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National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup

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National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup

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

Contents

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.

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.

    Ranking of teams by number of appearances

  • 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.

    Results by confederation

       — Hosts are from this confederation

    References

    National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup Wikipedia
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