2026 World Cup: 42 of the 48 countries qualified, including Curaçao, the smallest nation ever to qualify

News Tank Football - Paris - Selection #420050 - Published on 19/11/25 at 17:15
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2026 World Cup: Curaçao, the autonomous Dutch Antilles state, the smallest country ever to qualify - ©  FIFA

With some 156,000 inhabitants (the population of Grenoble) spread over 444km2 (four times the size of Paris), Curaçao, an autonomous island in the West Indies close to Venezuela but part of the Netherlands, became…

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2026 World Cup: Curaçao, the autonomous Dutch Antilles state, the smallest country ever to qualify - ©  FIFA

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