I-Bafana Bafana iwandisile amathuba okuba ingene kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA ka-2026 eMelika. Eliqela libethe iBenin engobukhaya ngo’2-0 kumdlalo weQela C odlalwe eFélix Houphouët Boigny Stadium eAbidjan ngoLwesibini ebusuku, umhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu kule yoKwindla.
Ukuphumelela kuthetha ukuba bahlala bephezulu beqela ngamanqaku ali-13 kwimidlalo emithandathu, amanqaku amahlanu phambi kweBenin neRwanda.
Kodwa uMzantsi Afrika ungajongana nokuxhuzulwa ngamanqaku kwiFIFA, kulandela impazamo enkulu eyenziwe kumdlalo neLesotho ngoLwesihlanu.
Umqeqeshi uHugo Broos wafaka umdlali wasesiswini uTebogo Mokoena, nangona umdlali wasesiswini efumene amakhadi amabini atyheli kwimidlalo egqithileyo.
ILesotho ifake isikhalazo kwiCAF nakwiFIFA, kodwa emva kwexesha elibekiweyo leeyure ezingama-24 kwaye isigwebo asikaphumi.