From tiny Curaçao, to troubled Haiti's remarkable comeback, discover how some of the smallest nations in the world are defying the odds to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

With a population just north of 150,000, the island off the coast of Venezuela becomes the smallest country to qualify for soccer’s global showcase.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The tiny Caribbean island country 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.

A super-sized World Cup has paved the way for tiny Curaçao and Cape Verde to book their places at sport’s biggest global event next year.

Soccer fans celebrated at Curaçao International Airport in Willemstad on Wednesday as the country's men's soccer team arrived home after making World Cup history as the smallest nation by population ever to qualify. The team danced and celebrated as they ...

Curaçao, the national team without players born in their own country that will play in the 2026 World Cup The qualification was achieved with players mostly born in the Netherlands, hailing from cities like Rotterdam,

To celebrate the one-year anniversary, the Minister unveiled a new campaign jingle, sung by Jada van Dijk, composed by Roshendly Martina (Roshdrums), and arranged by Angelo Borrell Dopwell (Dopwell Music). The song aims to help children understand that their bodies deserve protection—and that no adult is allowed to touch their private parts.