England beats France 6-4 in the highest-scoring World Cup third-place match

England beat France 6-4 in the third-place match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The score is described as the highest-scoring third-place playoff in FIFA World Cup history. England's finish is its best result since winning the tournament in 1966. The match decided third place rather than the championship.

A combined 10 goals made the playoff unusually high-scoring for a World Cup match that does not award the title. The report does not list the goal scorers for England. It also does not give the venue or the minute-by-minute order of the goals. The published result is 6-4 in England's favor.

French footballer Kylian Mbappé scored twice in the match. Those goals made him the highest-scoring player in World Cup history. He also became the first player to score 10 goals in a single World Cup since Germany's Gerd Müller in 1970. Both distinctions are tied to his scoring in this tournament, including the brace against England.

Third place is still a podium finish, even though it comes after a team has been eliminated from the title match. For England, the result is framed as the best World Cup outcome since the 1966 title. For France, the match ended a campaign that still produced a historic individual scoring record. The team result and the individual record are reported together.

The third-place game is a separate fixture from the final, which Spain won against Argentina. The England-France score does not change that championship result. It does add a second major scoreline from the closing days of the tournament. Readers of the two reports see a 1-0 final and a 6-4 third-place match.

No attendance figure is given for the third-place match. No disciplinary incidents are described. The account centers on the score, England's best finish since 1966, and Mbappé's two goals and records. Those are the confirmed sporting facts from the match report.