Association football is among the most popular sports in Asia, with nine members of the Asian 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 an Asian team is 1st place in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup by Japan, the first Asian nation to achieve this feat at either men's or women's World Cup. China and Australia also finished runner-up and fourth place at 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, making with Japan the only three AFC women's national teams to finishing onto the top four of the FIFA Women's World Cup

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 35Top 16 — — — — — — 4 3 2 9Top 8 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 0 2 14Top 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4Top 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1st 1 2nd 2 3rd 0 4th 2

Country # Years Best result 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 20231st 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019, 20232nd (1995, 1999, 2003), 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 20234th 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 QF 2003, 2015, 2019, 2023 R2 2023, 2027 GS 2015, 2019 GS 1991 QF 2023 GS

Results Most finishes in the top four Team#Top-four finishes22011, 201521995, 199912023

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 QF QF QF R2 4th Q TBD TBD 8 12Member of OFC QF 4th 2nd QF QF • QF R2 R1 Q TBD TBD 8 12 QF • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 1 12 R1 QF R1 R1 R1 1st 2nd R2 QF Q TBD TBD 9 12 • × R1 R1 QF R1 × • × Q TBD TBD 4 9 × • • • • × • • R1 Q TBD TBD 1 10 • • • R1 • • R2 R1 R1 Q TBD TBD 4 12 • × × • • • R1 R1 • • TBD TBD 2 10 × × × • • • • • R1 • TBD TBD 1 9

Tournament standings

Team Champions Finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals Second round 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

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 through 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Appearances Ranking of teams by number of appearances TeamAppearancesRecord streakActive streakDebutMost recentBest result (* = hosts) 9 9 9 1991 2023 (2011) 8 5 3 1991 2023 (1999) 8 8 8 1995 2023 (2023) 4 4 0 1999 2011 (2007) 4 3 3 2003 2023 (2015) 2 2 0 2015 2019 (2015, 2019) 1 1 0 1991 1991 (1991) 1 1 1 2023 2023 (2023) 1 1 1 2023 2023 (2023)

Team debuts

Year Debutants Total 1991 , , 3 1995 1 1999 1 2003 1 2015 1 2023 , 2Total 9

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 Asian entries (#A), how many of those Asian entries withdrawn (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the Asian representatives at the Women's World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each Asian representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage reached, results, and coaches. Year Host Size Asian finalists Stage Results Coach1991 12 48 9 0 5China were selected as hosts after the 1991 AFC Women's Championship. Quarter-finals won 4–0 , drew 2–2 , won 4–1 , lost 0–1 Shang Ruihua 5 lost 0–5 , lost 0–3 , won 2–0 , lost 0–7 Chong Tsu-pin 6 Group stage lost 0–1 , lost 0–8 , lost 0–3 Tamotsu Suzuki1995 12 55 4 0 4 Fourth place drew 3–3 , won 4–2 , won 3–1 , drew 1–1 (won 4–3 ), lost 0–1 , lost 0–2 Ma Yuanan 4 Quarter-finals lost 0–1 , won 2–1 , lost 0–2 , lost 0–4 Tamotsu Suzuki1999 16 67 11 0 5 Runners-up won 2–1 , won 7–0 , won 3–1 , won 2–0 , won 5–0 , drew 0–0 (lost 4–5 ) Ma Yuanan 5 Group stage drew 1–1 , lost 0–5 , lost 0–4 Satoshi Miyauchi 5 Group stage lost 1–2 , won 3–1 , lost 0–3 Myong Dong-chan2003 16 99 14 0 5 Quarter-finals won 1–0 , drew 1–1 , won 1–0 , lost 0–1 Ma Liangxing 6 Group stage won 6–0 , lost 0–3 , lost 1–3 Eiji Ueda 6 Group stage won 3–0 , lost 0–1 , lost 0–3 Ri Song-gun 6 Group stage lost 0–3 , lost 0–1 , lost 1–7 An Jong-goan2007 16 120 9 0 6 Quarter-finals won 4–1 , drew 1–1 , drew 2–2 , lost 2–3 Tom Sermanni 5China qualified as hosts, but played in the 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup for ranking purpose. Quarter-finals won 3–2 , lost 0–4 , won 2–0 , lost 0–1 Marika Domanski-Lyfors 5 Group stage drew 2–2 , won 1–0 , lost 0–2 Hiroshi Ohashi 6 Quarter-finals drew 2–2 , won 2–0 , lost 1–2 , lost 0–3 Kim Kwang-min2011 16 125 17 1Bangladesh withdrew before the qualification started. 5 Quarter-finals lost 0–1 , won 3–2 , won 2–1 , lost 1–3 Tom Sermanni 5 Champions won 2–1 , won 4–0 , lost 0–2 , won 1–0 , won 3–1 , drew 2–2 (won 3–1 ) Norio Sasaki 5 Group stage lost 0–2 , lost 0–1 , drew 0–0 Kim Kwang-min2015 24 134 20 0 5 Quarter-finals lost 1–3 , won 2–0 , drew 1–1 , won 1–0 , lost 0–1 Alen Stajcic 5 Quarter-finals lost 0–1 , won 1–0 , drew 2–2 , won 1–0 , lost 0–1 Hao Wei 5 Runners-up won 1–0 , won 2–1 , won 1–0 , won 2–1 , won 1–0 , won 2–1 , lost 2–5 Norio Sasaki 5 Round of 16 lost 0–2 , drew 2–2 , won 2–1 , lost 0–3 Yoon Deok-yeo 8 Group stage lost 0–4 , won 3–2 , lost 0–4 Nuengrutai Srathongvian2019 24 144 24 2Guam and Lebanon withdrew before the qualification started. 5 Round of 16 lost 1–2 , won 3–2 , won 4–1 , drew 1–1 (lost 1–4 ) Ante Milicic 5 Round of 16 lost 0–1 , won 1–0 , drew 0–0 , lost 0–2 Jia Xiuquan 5 Round of 16 drew 0–0 , won 2–1 , lost 0–2 , lost 1–2 Asako Takakura 8 Group stage lost 0–4 , lost 0–2 , lost 1–2 Yoon Deok-yeo 7 Group stage lost 0–13 , lost 1–5 , lost 0–2 Nuengrutai Srathongvian2023 32 172 27 4Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea and Turkmenistan withdrew before the qualification started. 4Australia qualified as hosts, but played in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup for ranking purpose. Fourth place won 1–0 , lost 2–3 , won 4–0 , won 2–0 , drew 0–0 (won 7–6 ), lost 1–3 , lost 0–2 Tony Gustavsson 5 Group stage lost 0–1 , won 1–0 , lost 1–6 Shui Qingxia 5 Quarter-finals won 5–0 , won 2–0 , won 4–0 , won 3–1 , lost 1–2 Futoshi Ikeda 7 Group stage lost 0–2 , won 1–0 , lost 0–6 Alen Stajcic 8 Group stage lost 0–2 , lost 0–1 , drew 1–1 Colin Bell 8 Group stage lost 0–3 , lost 0–2 , lost 0–7 Mai Đức Chung

Not yet qualified 37 of the 46 active FIFA and AFC 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 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 3 ×××××ו••TBDTBDTBD 2 ×××××ווTBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 4 ×ו••××וTBDTBDTBD 9 •••••••••TBDTBDTBD 5 ×ו•••×•×TBDTBDTBD 2 ×××ו××וTBDTBDTBD 4 ××××ו•••TBDTBDTBD 1 ××××××ו×TBDTBDTBD 0 Not a member of AFC 4 ××××ו•••TBDTBDTBD 1 ×1ו×Not a member of AFC 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 2 ×1×××ו•××TBDTBDTBD 1 ×××××××וTBDTBDTBD 2 ×××××ווTBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 2 •××××××וTBDTBDTBD 3 ×××ו•×וTBDTBDTBD 1 ×××××××וTBDTBDTBD 6 ××ו•••••TBDTBDTBD 1 ×××××××וTBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 4 ××××ו•••TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 2 •×ו×××××TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD 1 ××××××ו×TBDTBDTBD 2 ×1×××××ו•TBDTBDTBD 0 Part of ××××××TBDTBDTBD 0 ×1××××××××TBDTBDTBD 2 ××××××ו•TBDTBDTBD 7 ×1ו••••••TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××××TBDTBDTBD

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Competitive history 1991: Three Asian debutants China, Japan and Chinese Taipei became the first Asian countries to compete at the FIFA Women's World Cup, with China honoured to become the first country to host the first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991. While China qualified throughout hosting it, Japan and Chinese Taipei only qualified to the tournament throughout the 1991 AFC Women's Championship by finishing second and third, respectively. The Japanese were not successful, finishing bottom after three defeats to Brazil, Sweden and the United States. The hosts China and its neighbour Chinese Taipei were far more successful, but neither managed to go beyond the quarter-finals, losing to Sweden and the United States (which eliminated Japan from the group stage) respectively.

1995: lesser Asian teams, but more promising results Chinese Taipei failed to qualify for the tournament after the 1994 Asian Games, leaving China and Japan as lone Asian representatives in the 1995 edition held in Sweden. However, despite the initial setback, the World Cup proved to be a major success for both teams. Japan faced major difficulties after being drawn in group A with hosts Sweden, as well as Brazil and Germany, but managed to stun the Brazilians 2–1 to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time, where its journey ended with a 0–4 thumping by then-defending champions United States. China, meanwhile, impressed even better, reaching the semi-finals, but had its chance prevented by eventual runners-up Germany, before losing the third place to the United States.

1999: first Asian nation in a FIFA World Cup Final The 1999 edition in the United States was a historic moment for Asia. Three nations qualified to the World Cup via the 1997 AFC Women's Championship, with China and Japan again made their appearances, while North Korea debuted. Japan, after the 1995 success, could not replicate that performance, finishing bottom of the group after just a draw with Canada and two hammering defeats to Russia and Norway. North Korea also failed to progress to knockout phase, but salvaged a 3–1 win over Denmark to avoid finishing last. China was the most successful, winning five games in a row, including the 5–0 triumph over then-champions Norway to reach the final, where the Chinese managed to hold the United States goalless, but lost on penalty shootout 4–5. Nonetheless, China's appearance meant for the first time, a World Cup final featured a team from Asia.

2003: SARS outbreak and a less successful show Initially, China was awarded the rights to host the 2003 edition, but SARS outbreak forced China to relinquish the rights to host, subsequently moved back to 1999 hosts United States. That World Cup saw a record debutant from Asia to four, with three teams in 1999 edition and the newcomer South Korea, but the 1999 momentum was not repeated. China topped the group after beating Ghana, Russia and drawing Australia, but lost to Canada in the last eight. Japan and North Korea disappointed by only winning one single game in the group stage and could not reach the last eight. South Korea, being the debutant, could not make any surprise at all, losing all three games to Brazil, France and Norway, scoring just one in process.

2007: going back to Asia, Australia's first WWC in AFC and some improvement