Their tournament
how their World Cup unfoldedSouth Africa's World Cup ended in the cruelest fashion, a 90th-minute goal from Eustáquio giving Canada a 1-0 win that the balance of the match may not have fully demanded. Bafana Bafana had navigated the group stage with enough grit to finish second in Group A, but a tournament played on home soil — or at least in their confederate hemisphere — ultimately closed in the dying seconds of a Round of 32 tie they very nearly survived.
Results
Quiñones 9′Jiménez 67′
Sadílek 6′Mokoena 83′
Maseko 63′
Eustáquio 90+2′
Group A runners-up
Knocked out- R32Sun Jun 28 12:00PT🇨🇦Canada0–1
Group A standings
how the group finishedGroup A
Final| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇲🇽Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Group winner | |
| 2 | 🇿🇦South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | Runner-up | |
| 3 | 🇰🇷South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 | Out | |
| 4 | 🇨🇿Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 | Out |
Squad
starting XI from Canada at South Africa in boldGoalkeepers
- 1Ronwen Williams34
- 16Sipho Chaine29
- 22Ricardo Goss32
Defenders
- 6Aubrey Modiba31
- 14Mbekezeli Mbokazi20
- 20Khuliso Mudau31
- 21Ime Okon22
- 2Thabang Matuludi27
- 3Khulumani Ndamane22
- 18Samukele Kabini22
- 19Nkosinathi Sibisi30
- 24Olwethu Makhanya22
- 26Bradley Cross25
Midfielders
- 4Teboho Mokoena29
- 13Sphephelo Sithole27
- 5Thalente Mbatha26
- 11Themba Zwane37
- 23Jayden Adams25
- 25Kamogelo Sebelebele24
Forwards
- 7Oswin Appollis24
- 10Relebohile Mofokeng21
- 12Thapelo Maseko22
- 17Evidence Makgopa26
- 8Tshepang Moremi25
- 9Lyle Foster25
- 15Iqraam Rayners30