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Curacao smallest nation by population to make the cut
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|November 21, 2025
The tiny Caribbean island country Curagao will go to the 2026 World Cup as the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for the marquee event in men’s soccer.
Curacao, an autonomous territory of about 156,000 people within the Netherlands kingdom, takes the record of Iceland, with a population of just over 350,000, which was the pre-
vious smallest country to reach the World Cup when it qualified for Russia 2018.
A team relying heavily on players born and raised in the Netherlands rode its luck on Tuesday to take a 0-0 draw in Jamaica and finish top of a four-team group. Its other opponents were Trinidad and Tobago and last-place Bermuda.
This story is from the November 21, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Mumbai.
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