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South American nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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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

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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

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Most finishes in the top four

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Team # Top-four finishes
 Brazil 2 1999, 2007

Team results by tournament

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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

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

Appearances

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Ranking of teams by number of appearances

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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

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

Summary of performance

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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

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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

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1999: the beginning of Brazil's women football

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2003: Argentina's debut

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2007: Brazil reaching the final for the first time

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2011: Colombia's debut

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2015: Ecuador's debut

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2019: Chile's debut

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2023: Colombia reaching the quarterfinals

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2027: Brazil becomes the first South American host

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References

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  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.
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