Oceanian nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup

This article is about the women's teams at the FIFA Women's World Cup. For the men's teams at the FIFA World Cup, see Oceanian nations at the FIFA World Cup.

Association football is among the most popular sports in Oceania, with two members of the Oceania Football Confederation having competed at the sport's biggest international event, the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Overview

1991
China
(12) 		1995
Sweden
(12) 		1999
United States
(16) 		2003
United States
(16) 		2007
China
(16) 		2011
Germany
(16) 		2015
Canada
(24) 		2019
France
(24) 		2023
Australia
New Zealand
(32) 		2027
Brazil
(32) 		Total
Teams New Zealand Australia Australia Australia New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand 9
Top 16 — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Top 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th 0
Country # Years Best result
 Australia[1]
8
 1995, 1999, 2003, (2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) 4th
 New Zealand
6
 1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 GS

Results

Team results by tournament

Legend

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.[2] The rankings, apart from the top four positions, are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw.[3]

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1991
China
(12) 		1995
Sweden
(12) 		1999
United States
(16) 		2003
United States
(16) 		2007
China
(16) 		2011
Germany
(16) 		2015
Canada
(24) 		2019
France
(24) 		2023
Australia
New Zealand
(32) 		2027
Brazil
(32) 		Total Qual.
Comp.
 Australia[1] • R1
12th		 R1
11th		 R1
13th		 QF
6th		 QF
8th		 QF
7th		 R2
9th		 4th TBD 8 9
Member of AFC
 New Zealand R1
11th		 • • • R1
14th		 R1
12th		 R1
19th		 R1
20th		 R1
20th		 TBD 6 9

Appearances

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result (* = hosts)
 New Zealand 6 5 5 1991 2023 Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
 Australia[1] 3 3 0 1995 2023 Group stage (1995, 1999, 2003)

Team debuts

Year Debutants Total
1991  New Zealand 1
1995  Australia[1] 1
Total 2

Summary of performance

This table shows the number of countries represented at the Women's World Cup, the number of entries (#E) from around the world including any rejections and withdrawals, the number of Oceanian entries (#A), how many of those Oceanian entries withdrawn (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the Oceanian representatives at the Women's World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each Oceanian representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage reached, results, and coaches.

Year Host Size #E #A #A- Oceanian finalists #WCQ Stage Results Coach
1991  China 12 48 3 0  New Zealand 4 Group stage lost 0–3  Denmark, lost 0–4  Norway, lost 1–4  China New Zealand Dave Boardman
1995  Sweden 12 55 3  Australia 4 Group stage lost 0–5  Denmark, lost 2–4  China, lost 1–4  United States Scotland Tom Sermanni
1999  United States 16 67 6  Australia 4 Group stage drew 1–1  Ghana, lost 1–3  Sweden, lost 1–3  China Australia Greg Brown
2003  United States 16 99 5 5[4]  Australia 4 Group stage lost 1–2  Russia, drew 1–1  China, lost 1–2  Ghana Australia Adrian Santrac
2007  China 16 120 4 6[5]  New Zealand 3 Group stage lost 0–5  Brazil, lost 0–2  Denmark, lost 0–2  China England John Herdman
2011  Germany 16 125 8 0  New Zealand 5 Group stage lost 1–2  Japan, lost 1–2  England, drew 2–2  Mexico England John Herdman
2015  Canada 24 134 4  New Zealand 3 Group stage lost 0–1  Netherlands, drew 0–0  Canada, drew 2–2  China England Tony Readings
2019  France 24 144 11  New Zealand 5 Group stage lost 0–1  Netherlands, lost 0–2  Canada, lost 1–2  Cameroon Scotland Tom Sermanni
2023  Australia
 New Zealand		 32 172 9 1[6]  New Zealand Hosts Group stage won 1–0  Norway, lost 0–1  Philippines, drew 0–0  Switzerland Czech Republic Jitka Klimková

Not yet qualified

10 of the 11 active FIFA and OFC members have never appeared in the final tournament.

Legend
  • TBD — To be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament)
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •     — Not affiliated in FIFA
  •  ••  — Qualified, but withdrew before Finals
Country Number of
Qualifying
attempts 		1991
China 		1995
Sweden 		1999
United States 		2003
United States 		2007
China 		2011
Germany 		2015
Canada 		2019
France 		2023
Australia
New Zealand 		2027
Brazil
 American Samoa 2 × × • × × × × • × TBD
 Cook Islands 5 × × × • × • • • • TBD
 Fiji 4 × × • × × • × • • TBD
 New Caledonia 2 × × × × × × × • • TBD
 Papua New Guinea 9 • • • • • • • • • TBD
 Samoa 4 × × • • × × × • • TBD
 Solomon Islands 4 × × × × • • × • • TBD
 Tahiti 3 × × × × × • × • • TBD
 Tonga 5 × × × × • • • • • TBD
 Vanuatu 3 × × × × × • × • • TBD

Competitive history

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Football Federation Australia officially left the OFC and joined the AFC on 1 January 2006. They qualified in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 as a member of AFC.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2006.
  3. ^ Seeding of national teams (PDF). Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ American Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started.
  5. ^ Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tahiti and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started.
  6. ^ American Samoa withdrew before the tournament started.