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Match highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fSCg2ThYUw?si=B7xoIy4nzhhR_AZE

South Africa are back among football’s elite. The team coached by Hugo Broos sealed their qualification for the 2026 World Cup after a 3-0 win over Rwanda on the final matchday of the African qualifiers — a result that allowed them to edge out Benin and Nigeria in one of the tightest groups on the continent.

With 18 points out of a possible 30, the Bafana Bafana proved their consistency and discipline in a qualifying zone where every result mattered. The victory sparked scenes of joy in Johannesburg, where thousands of fans celebrated the end of a long and painful wait.

Fireworks display video:
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSU5KXDr3/

This qualification ends a 16-year drought without a World Cup appearance. The last time South Africa participated was in 2010, when they hosted the tournament and filled the world with vuvuzelas, color, and emotion. Before that, they appeared in France 1998 and Korea-Japan 2002, achieving their best-ever finish in 17th place.

Now, a new generation led by Percy Tau, Lyle Foster, and Teboho Mokoena will aim to restore the identity and competitiveness of a national team eager to reclaim its place among the top.

The 2026 World Cup, to be held across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will mark the tournament’s historic expansion to 48 teams — and South Africa will be part of Africa’s largest-ever contingent.

Their mission is clear: to reach the Round of 16 for the first time in their history and prove that South African football is on the rise once again. With a dynamic style and a core of young talent, the Bafana Bafana want the world to hear their battle cry once more: “Shosholoza!”

Congratulations are in order. Despite point deductions Kundus for you all

Buharidgeneral:
Congratulations are in order. Despite point deductions Kundus for you all

Thanks for winning🇳🇬 and sorry we didn't lose🇿🇦😁 Good luck with the playoffs.

RandDigital:
Thanks for winning🇳🇬 and sorry we didn't lose🇿🇦😁 Good luck with the playoffs.

You now see that it was Nigeria that many of you Southies love to hate so much that actually gave joy to your country.

Nigeria could have decided to sabotage everything by allowing Benin republic to win and appear at the world cup for the first time.

By the way, what is wrong with that South African commentator?

RandDigital:
Thanks for winning🇳🇬 and sorry we didn't lose🇿🇦😁 Good luck with the playoffs.

Congrats to SA for qualifying.
Funny situation Nig found herself yesterday; praying for SA to Lose/Draw, while SA was seriously praying for Nig to Win.

You guys should be thankful to Nig for answering your prayers.

Westin make Nigeria no still beat them for south Africa now see our route to the world cup just to get that ticket. My own be say make nobody come they talk of employing any local Coach nonsense for here again make una allow Bff to employ who them wan employ. See as Eric carry the work as if is life depends on the job.

SeraphicWind:
You now see that it was Nigeria that many of you Southies love to hate so much that actually gave joy to your country.

Nigeria could have decided to sabotage everything by allowing Benin republic to win and appear at the world cup for the first time.

By the way, what is wrong with that South African commentator?

No ways, you were playing for playoffs - you weren't no Samaritan.

That's commentary in Sesotho, you know the weirder the better in some countries 😂

GanagiBitrus:
Congrats to SA for qualifying.
Funny situation Nig found herself yesterday; praying for SA to Lose/Draw, while SA was seriously praying for Nig to Win.

You guys should be thankful to Nig for answering your prayers.

The Universe put you in a position to repay us for keeping your hopes alive in the qualifiers ,if it were not for our earlier blunder ; losing that 3 points ,you would not be where you are today . So we are even now

Freshtruth:
Westin make Nigeria no still beat them for south Africa now see our route to the world cup just to get that ticket. My own be say make nobody come they talk of employing any local Coach nonsense for here again make una allow Bff to employ who them wan employ. See as Eric carry the work as if is life depends on the job.

Nigeria couldn't even beat Zim in Nigeria, was it South Africa that they were going to beat in South Africa 🤔

SeraphicWind:
You now see that it was Nigeria that many of you Southies love to hate so much that actually gave joy to your country.

Nigeria could have decided to sabotage everything by allowing Benin republic to win and appear at the world cup for the first time.

By the way, what is wrong with that South African commentator?

If it weren't for us losing that 3 points earlier, you wouldn't even have hopes for the play offs .

@ the bolded , that would have painted your star players as losers and not worthy of the praise they recieve . Their ego and reputation is what drove them to win not us,don't get it twisted . We all had something to lose and gain going into those fields yesterday. The only country that had nothing to fight for was Rwanda .

Lionessza6:
The Universe put you in a position to repay us for keeping your hopes alive in the qualifiers ,if it were not for our earlier blunder ; losing that 3 points ,you would not be where you are today . So we are even now

No. It was FIFA that did us that favour.

SeraphicWind:
You now see that it was Nigeria that many of you Southies love to hate so much that actually gave joy to your country.

Nigeria could have decided to sabotage everything by allowing Benin republic to win and appear at the world cup for the first time. e

By the way, what is wrong with that South African commentator?

Please man, you won to save your skins not to make us qualify, come on now

GanagiBitrus:
No. It was FIFA that did us that favour.

LMAO. A whole star-studed team needing favours to qualify ?

How the mighty have fallen

South Africa played 2 "away" matches in South Africa.

Lionessza6:
Nigeria couldn't even beat Zim in Nigeria, was it South Africa that they were going to beat in South Africa 🤔

bro they no dey badly needed that win against south Africa after dropping points against Zimbabwe u kw it is a must win game imagine if they had beat south Africa bro them win this next 2 matches that would had given us 19points home and dry. Omo when I see the playoffs route I no too put hope bro he go hard

GanagiBitrus:
No. It was FIFA that did us that favour.

u funny o u get level reach South Africa? U feel say d playoffs na work over? South Africa wet done host fifa world cup before fifa no go want make them qualify? Sometimes enh

Lionessza6:
LMAO. A whole star-studed team needing favours to qualify ?

How the mighty have fallen

The Rich Also Cry

That's the reality of life. We all need favours at some point or the other, to survive.

What I am still trying to wrap my head around is that commentator. He was obviously biased and behaving like a child.

What is "NTUARI" in commentary bikonu

At a time when the shot went into the goal post with force, he shouted "Weeeeee". As if the shot was targeted at him. These South Africans self.

I blame the super eagles and NFF for this.

Out of the 10 matches South Africa played in the group, 7 were at home and only 3 matches away.
And NFF did not complain about it the whole time this happened. It’s good that they deducted 3 points from them anyway for fielding an ineligible player even though they can only muster 18 points from 10 matches.
Whereas Benin republic that played all their 10 matches away from home because they lack a FIFA approved stadium had 17 points.



Because of their silence the under 17 flying eagles were unable to qualify to the World Cup and under 17 Afcon because WAFU put the team in most difficult position to qualify.

They are lucky. Infact very lucky.

And super eagles wouldn’t have qualified to the playoffs if not for the 4th goal scored by Frank Onyeka. And if Eritrea did not withdraw, we wouldn’t have leapfrogged others like Burkina faso who had more points than ours. shocked

RandDigital:
Match highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fSCg2ThYUw?si=B7xoIy4nzhhR_AZE

South Africa are back among football’s elite. The team coached by Hugo Broos sealed their qualification for the 2026 World Cup after a 3-0 win over Rwanda on the final matchday of the African qualifiers — a result that allowed them to edge out Benin and Nigeria in one of the tightest groups on the continent.

With 18 points out of a possible 30, the Bafana Bafana proved their consistency and discipline in a qualifying zone where every result mattered. The victory sparked scenes of joy in Johannesburg, where thousands of fans celebrated the end of a long and painful wait.

Fireworks display video:
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSU5KXDr3/

This qualification ends a 16-year drought without a World Cup appearance. The last time South Africa participated was in 2010, when they hosted the tournament and filled the world with vuvuzelas, color, and emotion. Before that, they appeared in France 1998 and Korea-Japan 2002, achieving their best-ever finish in 17th place.

Now, a new generation led by Percy Tau, Lyle Foster, and Teboho Mokoena will aim to restore the identity and competitiveness of a national team eager to reclaim its place among the top.

The 2026 World Cup, to be held across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will mark the tournament’s historic expansion to 48 teams — and South Africa will be part of Africa’s largest-ever contingent.

Their mission is clear: to reach the Round of 16 for the first time in their history and prove that South African football is on the rise once again. With a dynamic style and a core of young talent, the Bafana Bafana want the world to hear their battle cry once more: “Shosholoza!”

since 2002 as a qualifier and since 2010 as a host

They are going there to make numbers

Them no go pass group stage 😆

after fixing match with zimbabwe

Hearty congrats to them... Very well deserved!

Teams with largely home based players are qualifying to the World Cup, but our very own star-studded European based players have left us with headaches and calculators.

No be to go come comot for group stage

RandDigital:
Match highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fSCg2ThYUw?si=B7xoIy4nzhhR_AZE

South Africa are back among football’s elite. The team coached by Hugo Broos sealed their qualification for the 2026 World Cup after a 3-0 win over Rwanda on the final matchday of the African qualifiers — a result that allowed them to edge out Benin and Nigeria in one of the tightest groups on the continent.

With 18 points out of a possible 30, the Bafana Bafana proved their consistency and discipline in a qualifying zone where every result mattered. The victory sparked scenes of joy in Johannesburg, where thousands of fans celebrated the end of a long and painful wait.

Fireworks display video:
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSU5KXDr3/

This qualification ends a 16-year drought without a World Cup appearance. The last time South Africa participated was in 2010, when they hosted the tournament and filled the world with vuvuzelas, color, and emotion. Before that, they appeared in France 1998 and Korea-Japan 2002, achieving their best-ever finish in 17th place.

Now, a new generation led by Percy Tau, Lyle Foster, and Teboho Mokoena will aim to restore the identity and competitiveness of a national team eager to reclaim its place among the top.

The 2026 World Cup, to be held across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will mark the tournament’s historic expansion to 48 teams — and South Africa will be part of Africa’s largest-ever contingent.

Their mission is clear: to reach the Round of 16 for the first time in their history and prove that South African football is on the rise once again. With a dynamic style and a core of young talent, the Bafana Bafana want the world to hear their battle cry once more: “Shosholoza!”

They did it with local players. I am proud of them for investing in their league and building a society. We dont know how much jobs a well managed local league will give us.
See eh, forget noise, SA is miles ahead of Nigeria. Pls dont come here with nonsesne data. That country has working football league, working basketball league, working cycling league, swimming league, baseball league, bike leage, race, etc. These are modern and sweet to the viewers and actually provide jobs via these leagues.
A well managed football league in Nigeria will solve 10 percent unemployment issue. Damn! we are just something else. SA is building a strong local league and if they continue, they will surely become a strong force. Soundowns did wonders against a German giant at the club world cup.

UkoAnnang:


No be to go come comot for group stage

Still better than the one wey their citizens go dey use generators to watch others playing in the tournament.

Your country is currently trying to sneak into that same group stage like thief.

Angelfrost:
Still better than the one wey their citizens go dey use generators to watch others playing in the tournament.

Your country is currently trying to sneak into that same group stage like thief.

We fit still sneak in and qualify from group stage unlike ur country wey make first appearance after 15yrs

Normal normal u supposed happy 15yrs no be beans

femi4:
since 2002 as a qualifier and since 2010 as a host

They are going there to make numbers

Lol... More than half of those qualifying will not cross the group stages too.

So, making up the numbers remains a key part of the tournament.

Even those that will finish as runner-ups won't be remembered by most people after the tournament.


So yes, qualifying on its own is a big deal... If not, why Nigerians dey press calculator upandan since last week?!!

See their huggy legs

Na this one them go take play France Brazil and Argentina for group stage?

UkoAnnang:
We fit still sneak in and qualify from group stage unlike ur country wey make first appearance after 15yrs

Normal normal u supposed happy 15yrs no be beans

Bro, just sneak in fess... Leave all this long and unnecessary shalaye.

Na person wey qualify for the world cup fit know whether or not he go pass group stage or win final.

Is it too late for me to still use calculator?