How Many Times Have Two Teams Met Twice in the Same World Cup?
Before the Morocco-Croatia match... how many times was a match repeated in one edition of the World Cup?
The match between Morocco and Croatia will be repeated in the 2022 World Cup when they meet next Saturday in the match for the third and fourth places to win the bronze medal.
Morocco and Croatia previously faced each other in the group stage for Group F on November 23, in a match that was decided by a goalless draw.
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How were the matches repeated in the World Cup?
First, there were matches that were repeated in the World Cups, not because two teams completed their way after the group stage successfully and reached the golden square, but to decide the winner of them with a group leader or in the knockout round.
The match between Italy and Spain in the quarterfinals of the second edition in 1934 was the first match to be repeated and ended 1-0 for Italy after a 1-1 draw in the first match.
The France 1938 edition witnessed a rematch between Germany and Switzerland in the 16th round, where they tied 1-1, then the Swiss team won 4-2 in the rematch.
In the quarterfinals of the same edition, Brazil tied 1-1 with Czechoslovakia, then the match was repeated, and Brazil won 2-1.
In the 1954 World Cup, a play-off match was held in the group stage between Germany and Turkey, to determine the qualifier for the quarterfinals after they were equal on points, and Germany won 7-2, after winning 4-1 in the first match.
The same thing was repeated in the fourth group between Switzerland and Italy, and Switzerland won 4-1 after it had won 2-1 in the first match.
The number of matches replayed in the World Cups during one stage, groups or elimination rounds are only 5 matches, which is a system that no longer exists in the World Cup.
How many times has the group stage match been repeated in the knockout stages?
The group stage match has been repeated in the World Cup knockout rounds only 5 times throughout the history of the competition, and the match between Morocco and Croatia will be the sixth.
The 1954 edition in Switzerland was the first in which a group stage match was repeated in the knockout stages, and that happened when Germany faced Hungary in the final.
Germany had lost 3-8 to Hungary in the group stage, and then beat them in the final 3-2 in a match dubbed The Miracle of Berne.
The second time came between Brazil and Czechoslovakia in the 1962 World Cup final, and at that time they had faced each other in the group stage, and the first match ended 0-0 before Brazil won when they faced in the final with a score of 3-1.
In the 1994 World Cup in the USA, Brazil faced Sweden in the group stage and tied 1-1 before Brazil won the semi-final match 1-0.
After 8 years, the matter was repeated in the 2002 edition, and Brazil then beat Turkey twice, 2-1 in
Group stage and then 1-0 in the semi-finals.
The last time the group stage match was repeated in the World Cup knockout stages was between Belgium and England in 2018, and at that time Belgium won twice 2-0 in the group stage and 1-0 in the match for third and fourth place.
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