Risk Assessment of the 2018 Football World Cup for the National Football Team

This report provides a risk assessment of the 2018 Football World Cup for the National Football Team. It identifies possible risks and outlines steps to protect the client's interest during the event. The report covers risks related to public unrest, violent crime, terrorism, and threats against players. The report also suggests measures to manage these risks. The subject is risk assessment, and the course code, name, and college/university are not mentioned.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................2
2.0 Risk Assessment of the 2018 Football World Cup for the National Football Team.................2
3.0 Conclusion.................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

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1.0 Introduction
The report is based on risk assessment of the 2018 Football World Cup for the National Football Team. It provides types of risks by collecting of data facing
the National Football Team with specific relevance to the 2018 World Cup. The sporting event will hold from 14th June to 15thAugust 2018 in Russia raises
questions regards to safety as well as security. There are various negative as well as positive risk events which are identified to prepare the risk management plan.
The risk assessment outlines the possible risks an assessment steps to protect the client’s interest for duration of that event.
2.0 Risk Assessment of the 2018 Football World Cup for the National Football Team
Naming
the risk
Stating the point
at which the risk
may occur
Describing the risk Classifying the risk Assessing the risk Justification
Probability Impact Risk
tolerance
Risk of
wider
public
unrest
into
Russia
There is risk of
wider public unrest
when President
Putin stated that a
re-election is done
in March 2018
presidential polls.
The candidates opposed
President Putin, Russian
opposition is fragmented and
it is major threat to power
structure. There are realistic
risks which opposed the
candidates and supporters;
those are linked with Alexei
Navalny banned campaign
(Dugulin, 2017).
Moderate Minor Medium Russia should manage relations
with the Russian oppositions so
that when violence breaks, then
it would not affect relations
with Russia.
The information is
gathered from the
internet sources
which help to identify
the possible security
risks which may be
possible to occur in
National World Cup
2018 Football Cup.
The source helps to

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gather risk on wider
public unrest in
Russia due to
political factors.
Risk of
violent
crime
There is a risk that
rivalries among
opposing rival
hooligan groups
are continued to
create risk of
violence.
There are clashes among
England as well as Russia
supporters which results into
material damages and risk of
exposure to violence. There
is possibility that rival
hooligan gangs are clashed
during Russian world cup
(Magazine, 2017). The ultra-
nationalists of Russia target
the supporters of foreign
with verbal abuse as well as
physical altercation.
Moderate Moderate Medium As far as security for the 2018
world cup is being concerned,
the national team has trusted the
security arrangements as well as
security concepts which are
developed by the Russian
authorities, local organizing
committee (Cussac, 2018).
Russia consists of higher
security standards which are
being adapted for meeting with
requirements of major sporting
events. The authorities of
Russia are into constant contact
with the stakeholders to assess
the risks that enable
implementation of preventive
measures with national as well
as international authorities
(Dugulin, 2017).
Internet sources and
article of the National
World Cup 2018
Football Cup helps to
become familiar with
the risk of violent
crime. There is an
option that rival
hooligan gangs are
being clashed for the
duration of Russian
world cup.
Threat of
terrorism
There is a risk of
anti-terrorist
operations, Russia
is continued to
face of terrorist
The Islamic state called the
attacks due to strategic
involvement into the Syrian
conflicts. Through second
half of the year 2017, Islamic
Likely Major High With increase threat of
terrorism in 2018 World
Football Cup, Russia is required
to develop terrorism risk
management program. The
The terrorism attack
information is
gathered from the
journal articles on the
2018 Football World

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threats worldwide. state is outlet issued various
calls for conducting attacks
throughout Football world
cup 2018. Russia faces terror
attacks over last 20 years
(FIFA World Cup 2018,
2017). Football world cup is
higher profile sporting event
which makes a larger
terrorist targets.
terrorism risk management plan
consists of emergency plan,
disaster recovery plan and
reduction of financial risks.
Cup for the National
Football Team.
Threat
against
the
players
There is a risk of
terror at the global
sporting event that
attracts the
cameras and desire
to impact the
occurring of the
sporting events.
Various calls are come to
commit attacks throughout
the tournament via use of
social networks. Most of
them are involved threats
against the players (Ferson et
al., 2016). It is a risk that the
players those are working
into 2018 World Football
Cup are faced attacks. In the
Southern Russia, the country
is worried related with
attacks throughout the
sporting event (Swanson,
2018).
Likely Moderate Medium The Russian authorities are
concerned about the safety of
their players from the physical
attacks and bring together
security services for the
countries (Haag et al., 2016).
The players should have trust
among the security
arrangements for World Cup
which will remain with the
organizers among ongoing risk
assessment.
The public safety
along with security
forces are supporting
private security into
the stadiums which
would guarantee that
football celebration
are running properly
into hosted cities.
Islamist
insurgenc
y into
North
The Sunni
extremist groups
which is based into
North Caucasus
The security forces of Russia
are prioritized the anti-
terrorist operations, which is
bid to weak the insurgent
Unlikely Minor Low There should be contribution
towards development of
grounded understanding of
Islamic State by processing an
Russia authorities
consider their safety
as well as security as
top most priority.

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Caucasus are tied to be local
criminal networks
along with
regional as well as
international
organization are
conducted of
attacks against the
administrative of
Russia in addition
to security assets
in last two
decades.
networks as well as limit
capacity to the plot attacks.
Into North Caucasus,
violence is remained geared
toward periodic lower
capacity attacks against the
security forces as well as
administrative personnel (Li,
2014).
analysis of finances as well as
management of group
predecessor, “Islamic State of
Iraq”.

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3.0 Conclusion
Based on the risk assessment and increase uncertainty into the sporting event, there are
large impacts of Russia’s foreign policies as well as relations with US administration which
recommend that the larger events is being supported by the security measures. With increase of
threats, the National World Cup 2018 Football Cup Management team faces an increase to
understand as well as manage the risks of players in addition to organizational assets due to the
identified security risks.

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References
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Ferson, S., Pastorok, R. A., Bartell, S. M., & Ginzburg, L. R. (2016). Ecological modeling in risk
assessment: chemical effects on populations, ecosystems, and landscapes. CRC Press.
FIFA World Cup 2018. (2017). FIFA World Cup 2018: Russia taking strict measures to combat
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Haag, T. B., Mayer, H. M., Schneider, A. S., Rumpf, M. C., Handel, M., & Schneider, C. (2016).
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Swanson, B. (2018). Russia's World Cup organisers 'guarantee' security. Sky Sports. Retrieved
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world-cup-organisers-guarantee-security

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