
Croatia National Football Team Qatar 2022
Meet Croatia - team that reached the FIFA World Cup semi-finals for the 3rd time since 1998!
Qualification for Qatar 2022
Croatia qualified for the FIFA 2022 World Cup as top of the UEFA Group F with 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Qatar 2022 - Group F
Croatia played in Group F and advanced from the group stage after a 0–0 draw with Morocco , a 4–1 win against Canada , and a 0-0 draw against Belgium .
This marked third overall and second consecutive qualifying to a World Cup knockout stage for Croatia.
Knockout stage
In the round of 16 Croatia won over Japan in a penalty shootout with Dominik Livaković stopping 3 out of 4 Japanese penalty kicks.
In the quarter-finals, Croatia beat Brazil in an upset victory on penalties, having come from behind to draw 1–1 in the final minutes of extra time.
Croatia lost to Argentina 0:3 in the semi-finals, and was sent to the battle for a bronze medal.
3rd place match
Croatia beat Morocco 2:1 in regular time with goals from Gvardiol and Oršić and claimed a bronze medal!
This is the third medal in six appearances since 1998 in FIFA World Cup, which made Croatia one of the most successful countries of all time in world football.
Croatia National Football Team from Qatar 2022 clearly demonstrated, that with a lot of effort, hard work, humility and team spirit, we can beat the odds and go beyond what everybody thought was possible.
Thank you for making us proud!!
Meet the 26 players and clubs they are playing for in this interactive map: