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South Africa World Cup history

South Africa have appeared in 3 men's World Cup tournaments from 1998 to 2010.

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Overall record

Titles0
Finals0
Appearances3
Best finishGroup stage

2026 qualification

How did they qualify?

Route
CAF Group C winners
Qualified
14 October 2025
Goals for per game
1.50
Goals against per game
0.90

Source: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Record

Tournament match record

Matches

9

W-D-L

2-4-3

Goals

11-16Goal difference -5

Goals per game

1.22

Timeline

Tournament-by-tournament performance

YearHostPerformanceMatchesGoalsGPG
2010South AfricaGroup stage33-51
2002Korea,JapanGroup stage35-51.67
1998FranceGroup stage33-61
Historical data source

Summary statistics generated from the Fjelstul World Cup Database by Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Summary statistics generated from the original CSV dataset. Women's tournaments are excluded from this first release.

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