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The Haiti national football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026, with players celebrating in Curacao due to ongoing conflict in Port-au-Prince.
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Curacao, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tehran, Miami
Who
Haiti national football team, Duckens Nazon, Sébastien Migne
What
The Haiti national football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026, with players celebrating in Curacao due to ongoing conflict in Port-au-Prince.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:28:27 GMT · 4h 46m ago
Where
Curacao, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tehran, Miami ·
Why
Haiti's national stadium in Port-au-Prince is unusable because armed gangs control most of the city.
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The qualification for the World Cup offers a significant moment of national pride and unity for Haiti, where ongoing gang violence has disrupted daily life and forced the national team to play abroad. For players like Duckens Nazon, who fled conflict in Tehran, it represents a personal triumph and a chance to offer hope.
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2 events in this thread- War & Conflict4h 46m agoHaiti's national football team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 52 years, despite the majority of its players living abroad and its coach managing remotely due to safety concerns in Port-au-Prince.Open article
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