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Follow Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia live at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Real-time score updates, key plays, and match analysis as it happens.
Cape Verde is now officially the smallest country by population ever to reach the knockout rounds of a World Cup.
Cape Verde are one of the newest countries to appear at the World Cup. Despite showing steady improvement over the last decade, the 2026 edition marks their first participation in the tournament after finally qualifying through the African qualifiers.
The second-smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup overcame the one percent chance of making it out of the group stage and their fans are starting to dream.
