Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The Canada women's national soccer team has represented Canada at eight of the nine staging's of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament in 1991 is currently the only edition for which they failed to qualify.

Overall record edit

Year Result Rank Pld W D L GF GA
  1991 Did not qualify
  1995 Group stage 10/12 3 0 1 2 5 13
  1999 12/16 3 0 1 2 3 12
  2003 Fourth place 4/16 6 3 0 3 10 10
  2007 Group stage 9/16 3 1 1 1 7 4
  2011 16/16 3 0 0 3 1 7
  2015 Quarter-finals 6/24 5 2 2 1 4 3
  2019 Round of 16 11/24 4 2 0 2 4 3
    2023 Group stage 21/32 3 1 1 1 2 5
Total 8/9 4th 30 9 6 15 36 57
FIFA Women's World Cup matches
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
  1995 Group stage June 6   England L 2–3 Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
June 8   Nigeria D 3–3
June 10   Norway L 0–7 Strömvallen, Gävle
  1999 Group stage June 19   Japan D 1–1 Spartan Stadium, San Jose
June 23   Norway L 1–7 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
June 26   Russia L 1–4 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
  2003 Group stage September 20   Germany L 1–4 Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
September 24   Argentina W 3–0
September 27   Japan W 3–1 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
Quarter-finals October 2   China W 1–0 Civic Stadium, Portland
Semi-finals October 5   Sweden L 1–2
Third place play-off October 11   United States L 1–3 The Home Depot Center, Carson
  2007 Group stage September 12   Norway L 1–2 Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou
September 15   Ghana W 4–0
September 20   Australia D 2–2 Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
  2011 Group stage June 26   Germany L 1–2 Olympiastadion, Berlin
June 30   France L 0–4 Ruhrstadion, Bochum
July 5   Nigeria L 0–1 Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
  2015 Group stage June 6   China W 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
June 11   New Zealand D 0–0
June 15   Netherlands D 1–1 Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Round of 16 June 21   Switzerland W 1–0 BC Place, Vancouver
Quarter-finals June 27   England L 1–2
  2019 Group stage June 10   Cameroon W 1–0 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
June 15   New Zealand W 2–0 Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
June 20   Netherlands L 1–2 Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
Round of 16 June 24   Sweden L 0–1 Parc des Princes, Paris
   2023 Group stage July 21   Nigeria D 0–0 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
July 26   Republic of Ireland W 2–1 Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth
July 31   Australia L 0–4 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Record by opponent edit

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
  Argentina 1 1 0 0 3 0
  Australia 2 0 1 1 2 6
  Cameroon 1 1 0 0 1 0
  China 2 2 0 0 2 0
  England 2 0 0 2 3 5
  France 1 0 0 1 0 4
  Germany 2 0 0 2 2 6
  Ghana 1 1 0 0 4 0
  Japan 2 1 1 0 4 2
  Netherlands 2 0 1 1 2 3
  New Zealand 2 1 1 0 2 0
  Nigeria 3 0 2 1 3 4
  Norway 3 0 0 3 2 16
  Republic of Ireland 1 1 0 0 2 1
  Russia 1 0 0 1 1 4
  Sweden 1 0 0 2 1 3
  Switzerland 1 1 0 0 1 0
  United States 1 0 0 1 1 3

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   England 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3   Canada 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
4   Nigeria 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England  3–2  Canada
Report
Attendance: 655
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Nigeria  3–3  Canada
Report
Attendance: 250
Norway  7–0  Canada
Report
Attendance: 2,715

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Russia 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
3   Canada 3 0 1 2 3 12 −9 1
4   Japan 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan  1–1  Canada
Report
Norway  7–1  Canada
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Canada  1–4  Russia
Report
Attendance: 29,401
Referee: Zuo Xiudi (China PR)

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3   Japan 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3
4   Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany  4–1  Canada
Report
Canada  3–0  Argentina
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Canada  3–1  Japan
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Quarterfinals edit

China  0–1  Canada
Report
Attendance: 20,012[2]

Semifinals edit

Sweden  2–1  Canada
Report
Attendance: 27,623[2]

Third place match edit

United States  3–1  Canada
Report
Attendance: 25,253[2]

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Australia 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
3   Canada 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4   Ghana 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Norway  2–1  Canada
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Canada  4–0  Ghana
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Australia  2–2  Canada
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2011 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   France 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3   Nigeria 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
4   Canada 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Germany  2–1  Canada
Report
Attendance: 73,680[4]
Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)
Canada  0–4  France
Report
Attendance: 16,591[5]
Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)
Canada  0–1  Nigeria
Report

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada (H) 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   China 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Netherlands 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4   New Zealand 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Canada  1–0  China
Report
Canada  0–0  New Zealand
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Netherlands  1–1  Canada
Report
Attendance: 45,420[9]

Round of 16 edit

Canada  1–0  Switzerland
Report

Quarterfinals edit

England  2–1  Canada
Report
Attendance: 54,027[11]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Canada  1–0  Cameroon
Report
Canada  2–0  New Zealand
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Netherlands  2–1  Canada
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Round of 16 edit

Sweden  1–0  Canada
Report
Attendance: 38,078[15]

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3   Canada 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
4   Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Nigeria  0–0  Canada
Report

Canada  2–1  Republic of Ireland
Report McCabe   4'

Canada  0–4  Australia
Report

Goalscorers edit

Player Goals 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Christine Sinclair 10 3 3 1 2 1
Charmaine Hooper 4 2 2
Silvana Burtini 3 2 1
Christine Latham 3 3
Geri Donnelly 2 2
Kara Lang 2 2
Helen Stoumbos 1 1
Candace Chapman 1 1
Martina Franko 1 1
Sophie Schmidt 1 1
Melissa Tancredi 1 1
Josée Bélanger 1 1
Ashley Lawrence 1 1
Kadeisha Buchanan 1 1
Jessie Fleming 1 1
Nichelle Prince 1 1
Adriana Leon 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 36 5 3 10 7 1 4 4 2

References edit

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