South Africa beat South Korea to make World Cup history

Thapelo Maseko of South Africa celebrate wit teammates afta e score di team first goal during di FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A match between South Africa and Korea Republic for Monterrey Stadium on June 24, 2026 in Guadalupe, Mexico.

Published 25 June 2026

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Thapelo Maseko second-half strike make history for South Africa as dem reach di World Cup knockout phase for di first time sake of dia victory over South Korea for Monterrey.

Three points move South Africa up to second for di table, behind Mexico, and leave South Korea wey bin hope say dem go finish as one of di best third-placed sides.

South Africa go now face face Canada for Los Angeles on Sunday in di last 32, by 20:00 BST.

Na game wey no too produce excitement as South Africa dey okay as dem dey defend and wait to hit dia opponent wit counter-attack, while South Korea lack quality for front.

Maseko snatch unexpected winner for South Africa, as e take touch to bring di ball to im left leg inside di box before e hit di ball wey pass through di leg of Jens Castrop and inside di near post.

Before dat one, di greatest moments of jubilation inside di stadium bin don come from Mexico fans wey dey inside di stadium as dem dey celebrate dia kontri goals against Czech Republic.

While South Korea bin dominate much of di ball na di African side, wey use dia head to deal wit dem wit counter attacks wey produce di best chances wey bring di goal.

South Korea just manage to threaten South Africa, wit one header by Oh Hyeon-gyu and anoda early shot by Lee Kang among dia chances.

South Africa, wey bin neva qualify World Cup since afta dem host am for 2010, don finish third for evri oda World Cup group stage dem don play.

Group Stage
Knockout Stage

Knockout Stage

Round of 32
- 28 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  South Africa 0
  
  -
  
  1 Canada
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Los Angeles Stadium)
- 29 JUN, 18:00 GMT+1
  
  Brazil 2
  
  -
  
  1 Japan
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Houston Stadium)
- 29 JUN, 21:30 GMT+1
  
  Germany 1
  
  -
  
  1 Paraguay
  
  (Penalties)
  3
  
  -
  
  4
  
  (Boston Stadium)
- 30 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1
  
  Netherlands 1
  
  -
  
  1 Morocco
  
  (Penalties)
  2
  
  -
  
  3
  
  (Estadio Monterrey)
- 30 JUN, 18:00 GMT+1
  
  Ivory Coast 1
  
  -
  
  2 Norway
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Dallas Stadium)
- 30 JUN, 22:00 GMT+1
  
  France 3
  
  -
  
  0 Sweden
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (New York New Jersey Stadium)
- 01 JUL, 02:00 GMT+1
  
  Mexico 2
  
  -
  
  0 Ecuador
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Mexico City Stadium)
- 01 JUL, 17:00 GMT+1
  
  England 2
  
  -
  
  1 DR Congo
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Atlanta Stadium)
- 01 JUL, 21:00 GMT+1
  
  Belgium 3
  
  -
  
  2 Senegal
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Seattle Stadium)
- 02 JUL, 01:00 GMT+1
  
  United States 2
  
  -
  
  0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (San Francisco Bay Area Stadium)
- 02 JUL, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  Spain 3
  
  -
  
  0 Austria
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Los Angeles Stadium)
- 03 JUL, 00:00 GMT+1
  
  Portugal 2
  
  -
  
  1 Croatia
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Toronto Stadium)
- 03 JUL, 04:00 GMT+1
  
  Switzerland 2
  
  -
  
  0 Algeria
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (BC Place Vancouver)
- 03 JUL, 19:00 GMT+1
  
  Australia 1
  
  -
  
  1 Egypt
  
  (Penalties)
  2
  
  -
  
  4
  
  (Dallas Stadium)
- 03 JUL, 23:00 GMT+1
  
  Argentina 3
  
  -
  
  2 Cape Verde
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Miami Stadium)
- 04 JUL, 02:30 GMT+1
  
  Colombia 1
  
  -
  
  0 Ghana
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Kansas City Stadium)
Round of 16
- 04 JUL, 18:00 GMT+1
  
  Canada 0
  
  -
  
  3 Morocco
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Houston Stadium)
- 04 JUL, 22:00 GMT+1
  
  Paraguay 0
  
  -
  
  1 France
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Philadelphia Stadium)
- 05 JUL, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  Brazil 1
  
  -
  
  2 Norway
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (New York New Jersey Stadium)
- 06 JUL, 01:00 GMT+1
  
  Mexico 2
  
  -
  
  3 England
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Mexico City Stadium)
- 06 JUL, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  Portugal 0
  
  -
  
  1 Spain
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Dallas Stadium)
- 07 JUL, 01:00 GMT+1
  
  United States 1
  
  -
  
  4 Belgium
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Seattle Stadium)
- 07 JUL, 17:00 GMT+1
  
  Argentina 3
  
  -
  
  2 Egypt
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Atlanta Stadium)
- 07 JUL, 21:00 GMT+1
  
  Switzerland 0
  
  -
  
  0 Colombia
  
  (Penalties)
  4
  
  -
  
  3
  
  (BC Place Vancouver)
Quarter-Finals
- 09 JUL, 21:00 GMT+1
  
  France 2
  
  -
  
  0 Morocco
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Boston Stadium)
- 10 JUL, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  Spain 2
  
  -
  
  1 Belgium
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Los Angeles Stadium)
- 11 JUL, 22:00 GMT+1
  
  Norway 1
  
  -
  
  2 England
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Miami Stadium)
- 12 JUL, 02:00 GMT+1
  
  Argentina 3
  
  -
  
  1 Switzerland
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Kansas City Stadium)
Semi-Finals
- 14 JUL, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  France 0
  
  -
  
  2 Spain
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Dallas Stadium)
- 15 JUL, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  England 1
  
  -
  
  2 Argentina
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Atlanta Stadium)
Third Place
- 18 JUL, 22:00 GMT+1
  
  France NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN England
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (Miami Stadium)
Final
- 19 JUL, 20:00 GMT+1
  
  Spain NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN Argentina
  
  (Penalties)
  NaN
  
  -
  
  NaN
  
  (New York New Jersey Stadium)

Group Stage

P - Di one dem don play
W - Win
L - Loss
D - Draw
GD - Goal Difference
Pts - Points

Group A

Group A
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Mexico	3	3	0	0	6	9
South Africa	3	1	1	1	-1	4
South Korea	3	1	2	0	-1	3
Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	-4	1

11 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Mexico 2

-

0 South Africa

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Mexico City Stadium)
12 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

South Korea 2

-

1 Czech Republic

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Estadio Guadalajara)
18 JUN, 17:00 GMT+1

Czech Republic 1

-

1 South Africa

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Atlanta Stadium)
19 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

Mexico 1

-

0 South Korea

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Estadio Guadalajara)
25 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

Czech Republic 0

-

3 Mexico

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Mexico City Stadium)
25 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

South Africa 1

-

0 South Korea

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Estadio Monterrey)

Group B

Group B
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	7
Canada	3	1	1	1	5	4
Bosnia-Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	-1	4
Qatar	3	0	2	1	-8	1

12 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Canada 1

-

1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Toronto Stadium)
13 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Qatar 1

-

1 Switzerland

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(San Francisco Bay Area Stadium)
18 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Switzerland 4

-

1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Los Angeles Stadium)
18 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Canada 6

-

0 Qatar

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(BC Place Vancouver)
24 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Bosnia-Herzegovina 3

-

1 Qatar

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Seattle Stadium)
24 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Switzerland 2

-

1 Canada

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(BC Place Vancouver)

Group C

Group C
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	7
Morocco	3	2	0	1	3	7
Scotland	3	1	2	0	-3	3
Haiti	3	0	3	0	-6	0

13 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Brazil 1

-

1 Morocco

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(New York New Jersey Stadium)
14 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

Haiti 0

-

1 Scotland

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Boston Stadium)
19 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Scotland 0

-

1 Morocco

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Boston Stadium)
20 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

Brazil 3

-

0 Haiti

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Philadelphia Stadium)
24 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Morocco 4

-

2 Haiti

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Atlanta Stadium)
24 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Scotland 0

-

3 Brazil

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Miami Stadium)

Group D

Group D
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
United States	3	2	1	0	4	6
Australia	3	1	1	1	0	4
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	-2	4
Turkey	3	1	2	0	-2	3

13 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

United States 4

-

1 Paraguay

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Los Angeles Stadium)
14 JUN, 05:00 GMT+1

Australia 2

-

0 Turkey

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(BC Place Vancouver)
19 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

United States 2

-

0 Australia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Seattle Stadium)
20 JUN, 05:00 GMT+1

Turkey 0

-

1 Paraguay

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(San Francisco Bay Area Stadium)
26 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

Paraguay 0

-

0 Australia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(San Francisco Bay Area Stadium)
26 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

Turkey 3

-

2 United States

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Los Angeles Stadium)

Group E

Group E
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Germany	3	2	1	0	6	6
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	2	6
Ecuador	3	1	1	1	0	4
Curaçao	3	0	2	1	-8	1

14 JUN, 18:00 GMT+1

Germany 7

-

1 Curaçao

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Houston Stadium)
15 JUN, 00:00 GMT+1

Ivory Coast 1

-

0 Ecuador

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Philadelphia Stadium)
20 JUN, 21:00 GMT+1

Germany 2

-

1 Ivory Coast

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Toronto Stadium)
21 JUN, 01:00 GMT+1

Ecuador 0

-

0 Curaçao

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Kansas City Stadium)
25 JUN, 21:00 GMT+1

Curaçao 0

-

2 Ivory Coast

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Philadelphia Stadium)
25 JUN, 21:00 GMT+1

Ecuador 2

-

1 Germany

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(New York New Jersey Stadium)

Group F

Group F
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	6	7
Japan	3	1	0	2	4	5
Sweden	3	1	1	1	0	4
Tunisia	3	0	3	0	-10	0

14 JUN, 21:00 GMT+1

Netherlands 2

-

2 Japan

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Dallas Stadium)
15 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

Sweden 5

-

1 Tunisia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Estadio Monterrey)
20 JUN, 18:00 GMT+1

Netherlands 5

-

1 Sweden

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Houston Stadium)
21 JUN, 05:00 GMT+1

Tunisia 0

-

4 Japan

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Estadio Monterrey)
26 JUN, 00:00 GMT+1

Japan 1

-

1 Sweden

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Dallas Stadium)
26 JUN, 00:00 GMT+1

Tunisia 1

-

3 Netherlands

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Kansas City Stadium)

Group G

Group G
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Belgium	3	1	0	2	4	5
Egypt	3	1	0	2	2	5
Iran	3	0	0	3	0	3
New Zealand	3	0	2	1	-6	1

15 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Belgium 1

-

1 Egypt

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Seattle Stadium)
16 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

Iran 2

-

2 New Zealand

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Los Angeles Stadium)
21 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Belgium 0

-

0 Iran

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Los Angeles Stadium)
22 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

New Zealand 1

-

3 Egypt

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(BC Place Vancouver)
27 JUN, 04:00 GMT+1

Egypt 1

-

1 Iran

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Seattle Stadium)
27 JUN, 04:00 GMT+1

New Zealand 1

-

5 Belgium

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(BC Place Vancouver)

Group H

Group H
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Spain	3	2	0	1	5	7
Cape Verde	3	0	0	3	0	3
Uruguay	3	0	1	2	-1	2
Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	-4	2

15 JUN, 17:00 GMT+1

Spain 0

-

0 Cape Verde

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Atlanta Stadium)
15 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Saudi Arabia 1

-

1 Uruguay

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Miami Stadium)
21 JUN, 17:00 GMT+1

Spain 4

-

0 Saudi Arabia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Atlanta Stadium)
21 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Uruguay 2

-

2 Cape Verde

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Miami Stadium)
27 JUN, 01:00 GMT+1

Cape Verde 0

-

0 Saudi Arabia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Houston Stadium)
27 JUN, 01:00 GMT+1

Uruguay 0

-

1 Spain

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Estadio Guadalajara)

Group I

Group I
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Goal Difference	Points
France	3	3	0	8	9
Norway	3	2	1	1	6
Senegal	3	1	2	2	3
Iraq	3	0	3	-11	0

16 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

France 3

-

1 Senegal

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(New York New Jersey Stadium)
16 JUN, 23:00 GMT+1

Iraq 1

-

4 Norway

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Boston Stadium)
22 JUN, 22:00 GMT+1

France 3

-

0 Iraq

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Philadelphia Stadium)
23 JUN, 01:00 GMT+1

Norway 3

-

2 Senegal

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(New York New Jersey Stadium)
26 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Norway 1

-

4 France

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Boston Stadium)
26 JUN, 20:00 GMT+1

Senegal 5

-

0 Iraq

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Toronto Stadium)

Group J

Group J
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	9
Austria	3	1	1	1	0	4
Algeria	3	1	1	1	-2	4
Jordan	3	0	3	0	-5	0

17 JUN, 02:00 GMT+1

Argentina 3

-

0 Algeria

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Kansas City Stadium)
17 JUN, 05:00 GMT+1

Austria 3

-

1 Jordan

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(San Francisco Bay Area Stadium)
22 JUN, 18:00 GMT+1

Argentina 2

-

0 Austria

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Dallas Stadium)
23 JUN, 04:00 GMT+1

Jordan 1

-

2 Algeria

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(San Francisco Bay Area Stadium)
28 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

Algeria 3

-

3 Austria

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Kansas City Stadium)
28 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

Jordan 1

-

3 Argentina

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Dallas Stadium)

Group K

Group K
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
Colombia	3	2	0	1	3	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	5	5
DR Congo	3	1	1	1	1	4
Uzbekistan	3	0	3	0	-9	0

17 JUN, 18:00 GMT+1

Portugal 1

-

1 DR Congo

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Houston Stadium)
18 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

Uzbekistan 1

-

3 Colombia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Mexico City Stadium)
23 JUN, 18:00 GMT+1

Portugal 5

-

0 Uzbekistan

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Houston Stadium)
24 JUN, 03:00 GMT+1

Colombia 1

-

0 DR Congo

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Estadio Guadalajara)
28 JUN, 00:30 GMT+1

Colombia 0

-

0 Portugal

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Miami Stadium)
28 JUN, 00:30 GMT+1

DR Congo 3

-

1 Uzbekistan

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Atlanta Stadium)

Group L

Group L
Kontri	Di one dem don play	Win	Loss	Draw	Goal Difference	Points
England	3	2	0	1	4	7
Croatia	3	2	1	0	0	6
Ghana	3	1	1	1	0	4
Panama	3	0	3	0	-4	0

17 JUN, 21:00 GMT+1

England 4

-

2 Croatia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Dallas Stadium)
18 JUN, 00:00 GMT+1

Ghana 1

-

0 Panama

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Toronto Stadium)
23 JUN, 21:00 GMT+1

England 0

-

0 Ghana

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Boston Stadium)
24 JUN, 00:00 GMT+1

Panama 0

-

1 Croatia

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Toronto Stadium)
27 JUN, 22:00 GMT+1

Croatia 2

-

1 Ghana

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(Philadelphia Stadium)
27 JUN, 22:00 GMT+1

Panama 0

-

2 England

(Penalties)
NaN

-

NaN

(New York New Jersey Stadium)

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South Africa beat South Korea to make World Cup history