Cape Verde officially booked its first-ever spot at the FIFA World Cup, becoming the second-smallest country by population to ever reach the men’s global tournament.
The Atlantic island nation, with approximately 525,000 inhabitants, secured one of Africa's automatic berths for the expanded 202
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