Curaçaoball was a 3️⃣ 3ball first spotted by 🏳️ Spanish Empireball in 1499. They enslaved most of the natives for labor without paying much attention to the clay itself. In 1634, 🏳️ Dutch Republicball, who recently broke free from 🏳️ Spanish Empireball, invaded and occupied the island, colonizing it. The clay soon became an important port for slave trade due to its location. The territories of 🇦🇼 Arubaball, 🏳️ Bonaireball and Curaçaoball became united in 1815 under 🏳️ Curaçao and Dependenciesball where Curaçaoball was officially known as the Territory of Curaçaoball. This union was then succeeded by 🏳️ Netherlands Antillesball in 1954, now including 🏳️ Sababall, 🏳️ Sint Eustatiusball and 🇸🇽 Sint Maartenball. This time, Curaçaoball was under the name of the Island Territory of Curaçaoball. The union dissolved and turned into 🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlandsball on the 10th of October 2010 when Curaçaoball and 🇸🇽 Sint Maartenball became more autonomous, while still part of 🇳🇱 Netherlandsball (🇦🇼 Arubaball had already done so earlier in 1986). Nowadays, it is a constituent countryball in the 🇳🇱 Netherlandsball. It made it into the World Cup 2026