Historical past.
The ultimate day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Central America, inside the CONCACAF zone, happened in a single day from Tuesday to Wednesday.
With a 2-0 victory over Nicaragua, Haiti completed first in Group C, forward of Honduras and Costa Rica, and can thus play within the second World Cup in its historical past, after 1974!
However the enormous shock of the evening is the qualification of Curaçao.
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The Blue Wave held robust on Jamaica’s pitch (0-0) and thus completed on the prime of Group B, only one level forward of their opponent of the evening.
Curaçao will due to this fact play in its very first World Cup subsequent June!
A historic qualification, since by no means earlier than within the historical past of soccer had such a small nation certified for a World Cup.
An island of 444 sq. kilometers and 158,000 inhabitants, Curaçao would be the underdog of the competitors subsequent summer time.
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The third qualifier from the CONCACAF zone is Panama, already a World Cup participant in 2018.
Haiti, Curaçao, and Panama thus be a part of america, Canada, and Mexico, co-hosts of the event, among the many nations instantly certified from the zone.
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Jamaica and Suriname, the 2 finest runners-up, will participate in March within the intercontinental playoff event, the place they’ll compete for 2 closing tickets alongside Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bolivia, and New Caledonia.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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