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⚽FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off June 11, the first-ever 48-team tournament🥇Spain tops the global Elo rankings at 2171📊Polymarket favorites: Spain 17% · France 16% · England 11% · Portugal 10%🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽Hosted across the United States, Canada & Mexico · 16 host cities, 104 matches🔥Argentina (2113) and France (2063) lead the chasing pack⚔️Run any matchup through the Elo predictor⚽FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off June 11, the first-ever 48-team tournament🥇Spain tops the global Elo rankings at 2171📊Polymarket favorites: Spain 17% · France 16% · England 11% · Portugal 10%🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽Hosted across the United States, Canada & Mexico · 16 host cities, 104 matches🔥Argentina (2113) and France (2063) lead the chasing pack⚔️Run any matchup through the Elo predictor
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CAFRANK #78
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South Africa

Emerging
Current Elo
1529
Peak Elo
1791
−262
World Rank
#78
Confederation
CAF

Key players

South Africa stars · stats and highlights

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South Africa elsewhere

Profiles & ratings on related football sites

EloRatings
Full national-team Elo history & match log
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PlayerElo
Squad & player-level Elo ratings
playerelo.football ↗
Wikipedia
Squad, history & records
wikipedia.org ↗

Win probability vs. top opponents

OpponentTheir EloSouth Africa winOpponent win
Spain21712%96%
Argentina21133%94%
France20634%92%
England20425%92%
Colombia19986%89%
Brazil19797%88%

Closest rivals (by Elo)

Jamaica1530+1Guatemala1526−3Burkina Faso1533+4United Arab Emirates1540+11Angola1541+12Haiti1542+13

CAF regional table

#17Senegal1869#24Morocco1806#36Nigeria1739#41Algeria1728#53Egypt1660#57DR Congo1639#58Ivory Coast1637#61Tunisia1614