History.
The final day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Central America, within the CONCACAF zone, took place overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
With a 2-0 victory over Nicaragua, Haiti finished first in Group C, ahead of Honduras and Costa Rica, and will thus play in the second World Cup in its history, after 1974!
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But the huge surprise of the night is the qualification of Curaçao.
The Blue Wave held strong on Jamaica’s pitch (0-0) and thus finished at the top of Group B, just one point ahead of their opponent of the night.
Curaçao will therefore play in its very first World Cup next June!
A historic qualification, since never before in the history of football had such a small country qualified for a World Cup.
An island of 444 square kilometers and 158,000 inhabitants, Curaçao will be the underdog of the competition next summer.
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The third qualifier from the CONCACAF zone is Panama, already a World Cup participant in 2018.
Haiti, Curaçao, and Panama thus join the United States, Canada, and Mexico, co-hosts of the tournament, among the nations directly qualified from the zone.
Jamaica and Suriname, the two best runners-up, will take part in March in the intercontinental playoff tournament, where they will compete for two final tickets alongside Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bolivia, and New Caledonia.
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