National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup

Map of appearances (1991–2019)

Map of Women's World Cup participants and their best results (1991–2019)

Further information: FIFA Women's World Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the 36 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the World Cup finals.

Debut of teams

A total of 36 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 in at least one of previously held tournaments.

Year	Debutants	Total
1991	Brazil, Chinese Taipei, China, 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	Chile, Jamaica, Scotland, South Africa	4
2023	TBA	0

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

Legend

• 1st - Champions
• 2nd - Runners-up
• 3rd - Third place
• 4th - Fourth place
• QF - Quarterfinals
• R2 - Round 2
• 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)	2023 (32)	Total
Argentina	×	•	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•	R1 18th		3
Australia	•	R1 12th	R1 11th	R1 13th	QF 6th	QF 8th	QF 7th	R2 9th	Q	8
Brazil	R1 9th	R1 9th	3rd	QF 5th	2nd	QF 5th	R2 9th	R2 10th		8
Cameroon	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th	R2 15th		2
Canada	•	R1 10th	R1 12th	4th	R1 9th	R1 16th	QF 6th	R2 11th		7
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th		1
China	QF 5th	4th	2nd	QF 6th	QF 5th	•	QF 8th	R2 14th		7
Chinese Taipei	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Colombia	×	×	•	•	•	R1 14th	R2 12th	•		2
Costa Rica	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 18th	•		1
Denmark	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 15th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•		4
Ecuador	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•		1
England	•	QF 6th	•	•	QF 7th	QF 7th	3rd	4th		5
Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•	×		1
France	•	•	•	R1 9th	•	4th	QF 5th	QF 6th		4
Germany	4th	2nd	QF 8th	1st	1st	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th		8
Ghana	•	•	R1 T-13th	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•	•		3
Italy	QF 6th	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	QF 7th		3
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•		1
Jamaica	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	R1 23rd		1
Japan	R1 12th	QF 8th	R1 T-13th	R1 10th	R1 T-10th	1st	2nd	R2 13th		8
North Korea	•	×	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 8th	R1 13th	×	•		4
South Korea	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	R2 14th	R1 21st		3
Mexico	•	•	R1 16th	•	•	R1 11th	R1 22nd	•		3
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	2nd		2
New Zealand	R1 11th	•	•	•	R1 14th	R1 12th	R1 19th	R1 20th	Q	6
Nigeria	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st	R2 16th		8
Norway	2nd	1st	4th	QF 7th	4th	R1 10th	R2 10th	QF 8th		8
Russia	×	•	QF 5th	QF 8th	•	•	•	•		2
Scotland	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th		1
South Africa	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd		1
Spain	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	R2 12th		2
Sweden	3rd	QF 5th	QF 6th	2nd	R1 T-10th	3rd	R2 16th	3rd		8
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th	•		1
Thailand	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	R1 24th		2
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st		8
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total

Results of host nations

See also: FIFA Women's World Cup hosts

Host nations are granted an automatic spot in the World Cup group stage.

Year	Host Nation	Finish
1991	China	Quarter-Final
1995	Sweden	Quarter-Final
1999	United States	Champions
2003	United States	Third Place
2007	China	Quarter-Final
2011	Germany	Quarter-Final
2015	Canada	Quarter-Final
2019	France	Quarter-Final
2023	Australia New Zealand	TBD

Results of defending champions, runners-up

Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-up	Finish
1995	United States	Third Place	Norway	Champions
1999	Norway	Fourth Place	Germany	Quarter-Final
2003	United States	Third Place	China	Quarter-Final
2007	Germany	Champions	Sweden	Group Stage
2011	Germany	Quarter-Final	Brazil	Quarter-Final
2015	Japan	Runners-up	United States	Champions
2019	United States	Champions	Japan	Round of 16
2023	United States	TBD	Netherlands	TBD

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	3	8
2	Germany	2	1	0	3
3	Japan	1	1	0	2
	Norway	1	1	0	2
5	Sweden	0	1	3	4
6	Brazil	0	1	1	2
7	China	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
9	England	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
United States	8	8	8	1991	2019	Champions (1991, 1999*, 2015, 2019)
Germany	8	8	8	1991	2019	Champions (2003, 2007)
Norway	8	8	8	1991	2019	Champions (1995)
Japan	8	8	8	1991	2019	Champions (2011)
Sweden	8	8	8	1991	2019	Runners-up (2003)
Brazil	8	8	8	1991	2019	Runners-up (2007)
Nigeria	8	8	8	1991	2019	Quarterfinals (1999)
Australia	8	8	8	1995	2023	Quarterfinals (2007, 2011, 2015)
China	7	5	2	1991	2019	Runners-up (1999)
Canada	7	7	7	1995	2019	Fourth place (2003)
New Zealand	6	5	5	1991	2023	Round 1
England	5	4	4	1995	2019	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)
Italy	3	1	1	1991	2019	Quarterfinals (1991, 2019)
South Korea	3	2	2	2003	2019	Round of 16 (2015)
Argentina	3	2	1	2003	2019	Round 1
Ghana	3	3	0	1999	2007	Round 1
Mexico	3	2	0	1999	2015	Round 1
Netherlands	2	2	2	2015	2019	Runners-up (2019)
Russia	2	2	0	1999	2003	Quarterfinals (1999, 2003)
Cameroon	2	2	2	2015	2019	Round of 16 (2015, 2019)
Colombia	2	2	0	2011	2015	Round of 16 (2015)
Spain	2	2	2	2015	2019	Round of 16 (2019)
Thailand	2	2	2	2015	2019	Round 1
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	1991	1991	Quarterfinals (1991)
Switzerland	1	1	0	2015	2015	Round of 16 (2015)
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	0	2011	2011	Round 1
Costa Rica	1	1	0	2015	2015	Round 1
Ecuador	1	1	0	2015	2015	Round 1
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	2015	2015	Round 1
Chile	1	1	1	2019	2019	Round 1
Jamaica	1	1	1	2019	2019	Round 1
Scotland	1	1	1	2019	2019	Round 1
South Africa	1	1	1	2019	2019	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.

The table is accurate up to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	United States	8	50	40	6	4	138	38	+100	126
2	Germany	8	44	30	5	9	121	39	+82	95
3	Norway	8	40	24	4	12	93	52	+41	76
4	Sweden	8	40	23	5	12	71	48	+23	74
5	Brazil	8	34	20	4	10	66	40	+26	64
6	China	7	33	16	7	10	53	32	+21	55
7	England	5	26	15	4	7	43	30	+13	49
8	Japan	8	33	14	4	15	39	59	-20	46
9	France	4	19	10	3	6	32	30	+12	33
10	Canada	7	27	8	5	14	34	52	-18	29
11	Australia	7	26	7	6	13	38	50	-12	27
12	Netherlands	2	11	7	1	3	14	9	+5	22
13	Italy	3	12	6	1	5	20	12	+8	19
14	Nigeria	8	26	4	3	19	20	63	-43	15
15	Russia	2	8	4	0	4	16	14	+2	12
16	North Korea	4	13	3	2	8	12	20	-8	11
17	Denmark	4	14	3	1	10	19	26	-7	10
18	Cameroon	2	8	3	0	5	12	12	0	9
19	Spain	2	7	1	2	4	6	8	-2	5
20	Colombia	2	7	1	2	4	4	9	-5	5
21	South Korea	3	10	1	1	8	6	27	-21	4
22	Ghana	3	9	1	1	7	6	30	-24	4
23	Switzerland	1	4	1	0	3	11	5	+6	3
24	Chile	1	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
25	Chinese Taipei	1	4	1	0	3	2	15	-13	3
26	Mexico	3	9	0	3	6	6	30	-24	3
27	New Zealand	5	15	0	3	12	8	34	-26	3
28	Thailand	2	6	1	0	5	4	30	-26	3
29	Costa Rica	1	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
30	Argentina	3	9	0	2	7	5	37	-32	2
31	Scotland	1	3	0	1	2	5	7	-2	1
32	Equatorial Guinea	1	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0
33	South Africa	1	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0
34	Jamaica	1	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11	0
35	Ivory Coast	1	3	0	0	3	3	16	-13	0
36	Ecuador	1	3	0	0	3	1	17	-16	0

Results by confederation

   — Hosts are from this confederation

AFC

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams	3	2	3	4	4	3	5	5		29
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3		7
Top 8	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	0		14
Top 4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		4
Top 2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		3
1st										1
2nd										2
3rd										0
4th										1

CAF

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3		16
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2		3
Top 8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1st										0
2nd										0
3rd										0
4th										0

CONCACAF

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams	1	2	3	2	2	3	4	3		20
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2		4
Top 8	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1		10
Top 4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1		9
Top 2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1		5
1st										4
2nd										1
3rd										3
4th										1

CONMEBOL

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3		15
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1		3
Top 8	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		4
Top 4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2
Top 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1
1st										0
2nd										1
3rd										1
4th										0

OFC

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		8
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0		0
Top 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1st										0
2nd										0
3rd										0
4th										0

UEFA

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams	5	5	6	5	5	5	8	9		48
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	8		15
Top 8	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	7		35
Top 4	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3		17
Top 2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	1		7
1st										3
2nd										4
3rd										4
4th										6

Droughts

This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of women's national football teams in the FIFA Women's World Cups.

Longest active World Cup appearance droughts

Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

Team	Last appearance	WC Missed
Chinese Taipei	1991	7
Russia	2003	4
Denmark	2007	3
Ghana	2007	3
Equatorial Guinea	2011	2
North Korea	2011	2
Colombia	2015	1
Costa Rica	2015	1
Ecuador	2015	1
Ivory Coast	2015	1
Mexico	2015	1
Switzerland	2015	1

Longest World Cup appearance droughts overall

Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist updated to include qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team	Prev. appearance	Next appearance	WC Missed
Chinese Taipei	1991	active	7
Italy	1999	2019	4
Russia	2003	active	4
New Zealand	1991	2007	3
Denmark	2007	active	3
Ghana	2007	active	3
Argentina	2007	2019	2
South Korea	2003	2015	2
Mexico	1999	2011	2
England	1995	2007	2
Equatorial Guinea	2011	active	2
North Korea	2011	active	2
China	2007	2015	1
France	2003	2011	1
Colombia	2015	active	1
Costa Rica	2015	active	1
Ecuador	2015	active	1
Ivory Coast	2015	active	1
Switzerland	2015	active	1

See also

• National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup