{"id":61806,"date":"2024-12-13T12:47:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T10:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61806"},"modified":"2024-12-13T12:47:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T10:47:48","slug":"bantwanas-and-basetsanas-womens-world-cup-qualifiers-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61806","title":{"rendered":"Bantwana’s and Basetsana’s Women’s World Cup qualifiers announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Africa’s team photo, taken during the 2024 Cosafa Women’s u20 Championship match between South Africa and Zambia at the UJ Stadium, Soweto on 20 November 2024. Photo: Muzi Ntombela\/BackpagePix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The draw for the u17<\/strong> and u20 Confederation of African Football\u00a0 (Caf) | Fifa Women’s World Cup qualifiers<\/strong> was held at Caf headquarters in Cairo, Egypt<\/strong>, on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The u17 South African team<\/strong>, known as “Bantwana”,<\/strong>\u00a0will face Gabon<\/strong> in the initial round of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Bantwana’s home game takes place over the weekend of 10-12 January 2025, with the away match following a week later, on the weekend of 17-19 January.<\/p>\n

The South African u17 side will be desperate to get by the Gabonese after missing out on qualification for the 2024 Fifa Women’s World Cup<\/a>, which was held in the Dominican Republic<\/strong> in November.<\/p>\n

The African representatives were Kenya<\/strong>, who qualified for the event for the first time, Nigeria<\/strong>, who made a seventh appearance at the event, and Zambia<\/strong>, who qualified for the second time. Nigeria made it to the quarterfinals, where the five-time African champions fell to the United States<\/strong>, who went on to finish third.<\/p>\n

North Korea<\/strong> won the tournament for a third time, beating Spain<\/strong> 4-3 on penalties in the final after the sides had finished regulation time level at 1-1.<\/p>\n

The Fifa u17 Women’s World Cup<\/a> will take place from 17 October to 8 November 2025, with Morocco<\/strong> hosting the ninth edition of the event. It will be the first time that it is played in Africa.<\/p>\n

Seven teams out of 24, including the host nation, Morocco, have already qualified. The others are New Zealand, Samoa, Japan, North Korea, South Korea,<\/strong> and China<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The qualifying competitions that are still to be concluded include the CAF u17 Women’s World Cup Qualification 2025, Concacaf Women’s Qualifiers 2025, Conmebol Sub u17 Femenino 2025,<\/strong> and the Uefa Women’s u17 Championship 2024\/25<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s u20 women’s team, “Basetsana”<\/strong>, takes on the country’s neighbours, Eswatini<\/strong>, in the first leg of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA u20 Women’s World Cup<\/strong>. Their first match will be played on the weekend of 9-11 May 2025, with the second following on the weekend of 16-18 May.<\/p>\n

South Africa missed out on qualification for the 2024 Fifa u20 Women’s World Cup<\/a> in Colombia. The 24 finalists included four African sides: Cameroon<\/strong>, Ghana<\/strong>, Morocco, and Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The best of the African countries were Cameroon and Nigeria, who were eliminated in the round of 16. Cameroon went down to Brazil<\/strong> 1-3 after extra time, with the Brazilians bowing out 0-1 to North Korea in the quarterfinals. Nigeria lost 1-2 to the runners-up, Japan. Like their u-17 team, North Korea won the title, edging out Japan 1-0 in the final.<\/p>\n

The next Fifa u20 Women’s World Cup takes place in Poland<\/strong> in August 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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