South American nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Association football is among the most popular sports in South America, with five members of the South American Football Confederation 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 an South American team is 2nd place in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup by Brazil.

Overview

	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Total
Teams										18
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	4
Top 8	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	5
Top 4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Top 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1st										0
2nd										1
3rd										1
4th										0

Country	#	Years	Best result
Brazil	9	1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023	2nd
Argentina	4	2003, 2007, 2019, 2023	GS
Colombia	3	2011, 2015, 2023	QF
Ecuador	1	2015	GS
Chile	1	2019	GS

Results

Most finishes in the top four

Team	#	Top-four finishes
Brazil	2	1999, 2007

Team results by tournament

Legend

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.
Argentina	×	•	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•	R1 18th	R1 27th	4	8
Brazil	R1 9th	R1 9th	3rd	QF 5th	2nd	QF 5th	R2 9th	R2 10th	R1 18th	9	9
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	1	9
Colombia	×	×	•	•	•	R1 14th	R2 12th	•	QF 7th	3	7
Ecuador	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	1	8

Tournament standings

Team	Champions	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Second round
Brazil	0	1	1	2	2
Colombia	0	0	0	1	0

Appearances

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Brazil	9	9	9	1991	2023	Runners-up (2007)
Argentina	4	2	2	2003	2023	Group stage (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023)
Colombia	3	2	1	2011	2023	Current (2023)
Ecuador	1	1	0	2015	2015	Group stage (2015)
Chile	1	1	0	2019	2019	Group stage (2019)

Team debuts

Year	Debutants	Total
1991	Brazil	1
2003	Argentina	1
2011	Colombia	1
2015	Ecuador	1
2019	Chile	1
Total		5

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 South American entries (#A), how many of those South American entries withdrawn (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the South American representatives at the Women's World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each South American representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage reached, results, and coaches.

Year	Host	Size	#E	#A	#A-	South American finalists	#WCQ	Stage	Results	Coach
1991	China	12	48	3	0	Brazil	2	Group stage	won 1–0  Japan, lost 0–5  United States, lost 0–2  Sweden	Fernando Pires
1995	Sweden	12	55	5		Brazil	5	Group stage	won 1–0  Sweden, lost 1–2  Japan, lost 1–6  Germany	Ademar Fonseca
1999	United States	16	67	10		Brazil	6	Third place	won 7–1  Mexico, won 2–0  Italy, drew 3–3  Germany, won 4–3  Nigeria (g.g.), lost 0–2  United States, drew 0–0  Norway (won 5–4 (p))	Wilsinho
2003	United States	16	99	10		Argentina	5	Group stage	lost 0–6  Japan, lost 0–3  Canada, lost 1–6  Germany	Carlos Borrello
						Brazil	3	Quarter-finals	won 3–0  South Korea, won 4–1  Norway, drew 1–1  France, lost 1–2  Sweden	Paulo Gonçalves
2007	China	16	120	10		Argentina	7	Group stage	lost 0–11  Germany, lost 0–1  Japan, lost 1–6  England	Carlos Borrello
						Brazil	7	Runners-up	won 5–0  New Zealand, won 4–0  China, won 1–0  Denmark, won 3–2  Australia, won 4–0  United States, lost 0–2  Germany	Jorge Barcellos
2011	Germany	16	125	10		Brazil	7	Quarter-finals	won 1–0  Australia, won 3–0  Norway, won 3–0  Equatorial Guinea, drew 2–2  United States (lost 3–5 (p))	Kleiton Lima
						Colombia	7	Group stage	lost 0–1  Sweden, lost 0–3  United States, drew 0–0  North Korea	Ricardo Rozo
2015	Canada	24	134	10		Brazil	7	Round of 16	won 2–0  South Korea, won 1–0  Spain, won 1–0  Costa Rica, lost 0–1  Australia	Vadão
						Colombia	7	Round of 16	drew 1–1  Mexico, won 2–0  France, lost 1–2  England, lost 0–2  United States	Fabián Taborda
						Ecuador	9	Group stage	lost 0–6  Cameroon, lost 1–10  Switzerland, lost 0–1  Japan	Vanessa Arauz
2019	France	24	144	10		Argentina	9	Group stage	drew 0–0  Japan, lost 0–1  England, drew 3–3  Scotland	Carlos Borrello
						Brazil	7	Round of 16	won 3–0  Jamaica, lost 2–3  Australia, won 1–0  Italy, lost 1–2  France (a.e.t.)	Vadão
						Chile	7	Group stage	lost 0–2  Sweden, lost 0–3  United States, won 2–0  Thailand	José Letelier
2023	Australia  New Zealand	32	172	10		Argentina	6	Group stage	lost 0–1  Italy, drew 2–2  South Africa, lost 0–2  Sweden	Germán Portanova
						Brazil	6	Group stage	won 4–0  Panama, lost 1–2  France, drew 0–0  Jamaica	Pia Sundhage
						Colombia	6	Quarter-finals	won 2–0  South Korea, won 2–1  Germany, lost 0–1  Morocco, won 1–0  Jamaica, lost 1–2  England	Nelson Abadía

Not yet qualified

5 of the 10 active FIFA and CONMEBOL 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
Bolivia	8	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Paraguay	7	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Peru	7	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Uruguay	7	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Venezuela	8	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•

Competitive history

1999: the beginning of Brazil's women football

2003: Argentina's debut

2007: Brazil reaching the final for the first time

2011: Colombia's debut

2015: Ecuador's debut

2019: Chile's debut

2023: Colombia reaching the quarterfinals

References

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