Curacao becomes the smallest nation by both population and area to qualify for the tournament when they topped their group ahead of Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Bermuda in an unbeaten campaign across ten games. Granted, they may not get a much better opportunity to make it what with Mexico, USA and Canada all not taking part due to the fact they are all cohosts, but they will still be delighted to have qualified for their first ever World Cup. They have only been playing as an independent country since 2011. They failed to get out of their group in the CONCACAF Gold Cup last year, though a draw against Canada would have been the highlight of that tournament. They topped their Nations League B campaign too, meaning that they will appear in League A in the next edition, but first thing is first, they take on the world’s best this summer.