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This is a record of South Africa's results at the FIFA World Cup.The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), the sport's global governing body.
The six continental confederations. This page is a list of the continental championships for clubs and national teams in association football.. The championships are organised by the respective FIFA-affiliated continental confederations: AFC (), CAF (), CONCACAF (North America – comprising Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (), and UEFA ().
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The South Africa national soccer team represents South Africa in men's international soccer and is run by the South African Football Association, the governing body for Soccer in South Africa. Nicknamed Bafana Bafana (The Boys in Zulu ), the team's home ground is FNB Stadium , which is located in Johannesburg .
Stuart Baxter (here as head coach of Finland in 2009) was South Africa's coach at their appearance at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005. The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. [1]
The CONCACAF Gold Cup (Spanish: Copa Oro de la CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champions of North America (Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean). The Gold Cup is held every two years.
The CONCACAF Gold Cup, held since 1991, is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF. The Gold Cup is CONCACAF's flagship competition, and generates a significant part of CONCACAF's revenue. [30] The Gold Cup determines the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the ...
This was the first World Cup with 24 teams, and Africa's representation was doubled. So 29 African countries competed for 2 spots in World Cup qualification. In comparison, 21 Asian nations also competed for 2 spots, but 33 European nations competed for 13 spots. 1978 finalists Tunisia were eliminated in the first round by Nigeria on penalties.