Defending the title of the 2018 FIFA World Cup vice champion, Croatia's national football team, headed by coach Zlatko Dalić, won third place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Qatar, from 20 November to 18 December 2022.
The team, nicknamed ‘The Blazers’ (Vatreni), entered the championship with a draw against Morocco. After beating Canada in its second group stage match, the team qualified for the knockout stage with a goalless draw against Belgium.
Winning against Japan in a round of 16 match and knocking out Brazil in the quarter-finals, the Croatian team reached its semi-final match, which it lost to Argentina. Beating Morocco in the third-place play-off, Croatia’s Blazers took the bronze.
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