Ivory Coast Defeats Curaçao with a Double and Advances to the Round of 32

The Ivory Coast national team secured its qualification to the Round of 32 of the 2026 World Cup, after defeating the Curaçao team with a score of 2-0 in the third and final round of the group stage, confirming their presence in the knockout stages.

Nicolas Pépé opened the scoring early for Ivory Coast in the seventh minute, before the same player returned to add the second goal in the 64th minute, leading his team to a deserved victory that ended Curaçao's hopes of continuing in the World Cup.

The Ivorian team imposed its superiority for most of the match, while Curaçao's attempts failed to penetrate the defense or hit the net, ending the match with a clean victory that granted Ivory Coast three valuable points.

With this result, Ivory Coast secured qualification to the Round of 32 of the World Cup with 6 points alongside Germany, the leader, and Ecuador in third place, while the Curaçao team exited the tournament from the group stage with one point after their historic first participation in the World Cup.