Cape Verde reaches World Cup after historic win over Cameroon
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 14, 2026, 11:45 PM
Last updated Jun 14, 2026
Cape Verde qualified for the World Cup after defeating Cameroon 1-0 in a qualifying match on September 9, 2025. Dailon Livramento scored the only goal, solidifying Cape Verde's position at the top of their group with a four-point lead ahead of Cameroon. This achievement highlights the nation's transformation into a competitive football team, largely thanks to players from their diaspora and strategic coaching. The team's successful qualifying campaign culminated in a total of five consecutive victories, propelling them to their first World Cup appearance as one of the smallest nations in the tournament's history.
- •Cape Verde has a population of roughly half a million.
- •Dailon Livramento scored the decisive goal against Cameroon.
- •Coach Pedro Leitao Brito was named CAF Coach of the Year for 2025.
- •Cape Verde finished the qualifying campaign four points clear of Cameroon.
- •The team is known as the Blue Sharks.
- 11:45 PMYahoo Sports — Cape Verde Has Half a Million People and Beat Cameroon to Reach the World Cup
"On a September night in 2025, a chain of ten volcanic islands scattered off the west coast of Africa, home to barely half a million people, did something that should not be mathematically possible. Cape Verde beat Cameroon, a country forty times its size and a fixture at World Cups for decades, and in doing…
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