There will be over 1,000,000 fans at the 2023 World Cup, but it’s unlikely they’ll be thinking about the third place play-off. <\/p>
The classic third place play-off game: the match that no team is ever interested in playing.<\/p>\n
Knocked out in the semi-finals of the Women\u2019s World Cup and you want to go home? Sorry, there\u2019s another gruelling 90 minutes that needs to be played to see who gets the bronze medal.<\/p>\n
As the excitement continues to build at the Women\u2019s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you everything you need to know about the third place play-off.<\/p>\n Read more football features: Best players in the world<\/a> | Best players of all time<\/a> | Live football on TV today<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The third place play-off puts the two defeated semi-finalists together to determine who is the third-best team at a Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n The game usually takes place the day before the Women\u2019s World Cup final.<\/p> We\u2019ve had eight Women\u2019s World Cups and as a result, you guessed it, eight third place play-off games.<\/p>\n United States and Sweden have won the most third place play-off matches (three each), with England and Brazil both winning one a piece.<\/p>\n England have featured in two third place play-off matches at the Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n Their first appearance was in 2015 in Canada where England beat Germany, with the second coming at the last World Cup in 2019 in France, where the Lionesses were beaten by Sweden.<\/p>\n The 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup third place play-off will take place at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday, August 19th 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The game will kick off at 9am UK time<\/strong> on Saturday morning, with the Women\u2019s World Cup taking place the day after on Sunday, August 20th (11am UK time).<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a> or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/b><\/a>, or visit our Sport<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take part in the Screen Test<\/a>, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives.<\/b><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n There will be over 1,000,000 fans at the 2023 World Cup, but it’s unlikely they’ll be thinking about the third place play-off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35345,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-womens-world-cup-2023-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-womens-world-cup-2023-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-womens-world-cup-2023-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-womens-world-cup-2023-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-womens-world-cup-2023-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-womens-world-cup-2023-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-womens-world-cup-2023-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"There will be over 1,000,000 fans at the 2023 World Cup, but it's unlikely they'll be thinking about the third place play-off.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/35344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How the Women\u2019s World Cup third place play-off works<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Women\u2019s World Cup third place record<\/strong><\/h2>\n
England\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup third place games<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Where is the 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup third place play-off?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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