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Germany vs Curacao

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ARF said:
At least all three of the letters are in 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'... where the hell does the W come from for Curaçao?!
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Their ISO country code is CW, no idea why but it is, their internet domain is .cw. They need three characters for the World Cup so FIFA stuck a U in there.
 
ARF said:
Does anyone know why Curaçao's three letter initial is CUW? It's really annoying me 🤣
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You asked for it!
"According to Curacao's own regulatory authority, the country was assigned the code 'CW' by the ISO in 2010 after it gained a new constitutional status, changing to an autonomous nation within the Dutch Kingdom having previous been part of the island territory known as the Netherlands Antilles. You will therefore see things like .cw as part of Curacao web addresses.

However, for things like territory codes on scoreboxes, a third letter was required. There is no specific explanation offered by the relevant authorities as to why 'CUR' was not chosen, but the implication is this would have been potentially confusing alongside 'CUB' for Cuba, or the fact that Costa Rica has the ISO code of .cr.

As a result, Curacao went with a 'U' to form 'CUW'"

You're welcome 😁
 
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