On the night of November 18-19, a match in the sixth round of CONCACAF qualification for the 2026 World Cup took place in Willemstad, the main city of the island of Curacao, where Haiti defeated Nicaragua 2-0.
Thus, the Grenadiers, led by Sébastien Migné, earned 11 points over six matches in Group C with Honduras, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, and by finishing first in the quartet, secured a spot in the World Cup.
Interestingly, the Haiti national team did not play a single home match within their own country. Since July 2021, the situation in Haiti, one of the world's poorest and most unstable countries, has been considered tense following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and a large part of the island's territory, including the capital Port-au-Prince, is controlled by illegal armed groups. In March 2024, gangs launched a massive attack on many large city facilities, including the national football stadium.
