South American nations at the FIFA Women's 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 (12) 1995 (12) 1999 (16) 2003 (16) 2007 (16) 2011 (16) 2015 (24) 2019 (24) 2023 (32)2027(32) 2031 (48) 2035 (48) TotalTeams 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 1 3rd 1 4th 0

Country # Years Best result 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, 20272nd 2003, 2007, 2019, 2023, 2027 GS 2011, 2015, 2023, 2027 QF 2015 GS 2019 GS

Results Most finishes in the top four Team#Top-four finishes21999, 2007

Team results by tournament

Legend

— Champions — Runners-up — Third place — Fourth place QF — Quarter-finals R2 — Round 2 R1 — Round 1

Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament TBD — To be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament) — Qualified but withdrew — Did not qualify — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned — Hosts — Not affiliated in FIFA

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA. 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.Seeding of national teams (PDF). . Accessed 12 September 2016.

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

Team1991(12)1995(12)1999(16)2003(16)2007(16)2011(16)2015(24)2019(24)2023(32)2027(32)2031(48)2035(48)TotalQual.Comp. × • • R1 R1 • • R1 R1 Q TBD TBD 4 8 R1 R1 3rd QF 2nd QF R2 R2 R1 Q TBD TBD 10 10 • • • • • • • R1 • • TBD TBD 1 9 × × • • • R1 R2 • QF Q TBD TBD 3 7 × • • • • • R1 • • TBD TBD TBD 1 8

Tournament standings

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

Appearances Ranking of teams by number of appearances TeamAppearancesRecord streakActive streakDebutMost recentBest result (* = hosts) 10 10 10 1991 2027 (2007) 4 2 2 2003 2023 (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023) 3 2 1 2011 2023 (2023) 1 1 0 2015 2015 (2015) 1 1 0 2019 2019 (2019)

Team debuts

Year Debutants Total 1991 1 2003 1 2011 1 2015 1 2019 1Total 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 South American finalists Stage Results Coach 1991 12 48 3 0 2 Group stage won 1–0 , lost 0–5 , lost 0–2 Fernando Pires 1995 12 55 5 5 Group stage won 1–0 , lost 1–2 , lost 1–6 Ademar Fonseca 1999 16 67 10 6 Third place won 7–1 , won 2–0 , drew 3–3 , won 4–3 , lost 0–2 , drew 0–0 (won 5–4 ) Wilsinho2003 16 99 10 5 Group stage lost 0–6 , lost 0–3 , lost 1–6 Carlos Borrello 3 Quarter-finals won 3–0 , won 4–1 , drew 1–1 , lost 1–2 Paulo Gonçalves2007 16 120 10 7 Group stage lost 0–11 , lost 0–1 , lost 1–6 Carlos Borrello 7 Runners-up won 5–0 , won 4–0 , won 1–0 , won 3–2 , won 4–0 , lost 0–2 Jorge Barcellos2011 16 125 10 7 Quarter-finals won 1–0 , won 3–0 , won 3–0 , drew 2–2 (lost 3–5 ) Kleiton Lima 7 Group stage lost 0–1 , lost 0–3 , drew 0–0 Ricardo Rozo2015 24 134 10 7 Round of 16 won 2–0 , won 1–0 , won 1–0 , lost 0–1 Vadão 7 Round of 16 drew 1–1 , won 2–0 , lost 1–2 , lost 0–2 Fabián Taborda 9 Group stage lost 0–6 , lost 1–10 , lost 0–1 Vanessa Arauz2019 24 144 10 9 Group stage drew 0–0 , lost 0–1 , drew 3–3 Carlos Borrello 7 Round of 16 won 3–0 , lost 2–3 , won 1–0 , lost 1–2 Vadão 7 Group stage lost 0–2 , lost 0–3 , won 2–0 José Letelier2023 32 172 10 6 Group stage lost 0–1 , drew 2–2 , lost 0–2 Germán Portanova 6 Group stage won 4–0 , lost 1–2 , drew 0–0 Pia Sundhage 6 Quarter-finals won 2–0 , won 2–1 , lost 0–1 , won 1–0 , lost 1–2 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 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031 2035 8 ו••••••••TBDTBD 7 ×ו•••••••TBDTBD 7 ×ו•••••••TBDTBD 7 ×ו•••••••TBDTBD 8 •×•••••••TBDTBDTBD

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

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