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06/25 16:58 CDT Ivory Coast into World Cup knockout round for 1st time as Pp scores twice in 2-0 win over Curacao Ivory Coast into World Cup knockout round for 1st time as Pp scores twice in 2-0 win over Curacao By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Ivory Coast got goals from Nicolas Pp in each half and advanced to the World Cup knockout round for the first time in the West African team's history with a 2-0 victory over Curaao on Thursday. Les lphants have crashed the party and made it out of their group for the first time in four World Cup appearances. Ivory Coast beat Ecuador 1-0 in its tournament opener --- at the same Philadelphia stadium as Thursday's game --- and lost to Germany in its Group E second game. Ivory Coast will play June 30 against either France or Norway --- whichever is the runner-up in Group I. Curaao needed to win and instead failed to become the smallest nation to qualify for the knockout stages. ___ See more of AP's World Cup coverage here