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Regionally, Haiti won in 1957 in their first participation in the CCCF Championship including a blowout victory against Cuba 6–1 [16] and debuted in the 1959 Pan American Games. The selection is defeated heavily by the United States 7–2, and Brazil 9–1, and refused to resume play against Argentina after an arbitration decision. [ 17 ]
Haiti earned its best ever performance in the sport of taekwondo (a silver medal), when Ava Soon Lee won the silver medal in the women's 67 kg event. [3] The medal was the first for the country since 2007. [3] Overall, Haiti won three medals, one silver and two bronze, matching its best performance (tied with 2003).
The Haiti women's national football team participates in several competitions including the CONCACAF Women's Championship. The team also participates in qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup and Summer Olympics , and qualified for their first World Cup at the 2023 edition . [ 2 ]
England entered the tournament as the No. 2 favorite to the United States but could only muster a single goal against Haiti. Women's World Cup 2023 Day 3: Georgia Stanway's penalty gives England a ...
On paper it was a mismatch; the European champion and one of the World Cup favorites England facing tournament debutant Haiti. England scraps to 1-0 victory against tournament debutant Haiti in ...
A girl plays a jump rope game at a school housing residents displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), the sport's global governing body.
In 1973, Haiti hosted the CONCACAF Championship, which also served as the qualification for the 1974 World Cup in Germany. Haiti won all but their last match against Mexico but finished with the most points in the tournament [4] and qualified for their first world football championship, where arguably their best football player of all time, Emmanuel Sanon, wrote history.