They booked their ticket to the World Cup after defeating Eswatini 3-0 in Group D of the African World Cup qualifiers.
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Cape Verde has become the second smallest country to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. They booked their ticket to the World Cup after defeating Eswatini 3-0 in Group D of the African World Cup qualifiers.
In their group, Cape Verde managed to beat African football power Cameroon to become the group winners. Cape Verde, consisting of 10 islands in the Atlantic Ocean, has a population of a little over five million.
Cape Verde, which became independent from Portugal in 1975, first qualified for the 2002 World Cup. Iceland, which played the World Cup in 2018, is the smallest country to play the biggest tournament in world football.
