South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The South Africa women's national football team has represented South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup on two occasions, in 2019 and 2023.^[1]

On August 2, 2023, South Africa beat Italy 3–2 to qualify for the Round of 16. This was the first World Cup victory for the women's team, and also the first time in South Africa's history that either the women's or men's team has qualified out of the group stage.^[2]

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World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7
2023	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	6	8	–2
2027	To be determined
Total	2/10	7	1	1	5	7	16	–9

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2019	Group stage	8 June	Spain	L 1–3	Stade Océane, Le Havre
		13 June	China	L 0–1	Parc des Princes, Paris
		17 June	Germany	L 0–4	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
2023	Group Stage	23 July	Sweden	L 1–2	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
		28 July	Argentina	D 2–2	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		2 August	Italy	W 3–2	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
	Round of 16	6 August	Netherlands	L 0–2	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	China	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Argentina	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Player	Goals	2019	2023
Thembi Kgatlana	3	1	2
Hildah Magaia	2		2
Linda Motlhalo	1		1
Own goals	1		1
Total	7	1	6

South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group G

Round of 16

Goalscorers

References

Head-to-head record

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