South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Odds: Hosting the 2010 World Cup is South Africa and the South African national football team will be looking to bring in that championship at home as the host country of the tournament. Go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current 2010 FIFA World Cup odds.
Coming in at +12500 odds is the South Africa national football team and they’ve been playing catch up since 1994. Nicknamed Bafana Bafana (the Boys), South Africa was banned in 1961 by FIFA after the country couldn’t get over their racial segregation rules in organized sports. The suspension was lifted for a brief moment but they were formally expelled after the 1976 Soweto uprising. They were allowed back in in time for the 1994 World Cup in which they didn’t qualify. 1998 and 2002 got South African as far as round 1 and their 2006 hopes for the World Cup were crumbled after not qualifying.
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Goalkeepers: Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Moeneeb Josephs (Orlando Pirates), Shu-Aib Walters (Maritzburg United), Rowen Fernandez (Arminia Bielefeld)
Defenders: Matthew Booth (Mamelodi Sundowns), Siboniso Gaxa (Mamelodi Sundowns), Innocent Mdledle (Mamelodi Sundowns), Bongani Khumalo (SuperSport United), Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth), Bryce Moon (PAOK), Anele Ngcongca (Racing Genk), Siyabonga Sangweni (Golden Arrows), Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates)
Midfielders: Surprise Moriri (Mamelodi Sundowns), Franklin Cale (Mamelodi Sundowns), Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham), Andile Jali (Orlando Pirates), Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates), Reneilwe Letsholonyane (Kaizer Chiefs), Siphiwe Tshabalala (Kaizer Chiefs), Thanduyise Khuboni (Golden Arrows), Steven Pienaar (Everton), MacBeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan)
Forwards: Benni McCarthy (West Ham), Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), Siyabonga Nomvethe (Moroka Swallows), Bernard Parker (FC Twente).
South Africa will be going head to head against France, Mexico, and Uruguay after drawing Group A. They will be the first match of the 2010 World Cup playing Mexico on June 11th out of Johannesburg. The key player to keep your eye on is midfielder Steven Pienaar who has lately been showing outstanding form.
“I have been telling my players that they should forget about the Premier Soccer League (PSL) and Bafana Bafana, we are now World Cup players. We are talking about a high level where the demand is very high – technically, tactically, physically and especially mentally. You have to be ready for the difficulties in the game, sometimes you are under pressure but you have to be strong mentally and not allow the other team to overcome you, and you have to fight to the end,” said South Africa’s manager Carlos Alberto Parreira, who took over the team in October last year.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins June 11th and go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current FIFA World Cup odds:
Algeria: +50000
Argentina: +750
Australia: +12500
Brazil: +450
Cameroon: +10000
Chile: +6600
Denmark: +12500
England: +600
France: +1800
Germany: +1200
Ghana: +8000
Greece: +15000
Holland: +1100
Honduras: +75000
Italy: +1200
Ivory Coast: +3300
Japan: +30000
Mexico: +8000
New Zealand: +250000
Nigeria: +12500
North Korea: +200000
Paraguay: +8000
Portugal: +2800
Serbia: +6600
Slovakia: +25000
Slovenia: +25000
South Africa: +15000
South Korea: +20000
Spain: +400
Switzerland: +20000
USA: +8000
Uruguay: +10000
