This combination of file photo created on June 26, 2026, shows South Africa's midfielder #4 Teboho Mokoena in Cape Town on March 31, 2026 (L); and Canada's defender #19 Alphonso Davies in Bordeaux, on June 9, 2024.
South Africa and Canada will meet in a 2026 World Cup round of 32 football match at the Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood June 28, 2026.. Credit: AFP
Co-hosts Canada and South Africa will both make World Cup history when they meet in the opening game of the knockout round on Sunday.
Neither nation has ever reached this stage of international football’s showpiece event and they could not have asked for a grander stage than the spectacular SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
South Africa are one of nine African sides to have reached the last 32, making the continent the major beneficiary of the expanded 48-team format.
