South Africa's U20 women's side were thrashed 3-0 by hosts China in their final match of the Chinese U19 women's tournament on Friday.
Following back-to-back defeats against Thailand and Vietnam, the bid of Basetsana to bow out on the high did not come to fruition as they suffered their third loss of the tournament.
It was the hosts which started the contest with the upper hand when Sun Pingwei's header from Shen Menglu's cross gave China the lead four minutes into the encounter.
Four minutes later, Yang Shuhui's cross located Yang Qian inside the area with the latter's header, doubling the lead for the Steel Roses.