Association football is among the most popular sports in North America, Central America and Caribbean, with seven members of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football 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 North, Central American and Caribbean team is 1st place in the 1991, 2011, 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups by United States.

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 30 Top 16 — — — — — — 2 2 2 6 Top 8 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 10 Top 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 Top 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 1st 4 2nd 1 3rd 3 4th 1

Country # Years Best result 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, 20311st 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 20234th 1999, 2011, 2015, 2031 GS 2015, 2023 2031 GS 2019, 2023, 2031 R2 2023 GS 2023 GS

Results Most finishes in the top four Team#Top-four finishes81991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 201912003

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 4th R1 R1 QF R2 R1 TBD TBD TBD 11 9 • × • • • • R1 • R1 TBD Q TBD 3 11 • × • • • • • • R1 TBD TBD TBD 1 11 • • × • • × • R1 R2 TBD Q TBD 3 10 • • R1 • • R1 R1 • • TBD Q TBD 3 12 × × × • • × • • R1 TBD TBD TBD 1 8 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st R2 TBD Q TBD 9 12

Tournament standings

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

Appearances Ranking of teams by number of appearances TeamAppearancesRecord streakActive streakDebutMost recentBest result (* = hosts) 10 10 10 1991 2031 (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019) 8 8 8 1995 2023 (2003) 4 3 1 1999 2031 (1999, 2011, 2015) 3 3 3 2019 2031 (2023) 3 2 2 2015 2031 (2015, 2023) 1 1 1 2023 2023 (2023) 1 1 1 2023 2023 (2023)

Team debuts

Year Debutants Total 1991 1 1995 1 1999 1 2015 1 2019 1 2023 , 2Total 7

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 North, Central American and Caribbean entries (#A), how many of those North, Central American and Caribbean entries withdrawn (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the North, Central American and Caribbean representatives at the Women's World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each North, Central American and Caribbean representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage reached, results, and coaches. Year Host Size American and Caribbean finalists Stage Results Coach 1991 12 48 8 0 5 Champions won 3–2 , won 5–0 , won 3–0 , won 7–0 , won 5–2 , won 2–1 Anson Dorrance1995 12 55 5 4 Group stage lost 2–3 , drew 3–3 , lost 0–7 Sylvie Béliveau 4 Third place drew 3–3 , won 2–0 , won 4–1 , won 4–0 , lost 0–1 , won 2–0 Tony DiCicco1999 16 67 11 1Bahamas withdrew during the qualification. 5 Group stage drew 1–1 , lost 1–7 , 1–4 Neil Turnbull 7 Group stage lost 1–7 , lost 0–6 , lost 0–2 Leonardo Cuéllar Hosts Champions won 3–0 , won 7–1 , won 3–0 , won 3–2 , won 2–0 , drew 0–0 (won 5–4 ) Tony DiCicco2003 China was originally selected as hosts, but the SARS outbreak forced China to relinquish its hosting rights, which was subsequently moved to the United States instead. China was subsequently awarded the hosting rights for 2007 edition. 16 99 18 4Belize, Guyana, Montserrat and Nicaragua withdrew during the qualification. 5 Fourth place lost 1–4 , won 3–0 , won 3–1 , won 1–0 , lost 1–2 , lost 1–3 Even Pellerud 5United States were selected as hosts after the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. Third place won 3–1 , won 5–0 , won 3–0 , won 1–0 , lost 0–3 , won 3–1 April Heinrichs2007 16 120 27 5Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, Honduras and Montserrat withdrew during the qualification. 2 Group stage lost 1–2 , won 4–0 , drew 2–2 Even Pellerud 2 Third place drew 2–2 , won 2–0 , won 1–0 , won 3–0 , lost 0–4 , won 4–1 Greg Ryan2011 16 125 26 0 5 Group stage lost 1–2 , lost 0–4 , lost 0–1 Carolina Morace 5 Group stage drew 1–1 , lost 0–4 , drew 2–2 Leonardo Cuéllar 7 Runners-up won 2–0 , won 3–0 , lost 1–2 , drew 2–2 (won 5–3 ), won 3–1 , drew 2–2 (lost 1–3 ) Pia Sundhage2015 24 134 26 2Anguilla and Dominica withdrew before the qualification started. Hosts Quarter-finals won 1–0 , drew 0–0 , drew 1–1 , won 1–0 , lost 1–2 John Herdman 7 Group stage drew 1–1 , drew 2–2 , lost 1–0 Amelia Valverde 5 Group stage drew 1–1 , lost 1–2 , lost 0–5 Leonardo Cuéllar 5 Champions won 3–1 , drew 0–0 , won 1–0 , won 2–0 , won 1–0 , won 2–0 , won 5–2 Jill Ellis2019 24 144 27 1Turks and Caicos Islands withdrew during the qualification. 5 Round of 16 won 1–0 , won 2–0 , lost 1–2 , lost 0–1 Kenneth Heiner-Møller 12 Group stage lost 0–3 , lost 0–5 , lost 1–4 Hue Menzies 5 Champions won 13–0 , won 3–0 , won 2–0 , won 2–1 , won 2–1 , won 2–1 , won 2–0 Jill Ellis2023 32 172 32 0 3 Group stage drew 0–0 , won 2–1 , lost 0–4 Bev Priestman 7 Group stage lost 0–3 , lost 0–2 , lost 1–3 Amelia Valverde 9 Group stage lost 0–1 , lost 0–1 , lost 0–2 Nicolas Delépine 7 Round of 16 drew 0–0 , won 1–0 , drew 0–0 , lost 0–1 Lorne Donaldson 9 Group stage lost 0–4 , lost 0–1 , lost 3–6 Ignacio Quintana 3 Round of 16 won 3–0 , drew 1–1 , drew 0–0 , drew 0–0 (lost 4–5 ) Vlatko Andonovski

Not yet qualified 28 of the 35 active FIFA and CONCACAF 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 3 ××וו•TBDTBDTBD 5 ×××ו••••TBDTBDTBD 4 ×××וו••TBDTBDTBD 1 ××ו×××××TBDTBDTBD 5 ×××ו••••TBDTBDTBD 3 ××××ו•×•TBDTBDTBD 4 ×××וו••TBDTBDTBD 2 ×ו××וTBDTBDTBD 3 ××וווTBDTBDTBD 4 ××××ו•••TBDTBDTBDCompeted in WC qualifying as Netherlands Antilles from 2007 3 ×××ו×ו•TBDTBDTBD 5 ×ו••×••TBDTBDTBD 6 ××ו•••••TBDTBDTBD 7 ×ו••••••TBDTBDTBD 4 ×××ו•×••TBDTBDTBD 6 ×ו••••×•TBDTBDTBD 4 ×ו×וו•TBDTBDTBD 5 ×ו•×••×•TBDTBDTBD 0 ×××××××TBDTBDTBD 5 ×××ו••••TBDTBDTBD 6 ×ו•×••••TBDTBDTBD 5 ××ו••••TBDTBDTBD 5 ××ו••••×TBDTBDTBD 5 ×××ו••••TBDTBDTBD 6 ××ו•••••TBDTBDTBD 9 •••••••••TBDTBDTBD 4 ו••×•TBDTBDTBD 6 ••••••TBDTBDTBD

Competitive history

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