<P> If the host nation is involved in the third place match , the team generally uses the match to thank the support of their fans ( such as the South Korean football team in 2002 , and the German football team in 2006 . German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn , who had been a reserve to Jens Lehmann during the 2006 tournament , was allowed to retire in the third place playoff by then manager Jürgen Klinsmann . Germany and Portugal fielded strong lineups in that match , after both were narrowly eliminated in their respective semi-finals ( Germany and Italy nearly went to a penalty shootout , while Portugal was defeated by the lower - ranked France ) . For Brazil , the dismal 3 -- 0 loss to the Netherlands in the 2014 third place match , along with the 7 - 1 semi-final defeat to Germany , led to coach Luiz Felipe Scolari being dismissed . For the Dutch , this was their first bronze medal in the FIFA World Cup . </P>
<P> If the host nation is involved in the third place match , the team generally uses the match to thank the support of their fans ( such as the South Korean football team in 2002 , and the German football team in 2006 . German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn , who had been a reserve to Jens Lehmann during the 2006 tournament , was allowed to retire in the third place playoff by then manager Jürgen Klinsmann . Germany and Portugal fielded strong lineups in that match , after both were narrowly eliminated in their respective semi-finals ( Germany and Italy nearly went to a penalty shootout , while Portugal was defeated by the lower - ranked France ) . For Brazil , the dismal 3 -- 0 loss to the Netherlands in the 2014 third place match , along with the 7 - 1 semi-final defeat to Germany , led to coach Luiz Felipe Scolari being dismissed . For the Dutch , this was their first bronze medal in the FIFA World Cup . </P>
what do you get 3rd place world cup
what do you get 3rd place world cup
bronze medal
bronze medal