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Soccer Fags: Why Does World Cup Have 3rd Place Playoff?
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:35 AM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital who the fuck cares? what's the point? unless it's the olympics where there is bronze medal on the line, why not have 2 semifinalists? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383547) |
Date: July 8th, 2018 12:37 AM Author: Orchid Regret (((GC)))
surprised american sports havent done it |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:39 AM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital yeah, the fact that american sports havent done it shows that literally nobody would watch such a forcememe. americans care about winners and wouldnt wanna see a forcememed 3rd place superbowl game. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383561) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:41 AM Author: amethyst pozpig weed whacker (Never heard of bowl game) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383569) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:42 AM Author: dun contagious famous landscape painting rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383571) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:46 AM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital ratings of the non SF bowl games are down and most bowls are relegated to a forcememe on espn. the slew of new year's day bowls is long over. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383589) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:51 AM Author: amethyst pozpig weed whacker http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/01/college-football-bowl-ratings-increase/
The ESPN family of networks combined to average 5.7 million viewers for 35 bowl games this season, up 11% from last year. 21 of those 35 games posted increases. ESPN Nielsen ratings now include streaming viewership on TV devices; comparisons are to last year’s TV-only numbers. |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:54 AM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital compare to pre playoff / bcs era pls? 2017 vs 2018 is not the appropriate comparison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383611) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:42 PM Author: vengeful coffee pot kitchen How many bowls and tv stations were there pre playoff / bcs era pls? Plus, those bowls used to be one of the only times you would see your team on TV each year. There would be like 5 college football games on per Saturday. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780775) |
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Date: December 13th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Beady-eyed House Private Investor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#45629617) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:37 AM Author: Snowy Windowlicker Useless Brakes because it's a thing that can be bet on. what kind of sports noob are you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383557) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:39 AM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital seems easy to throw such a game. do the players even try or give a fuck? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383564) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:40 AM Author: Snowy Windowlicker Useless Brakes I don't know, I've never watched such a thing. Also, obviously, the Olympics have them, because it's necessary sometimes to pick a Bronze medalist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383567) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:48 AM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital yeah. no pro tennis tourney has a 3rd place playoff. interestingly, in the juniors, the usta national championship events all have them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383593) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:51 AM Author: Snowy Windowlicker Useless Brakes interestingly Olympic boxing does not have a third place bout because there wouldn't be enough time between fights, so they have TWO bronze medalists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#36383603) |
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Date: July 8th, 2018 12:53 AM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital interesting. why wouldnt there be enough time to have the 3rd place boxing match? cant you just play it right before the finals?
ironside and i debated whether tennis should just give two bronzes to the SFists. neither guy wants to play that match. |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:08 PM Author: Clear Step-uncle's House People Who Are Hurt wrestling also has 2 bronze medalists, but that was done for political reasons. essentially, too many medals were being won by too few countries, so they cut down the number of weight classes and gave out an extra bronze medal. that, combined with no seeding, helps "create" medalists from underrepresented countries.
i wouldn't be surprised if boxing were similar. |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:42 PM Author: Beady-eyed House Private Investor I think the coaches usually use the game to give the subs and younger guys a chance to play. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780773) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:05 PM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780605) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:35 PM Author: Unhinged self-absorbed market There is a bronze medal on the line
Not that anyone cares |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:52 PM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital pic? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780813) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:53 PM Author: Unhinged self-absorbed market https://live.staticflickr.com/3920/14641032805_b85d024bc0_b.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780819) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:55 PM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital looks like an elementary school thing. ironside pls rate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780828) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 2:58 PM Author: Clear Step-uncle's House People Who Are Hurt an absolute joke of a medal. looks like something i could get from my local trophy/awards shop (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780836) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 3:01 PM Author: maroon alcoholic hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#38780855) |
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Date: December 13th, 2022 9:06 PM Author: Burgundy Elite Chapel Azn (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#45629511) |
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Date: December 13th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: electric toaster yarmulke anyone who tries to give a real answer to this is an idiot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#45629620) |
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Date: December 16th, 2022 2:54 PM Author: Burgundy Elite Chapel Azn WORLD CUP Why does the World Cup third-place game exist? It’s all about the money Morocco's Noussair Mazraoui kicks the ball during a World Cup semifinal loss to France on Wednesday. Morocco’s Noussair Mazraoui kicks the ball during a World Cup semifinal loss to France on Wednesday. Morocco will play Croatia in the third-place match Saturday.(Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)
BY KEVIN BAXTER STAFF WRITER DEC. 15, 2022 11:35 AM PT AL RAYYAN, Qatar — It’s one of the most pointless games in international sports, a match no one wants to play and one few remember once it’s over. But the World Cup’s third-place game isn’t going anywhere, FIFA says. This year’s consolation final will be played Saturday between Croatia and Morocco and the game is on the schedule for the next tournament in 2026. So the question becomes why?
As with most things involving FIFA, the answer is money. The World Cup has had a third-place game since 1954 and the money it gets from broadcasters and sponsors makes it meaningful for FIFA’s bank account.
But where else do semifinal losers meet to determine which one is better?
It happens in Olympic sports but that’s because there’s a bronze medal on the line. Do the two league championship losers in baseball meet in a consolation World Series to separate third from fourth? Before the merger with the AFL, the NFL used to have something called the Playoff Bowl (originally the Runner-Up Bowl), a made-for-TV event matching the second-place teams from the Eastern and Western conferences.
FILE - Branding is displayed near the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, in Doha, Qatar, March 31, 2022 âš½ 2022 Qatar World Cup
Start times for every match and how to watch Inside Qatar’s World Cup gamble Women officials ready for their transformative World Cup moment A guide to the eight stadiums hosting World Cup games Complete coverage It lasted 10 years, never sold out and disappeared without a whimper.
Saturday’s World Cup consolation final will match teams that have already met in this tournament, Croatia and Morocco having played to a scoreless draw in their group-play opener. Both would remain unbeaten until the semifinals — making them the last undefeated teams — before Croatia fell 3-0 to Argentina and Morocco was beaten by France 2-0.
So while Argentina and France will face off Sunday to determine the champion, Croatia and Morocco will meet to determine … well, nothing really. The winner will take home bronze medals and $27 million in prize money. The losers get $2 million less — and no medals.
With the prize money for the Qatar World Cup totaling $440 million, the difference between third and fourth is little more than a rounding error. (There are also the medals, though!)
In terms of prestige, the game is worth much less. Even casual fans know that Brazil got two goals from the incomparable Ronaldo to win a record fifth World Cup title in the 2002 final. But who won the third-place game that year? (It was Turkey.)
The idea that both teams aren’t fully invested in the consolation final is borne out by the final scores too, with the loser failing to score in the last two.
Following the disappointment of their semifinal losses, neither coach for Croatia or Morocco seemed excited about playing for a seventh time in three weeks. Neither did the exhausted players who, in this unusual World Cup year, are returning to club teams.
Croatia's Ivan Perisic controls the ball during the team's semifinal loss to Argentina on Tuesday. Croatia’s Ivan Perisic controls the ball during the team’s semifinal loss to Argentina on Tuesday.(Petr David Josek / Associated Press) For Morocco, the physical turnaround will be just as difficult as the mental one since it is dealing with several injuries and has a day less than Croatia to prepare.
“It’s going to be a challenge. We have a lot of players on their last legs,” said Morocco coach Walid Regragui, who lost defender Nayef Aguerd to injury moments before the semifinal then had to sub out captain Romain Saiss and outside back Noussair Mazraoui because of injuries before the start of the second half. That weakened back line didn’t allow an opponent to score in Morocco’s first five games.
“We gave everything,” Regragui added. “They’ve gone as far as they could.”
Regragui has little option but to clear his bench. Four of the 26 players on his roster have yet to appear in a game at this World Cup and five others have played less than 80 minutes. The coach promised to reward some of them against Croatia.
“We have a lot of players who haven’t played much,” he said. “All of those squad players have made a great contribution and haven’t played many minutes.”
France's Randal Kolo Muani, center right, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal. WORLD CUP
France defeats Morocco, will face Argentina in World Cup final Four of those nine players are younger than 26 — Morocco had the fifth-youngest team in Qatar — so the World Cup experience could pay dividends down the road. However, ending this tournament with two losses in four days would be a bitter way to end a World Cup in which Morocco made history, becoming the first African and first Arab nation to reach the final four.
Croatia is in a different position. After reaching the final in 2018, where it lost to France, Croatia came to Qatar as one of the older teams in the tournament, and Saturday’s game probably will mark the last World Cup appearances for defender Dejan Lovren, 33, midfielder Luka Modric, 37, and forward Ivan Perisic, 33. Modric has played more games (161) than any player in Croatian history and Perisic is tied for second in goals with 33.
“They achieved great things,” coach Zlatko Dalic said. “They’re the golden generation of Croatian football.
“A couple of them are at an age where it will be hard to play at the World Cup in 2026.”
And Modric made it clear he wanted his last World Cup game to end with in victory.
“Win the match and go back to Croatia with a medal,” he said of his goals Saturday. “We need to leave everything to win the bronze medal and let our fans celebrate one more time.” |
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Date: December 16th, 2022 2:56 PM Author: aphrodisiac state Historically the World Cup was associated with the Olympics before it broke off with FIFA as a separate organization. I believe the third place game is associated with the Olympics tradition. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#45643711) |
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Date: December 16th, 2022 5:35 PM Author: Laughsome olive black woman I was in Brazil during the 2014 World Cup. Basically nobody gave a shit about the 3rd place game even though Brazil was playing in it. This is in a soccer-mad country where legally every time the Brazilian national team plays, it is a national holiday. The entire country shuts down because everyone is watching the game. Even the gas stations close. But people were so bummed that Brazil wasn't in the final that hardly anybody even watched the game. Yes, they showed it in bars and stuff, but most people seemed to view it as nothing more than an excuse to get drunk and party. I saw almost no one who was actually watching it. If Brazil can't get excited for the 3rd place game when they are hosting the fucking tournament, it seems safe to conclude that it is truly a pointless game that nobody cares about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#45644377) |
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Date: December 17th, 2022 12:27 AM Author: aphrodisiac state That’s a bad example because Brazil is the only team where anything but a championship is considered a huge failure, plus they were coming off of the most embarsssing lost in World Cup history so of course nobody cared. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4020424&forum_id=2#45645678) |
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