What Do The World Cup Third-Place Winners Get?

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France and England volition look disconnected successful the World Cup third-place crippled connected Saturday, arsenic some teams failed to triumph their semifinal matchups and beforehand to the tourney finals. France mislaid to Spain successful the semifinals, portion England mislaid to Argentina.

So some are playing for a consolation prize Saturday astatine Miami Stadium. But the third-place lucifer is for much than conscionable avoiding finishing 4th successful the past books, however. There's thing connected the line, adjacent if it's not the World Cup trophy.

The Bronze Match Still Counts For The Golden Boot

Four players participating successful the third-place crippled of the 2026 World Cup are successful the contention for the Golden Boot. France guardant Kylian Mbappé has the existent pb with 8 goals, tied wide with Argentina's Lionel Messi. But England guardant Harry Kane and midfielder Jude Bellingham person six goals a piece, arsenic does France guardant Ousmane Dembélé.

While Mbappé is up arsenic of now, a immense crippled from 1 of these different 3 players could vault them to the apical of the leaderboard and astatine slightest springiness them a accidental astatine the Golden Boot this World Cup.

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What Do Teams Get For Winning The Bronze Final Match?

The 4 remaining teams successful the World Cup each person a monetary prize, but last placement determines conscionable however overmuch wealth a squad volition earn. The fourth-place squad successful the 2026 World Cup volition gain $27 million, portion the third-place squad gets an further $2 cardinal successful the bank, astatine $29 million.

There Is Also Pride And History

England's best-ever World Cup decorativeness came successful 1966, erstwhile it won the tourney for the archetypal and lone time. That is besides the lone clip that England reached the final, and successful 2 erstwhile trips to the semis, a fourth-place decorativeness was the extremity result, astir precocious successful 2018.

For France, this is the last lucifer coached by Didier Deschamps, who won the World Cup starring France successful 2018. What amended mode to spell retired than with a win?