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South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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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.{{cite web |title=FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - South Africa |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team/1885031/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321003135/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team/1885031/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 March 2019 |website=www.fifa.com |accessdate=July 6, 2019}}

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.{{cite news |title=Grieving Kgatlana sends South Africa into Women's World Cup last 16 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/south-africa-stun-italy-reach-092956809.html |access-date=2 August 2023 |agency=AFP |publisher=Yahoo News}}

FIFA Women's World Cup record

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width:50%;"
colspan=10|World Cup Finals
Year

!Result

!{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

|{{flagicon|China
} 1991||rowspan=1 colspan=8|Did not enter

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||{{flagicon|Sweden}} 1995||colspan=8 rowspan=6|Did not qualify

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||{{flagicon|USA}} 1999

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||{{flagicon|USA}} 2003

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||{{flagicon|China}} 2007

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||{{flagicon|Germany}} 2011

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||{{flagicon|Canada}} 2015

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||{{flagicon|France}} 2019||Group stage||3||0||0||3||1||8||–7

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||{{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|New Zealand}} 2023||Round of 16||4||1||1||2||6||8||–2

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||{{flagicon|Brazil}} 2027||colspan=8|To be determined

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!Total||2/10||7||1||1||5||7||16||–9

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colspan=6 style="background: #013A5E; color: #FFFFFF;|FIFA Women's World Cup history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
rowspan=3|{{flagicon|FRA}} 2019

|rowspan=3|Group stage

align="left"|8 Junealign="left"|{{fbw|ESP}}L 1–3align="left"|Stade Océane, Le Havre
align="left"|13 Junealign="left"|{{fbw|CHN}}L 0–1align="left"|Parc des Princes, Paris
align="left"|17 Junealign="left"|{{fbw|GER}}L 0–4align="left"|Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|AUS}}{{flagicon|NZL}} 2023

| rowspan="3" |Group Stage

23 Julyalign="left"| {{fbw|SWE}}L 1–2align="left"|Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
28 Julyalign="left"|{{fbw|ARG}}D 2–2align="left"|Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
2 Augustalign="left"|{{fbw|ITA}}W 3–2align="left"|Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Round of 166 Augustalign="left"|{{fbw|NED}}L 0–2align="left" |Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

{{main|2019 FIFA Women's World Cup}}

{{South Africa squad 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup}}

=Group B=

{{Main|2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B}}

{{2019 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group B|showteam=RSA}}

{{#lst:2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B2}}

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{{#lst:2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B4}}

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{{#lst:2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|B5}}

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

{{South Africa squad 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup}}

{{Main|2023 FIFA Women's World Cup}}

=Group G=

{{Main|2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G}}

{{2023 FIFA Women's World Cup group tables|Group G|showteam=RSA}}

{{#lst:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G|G1}}

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{{#lst:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G|G3}}

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{{#lst:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G|G6}}

=Round of 16=

{{#lst:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage|R16-3}}

Goalscorers

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! Player

! Goals

! 2019

! 2023

align="left"| {{sortname|Thembi|Kgatlana}}

! 3

| 1

| 2

align="left"| {{sortname|Hildah|Magaia}}

! 2

|

|2

align="left"| {{sortname|Linda|Motlhalo}}

! 1

|

| 1

align="left"| {{sort|~|Own goals}}

! 1

|

{{abbr|1|The own goal was scored by Benedetta Orsi (Italy).}}
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! Total

! 7

! 1

! 6

References

{{reflist}}

{{Countries at the FIFA Women's World Cup}}

Category:Countries at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Head-to-head record

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Opponent

!{{abbr|Pld|Played}}

!{{abbr|W|Won}}

!{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

!{{abbr|L|Lost}}

!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

!Win %

align="left"|{{fbw|Argentina}}

{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=2|against=2|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fbw|China}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fbw|Germany}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=4|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fbw|Italy}}

{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=2|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fbw|Netherlands}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=2|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fbw|Spain}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=3|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fbw|Sweden}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}}

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!Total

{{WDLtot|7|1|1|5|for=7|against=16|diff=yes}}