Association football is among the most popular sports in Oceania, with two members of the Oceania Football Confederation having competed at the sport's biggest international event, 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 9 Top 16 — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 Top 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 0 2nd 0 3rd 0 4th 0
Country # Years Best result 1995, 1999, 2003, (2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)4th 1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 GS
Results
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 AFC R1 • • • R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Q TBD TBD 6 12
Appearances Ranking of teams by number of appearances TeamAppearancesRecord streakActive streakDebutMost recentBest result (* = hosts) 6 5 5 1991 2023 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) 3 3 0 1995 2023 (1995, 1999, 2003)
Team debuts
Year Debutants Total 1991 1 1995 1Total 2
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world including any rejections and withdrawals, the number of Oceanian entries (#A), how many of those Oceanian entries withdrawn (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the Oceanian representatives at the Women's World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each Oceanian representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage reached, results, and coaches.
Year Host Size Oceanian finalists Stage Results Coach 1991 12 48 3 0 4 Group stage lost 0–3 , lost 0–4 , lost 1–4 Dave Boardman 1995 12 55 3 4 Group stage lost 0–5 , lost 2–4 , lost 1–4 Tom Sermanni 1999 16 67 6 4 Group stage drew 1–1 , lost 1–3 , lost 1–3 Greg Brown 2003 16 99 5 5American Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started. 4 Group stage lost 1–2 , drew 1–1 , lost 1–2 Adrian Santrac 2007 16 120 4 6Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tahiti and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started. 3 Group stage lost 0–5 , lost 0–2 , lost 0–2 John Herdman 2011 16 125 8 0 5 Group stage lost 1–2 , lost 1–2 , drew 2–2 John Herdman 2015 24 134 4 3 Group stage lost 0–1 , drew 0–0 , drew 2–2 Tony Readings 2019 24 144 11 5 Group stage lost 0–1 , lost 0–2 , lost 1–2 Tom Sermanni 2023 32 172 9 1American Samoa withdrew before the tournament started. Hosts Group stage won 1–0 , lost 0–1 , drew 0–0 Jitka Klimková
Not yet qualified 10 of the 11 active FIFA and OFC 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 2 ×ו×××ו×TBDTBDTBD 5 ××וו•••TBDTBDTBD 4 ×ו×וו•TBDTBDTBD 2 ××××××ו•TBDTBDTBD 9 •••••••••TBDTBDTBD 4 ×ו•××ו•TBDTBDTBD 4 ×××ו•×••TBDTBDTBD 3 ××××וו•TBDTBDTBD 5 ×××ו••••TBDTBDTBD 3 ××××וו•TBDTBDTBD
Competitive history
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