Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Last updated November 15, 2024

The Sweden women's national football team has represented Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup on nine occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. There were runners up once and four times bronze medalists: in 1991, in 2011, in 2019 and in 2023.

1991 World Cup

For the World Cup women qualified for the European Championship 1991. But they had prevailed first in the group stage with four wins against France and Poland. In the quarter-final against Italy they reached in the home game only a 1-1. However, due to the 0–0 draw in the second leg, Italy were qualified for the European Championship finals by the away goals rule. As the other teams eliminated in the quarter-finals did not win and everyone lost at least one, Sweden was the fifth European team to qualify for the World Cup.

In the People's Republic of China, Sweden also qualified alongside Brazil, United States and Japan. On November 17, 1991, Sweden played in Panyu District their first World Cup match and lost to the US with 2: 3. It Lena Videkull scored the first World Cup goal for the Swedes with the 1: 3.

In the second game then followed a 8–0 against Japan, with Videkull after 30 seconds, the 1-0 and thus the fastest goal in a women's World Cup succeeded. With a 2–0 win over Brazil in their last group game, Sweden became second in the group and scored in the quarter-finals on the team of hosts and China. Already in the 3rd minute Pia Sundhage managed the 1: 0, where it remained until the end. In the semifinals then Norway was the opponent. Although Sweden were back early, this time in the sixth minute of the lead in the lead, but had to accept just before the half-time break the compensation by a converted penalty and pay tribute in the second half of the superiority of the Norwegians, who moved through three more goals in the final. In the match for third place was then for the first time European champion Germany the opponent and with the 4: 0 the Swedes secured third place.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	11	2	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	1	12	3	+9	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Brazil	3	1	2	1	7	−6	2
4	Japan	3	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: FIFA

17 November 1991

19:45

Sweden	2–3	United States
Videkull 65' I. Johansson 71'	Report	Jennings 40', 49' Hamm 62'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 14,000^[1]

Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

19 November 1991

19:45

Japan	0–8	Sweden
	Report	Videkull 1', 11' Andelén 15', 60' Lundgren 25' Nilsson 27' Sundhage 34' Yamaguchi 70' (o.g.)

New Plaza Stadium, Foshan

Attendance: 14,000^[1]

Referee: Raja Shrestha Gyanu (Nepal)

21 November 1991

15:30

Brazil	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Sundhage 42' (pen.) Hedberg 56'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 12,000^[1]

Referee: Lu Jun (China PR)

Quarter-finals

24 November 1991

19:45

China	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Sundhage 3'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 55,000^[1]

Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

Semi-finals

27 November 1991

15:30

Sweden	1–4	Norway
Videkull 6'	Report	Svensson 39' (pen.) Medalen 41', 77' Carlsen 67'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 16,000^[1]

Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

Third place play-off

29 November 1991

19:45

Sweden	4–0	Germany
Andelén 7' Sundhage 11' Videkull 29' Nilsson 43'	Report

Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 20,000^[1]

Referee: Cláudia Vasconcelos (Brazil)

1995 World Cup

Four years later, the Swedes did not have to qualify as World Cup hosts, making Sweden the first country to host both the men's (1958) and women's World Cups. Nevertheless, they participated in the Qualification as it also served as a qualification for the Euro 1995. With four wins against the Slovakia and Latvia, they made it into the quarter-finals. Denmark was defeated 3–0 in the home game after a 2–0 away defeat. So they would have been athletically qualified for the World Cup. In the semi-final, they lost the away game against Norway with 3: 4, but won the home game with 4: 1. In the final in Germany against the defending champion they lost with 2: 3.

At the World Cup in their own country, Tomas Brolin and Kristin Bengtsson (Player of the Year and Player of the Year 1994 in Sweden) earned them four years previously Brazil and Japan zugelost, also EM Final opponents Germany. After a 1–0 defeat against Brazil, they were able to retaliate with 3: 2 against Germany for the European Championship final defeat. With a 2: 0 against Japan, they were tied with Germany group second, as they had the worse goal difference. In the quarter-final against China, they fell in the 29th Minute 0–1 in arrears and it remained until the 90th Minute. In the third minute of added time, Ulrika Kalte still managed to equalize. Since no team could score a goal in the subsequent extra time, there was the first penalty shootout at a women's World Cup. Here, the Chinese had the slightly better goal scorers and came through a 4: 3 in the semifinals. China then lost in the semi-final against Germany and also the small final against the USA. The Swedes, who were awarded the Fair Play Prize, had to watch their neighbor Norway win the final against Germany and become the first European team to win Women's World Cup. However, after qualifying for the quarter-finals, Sweden qualified for the women's first football tournament at the Olympic Games, in which only the eight best teams from the World Cup could participate. Weil, however England was the seventh best team in the Olympic Games not eligible to start, Brazil could participate as the ninth best team also.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Japan	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Brazil	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

5 June 1995

18:00

Sweden	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Roseli 37'

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

7 June 1995

19:00

Sweden	3–2	Germany
Andersson 65' (pen.), 86' Sundhage 80'	Report	Wiegmann 9' (pen.) Lohn 42'

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 5,855

Referee: Linda May Black (New Zealand)

9 June 1995

19:00

Sweden	2–0	Japan
Videkull 66' Andelén 88'	Report

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 7,811

Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)

Quarter-finals

13 June 1995

20:15

Sweden	1–1 (a.e.t.)	China
Kalte 90+3'	Report	Sun Qingmei 29'
Penalties
Andersson Videkull Pohjanen Sundhage Nessvold	3–4	Sun Wen Xie Huilin Chen Yufeng Shui Qingxia Liu Ailing

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 7,537

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

1999 World Cup

For the third World Cup, UEFA then set up separate qualifiers for the first time and to date the only continental association. In the Qualification Sweden met Ukraine, Iceland and Spain. With six wins in six games Sweden took first place with nine points ahead of Ukraine and qualified directly for the World Cup. Ukraine then lost in the play-offs of the runners-up against Germany, which thus also qualified.

In the US, the Swedes lost the opening match against China with 1: 2, with a 3–1 draw against Australia and a 2: 0 against World Cup newcomer Ghana but was still ranked second. In the quarterfinals they met the neighbors and defending champion Norway. After a scoreless first half, they lost 1: 3, which the World Cup was back in the quarterfinals. However, Sweden was qualified for the Women's Football Tournament at the Olympic Games 2000, which is hosted by only the seven best teams from the World Cup in addition to the hosts Australia could.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Source: FIFA

June 19, 1999

17:00 PDT (UTC−7)

China	2–1	Sweden
Jin Yan 17' Liu Ailing 69'	Report	Bengtsson 2'

Spartan Stadium, San Jose

Attendance: 23,298

Referee: Virginia Tovar (Mexico)

June 23, 1999

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Australia	1–3	Sweden
Murray 32'	Report	Törnqvist 8' Ljungberg 21', 69'

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 16,448

Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

June 26, 1999

16:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Ghana	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Svensson 58', 86'

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 34,256

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Quarter-finals

June 30, 1999

19:30 PDT (UTC−7)

Norway	3–1	Sweden
Aarønes 51' Pettersen 58' Riise 72' (pen.)	Report	Moström 90+1'

Spartan Stadium, San Jose

Attendance: 21,411

Referee: Im Eun-ju (South Korea)

2003 World Cup

Actually, the 2003 World Cup should take place again in People's Republic of China. Due to the SARS epidemic, the tournament was temporarily relocated to the United States. Thus the World Cup took place for the second time in the US. In the Qualification, Sweden met Denmark, Switzerland and neighbors Finland. With five wins and one defeat Sweden qualified as group winners for the World Cup. The second placed and tied Danes did not manage to qualify for the World Cup in the playoffs of the runners-up. After a 0–2 in France that was 1–1 in the home game too little.

In the US, they met in the first group match on the host USA and lost with 1: 3. Against North Korea then followed a 1–0 win and a 3–0 victory over Nigeria reached the quarter-finals as second in the group. Here Brazil was the opponent and after a 2-1 the semi-final was reached. In this they also won against Canada 2-1 and reached the final for the first time. Here Germany was the opponent who had turned off the host and defending champion in the semifinals. After the first 40 minutes were scoreless Hanna Ljungberg scored in the 42nd minute 1-0 for the Swedes, which it went to the break. Immediately after a push back to the second half, Maren Meinert equalized. It remained until the end of regular time, so that there was an extension as four years earlier. In this Nia Kuenzer the only Golden goal in a women's World Cup game with which the German women for the first time world champion and Germany became the first world champion in men and women.^[2] For Sweden, second place is still the best finish to date and Sweden was also qualified for the Women's Football Tournament at the Olympic Games 2004, which hosted Greece only the two best European teams of the World Cup could participate.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	North Korea	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

September 21, 2003

12:30 EDT (UTC−4)

United States	3–1	Sweden
Lilly 27' Parlow 36' Boxx 78'	Report	Svensson 58'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 34,144^[3]

Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China PR)

September 25, 2003

16:45 EDT (UTC−4)

Sweden	1–0	North Korea
Svensson 7'	Report

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 31,553^[3]

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

September 28, 2003

13:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Sweden	3–0	Nigeria
Ljungberg 56', 79' Moström 81'	Report

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 22,828^[3]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Quarter-finals

October 1, 2003

16:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Brazil	1–2	Sweden
Marta 44' (pen.)	Report	Svensson 23' Andersson 53'

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 25,103^[4]

Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China PR)

Semi-finals

October 5, 2003

19:30 PDT (UTC−7)

Sweden	2–1	Canada
Moström 79' Öqvist 86'	Report	Lang 64'

PGE Park, Portland

Attendance: 27,623^[4]

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Final

October 12, 2003

10:00 am PDT (UTC−7)

Germany	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Sweden
Meinert 46' Künzer 98'	Report	Ljungberg 41'

Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 26,137^[5]

Referee: Cristina Ionescu (Romania)

2007 World Cup

At the finals, they met USA, Nigeria and North Korea. In the opening match against Nigeria, it was enough only to a 1-1. In the second game against the US, they lost 0–2. So they had to win in the last game against North Korea with three goals difference to reach the quarter-finals. But it only succeeded in a 2–1 victory with Sweden first time in the preliminary round eliminated. In the preliminaries, Sweden also failed to qualify for the women's football tournament at the 2008 Olympic Games, which was only attended by the three best European teams from the World Cup. As England was not allowed to start as the third best European team, Sweden and Denmark were allowed to play for this place. Sweden prevailed with 4: 2 and 3: 1 and then could participate.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: FIFA

The four teams were also paired in the same group in 2003.

11 September 2007

20:00

Nigeria	1–1	Sweden
Uwak 82'	Report	Svensson 50'

Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 35,100^[9]

Referee: Niu Huijun (China PR)

14 September 2007

17:00

Sweden	0–2	United States
	Report	Wambach 34' (pen.), 58'

Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 35,600^[9]

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

18 September 2007

20:00

North Korea	1–2	Sweden
Ri Un-suk 22'	Report	Schelin 4', 54'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 33,196^[9]

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

2011 World Cup

For the World Cup in Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, the Swedes with seven wins and a draw against the Czech Republic, Belgium, Wales and Azerbaijan. The Swedes scored with 17: 0 against Azerbaijan their highest international victory. With the 1–0 victory in the Czech Republic on the penultimate round Sweden secured the ticket for the play-off round of the group winners, this time was necessary. The first leg against Denmark was won 2: 1, as it was 1: 2 in the second leg after 90 minutes. In this secured Charlotte Rohlin, who had already scored the 1: 2-goal, with the goal to 2: 2 the World Cup ticket.

In Germany Sweden was dissolved into a group with the US and North Korea, as it had been four years earlier. A new addition was Colombia, which had qualified for the World Cup for the first time and Sweden beat the opening 1–0 win. After another 1: 0 against North Korea, the Swedes and the Americans were already qualified for the quarter-finals. In the direct comparison, it was only about who was group winner and thus vice-world champion Brazil went out of the way. The Swedes were able to win a World Cup match against the US for the first time with a score of 2: 1 in the quarter-finals Australia, which surprisingly eliminated Norway. With 3: 1, the Swedes prevailed against the Asian champions and reached the semi-finals. Here they met the surprise team Japan, which had eliminated hosts and two-times defending champions Germany in the quarterfinals. Sweden took the lead in the 10th minute through Josefine Öqvist, but had to accept the equalizer eight minutes later. It remained until the half-time break. In the second half, the Japanese could then shoot two more goals, while the attack efforts of the Swedes were unsuccessful. Japan was thus the first time in the final and was by a victory against the US in the penalty shootout as the first Asian team football world champion. Sweden won the small final against France the day before with a remarkable goal by Marie Hammarström even though she lost 22 minutes to Öqvist after Red Card.^[10] With the semi-final draw Sweden could also qualify for the Women's Football Tournament at the Olympic Games, in which only the two best European teams of the World Cup and United Kingdom could participate as hosts.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Source: FIFA

28 June 2011

15:00

Colombia	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Landström 57'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 21,106^[11]

Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

2 July 2011

14:00

North Korea	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Dahlkvist 64'

Impuls Arena, Augsburg

Attendance: 23,768^[12]

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

6 July 2011

20:45

Sweden	2–1	United States
Dahlkvist 16' (pen.) LePeilbet 35' (o.g.)	Report	Wambach 67'

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 23,468^[13]

Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)

Quarter-finals

10 July 2011

13:00

Sweden	3–1	Australia
Sjögran 11' Dahlkvist 16' Schelin 52'	Report	Perry 40'

Impuls Arena, Augsburg

Attendance: 24,605^[14]

Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

Semi-finals

13 July 2011

20:45

Japan	3–1	Sweden
Kawasumi 19', 64' Sawa 60'	Report	Öqvist 10'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 45,434^[15]

Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Third place play-off

16 July 2011

17:30

Sweden	2–1	France
Schelin 29' M. Hammarström 82'	Report	Thomis 56'

Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim

Attendance: 25,475^[16]

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

2015 World Cup

In the Qualification the Swedes prevail again. In the group were Scotland, Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland and for the first time the Faroe Islands the opponents. After nine wins, Sweden and Scotland had at least reached the playoff games of the best runners-up. On the last day of the match, the Swedes won 2–0 against the Scottish side and were thus the last of the seven group winners to qualify directly for the World Cup finals. The Scots failed in the playoffs to the Netherlands, who qualified for the World Cup for the first time.

In the draw for the groups, the Swedes were not placed and were "tied" to Group D with USA, against whom they had to play four times in the preliminary round. Further group opponents are Australia and Nigeria. The group was considered the most balanced of the World Cup; it was the only one with four teams that at least reached the semi-finals in their last continental championship fights.

Sweden took the lead in their first game against Nigeria with two goals, twice exploiting the inexperience of Africans in corners. Nigeria could still turn the game and in the end, the Swedes had to be satisfied with the 3: 3. After a 0–0 draw against the US in the fifth meeting at a World Cup and a 1–1 draw against Australia, the Swedes reached as fourth-best group third in the second round. Here they lost with 1: 4 against Germany and retired. This meant that Sweden, the only European team to have participated in all past Olympic women's football tournaments, had also missed the direct qualification for the women's football tournament at the Olympic Games, but still had the chance to win the third European Olympic ticket in playoffs against the three other European knockout round losers. This was achieved in March 2016 when they were group first in the same playoff.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Sweden	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA

8 June 2015

15:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Sweden	3–3	Nigeria
Oparanozie 21' (o.g.) Fischer 31' Sembrant 60'	Report	Okobi 50' Oshoala 53' Ordega 87'

Investors Group Field, Winnipeg

Attendance: 31,148^[17]

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

12 June 2015

19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

United States	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Investors Group Field, Winnipeg

Attendance: 32,716^[18]

Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

16 June 2015

18:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Australia	1–1	Sweden
De Vanna 5'	Report	Jakobsson 15'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 10,177^[19]

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Round of 16

20 June 2015

16:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Germany	4–1	Sweden
Mittag 24' Šašić 36' (pen.), 78' Marozsán 88'	Report	Sembrant 82'

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 22,486^[20]

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

2019 World Cup

After the quarter-finals at European Championship 2017 Pia Sundhage had given up the post of national coach, followed by Peter Gerhardsson. In addition, record goalscorer Lotta Schelin could no longer be used due to a neck injury sustained in June 2017, ultimately prompting her to end her career in August 2018.

Qualifying opponents became Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary and Croatia. The Swedes started with a 2–0 victory in Croatia and then had to play for the first home game against Denmark, as the Danish association canceled the game because the Danish players did not want to compete because of disagreements with the association. UEFA finally scored the game 3-0 for Sweden.

The next three games won the Swedes with just one goal, but then lost in Ukraine with 0: 1, and thus for the first time against an Eastern European team. Although they then won the second leg against the Ukrainians, but by the defeat in the first leg, it was the last game in Denmark: with a draw or a victory, Sweden would qualify directly for the World Cup finals, in a defeat, the Danes would first time Since 2007, the finals have been reached again and Sweden should be in the playoffs of the best runners-up for the last European starting place. A goal from Sofia Jakobsson immediately after the half-time break gave Sweden a 1–0 win and qualified for the finals in France.

In France, for the first time Chile and Thailand and for the sixth time in the preliminary round, the USA were the group opponents. The Swedes started with a 2–0 victory against Chile, but had to wait until the 83rd minute for the first goal. The first goal came quicker in the 5–1 victory against Thailand, which was already achieved in the 6th minute. Even faster, they came into the backlog against the US in the third minute. The last goal of the 0–2 defeat then fell through a Jonna Andersson deflected shot. As second in the group, the Swedes met Canada and reached the quarter-final against Germany by a 1–0 victory. After 24 years without a competitive victory against Germany succeeded with a 2–1 to 0–1 deficit to the semi-finals against European champions Netherlands. In the semifinals the Swedes lost 1-0 after extra time.^[21] Sweden got a bronze medal after defeating England 2–1.^[22]

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	18	0	+18	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Chile	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Thailand	3	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: FIFA

11 June 2019

18:00

Chile	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Asllani 83' Janogy 90+4'

Roazhon Park, Rennes

Attendance: 15,875^[23]

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

16 June 2019

15:00

Sweden	5–1	Thailand
Sembrant 6' Asllani 19' Rolfö 42' Hurtig 81' Rubensson 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Kanjana 90+1'

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Attendance: 9,354^[24]

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

20 June 2019

21:00

Sweden	0–2	United States
	Report	Horan 3' Andersson 50' (o.g.)

Stade Océane, Le Havre

Attendance: 22,418^[25]

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

Round of 16

24 June 2019

21:00

Sweden	1–0	Canada
Blackstenius 55'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 38,078^[26]

Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

Quarter-finals

29 June 2019

18:30

Germany	1–2	Sweden
Magull 16'	Report	Jakobsson 22' Blackstenius 48'

Roazhon Park, Rennes

Attendance: 25,301^[27]

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Semi-finals

3 July 2019

21:00

Netherlands	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sweden
Groenen 99'	Report

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 48,452^[28]

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Third place play-off

6 July 2019

17:00

England	1–2	Sweden
Kirby 31'	Report	Asllani 11' Jakobsson 22'

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Attendance: 20,316^[29]

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

2023 World Cup

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
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

23 July 2023

17:00 UTC+12

Sweden	2–1	South Africa
Rolfö 65' Ilestedt 90'	Report	Magaia 48'

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 18,317

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

29 July 2023

19:30 UTC+12

Sweden	5–0	Italy
Ilestedt 39', 50' Rolfö 44' Blackstenius 45+1' Blomqvist 90+5'	Report

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 29,143

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

2 August 2023

19:00 UTC+12

Argentina	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Blomqvist 66' Rubensson 90' (pen.)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 17,907

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Round of 16

6 August 2023

19:00 UTC+10

Sweden	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report
Penalties
Rolfö Rubensson Björn Blomqvist Bennison Eriksson Hurtig	5–4	Sullivan Horan Mewis Rapinoe Smith Naeher O'Hara

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 27,706

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Quarter-finals

11 August 2023

19:30 UTC+12

Japan	1–2	Sweden
Hayashi 87'	Report	Ilestedt 32' Angeldahl 51' (pen.)

Eden Park, Auckland

Attendance: 43,217

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

15 August 2023

20:00 UTC+12

Spain	2–1	Sweden
Paralluelo 81' Carmona 89'	Report	Blomqvist 88'

Eden Park, Auckland

Attendance: 43,217

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Third place play-off

19 August 2023

18:00 UTC+10

Sweden	2–0	Australia
Rolfö 30' (pen.) Asllani 62'	Report

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 49,461

Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Host	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	China PR	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	2	18	7	6	4	2	0	13	3
1995	Sweden	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	4	Qualified as hosts
1999	United States	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	7	6	6	6	0	0	18	5
2003	United States	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	10	7	6	5	0	1	27	4
2007	China PR	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	4	8	7	1	0	32	6
2011	Germany	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	10	6	10	8	2	0	40	6
2015	Canada	Round of 16	16th	4	0	3	1	5	8	10	10	0	0	32	1
2019	France	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	12	6	8	7	0	1	22	2
2023	Australia/ New Zealand	Third place	3rd	7	5	1	1	14	4	8	7	1	0	32	2
2027	Brazil	To be determined								To be determined
Total		Best: Runners-up	9/10	47	28	6	13	85	52	62	54	6	2	216	29

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Host	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	China PR	Group stage	17 November	United States	L 2–3	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
			19 November	Japan	W 8–0	New Plaza Stadium, Foshan
			21 November	Brazil	W 2–0	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
		Quarter-finals	24 November	China	W 1–0	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
		Semi-finals	27 November	Norway	L 1–4	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
		Third place play-off	29 November	Germany	W 4–0	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
1995	Sweden	Group stage	5 June	Brazil	L 0–1	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
			7 June	Germany	W 3–2	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
			9 June	Japan	W 2–0	Arosvallen, Västerås
		Quarter-finals	13 June	China	D 1–1 (4–3 ( p ))	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
1999	United States	Group stage	19 June	China	L 1–2	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
			23 June	Australia	W 3–1	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
			26 June	Ghana	W 2–0	Soldier Field, Chicago
		Quarter-finals	30 June	Norway	L 1–3	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
2003	United States	Group stage	21 September	United States	L 1–3	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
			25 September	North Korea	W 1–0	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
			28 September	Nigeria	W 3–0	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		Quarter-finals	1 October	Brazil	W 2–1	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
		Semi-finals	5 October	Canada	W 2–1	PGE Park, Portland
		Final	12 October	Germany	L 1–2 ( a.e.t. )	The Home Depot Center, Carson
2007	China PR	Group stage	11 September	Nigeria	D 1–1	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
			14 September	United States	L 0–2	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
			18 September	North Korea	W 2–1	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
2011	Germany	Group stage	28 June	Colombia	W 1–0	BayArena, Leverkusen
			2 July	North Korea	W 1–0	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
			6 July	United States	W 2–1	Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg
		Quarter-finals	10 July	Australia	W 3–1	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
		Semi-finals	13 July	Japan	L 1–3	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
		Third place play-off	16 July	France	W 2–1	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
2015	Canada	Group stage	8 June	Nigeria	D 3–3	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
			12 June	United States	D 0–0	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
			16 June	Australia	D 1–1	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
		Round of 16	20 June	Germany	L 1–4	TD Place, Ottawa
2019	France	Group stage	11 June	Chile	W 2–0	Roazhon Park, Rennes
			16 June	Thailand	W 5–1	Allianz Riviera, Nice
			20 June	United States	L 0–2	Stade Océane, Le Havre
		Round of 16	24 June	Canada	W 1–0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		Quarter-finals	29 June	Germany	W 2–1	Roazhon Park, Rennes
		Semi-finals	3 July	Netherlands	L 0–1 ( a.e.t. )	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
		Third place play-off	6 July	England	W 2–1	Allianz Riviera, Nice
2023	Australia/ New Zealand	Group stage	23 July	South Africa	W 2–1	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
			29 July	Italy	W 5–0	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
			2 August	Argentina	W 2–0	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
		Round of 16	6 August	United States	D 0–0 (5–4 ( p ))	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
		Quarter-finals	11 August	Japan	W 2–1	Eden Park, Auckland
		Semi-finals	15 August	Spain	L 1–2	Eden Park, Auckland
		Third place play-off	19 August	Australia	W 2–0	Lang Park, Brisbane

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Australia	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	075.00
Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Canada	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
China	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
Chile	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Colombia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
England	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
France	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Germany	5	3	0	2	11	9	+2	060.00
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Italy	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Japan	4	3	0	1	13	4	+9	075.00
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	033.33
North Korea	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Norway	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	000.00
South Africa	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Thailand	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
United States	7	1	2	4	5	11	−6	014.29
Total	47	28	6	13	85	52	+33	059.57

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
Victoria Svensson	6			2	3	1
Lena Videkull	6	5	1
Hanna Ljungberg	5			2	3
Pia Sundhage	5	4	1
Anneli Andelén	4	3	1
Lotta Schelin	4					2	2
Kosovare Asllani	4								3	1
Fridolina Rolfö	4								1	3
Amanda Ilestedt	4									4
Malin Andersson	3		2		1
Lisa Dahlkvist	3						3
Malin Moström	3			1	2
Linda Sembrant	3							2	1
Sofia Jakobsson	3							1	2
Stina Blackstenius	3								2	1
Rebecka Blomqvist	3									3
Nilla Fischer	2						1	1
Helen Nilsson	2	2
Josefine Öqvist	2				1		1
Kristin Bengtsson	1			1
Marie Hammarström	1						1
Susanne Hedberg	1	1
Madelen Janogy	1								1
Lina Hurtig	1								1
Elin Rubensson	1								1	1
Ingrid Johansson	1	1
Ulrika Kalte	1		1
Jessica Landström	1						1
Malin Lundgren	1	1
Therese Sjögran	1						1
Jane Törnqvist	1			1
Filippa Angeldahl	1									1
Own goals	2	1						1
Total	85	18	6	7	10	3	10	5	12	14

Own goals scored for opponents

Jonna Andersson (scored for United States in 2019)

References

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v t e Countries at the FIFA Women's World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia ¹ China PR Chinese Taipei Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Philippines Thailand Vietnam
CAF	Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria South Africa Zambia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Jamaica Haiti Mexico Panama United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Denmark England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Republic of Ireland Russia Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland
¹ Has been member of multiple confederations.

Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Contents

1991 World Cup

Group B

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

1995 World Cup

Group A

Quarter-finals

1999 World Cup

Group D

Quarter-finals

2003 World Cup

Group A

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2007 World Cup

Group B

2011 World Cup

Group C

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

2015 World Cup

Group D

Round of 16

2019 World Cup

Group F

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

2023 World Cup

Group G

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

FIFA World Cup record

Head-to-head record

Goalscorers

See also

Related Research Articles

References