Overview
- Scotland defeated Denmark 4-2 at Hampden Park to qualify automatically, with Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean scoring in stoppage time after Scott McTominay’s early overhead kick.
- Curacao secured qualification with a 0-0 draw in Jamaica and became the smallest nation by population ever to reach a FIFA World Cup.
- Haiti booked a first World Cup appearance since 1974 by beating Nicaragua 2-0, completing a campaign managed largely from abroad by coach Sébastien Migné and played on neutral soil in Curacao.
- Jamaica missed out on direct qualification after the home draw with Curacao, and head coach Steve McClaren resigned while the team remains in contention via the inter-confederation playoffs in March.
- UEFA will draw its World Cup playoff paths in Zurich on Thursday to decide four European spots, with two additional berths to be awarded at a six-team inter-confederation tournament in North America in March.