In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[1] including the Netherlands Antilles who did not play their first FIFA recognised match until 2006.

Haiti women's national football team was supposed to be in their group but did not play in the Aruba based game because of visa issues.

In their first game against Suriname on 3 May in Curacao, before a crowd of 200, they lost 1–7 with Thielman scoring the team's only goal in the 48th minute.

In their second match on 5 May against Aruba women's national football team in Oranjestad, they won 2–1 before a crowd of 500.

It was a friendly tournament organized by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie to fund raise for breast cancer.

[6] Netherlands Antilles women's national under-17 football team played 2 games in 2006, and had two training sessions a week that year.

[3] The most popular sports in the country were softball and volleyball, with football ranking sixth.