The 2022 FIFA World Cup third place playoff in Qatar will see Croatia take on Morocco, fourandahalf years on from Belgium and England battling it out in Russia at the 2018 World Cup.
At 20 out of the 22 editions of the World Cup, including this one, there has been a third place playoff, an unusual game treated with varying degrees of seriousness designed to determine who finishes 3rd and 4th at the World Cup by why?
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at the history of the third place playoff at the World Cup, why they are often so odd, and whether they should even exist.