Soccer-Veteran Curacao coach hails 'crazy' World Cup qualification

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - CONCACAF Qualifiers - Group B - Jamaica v Curacao - National Stadium Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica - November 18, 2025 Curacao coach Dean Gorre and players celebrate after they qualify for the World Cup REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Veteran coach Dick Advocaat said tiny Curacao's qualification for the World Cup is the "craziest thing" he had ever achieved in his long-standing career.

The Caribbean island of barely more than 150,000 people, which is a self-governing part of the Netherlands, became the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup when they drew with Jamaica in Kingston on Tuesday.