{"id":64277,"date":"2026-06-25T12:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=64277"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:53:01","slug":"south-africa-qualifies-world-cup-knockout-stage-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=64277","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Secures World Cup 2026 Knockout Stage Berth Against South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has officially clinched a spot in the Round of 32 for the 2026 World Cup, achieving a hard-fought 1-0 victory over South Korea. The decisive match took place at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico, marking the final group stage fixture.<\/p>\n<h2>South Africa World Cup qualification<\/h2>\n<p>The first half saw a balanced performance with rapid exchanges of attacks. South Africa displayed more confidence in passing and build-up play from the defense, while the Korean team relied on swift, dangerous counter-attacks. The initial period concluded goalless, reflecting a cautious tactical approach from both coaching staffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> South Africa football, World Cup 2026, South Korea soccer, knockout stage, Monterrey match, Algeria<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa defeats South Korea 1-0 to secure a coveted place in the 2026 World Cup knockout stages, advancing to the Round of 32.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}