FIFA will award two bronze medals in this year’s World Cup, with the Fenerbal club’s silver and the Sampdori team’s bronze, the Spanish sports daily AS reported on Thursday.
In a first for the tournament, the winner of the bronze medal will receive a silver medal and the runner-up a bronze.
Fenerbahçe beat the reigning champions of the competition, Barcelona, 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the European championship, in the first round of the tournament.
The silver medal was given to the reigning Champions League holders, Chelsea, who were victorious over FC Twente 2-0 in the semifinals.
