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Tiny Curacao tackle Germany at World Cup as Iran arrive in US

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Curacao's players take part in an MD-1 training session on the eve of Curacao's 2026 World Cup football tournament Group E football match against Germany, in Boca Raton on June 13, 2026. [CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP]

The smallest nation by population in the tournament comes face-to-face with the four-time winners on Sunday when tiny Curacao play Germany in a true World Cup fairytale.

Curacao, a Caribbean island of 160,000 people, is making its World Cup debut, a beneficiary of FIFA's decision to expand the field to 48 teams this year.

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