South American 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 South American nations at the FIFA World Cup.

Association football is among the most popular sports in South America, with five members of the South American Football Confederation having competed at the sport's biggest international event, the FIFA Women's World Cup. The highest ranked result in the Women's World Cup for a South American team is 2nd place in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup by Brazil.

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 Brazil Brazil Brazil Argentina
Brazil 		Argentina
Brazil 		Brazil
Colombia 		Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador 		Argentina
Brazil
Chile 		Argentina
Brazil
Colombia 		Brazil 18
Top 16 — — — — — — 2 1 1 4
Top 8 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5
Top 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Top 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1st 0
2nd Brazil 1
3rd Brazil 1
4th 0
Country # Years Best result
 Brazil
10
 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2027 2nd
 Argentina
4
 2003, 2007, 2019, 2023 GS
 Colombia
3
 2011, 2015, 2023 QF
 Ecuador
1
 2015 GS
 Chile
1
 2019 GS

Results

Most finishes in the top four

Team # Top-four finishes
 Brazil 2 1999, 2007

Team results by tournament

Legend

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.[1] 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.[2]

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.
 Argentina × • • R1
16th		 R1
16th		 • • R1
18th		 R1
27th		 TBD 4 8
 Brazil R1
9th		 R1
9th		 3rd QF
5th		 2nd QF
5th		 R2
9th		 R2
10th		 R1
18th		 Q 10 10
 Chile • • • • • • • R1
17th		 • TBD 1 9
 Colombia × × • • • R1
14th		 R2
12th		 • QF
7th		 TBD 3 7
 Ecuador × • • • • • R1
24th		 • • TBD 1 8

Tournament standings

Team Champions Finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals Second round
 Brazil 0 1 1 2 2
 Colombia 0 0 0 1 0

Appearances

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result (* = hosts)
 Brazil 10 10 10 1991 2027 Runners-up (2007)
 Argentina 4 2 2 2003 2023 Group stage (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023)
 Colombia 3 2 1 2011 2023 Current (2023)
 Ecuador 1 1 0 2015 2015 Group stage (2015)
 Chile 1 1 0 2019 2019 Group stage (2019)

Team debuts

Year Debutants Total
1991  Brazil 1
2003  Argentina 1
2011  Colombia 1
2015  Ecuador 1
2019  Chile 1
Total 5

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 South American entries (#A), how many of those South American entries withdrawn (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the South American representatives at the Women's World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each South American representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage reached, results, and coaches.

Year Host Size #E #A #A- South American finalists #WCQ Stage Results Coach
1991  China 12 48 3 0  Brazil 2 Group stage won 1–0  Japan, lost 0–5  United States, lost 0–2  Sweden Brazil Fernando Pires
1995  Sweden 12 55 5  Brazil 5 Group stage won 1–0  Sweden, lost 1–2  Japan, lost 1–6  Germany Brazil Ademar Fonseca
1999  United States 16 67 10  Brazil 6 Third place won 7–1  Mexico, won 2–0  Italy, drew 3–3  Germany, won 4–3  Nigeria (g.g.), lost 0–2  United States, drew 0–0  Norway (won 5–4 (p)) Brazil Wilsinho
2003  United States 16 99 10  Argentina 5 Group stage lost 0–6  Japan, lost 0–3  Canada, lost 1–6  Germany Argentina Carlos Borrello
 Brazil 3 Quarter-finals won 3–0  South Korea, won 4–1  Norway, drew 1–1  France, lost 1–2  Sweden Brazil Paulo Gonçalves
2007  China 16 120 10  Argentina 7 Group stage lost 0–11  Germany, lost 0–1  Japan, lost 1–6  England Argentina Carlos Borrello
 Brazil 7 Runners-up won 5–0  New Zealand, won 4–0  China, won 1–0  Denmark, won 3–2  Australia, won 4–0  United States, lost 0–2  Germany Brazil Jorge Barcellos
2011  Germany 16 125 10  Brazil 7 Quarter-finals won 1–0  Australia, won 3–0  Norway, won 3–0  Equatorial Guinea, drew 2–2  United States (lost 3–5 (p)) Brazil Kleiton Lima
 Colombia 7 Group stage lost 0–1  Sweden, lost 0–3  United States, drew 0–0  North Korea Colombia Ricardo Rozo
2015  Canada 24 134 10  Brazil 7 Round of 16 won 2–0  South Korea, won 1–0  Spain, won 1–0  Costa Rica, lost 0–1  Australia Brazil Vadão
 Colombia 7 Round of 16 drew 1–1  Mexico, won 2–0  France, lost 1–2  England, lost 0–2  United States Colombia Fabián Taborda
 Ecuador 9 Group stage lost 0–6  Cameroon, lost 1–10  Switzerland, lost 0–1  Japan Ecuador Vanessa Arauz
2019  France 24 144 10  Argentina 9 Group stage drew 0–0  Japan, lost 0–1  England, drew 3–3  Scotland Argentina Carlos Borrello
 Brazil 7 Round of 16 won 3–0  Jamaica, lost 2–3  Australia, won 1–0  Italy, lost 1–2  France (a.e.t.) Brazil Vadão
 Chile 7 Group stage lost 0–2  Sweden, lost 0–3  United States, won 2–0  Thailand Chile José Letelier
2023  Australia
 New Zealand		 32 172 10  Argentina 6 Group stage lost 0–1  Italy, drew 2–2  South Africa, lost 0–2  Sweden Argentina Germán Portanova
 Brazil 6 Group stage won 4–0  Panama, lost 1–2  France, drew 0–0  Jamaica Sweden Pia Sundhage
 Colombia 6 Quarter-finals won 2–0  South Korea, won 2–1  Germany, lost 0–1  Morocco, won 1–0  Jamaica, lost 1–2  England Colombia Nelson Abadía

Not yet qualified

5 of the 10 active FIFA and CONMEBOL 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
 Bolivia 8 × • • • • • • • • TBD
 Paraguay 7 × × • • • • • • • TBD
 Peru 7 × × • • • • • • • TBD
 Uruguay 7 × × • • • • • • • TBD
 Venezuela 8 • × • • • • • • • TBD

Competitive history

1999: the beginning of Brazil's women football

2003: Argentina's debut

2007: Brazil reaching the final for the first time

2011: Colombia's debut

2015: Ecuador's debut

2019: Chile's debut

2023: Colombia reaching the quarterfinals

2027: Brazil becomes the first South American host

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2006.
  2. ^ Seeding of national teams (PDF). Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 12 September 2016.