The South Africa women's national under-17 soccer team (Bantwana), is a youth football (soccer) team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective is to qualify and play at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and develop players for the main national team Banyana Banyana.
Bantwana hold the African record for most goals in an international match. They scored 28 goals (won 28âÂÂ0) against Seychelles in the opening match of group B at the 2019 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship.
The team qualified for their maiden FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago. This feat made the first women's team to qualify for the World Cup. Banyana Banyana would make their World Cup debut nine years later in 2019.
In 2018, they qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay making their second appearance at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
In the 2025 qualification, they reached the second round with a 21âÂÂ2 aggregate win over Gabon. They failed to reach the third round qualifiers after a 5âÂÂ1 aggregate loss to Nigeria.
The competed in the inaugural tournament in 2019 held in Mauritius. They were runners-up to Uganda in a 2âÂÂ1 defeat in the final. They set the African goal scoring record (28 goals) in that championship.
They won their maiden COSAFA title at the 2022 edition, defeating Zambia by 4 goals to 3 in the final.
In 2025 the team did not enter the competition citing a tight school schedule as the reason.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following 20 players were selected for the 2024 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship held in South Africa between 4 December â 13 December 2024:
Active players in bold, statistics correct as of November 2024.