Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos will travel to Washington DC, in the United States of America, to attend the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw this week.
Broos will join several coaches and officials from the 48 countries that have qualified for the tournament to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico from 11 June – 19 July 2026.
But first, the Bafana Bafana coach, who is back home in his native Belgium, announced his final squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Morocco from 21 December – 18 January 2026.
Mduduzi Shabalala, Iqraam Rayners and Thabo Moloisane are on standby and the team will assemble in Tshwane in the coming days to begin preparations for the continental tournament.
“It is very important that we have players who know that if something happens with injuries or whatever, we can count on them. We will ask them to stay in shape and train, and keep in good condition because should something happen, we are prepared. So that’s why I have selected these players and will keep them on standby,” he said.
Bafana Bafana are in Group B in the AFCON, and they will face Egypt, Angola and Zimbabwe. The South Africans play their first match of the continental tournament against Angola on 22 December 2025.
