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Cape Verde seal historic debut place at World Cup 2026 and deny Cameroon

  • Blue Sharks beat Eswatini 3-0 to top qualifying group

  • Cameroon second in Group D after draw with Angola

Cape Verde have booked their place as debutants at the 2026 World Cup after a 3-0 home victory over Eswatini secured top spot in their African qualifying group.

With a population of just under 525,000, the tiny Atlantic island nation will become the second-smallest country by population to play at a men’s World Cup finals, behind only Iceland, who qualified in 2018.

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