Bafana Bafana in FIFA Qualifiers
2025 has been a good year of football for South Africa’s football team. Bafana Bafana managed to qualify for the upcoming AFCON which will take place in Morocco later this year in December. The team suffered a low point a few weeks ago in their third last FIFA Qualifier match.
The incident took place when Bafana Bafana played against Lesotho. At the time they were ahead on points in Group C of the FIFA Qualifiers and a win would have almost been enough to secure a spot in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But the team’s administration overlooked Teboho Mokoena’s suspension and fielded the South African football star for the match. Bafana Bafana went on to win the game 3-0 but FIFA was quick to react and penalising Bafana Bafana by taking points away and awarding it to Lesotho.
Bafana Bafana vs Zimbabwe
Qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is now a bit more complicated for South Africa. Bafana played their second last match of the FIFA qualifiers against Zimbabwe this past Friday at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium. The match did not go according to plan for Coach Hugo Broos. Bafana dominated the match and was unlucky not a find the back of the net after full time whistle. The match ended in a draw which places them second the log in Group C. They are now behind Benin with two points on the log with only one qualifier remaining.
Last round of FIFA Qualifiers.
Bafana Bafana will now face Rwanda in their list bid to qualify for 2026 FIFA World Cup. The two teams met in second round of group stage qualifiers where Rwanda won the match 2-0. The match will kick off at the Mbombela Stadium at 18:00. Benin and Nigeria will also be playing a match which is scheduled to be played at the same time. South Africans will be hoping that their boys manages to win the game and that the Super Eagles do them favour and beat Benin in their match up. Sportingbet has Bafana Bafana as the favourite team to win the match.
There are many too many World Cup Qualifiers to mention taking place around the world as the FIFA Qualifiers come to an end. Certain countries like Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia have already booked their spot in the 2026 world cup. Africa was allocated 10 spots in the upcoming tournament which is the most the continent has ever been allocated. This will also be the most teams participating in the tournament which have been increased from 32 to 48 teams. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted across 16 cities in the US, Mexica and Canada. The tournament kicks off on the 11th of June with the final match taking place in New York.
