The last time that football World Cup holders got knocked out in the group stages was in 2010 when Italians were knocked out in the group stages.
South Africa have never won the World Cup. Their best performance was the group stages in 1998 and 2002.
7 matches in total. 3 in the group stage and 4 after that.
In the group stages you have to finish in the top two places in your group out of four to qualify for the knock out stages. If you lose a match in the knock out stages then yes you are out of the tournament.
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Switzerland were knocked out in the group stages, finishing third in their group.
Even though they were world champions they were knocked out in the group stages.
France have been eliminated from the World Cup 2010 in the Group stages.
They failed to progress beyond the Group stages.
They failed to progress beyond the Group stages.
No, they've never made it out of the group stages.