FACTS: SA's CWC record

Dhaka - South Africa's Cricket World Cup quarter-final defeat to New Zealand on Friday was the latest in a long line of big-time failures at the game's showpiece event.

South Africa's Cricket  World Cup exits (year, venue, round, opponents, losing margin):

1992 Sydney semi-final England 19 runs

1996 Karachi quarter-final West Indies 19 runs

1999 Birmingham semi-final Australia tied (Australia advanced to final on run-rate)

2003 Durban group stage Sri Lanka tied (Sri Lanka advanced to knockout round on D/L method)

2007 Gros Islet semi-final Australia 7 wickets

2011 Dhaka quarter-final New Zealand 49 runs