🚨 Official: Curaçao and Haiti book their places at the World Cup! | OneFootball

History.

The final day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Central America, within the CONCACAF zone, took place on the night 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 compete in the second World Cup in its history, after the one in 1974!

But the huge surprise of the night is the qualification of Curaçao.

The Blue Wave held strong on the field in Jamaica (0-0) and thus finished as the leader of Group B, just one point ahead of their opponent of the night.

Curaçao will thus compete in its very first World Cup next June!

A historic qualification since never, in the entire history of football, has 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.

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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 edition, 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 the Congo, Bolivia, and New Caledonia.

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