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Italy at the FIFA Women's World Cup

For the men's team, see Italy at the FIFA World Cup.

Italy have participated four times at the FIFA Women's World Cup: in the inaugural edition of 1991, 1999, 2019 and 2023.[1]

Italy during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup match against Australia

While the men's senior team have won the FIFA World Cup four times, the women's team is yet to win a single edition. Italy participated in the inaugural World Cup of 1991 where, after two wins and a loss in the group stage, they qualified for the quarter-finals, where they lost against Norway. After having failed to qualify for the second edition, Italy played in the 1999 edition where they did not go past the group stages. For the following four editions, between 2003 and 2015, Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup, coming close in 2015 after losing in the final match of qualification to the Netherlands.

In 2019, Italy returned to the World Cup after a 20-year absence.[1] With two wins and a defeat, Italy topped their group and progressed to the round of 16, where they beat China 2–0. However, their World Cup journey came to an end as they were defeated 2–0 by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

FIFA Women's World Cup record edit

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Main article: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C edit

Main article: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Italy 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
3   Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 2
4   Nigeria 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chinese Taipei  0–5  Italy
Report
Attendance: 11,000[2]
Italy  1–0  Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 12,000[2]
Italy  0–2  Germany
Report
Attendance: 12,000[2]

Quarter-finals edit

Norway  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 13,000[2]

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Main article: 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B edit

Main article: 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Germany 3 1 2 0 10 4 +6 5
3   Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   Mexico 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany  1–1  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 17,100
Brazil  2–0  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 65,080
Mexico  0–2  Italy
Report
Attendance: 50,484

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C edit

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3   Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
4   Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia  1–2  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 15,380[3]
Jamaica  0–5  Italy
Report
Attendance: 12,016[4]
Italy  0–1  Brazil
Report
Attendance: 21,669[5]

Round of 16 edit

Italy  2–0  China
 Report
Attendance: 17,492[6]

Quarter-finals edit

Italy  0–2  Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 22,600[7]

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group G edit

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group G
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   South Africa 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4   Argentina 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy  1–0  Argentina
Girelli   87' Report
Attendance: 30,889
Sweden  5–0  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 29,143
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
South Africa  3–2  Italy
 Report Caruso   11' (pen.), 74'
Attendance: 14,967

Overview edit

Tournaments edit

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1991 Quarter-finals 6th of 12 4 2 0 2 8 5
  1995 Did not qualify
  1999 Group stage 9th of 16 3 1 1 1 3 3
  2003 Did not qualify
  2007
  2011
  2015
  2019 Quarter-finals 7th of 24 5 3 0 2 9 4
    2023 Group stage 22nd of 32 3 1 0 2 3 8
Total Best: Quarter-finals 4/9 15 7 1 7 23 20
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches edit

Record by opponent edit

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
  Argentina 1 1 0 0 1 0
  Australia 1 1 0 0 2 1
  Brazil 2 0 0 2 0 3
  China 1 1 0 0 2 0
  Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 5 0
  Germany 2 0 1 1 1 3
  Jamaica 1 1 0 0 5 0
  Mexico 1 1 0 0 2 0
  Nigeria 1 1 0 0 1 0
  Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 2
  Norway 1 0 0 1 2 3
  South Africa 1 0 0 1 2 3
  Sweden 1 0 0 1 0 5

Goalscorers edit

Player Goals 1991 1999 2019 2023
Cristiana Girelli 4 3 1
Carolina Morace 4 4
Aurora Galli 3 3
Barbara Bonansea 2 2
Arianna Caruso 2 2
Patrizia Panico 2 2
Feriana Ferraguzzi 1 1
Valentina Giacinti 1 1
Rita Guarino 1 1
Adele Marsiletti 1 1
Raffaella Salmaso 1 1
Paola Zanni 1 1
Total 23 8 3 9 3
Own goals scored for opponents

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sports (10 May 2019). "Women's World Cup Group C team capsules | National Post". National Post. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup China '91 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Match report – Group C – Australia v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Match report – Group C – Jamaica v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Match report – Group C – Italy v Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Italy v China PR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Italy v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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