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 2026 World Cup will be the largest ever edition of FIFA's flagship international football tournament. North America will welcome 48 teams — a significant increase from the 32 that have contested ...

Countries come in all shapes and sizes. Some of the largest sovereign countries by measure of surface area include Russia, Canada and the U.S., according to nationsonline.org. But what is the smallest ...

Qualifying for the World Cup finals is taken for granted by some footballing heavyweights, but it is an immense source of joy for these tiny nations. While several of the highest-populated countries ...

Curacao have achieved the unthinkable, qualifying for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in their footballing history The Blue Wave have become one of the smallest nations ever to reach the global ...

Fans celebrate in the stands after Cape Verde defeated Eswatini in a World Cup qualifying soccer match at Estdio Nacional in Praia, Cape Verde, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, to clinch their qualification for ...

The tiny African island nation of Cape Verde qualified for the World Cup for the first time on Monday after beating Eswatini 3-0. With a population smaller than that of the U.S. state of Vermont, Cape ...