South Africa’s U15 returned to winning ways at the at the 2026 FIFA U15 World Cup & Festival In Baku, Azerbaijan this morning, thrashing United Arab Emirates 5-1.
Inganathi Saliwa, Neo Dhlamini, Osas Asubaja and Bohlale Finger with a brace scored for our boys.
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They are now playing the winner between Ivory Coast and South Sudan in the tier B playoffs for 41st to 48th place at the tournament.
SA U15 head coach Selekedi Mogale’s men are experiencing a good tournament, having finished the group stage in second place behind Estonia after upsetting France in their final group match.
Their standout performances came in a 13-1 over Anguilla and a 8-0 win over Maldives. Sadly they lost 2-1 to Kosovo and drew 0-0 with Estonia, which saw them drop into Tier B of the competition.
In the Last 16, they beat 6-2 but they then lost to Portugal 2-1 on Wednesday thanks to a last-minute free-kick by the Europeans.
With this inaugural youth tournament set up in such a way that every nation continues playing regardless of the outcome, the only difference will be the positions they are playing for.