Oceanian nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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 edit

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams										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
Australia^[1]	8	1995, 1999, 2003, (2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)	4th
New Zealand	6	1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023	GS

Results edit

Team results by tournament edit

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total	Qual. Comp.
Australia^[1]	•	R1 12th	R1 11th	R1 13th	QF 6th	QF 8th	QF 7th	R2 9th	4th	8	9
Australia^[1]	•	R1 12th	R1 11th	R1 13th	Member of AFC					8	9
New Zealand	R1 11th	•	•	•	R1 14th	R1 12th	R1 19th	R1 20th	R1 20th	6	9

Appearances edit

Ranking of teams by number of appearances edit

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
New Zealand	6	5	5	1991	2023	Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Australia^[1]	3	3	0	1995	2023	Group stage (1995, 1999, 2003)

Team debuts edit

Year	Debutants	Total
1991	New Zealand	1
1995	Australia^[1]	1
Total		2

Summary of performance edit

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	#E	#A	#A-	Oceanian finalists	#WCQ	Stage	Results	Coach
1991	China	12	48	3	0	New Zealand	4	Group stage	lost 0–3 Denmark, lost 0–4 Norway, lost 1–4 China	Dave Boardman
1995	Sweden	12	55	3		Australia	4	Group stage	lost 0–5 Denmark, lost 2–4 China, lost 1–4 United States	Tom Sermanni
1999	United States	16	67	6		Australia	4	Group stage	drew 1–1 Ghana, lost 1–3 Sweden, lost 1–3 China	Greg Brown
2003	United States	16	99	5	5^[4]	Australia	4	Group stage	lost 1–2 Russia, drew 1–1 China, lost 1–2 Ghana	Adrian Santrac
2007	China	16	120	4	6^[5]	New Zealand	3	Group stage	lost 0–5 Brazil, lost 0–2 Denmark, lost 0–2 China	John Herdman
2011	Germany	16	125	8	0	New Zealand	5	Group stage	lost 1–2 Japan, lost 1–2 England, drew 2–2 Mexico	John Herdman
2015	Canada	24	134	4		New Zealand	3	Group stage	lost 0–1 Netherlands, drew 0–0 Canada, drew 2–2 China	Tony Readings
2019	France	24	144	11		New Zealand	5	Group stage	lost 0–1 Netherlands, lost 0–2 Canada, lost 1–2 Cameroon	Tom Sermanni
2023	Australia New Zealand	32	172	9	1^[6]	New Zealand	Hosts	Group stage	won 1–0 Norway, lost 0–1 Philippines, drew 0–0 Switzerland	Jitka Klimková

Not yet qualified edit

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
American Samoa	2	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×
Cook Islands	5	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•
Fiji	4	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•
New Caledonia	2	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•
Papua New Guinea	9	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Samoa	4	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	•	•
Solomon Islands	4	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•
Tahiti	3	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•
Tonga	5	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•
Vanuatu	3	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•

Competitive history edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Football Federation Australia officially left the OFC and joined the AFC on 1 January 2006. They qualified in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 as a member of AFC.
^ "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2006.
^ Seeding of national teams (PDF). Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 12 September 2016.
^ American Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started.
^ Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tahiti and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started.
^ American Samoa withdrew before the tournament started.

External links edit

[Australia2007-1] The Football Federation Australia officially left the OFC and joined the AFC on 1 January 2006. They qualified in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 as a member of AFC.

[2] "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2006.

[3] Seeding of national teams (PDF). Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 12 September 2016.

[4] American Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started.

[5] Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tahiti and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament started.

[6] American Samoa withdrew before the tournament started.

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