Curaçao soccer fans were elated Tuesday after the Caribbean island became the smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup.

It will be joined by CONCACAF sides Panama and Haiti which also booked their spots.

Curaçao salvaged a 0-0 draw with Jamaica on Tuesday to finish as the only undefeated nation in the tournament and finished atop of Group B with 12 points to advance to the World Cup for the first time in its history.

Curaçao got the historic result despite not having coach Dick Advocaat on the bench.

The 78-year-old Advocaat missed the crucial match because he had to return to the Netherlands last weekend for family reasons.

Advocaat was at the helm of the Netherlands national team for three stints and managed South Korea, Belgium and Russia before taking the job with Curaçao.

Jamaica came close to taking the lead in the 54th minute with a header from Greg Leigh that bounced off the right post.

Two more headers rattled the posts as Jamaica pushed in search of the winner, with Shamar Nicholson hitting the crossbar in the 70th minute and Bailey Cadamarteri the right post in the 87th.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics in Curaçao, the country has a population of 156,115 persons as of last January.

Iceland, with a population of just over 350,000 was the smallest country to reach the World Cup when it qualified for the tournament in Russia in 2018.

AP video by Jermaine Ferguson and Steven Grattan