The consolation game for the bronze medal of Qatar 2022 will be played on Saturday 17 December between the two losers of the semi-finals.
The Qatar World Cup 2022 comes to an end. After the semi-finals, all eyes will be on which team will be crowned champion but you also have to decide who gets the bronze medal of the tournament and therefore FIFA organizes the competition for third and fourth place.
Qatar 2022 World Cup third and fourth place match: when is it, where is it, date and time, stadium, venue, qualified teams and stadium information
The four semifinalists They had already made sure to play seven matches in the Qatar 2022 World Cup but unfortunately the two losers of the semi-finals will not play the final of the tournament on Sunday December 18 and will play the match no one wants to play, the duel for third and fourth place to be played between the two losers Saturday, December 17 at the Khalifa International Stadium.
The playoffs for third place are essentially a consolation game between thethe two losers of the semifinalsCroatia, which fell against Argentina and has to face Morocco, is beaten by France.
This game first featured in the second World Cup Final in Italy in 1934, but has since become hugely unpopular with teams who see it as yet another attempt at pointless honour.
The official reasoning behind the match is that the results are used for the FIFA rankings, which are also used to place teams in competitions. Although the main reason for third place is of course the television ranking.
According to the official FIFA report on the viewing figures of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the third place between Uruguay and Germany was the fourteenth most watched match of the event (out of a total of 64 matches) in terms of viewers with 245 million viewers (taking into account both the live audience and viewers of reruns or delayed broadcasts).
Source: Goal