North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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)	Total
Teams										26
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
United States	9	1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023	1st
Canada	8	1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023	4th
Mexico	3	1999, 2011, 2015	GS
Costa Rica	2	2015, 2023	GS
Jamaica	2	2019, 2023	R2
Haiti	1	2023	GS
Panama	1	2023	GS

Results

Most finishes in the top four

Team	#	Top-four finishes
United States	8	1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Canada	1	2003

Team results by tournament

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.[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.
Canada	•	R1 10th	R1 12th	4th	R1 9th	R1 16th	QF 6th	R2 11th	R1 21st	8	9
Costa Rica	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 18th	•	R1 30th	2	8
Haiti	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 29th	1	8
Jamaica	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	R1 23rd	R2 13th	2	7
Mexico	•	•	R1 16th	•	•	R1 11th	R1 22nd	•	•	3	9
Panama	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 31st	1	5
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	R2 9th	9	9

Tournament standings

Team	Champions	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Second round
United States	4	1	3	0	1
Canada	0	0	1	1	1
Jamaica	0	0	0	0	1

Appearances

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
United States	9	9	9	1991	2023	Champions (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019)
Canada	8	8	8	1995	2023	Fourth place (2003)
Mexico	3	2	0	1999	2015	Group stage (1999, 2011, 2015)
Jamaica	2	2	2	2019	2023	Round of 16 (2023)
Costa Rica	2	1	1	2015	2023	Group stage (2015, 2023)
Haiti	1	1	1	2023	2023	Group stage (2023)
Panama	1	1	1	2023	2023	Group stage (2023)

Team debuts

Year	Debutants	Total
1991	United States	1
1995	Canada	1
1999	Mexico	1
2015	Costa Rica	1
2019	Jamaica	1
2023	Haiti, Panama	2
Total		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	#E	#A	#A-	North, Central American and Caribbean finalists	#WCQ	Stage	Results	Coach
1991	China	12	48	8	0	United States	5	Champions	won 3–2 Sweden, won 5–0 Brazil, won 3–0 Japan, won 7–0 Chinese Taipei, won 5–2 Germany, won 2–1 Norway	Anson Dorrance
1995	Sweden	12	55	5		Canada	4	Group stage	lost 2–3 England, drew 3–3 Nigeria, lost 0–7 Norway	Sylvie Béliveau
1995	Sweden	12	55	5		United States	4	Third place	drew 3–3 China, won 2–0 Denmark, won 4–1 Australia, won 4–0 Japan, lost 0–1 Norway, won 2–0 China	Tony DiCicco
1999	United States	16	67	11	1^[3]	Canada	5	Group stage	drew 1–1 Japan, lost 1–7 Norway, 1–4 Russia	Neil Turnbull
						Mexico	7	Group stage	lost 1–7 Brazil, lost 0–6 Germany, lost 0–2 Italy	Leonardo Cuéllar
						United States	Hosts	Champions	won 3–0 Denmark, won 7–1 Nigeria, won 3–0 North Korea, won 3–2 Germany, won 2–0 Brazil, drew 0–0 China (won 5–4 (p))	Tony DiCicco
2003	United States^[4]	16	99	18	4^[5]	Canada	5	Fourth place	lost 1–4 Germany, won 3–0 Argentina, won 3–1 Japan, won 1–0 China, lost 1–2 Sweden, lost 1–3 United States	Even Pellerud
2003	United States^[4]	16	99	18	4^[5]	United States	5^[6]	Third place	won 3–1 Sweden, won 5–0 Nigeria, won 3–0 North Korea, won 1–0 Norway, lost 0–3 Germany, won 3–1 Canada	April Heinrichs
2007	China^[4]	16	120	27	5^[7]	Canada	2	Group stage	lost 1–2 Norway, won 4–0 Ghana, drew 2–2 Australia	Even Pellerud
2007	China^[4]	16	120	27	5^[7]	United States	2	Third place	drew 2–2 North Korea, won 2–0 Sweden, won 1–0 Nigeria, won 3–0 England, lost 0–4 Brazil, won 4–1 Norway	Greg Ryan
2011	Germany	16	125	26	0	Canada	5	Group stage	lost 1–2 Germany, lost 0–4 France, lost 0–1 Nigeria	Carolina Morace
						Mexico	5	Group stage	drew 1–1 England, lost 0–4 Japan, drew 2–2 New Zealand	Leonardo Cuéllar
						United States	7	Runners-up	won 2–0 North Korea, won 3–0 Colombia, lost 1–2 Sweden, drew 2–2 Brazil (won 5–3 (p)), won 3–1 France, drew 2–2 Japan (lost 1–3 (p))	Pia Sundhage
2015	Canada	24	134	26	2^[8]	Canada	Hosts	Quarter-finals	won 1–0 China, drew 0–0 New Zealand, drew 1–1 Netherlands, won 1–0 Switzerland, lost 1–2 England	John Herdman
						Costa Rica	7	Group stage	drew 1–1 Spain, drew 2–2 South Korea, lost 1–0 Brazil	Amelia Valverde
						Mexico	5	Group stage	drew 1–1 Colombia, lost 1–2 England, lost 0–5 France	Leonardo Cuéllar
						United States	5	Champions	won 3–1 Australia, drew 0–0 Sweden, won 1–0 Nigeria, won 2–0 Colombia, won 1–0 China, won 2–0 Germany, won 5–2 Japan	Jill Ellis
2019	France	24	144	27	1^[9]	Canada	5	Round of 16	won 1–0 Cameroon, won 2–0 New Zealand, lost 1–2 Netherlands, lost 0–1 Sweden	Kenneth Heiner-Møller
						Jamaica	12	Group stage	lost 0–3 Brazil, lost 0–5 Italy, lost 1–4 Australia	Hue Menzies
						United States	5	Champions	won 13–0 Thailand, won 3–0 Chile, won 2–0 Sweden, won 2–1 Spain, won 2–1 France, won 2–1 England, won 2–0 Netherlands	Jill Ellis
2023	Australia New Zealand	32	172	32	0	Canada	3	Group stage	drew 0–0 Nigeria, won 2–1 Republic of Ireland, lost 0–4 Australia	Bev Priestman
						Costa Rica	7	Group stage	lost 0–3 Spain, lost 0–2 Japan, lost 1–3 Zambia	Amelia Valverde
						Haiti	9	Group stage	lost 0–1 England, lost 0–1 China, lost 0–2 Denmark	Nicolas Delépine
						Jamaica	7	Round of 16	drew 0–0 France, won 1–0 Panama, drew 0–0 Brazil, lost 0–1 Colombia	Lorne Donaldson
						Panama	9	Group stage	lost 0–4 Brazil, lost 0–1 Jamaica, lost 3–6 France	Ignacio Quintana
						United States	3	Round of 16	won 3–0 Vietnam, drew 1–1 Netherlands, drew 0–0 Portugal, drew 0–0 Sweden (lost 4–5 (p))	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
Anguilla	3			×	×	×	•	×	•	•
Antigua and Barbuda	5	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•
Aruba	4	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•
Bahamas	1	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×
Barbados	5	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•
Belize	3	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•
Bermuda	4	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•
British Virgin Islands	2			×	×	•	×	×	×	•
Cayman Islands	3		×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•
Cuba	4	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•
Curaçao^[10]	3	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•
Dominica	5		×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•
Dominican Republic	6	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•
El Salvador	7	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Grenada	4	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•
Guatemala	6	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•
Guyana	4	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•
Honduras	5	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•
Montserrat	0			×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Nicaragua	5	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•
Puerto Rico	6	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•
Saint Kitts and Nevis	5		×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•
Saint Lucia	5	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•
Suriname	6	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•
Trinidad and Tobago	9	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Turks and Caicos Islands	4				×	•	•	•	×	•
U.S. Virgin Islands	6				•	•	•	•	•	•

Competitive history

References

^ "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.
^ Bahamas withdrew during the qualification.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Belize, Guyana, Montserrat and Nicaragua withdrew during the qualification.
^ United States were selected as hosts after the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.
^ Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, Honduras and Montserrat withdrew during the qualification.
^ Anguilla and Dominica withdrew before the qualification started.
^ Turks and Caicos Islands withdrew during the qualification.
^ Competed in WC qualifying as Netherlands Antilles from 2007

External links

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

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

[3] Bahamas withdrew during the qualification.

[2003WWC-4] 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.

[5] Belize, Guyana, Montserrat and Nicaragua withdrew during the qualification.

[6] United States were selected as hosts after the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.

[7] Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, Honduras and Montserrat withdrew during the qualification.

[8] Anguilla and Dominica withdrew before the qualification started.

[9] Turks and Caicos Islands withdrew during the qualification.

[Curaçao-10] Competed in WC qualifying as Netherlands Antilles from 2007

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