About This Match
This is David against Goliath wearing football boots! In one corner, CURAÇAO — an island of just 150,000 souls crashing the World Cup party for the very first time, packed tight in defensive formation and licking their lips at every counter-attack, the underdog the whole planet has fallen in love with! In the other, the ELEPHANTS of IVORY COAST — haunted by a golden Drogba generation that never quite touched glory, now reborn with athletic fury, charging through the channels with power, pace, and a chip on every shoulder! Structure versus chaos, fairytale versus fury — and NOBODY knows how this one ends!
Curaçao
Human Rights & Country Data
Curaçao
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships
Ivory Coast
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships