# Soccer: Ivory Coast can qualify for the World Cup knockouts for the first time tonight when they face Curacao in their final Group E encounter in Philadelphia in the US. The African team is currently second in the group behind Germany, who has already qualified for the round of 32. Ivory Coast beat Ecuador, but lost to the Germans. Curacao suffered a 7-1 defeat to Germany earlier and drew against Ecuador. Ivory Coast hopes to become the lowest-ranked nation in history to reach the next round.
Soccer: Ivory Coast hopes to become lowest-ranked nation ever to reach World Cup playoffs