Although South Africa has made three appearances in the World Cup, they have not made it past the first round. Their first appearance was in France 1998, six years after they had been readmitted to the global football family. Despite a 3–0 drubbing to France in their opening game, they went on to draw against Denmark and Saudi Arabia. Korea/Japan 2002 was expected to be an opportunity for Bafana Bafana to step up to the next level but unfortunately, they failed to succeed, crashing out after the group stage despite beating Slovenia 1–0 for their first-ever World Cup win. During the 2010 World Cup, they beat France and drew to Mexico, but lost to Uruguay. The lost out on progression to the round of 16 on goal difference.
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