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.
1991  (12) | 1995  (12) | 1999  (16) | 2003 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011  (16) | 2015  (24) | 2019  (24) | 2023   (32) | Total | |
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| 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 |
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| Australia [1] | 8 | 1995, 1999, 2003, (2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) | 4th |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | GS |
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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. |
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| Australia [1] | • | R1 12th | R1 11th | R1 13th | QF 6th | QF 8th | QF 7th | R2 9th | 4th | 8 | 9 |
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| New Zealand | R1 11th | • | • | • | R1 14th | R1 12th | R1 19th | R1 20th | R1 20th | 6 | 9 |
| Team | Appearances | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best result (* = hosts) |
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| 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) |
| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | New Zealand | 1 |
| 1995 | Australia [1] | 1 |
| Total | 2 | |
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 |
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| 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 |
10 of the 11 active FIFA and OFC members have never appeared in the final tournament.
| Country | Number of Qualifying attempts | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 |
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 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 | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • |
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