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Curacao won all four games in their first qualifying group - and remained unbeaten in the second

A stunningly beautiful small Caribbean island, with a huge Dutch influence but fiercely proud of their own heritage - Curacao has, until now, possibly been most famous for its alcoholic drink of the same name.

But that is all about to change as they prepare to make history as the smallest nation ever, by size and population, to take part in a World Cup.

Smaller than the Isle of Man and with a population of 158,000 - less than 40 UK cities and towns - they are not even a fully sovereign nation, being…