The most exotic national that can reach the World Cup! Country with a population as much as Sibiu city, at 3 qualifying matches


Article by Romeo Ene – published on Sunday, October 12, 2025, 11:23 / Updated Sunday, October 12, 2025 11:25
Curacao is one of the great surprises of the preliminaries for the 2026 World Cup.
With other three parties left to dispute, Curacao it can become the biggest surprise of the preliminaries. On Saturday, he defeated Jamaica, score 2-0.
Curacao is one of the teams that can take advantage of the expansion of the World Cup to 48 participants.
VIDEO. Curacao, at 3 matches by the 2026 World Championship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yal84snzssa
Considering the fact that the US, Mexico and Canada had guaranteed the automatic qualification, as they are hosts, the Concacaf area received three places in North America and the Caribbean.
The small country in the Caribbean, an island that does not have the status of independent country, with 155,000 inhabitants, as well as the city of Sibiu, could obtain for the first time the qualification at the final tournament.
Under the Protectorate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the national team coached by the famous Dick Advocaat runs group B, with 7 points. It is followed by Jamaica (6 points), Trinidad Tobago (4 points) and Bermuda (0 points).
Curacao also has three matches to play, with Trinidad Tobago (at home), Bermuda (movement) and Jamaica.
On Saturday, in the match won on his own field with Jamaica, Curacao opened the score in the 14th minute, thanks to the success of the comment.
The final score was set by Kenji Gorre, 2-0 for Jamaica in the 68th minute.
Curacao would be only the second dependent country that qualify for the World Cup. The first was Indonesia, in 1938, when bore the name of the Dutch Indies.
The first place goes directly to the World Cup, while the second place has to play the dam, in the spring of 2026.




