क्रोएशिया 1998 विश्व कप के बाद पहली बार इस टूर्नामेंट के सेमीफाइनल में प्रवेश करने में कामयाब हुआ है।
Croatia have won their opening game of a World Cup for the first time since 1998, that is the time when they had went on to reach the semi-finals and finish third in that tournament.