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The Curacao national football team’s first World Cup adventure begins this Sunday, with a match against the German national team for Group E.
Curacao, this small island (144 square kilometers) located in the Caribbean Sea, 60 kilometers from the northern coast of Venezuela, with a population of 157 thousand people, is Smallest country Participate in the World Cup.
The Caribbean island enjoys internal autonomy, in exchange for its defensive and diplomatic dependency on the Netherlands. Its residents speak Dutch, along with Spanish, English, and other local languages.
The Curacao national team succeeded in qualifying for the World Cup, after topping the second group in the third round of the North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) region qualifiers.
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During its qualifying campaign, it defeated two teams that had previously participated in the competition, namely Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
After Germany, Curacao players, most of whom are professionals in the Dutch league, will face Ecuador and Côte d’Ivoire in the group stage.
The 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico is the first of its kind, after expanding the number of participating teams to 48 teams. Including 3 additional teams from the CONCACAF region.
