RIO 2016: SOUTH AFRICA PROFILE

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Olympic RecordBafana Bafana have appeared at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament once before, at Sydney 2000. A team that included Quinton Fortune and Benni McCarthy were eliminated at the group stages, but made quite an impression by defeating a much-fancied Brazil side who counted Ronaldinho amongst their number. Unfortunately for Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba’s troops, 2-1 defeats to Japan and Slovakia either side of that famous 3-1 win against A Seleção meant they missed out on a place in the knockout stages.

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