Overview
- A scoreless draw in Kingston secured group victory and Curaçao’s first-ever World Cup berth.
- VAR overturned a stoppage-time Jamaica penalty after the hosts had hit the woodwork and finished with ten men.
- Assistants Cor Pot and Dean Gorré led the team as Dick Advocaat returned to the Netherlands for family reasons.
- With about 155,900 residents, Curaçao becomes the smallest nation to reach a World Cup, and Advocaat, 78, would be the oldest head coach if he remains in charge next summer.
- Suriname lost 3-1 away to Guatemala and moves to March intercontinental play-offs, as celebrations spread across Curaçao and Dutch-Caribbean communities, including Rotterdam.