In Pictures: South Africa stun South Korea 1-0 to reach first-ever WC knockout stage

South Africa pulled off one of the biggest shocks of the tournament and beat South Korea 1-0 to secure their first ever spot in the knockout stages of the tournament (Source: Photo by AP)

While Korea dominated possession towards the end of the match, they were largely tepid for the rest of it and a 63rd minute strike Thapelo Maseko proved to be the decisive goal in the match (Source: Photo by AP)

Maseko had five total shots in the match and leads South Africa with eight shots in the tournament (Source: Photo by AP)

Bafana Bafana had failed to advance from the group stage in 1998, 2002 and as host in 2010 (Source: Photo by AP)

South Africa head coach Hugo Broos described the faith he had in his team despite the difficult start to the tournament.“The mentality in this group is amazing,” Broos said (Source: Photo by AP)

South Africa opened its World Cup with a 2-0 loss to Mexico before using a late goal to earn a 1-1 draw with Czech Republic (Source: Photo by AP)

It entered its final group-stage game trailing Mexico and favored South Korea before shocking the Taegeuk Warriors (Source: Photo by AP)

South Korea opened this World Cup with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Czech Republic and lost to Mexico 1-0 in its second game (Source: Photo by AP)

The Taegeuk Warriors could still advance in the tournament, pending the results of other games this week (Source: Photo by AP)

South Africa will take on Canada, the second-place finisher in Group B, in a knockout game Sunday at Inglewood, California (Source: Photo by AP)