South Africa have played at 8 of the 10 Rugby World Cup tournaments, having been unable to compete in the first two tournaments due to a sports boycott during the apartheid era, and have won 50% of tournaments in which they participated. Following the end of apartheid, they hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup and won the tournament, they were champions again at the 2007 tournament in France. The Springboks then made history when they beat England in the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan despite losing a pool stage match.^{[citation needed]} They again made history in 2023 when both finalists lost pool matches.

The Springboks have the most tournament wins at the Rugby World Cup - having won 4 times - although they have participated in fewer tournaments. In addition to this, they are the only rugby team to have won every World Cup final they have played in.^{[citation needed]}

Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:^[3]

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Country	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	For	Against	+/-	Winning percent
England	6	5	-	1	149	79	+70	83,33
Samoa	5	5	-	-	220	42	+178	100
New Zealand	6	3	-	3	89	113	-24	50
Wales	3	3	-	-	59	51	+8	100
Scotland	3	3	-	-	98	48	+50	100
Australia	3	1	-	2	57	56	+1	33
Argentina	2	2	-	-	61	26	+35	100
Canada	2	2	-	-	86	7	+79	100
Fiji	2	2	-	-	86	23	+63	100
France	2	2	-	-	48	43	+5	100
Namibia	2	2	-	-	144	3	+141	100
Romania	2	2	-	-	97	8	+89	100
Tonga	2	2	-	-	79	43	+36	100
United States	2	2	-	-	128	15	+113	100
Uruguay	2	2	-	-	111	9	+102	100
Japan	2	1	-	1	58	37	+21	50
Georgia	1	1	-	-	46	19	+27	100
Italy	1	1	-	-	49	3	+46	100
Spain	1	1	-	-	47	3	+44	100
Ireland	1	-	-	1	8	13	-5	0
Total	50	42	0	8	1720	641	+1079	84

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