South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup explained

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]

FIFA Women's World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result
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		L 1–3	Stade Océane, Le Havre
		13 June		L 0–1	Parc des Princes, Paris
		17 June		L 0–4	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
2023	Group Stage	23 July		L 1–2	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
		28 July		D 2–2	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		2 August		W 3–2	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
	Round of 16	6 August		L 0–2	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Record by opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent
	1	0	1	0	2	2
	1	0	0	1	0	1
	1	0	0	1	0	4
	1	1	0	0	3	2
	1	0	0	1	0	2
	1	0	0	1	1	3
	1	0	0	1	1	2

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group B

See main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B.

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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group G

See main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G.

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Round of 16

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	2019	2023
	3	1	2
	2		2
	1		1
<	--These are own goals scored by opponents for the United States, not own goals scored by the United States. This row should be placed last no matter how many own goals have been scored.-->	1
Total	7	1	6

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - South Africa . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321003135/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team/1885031/ . dead . 21 March 2019 . www.fifa.com . July 6, 2019.
2. News: Grieving Kgatlana sends South Africa into Women's World Cup last 16 . 2 August 2023 . AFP . Yahoo News.