National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup

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Map of appearances (1991–2015)

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Map of Women's World Cup participants and their best results (1991–2015)

For more information about the FIFA Women's World Cup, see the article FIFA Women's World Cup.

This article lists the performances of each of the 32 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the World Cup finals.

Debut of national teams

A total of 32 national teams have qualified for at least one Women's World Cup tournament. The 2007 Women's World Cup is the only World Cup for either sex in which every competing team had appeared at at least one of previously held tournaments.

Year	Debutants	Total
1991	Brazil Chinese Taipei China PR Denmark Germany Italy Japan New Zealand Nigeria Norway Sweden United States	12
1995	Australia Canada England	3
1999	Ghana Mexico North Korea Russia	4
2003	Argentina France South Korea	3
2007	none	0
2011	Colombia Equatorial Guinea	2
2015	Cameroon Costa Rica Ecuador Ivory Coast Netherlands Spain Switzerland Thailand	8
2019	To be determined

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

Legend

• 1st - Champions
• 2nd - Runners-up
• 3rd - Third place
• 4th - Fourth place
• QF - Quarterfinals
• R2 - Round 2 (2015: knockout round of 16)
• R1 - Round 1
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  - Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    – Hosts
• q - Qualified for forthcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of qualified teams in each tournament (in parentheses) are shown.

Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	Total
Argentina	×	•	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•		6 → 2
Australia	•	R1 12th	R1 11th	R1 13th	QF 6th	QF 8th	QF 7th		7 → 6
Brazil	R1 9th	R1 9th	3rd	QF 5th	2nd	QF 5th	R2 9th		7 → 7
Cameroon	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th		6 → 1
Canada	•	R1 10th	R1 12th	4th	R1 9th	R1 16th	QF 6th		7 → 6
China PR	QF 5th	4th	2nd	QF 6th	QF 5th	•	QF 8th		7 → 6
Chinese Taipei	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	•		7 → 1
Colombia	×	×	•	•	•	R1 14th	R2 12th		5 → 2
Costa Rica	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 18th		6 → 1
Denmark	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 15th	•	R1 12th	•	•		7 → 4
Ecuador	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th		6 → 1
England	•	QF 6th	•	•	QF 7th	QF 7th	3rd		7 → 4
Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•		4 → 1
France	•	•	•	R1 9th	•	4th	QF 5th	q	8 → 4
Germany	4th	2nd	QF 8th	1st	1st	QF 6th	4th		7 → 7
Ghana	•	•	R1 13–14	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•		7 → 3
Italy	QF 6th	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•		7 → 2
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd		4 → 1
Japan	R1 12th	QF 8th	R1 13–14	R1 10th	R1 10–11	1st	2nd		7 → 7
North Korea	•	×	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 8th	R1 13th	×		5 → 4
South Korea	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	R2 14th		7 → 2
Mexico	•	•	R1 16th	•	•	R1 11th	R1 22nd		7 → 3
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th		7 → 1
New Zealand	R1 11th	•	•	•	R1 14th	R1 12th	R1 19th		7 → 4
Nigeria	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st		7 → 7
Norway	2nd	1st	4th	QF 7th	4th	R1 10th	R2 10th		7 → 7
Russia	×	•	QF 5th	QF 8th	•	•	•		6 → 2
Spain	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 20th		7 → 1
Sweden	3rd	QF 5th	QF 6th	2nd	R1 10–11	3rd	R2 16th		7 → 7
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th		7 → 1
Thailand	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th		5 → 1
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st		7 → 7
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
United States	7	7	7	1991	2015	Champions (1991, 1999*, 2015)
Germany	7	7	7	1991	2015	Champions (2003, 2007)
Norway	7	7	7	1991	2015	Champions (1995)
Japan	7	7	7	1991	2015	Champions (2011)
Brazil	7	7	7	1991	2015	Runners-up (2007)
Sweden	7	7	7	1991	2015	Runners-up (2003)
Nigeria	7	7	7	1991	2015	Quarterfinals (1999)
China PR	6	5	1	1991	2015	Runners-up (1999)
Canada	6	6	6	1995	2015	Fourth place (2003)
Australia	6	6	6	1995	2015	Quarterfinals (2007, 2011, 2015)
England	4	3	3	1995	2015	Third place (2015)
France	4	3	3	2003	2019	Fourth place (2011)
Denmark	4	3	0	1991	2007	Quarterfinals (1991, 1995)
North Korea	4	4	0	1999	2011	Quarterfinals (2007)
New Zealand	4	3	3	1991	2015	Round 1
Mexico	3	2	2	1999	2015	Round 1
Ghana	3	3	0	1999	2007	Round 1
Russia	2	2	0	1999	2003	Quarterfinals (1999, 2003)
Italy	2	1	0	1991	1999	Quarterfinals (1991)
Colombia	2	2	2	2011	2015	Round of 16 (2015)
South Korea	2	1	1	2003	2015	Round of 16 (2015)
Argentina	2	2	0	2003	2007	Round 1
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	1991	1991	Quarterfinals (1991)
Cameroon	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round of 16 (2015)
Netherlands	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round of 16 (2015)
Switzerland	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round of 16 (2015)
Costa Rica	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round 1
Ecuador	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round 1
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	0	2011	2011	Round 1
Ivory Coast	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round 1
Spain	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round 1
Thailand	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round 1

• Sorted by appearances, best result, number of times that result was achieved, and first to achieve that result, in that order. If still tied, sorted alphabetically.
• *: Tournament hosts.

Overall team records

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
United States	43	33	6	4	112	35	+77	105
Germany	39	26	5	8	111	37	+74	83
Norway	35	22	3	10	86	45	+41	69
Sweden	33	18	5	10	59	42	+17	59
Brazil	30	18	4	8	59	35	+24	58
China PR	29	15	6	8	52	29	+23	51
Japan	29	13	3	13	36	54	-18	42
England	19	10	4	5	30	25	+5	34
Canada	23	6	5	12	30	49	-19	23
France	14	6	3	5	22	16	+6	21
Australia	22	5	5	12	29	44	-15	20
Russia	8	4	0	4	16	14	+2	12
Nigeria	22	3	3	16	18	56	-38	12
North Korea	13	3	2	8	12	20	-8	11
Italy	7	3	1	3	11	8	+3	10
Denmark	14	3	1	10	19	26	-7	10
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Colombia	7	1	2	4	4	9	-5	5
Netherlands	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1	4
South Korea	7	1	1	5	5	19	-14	4
Ghana	9	1	1	7	6	30	-24	4
Switzerland	4	1	0	3	11	5	+6	3
Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	10	-7	3
Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	2	15	-13	3
New Zealand	12	0	3	9	7	29	-22	3
Mexico	9	0	3	6	6	30	-24	3
Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
Equatorial Guinea	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0
Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	3	16	-13	0
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	1	17	-16	0
Argentina	6	0	0	6	2	33	-31	0

Results by confederation

   — Hosts are from this confederation

AFC (Asia)

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	Total
Teams	3	2	3	4	4	3	5	24
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4
Top 8	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	14
Top 4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4
Top 2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3
1st								1
2nd								2
3rd								0
4th								1

CAF (Africa)

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	Total
Teams	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	13
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Top 8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st								0
2nd								0
3rd								0
4th								0

CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean)

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	Total
Teams	1	2	3	2	2	3	4	17
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Top 8	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	9
Top 4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	8
Top 2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4
1st								3
2nd								1
3rd								3
4th								1

CONMEBOL (South America)

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	12
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Top 8	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	4
Top 4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Top 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1st								0
2nd								1
3rd								1
4th								0

OFC (Oceania)

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
Top 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st								0
2nd								0
3rd								0
4th								0

UEFA (Europe)

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	Total
Teams	5	5	6	5	5	5	8	39
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7
Top 8	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	28
Top 4	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	14
Top 2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	6
1st								3
2nd								3
3rd								3
4th								5

Overall

	AFC	CAF	CONCACAF	CONMEBOL	OFC	UEFA	Total
Teams	24	13	17	12	7	39	112
Top 8	14	1	9	4	0	28	56
Top 4	4	0	8	2	0	14	28
Top 2	3	0	4	1	0	6	14
1st	1	0	3	0	0	3	7
2nd	2	0	1	1	0	3	7
3rd	0	0	3	1	0	3	7
4th	1	0	1	0	0	5	7