking inspiration from the classic Sweden jersey worn in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Adidas' design for the country's shirt this year is bright yellow and blue with subtle diagonal stripes.


World Cup South Korea Kit 2018

South Korea, Nike

Inspired by the Korean flag, the contemporary 2018 shirt is adorned with a custom Tae Geuk wave pattern that represents the global influence of South Korea.


World Cup Belgium Kit 2018

Belgium, Adidas

Featuring a woven team badge located in the centre, Belgium's World Cup 2018 top is a refreshed take on the black, yellow and red argyle print the team played in at Euro 1984.


Panama, New Balance

The front of Panama's red and white shirt has a subtle chevron design pattern inspired by Panama City's skyline and the national bird – the Harpy Eagle.


World Cup Tunisia Kit 2018

Tunisia, Uhlsport

Tunisia's plain white World Cup shirt has red hems, with the brand's motif and the logo of the Tunisian FA in the same colour.


World Cup England Kit 2018

England, Nike

This slimline shirt features the Saint George's cross on the neck, a rosette located on the inside of the collar, and red, white and blue colours, as historically seen on England kits.


World Cup Poland Kit 2018

Poland, Nike

A light grey eagle from the country's coat of arms straddles a graphic sash on Poland's shirt, which also has a subtle zig-zag pattern on both sleeves.


Senegal, Puma

The team's nickname "Lions of Teranga" inspired Senegal's World Cup 2018 kit, which has a lion's face graphic on the front, green striped sleeves and green collar.


World Cup Colombia Kit 2018

Colombia, Adidas

Colombia's striking yellow home kit is inspired by their iconic World Cup 1990 apparel, and features spiky blue and red graphics matching the colours of the South American country's flag.


World Cup Japan Kit 2018

Japan, Adidas

In homage to Japan's traditional handcrafted clothing, its team's blue shirt features a minimal white all-over print on the front, imitating the appearance of a stitching technique known as Sashiko.