Curaçao
Curaçao make their tournament debut, an extraordinary achievement for a Caribbean island of 150,000 people. Dick Advocaat, the 77-year-old Dutch tactician with stops at Rangers, Korea and Russia, took the helm in 2024 and engineered the qualification miracle. The squad leans heavily on Dutch-Antillean dual nationals: Cuco Martina (Sheffield Wednesday), Tahith Chong (Sheffield United), Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham). Group E with Germany, Côte d'Ivoire and Ecuador makes survival improbable, but the moment matters more than the result — every match is a celebration of an island that punched above its weight. A point against any opponent would already enter Curaçao's footballing folklore.
Upcoming matches
Group E standings
| # | Teams | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |