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

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, after its 0-0 draw with Jamaica on 18/11/2025, the smallest and least populated country to qualify for a World Cup finals, the 23rd...