Curaçao hosts Jamaica with first place at stake | OneFootball

MIAMI - The Final Round of the Concacaf Qualifiers to the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues with Curaçao hosting Jamaica in Group B on Friday at Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad, Curaçao.

It will be the first time the two nations face each other in World Cup Qualifying. They have met three times previously, each with a win and one draw, including Curaçao’s 2017 Caribbean Cup Final triumph.

The Reggae Boyz are in good form with a seven-match win streak in Qualifiers, conceding just three goals in two separate matches. Jamaica is also the national team with the most wins in the tournament since 2024 (six), one more than Curaçao (five).

Curaçao has scored the most second-half goals in the current qualifiers (12) with nine of those goals coming against only three teams: Haiti, Barbados and Saint Lucia.

Historical Series

Curaçao and Jamaica will meet for the third time in the Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup. This will be the first-ever Final Round encounter between the two national teams.

Overall, this will be the 15th meeting in all competitions. Curaçao leads the series with 7 wins, 3 losses, and 4 draws.

In the last 4 meetings across all competitions, Jamaica has recorded 2 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. Their most recent encounter was on June 25, 2019, in the group stage of the Gold Cup at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles (USA), a 1-1 draw. Jamaica’s goal was scored by Shamar Nicholson and Curaçao’s by Juriën Gaari.

In Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers, the two sides have met twice, with Jamaica earning one win and one draw. These qualifiers mark their first meeting in this competition in 60 years, dating back to the qualifiers for the England 1966 World Cup. They faced off in Group 2 of Round 1:

On January 23, 1965, Jamaica defeated Curaçao 2-0 at the National Stadium in Kingston (JAM) with a brace from Lascelles Dunkley.

In the second leg on February 3, 1965, at Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana (CUB), the teams drew 0-0. Jamaica won the series 2-0 on aggregate.

Top scorer for Jamaica vs. Curaçao in qualifiers: Lascelles Dunkley (2)

Historical Series: 14 matches

7 wins Curaçao, 18 goals

4 draws

3 wins Jamaica, 15 goals