Curaçao makes World Cup history after draw with Jamaica

Curaçao made past erstwhile they salvaged a 0-0 gully against Jamaica connected Tuesday. 

For the archetypal clip ever, they qualified for the World Cup. They besides became the smallest federation by colonisation size to ever suffice for a World Cup. 

They finished arsenic the lone undefeated federation successful the qualifying tourney and finished atop Group B with 12 points. They achieved past contempt not having caput manager Dick Advocaat connected the bench. 

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Curaçao players observe qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup aft a shot lucifer against Jamaica. The lucifer took spot successful Kingston, Jamaica, connected Nov. 18, 2025. (Collin Reid/AP Photo)

Advocaat missed the lucifer due to the fact that helium was successful the Netherlands for household reasons. 

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics successful Curaçao, the state has a colonisation of 156,115 radical arsenic of past January. Prior to Curaçao breaking the record, Iceland antecedently held the rubric of the smallest federation to ever marque the World Cup. 

When Iceland made the World Cup successful 2018, their colonisation was 352,000. Cape Verde, which, similar Curaçao, qualified for the World Cup for the archetypal clip successful the nation’s history, has the third-smallest colonisation size of immoderate competing nation. 

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A Curaçao squad subordinate celebrates qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup aft a shot lucifer against Jamaica successful Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.  (Collin Reid/AP Photo)

Curaçao players observe qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup aft a shot lucifer against Jamaica. The lucifer took spot successful Kingston, Jamaica, connected Nov. 18, 2025. (Collin Reid/AP Photo)

Here is simply a database of the 10 smallest nations by colonisation size to ever vie successful the World Cup:

1. Curaçao, 2026 World Cup, population: 156,115
2. Iceland, 2018 World Cup, population: 352,000
3. Cape Verde, 2026 World Cup, population: 525,000
4. Trinidad and Tobago, 2006 World Cup, population: 1.3 million
5. Northern Ireland, 1958 World Cup, population: 1.4 million
6. Paraguay, 1950 World Cup, population: 1.5 million
7. Kuwait, 1982 World Cup, population: 1.7 million
8. United Arab Emirates, 1990 World Cup, population: 1.9 million
9. Slovenia, 2002 World Cup, population: 2 million
10. Uruguay, 1950 World Cup, population: 2.2 million

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