Research by The Athletic for two-night stays around World Cup games in the 16 host cities has revealed huge price hikes ...

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The delay in Dick Advocaat becoming Curaçao’s head coach might have been ominous but instead was the foundation for glory. Frustrated by the national federation’s financial problems, he deferred ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A super-sized World Cup has paved the way for tiny ...

Curaçao, an island nation with a population about the size of Macon, Georgia, became the smallest country to qualify for the men’s World Cup late Tuesday, punching its ticket to the tournament next ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Few stories capture the magic of next year's FIFA World Cup quite like Curaçao—a small Caribbean nation that has defied history, geography, and every expectation to reach the ...

Curacao, Haiti, and Panama all secured automatic spots at the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, leaving familiar CONCACAF faces out in the cold. MORE — CONCACAF World Cup qualifying hub Jamaica and Suriname ...

Curaçao clinched a spot in the 2026 World Cup on a wild final night of Concacaf qualification, becoming the smallest nation (since World War II) to qualify for international soccer's biggest event.

The tiny Caribbean island country of Curaçao will go to the 2026 World Cup as the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for the marquee event in men’s soccer. Curaçao — an autonomous territory ...

Previous record for the smallest nation to reach a World Cup finals belonged to Iceland Curacao's supporters celebrate as they watch the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifier football match between Jamaica ...

Curacao's storybook run to the World Cup is complete after a 0-0 draw in Jamaica. Ricardo Makyn / AFP / Getty Images Curacao has become the smallest nation to qualify for a World Cup after Tuesday’s 0 ...