The Other Final (2003)

Directed by

Johan Kramer

Genre

documentary film, association football film

Country

Netherlands, Italy

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

AL

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The lowest-ranked soccer teams in the world, Bhutan and Montserrat, play a friendly match on the same day as the World Cup final. The film follows both teams as they travel to Bhutan for the game. Bhutan wins its first ever victory.

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What happens

The Other Final is a 2003 documentary film, directed by Johan Kramer of Dutch communications agency KesselsKramer, about a football match between Bhutan and Montserrat, the then-lowest ranked teams in the FIFA World Rankings. The game was played in the Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan on 30 June 2002, the same day as the 2002 FIFA World Cup final. Bhutan won the game 4–0, their first ever victory and the first time they had kept a clean sheet. The friendly match, officially sanctioned by FIFA, saw Bhutan rise out of the bottom two of the world rankings and kept Montserrat in last place. The referee was Englishman Steve Bennett. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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