Curaçao wins historic World Cup pass along with Panama and Haiti
Unbelievable but true. Curaçao, a country of about 150,000 inhabitants, will play a starring role at the World Cup 2026. The team led by the’immarcescible Advocaat (78 years old, absent in the decisive match due to personal problems) managed to qualify for the final phase of the World Cup that will be played, next year, between the United States, Mexico and Canada.
To win the historic pass (first time ever at the World Cup), a tie with Jamaica was decisive. At the end of the match, the entire community of the Caribbean island went wild for a titanic feat that is destined to go down in the history books of soccer and of the country itself.
The United States and Curaçao are not the only countries in the world to have won the World Cup.
Not only Curaçao. Panama and Haiti are also going to the World Cup. The former, beating El Salvador with a dry 3-0, won Group A and thus detached the pass for the World Cup. Masterpiece also by Haiti, which, overcoming Nicaragua (2-0), mathematically earned qualification.
Haiti had not made it to the final stage of a World Cup since way back in 1974 (on that occasion zero points in three matches). A full 52 years later, it will return to the World Cup’s atmosphere. Bitterly chewing Honduras, which, drawing with Costa Rica (0-0), finishes second in the group, -2 from Haiti, and says goodbye to the big World Cup dream.
