Print History Of Qualifying For The 2026 World Cup, Curacao Is More Lucky Than Indonesia

JAKARTA - From the Caribbean region, Curacao, made a surprise and made history when he first qualified for the World Cup. Curacao has the right to appear in the 2026 World Cup after a 0-0 draw against Jamaica in the last round of Group B in the Concacaf zone qualifying third round. Curacao is at least luckyer than Indonesia, which has brought many naturalized players, but still has not been able to penetrate the final round.

Curacao broke the record when he won a ticket to the 2026 World Cup. In a do or die duel at the Independence Park Stadium, Wednesday, November 19, 2025 in the morning WIB, Curacao was able to defend the goal without conceding so that the match ended without a goal.

The result made Curacao, who pocketed 12 points at the top of Group B. Meanwhile, Jamaica, who needed victory while playing at home, was in second place after being left behind by one point.

The additional one point is enough for Curacao to get tickets to the United States, Canada and Mexico. Curacao also broke the record because for the first time he was able to compete in the most grand football tournament on this earth.

Curacao is a small island nation in the Caribbean that was once a Dutch colony. With a population of only 156,115 people, compared to Solo City which has a population of up to 589,000, Curacao became the country with the least population competing in the World Cup. Curacao broke Iceland's record with a population of 350,000 people when appearing in the 2018 World Cup.

Curacao is at least luckier than Indonesia, which has tried hard to qualify but failed. Interestingly Curacao once came to Indonesia to conduct trials. Of the two meetings, Indonesia always wins. The Red and White teams lead 3-2 and 2-1.

However, the journey of the two national teams is indeed different. Indonesia finally failed even though it had brought in many naturalized players, including Jay Idzes to Eliano Reijnders, the younger brother of Manchester City and the Dutch national team, Tijjani Reijnders.

However, Indonesia ultimately failed. Interestingly, both Curacao and Indonesia have been handled by Patrick Kluiver.

Even Kluivers have twice handled Curacao in different times. But he always failed to lift Curacao's achievements. Likewise in Indonesia, Kluiver was unable to pass Indonesia to the 2026 World Cup.

Failed with Kluivert, Curacao took the right steps when signing Dick Advocaat, senior Dutch coach. Advocaat is not only poor in European elite clubs, he also handles various national teams such as Belgium, South Korea, Russia, Serbia and the Netherlands itself.

Advocaat successfully turned Curacao into a new force in the Concacaf zone. During the third round, Curacao never lost by winning three games and drawing three times. Apart from Curacao, the national team is under-calculated like Panama and Haiti qualified for the 2026 World Cup.

From Europe, Scotland returned to compete in the World Cup for the first time since 1998. In the last qualifying match in Group C, Scotland, led by Napoli midfielder Scott McTominay, defeated Denmark 4-2.