South Africa have reached the 2026 World Cup Finals and as part of our build up to the tournament we take a look at selected outright betting markets involving Bafana Bafana.
We have 12 groups each containing 4 nations, the top 2 in each of the groups advance to the knockout rounds and they will be joined by the 8 best third place finishers to give us 32 teams for knockout football thereafter.
As far as South Africa are concerned, we won’t have to wait long to see the boys in action.
Group A
Group A contains co-hosts Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and the Czech Republic and the opening match of the tournament on Thursday 11th June sees Bafana take on Mexico in Mexico City. The second match for South Africa is against the Czech Republic in Atlanta on the 18th June and finally we come up against South Korea in Monterrey on 24th June.
Below are the odds of reward to top the group, qualify from the group and finish bottom of the group
Tournament Outright Winner Odds.
The most popular of the outright betting markets, simply name the winner!
Most bookies have European power houses France and Spain vying for favouritism at odds of around 9/2 which England are third favourites at around 13/2. South America’s most likely Brazil and Argentina are also trading in single figures.
Of the African nations to qualify Morocco are the shortest price to win the tournament at around 40/1 so what price are Bafana I hear you ask? Well at the current odds of 1000/1, every single R1 you place on Bafana will earn you R1,000 if they go on to lift the trophy at the end of the final.
66/1 and upwards the rest
Other Outright Markets of South African Interest
Much more to follow, please check back soon
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Note, odds are subject to change