This is a complete list of national teams in women's association football, arranged alphabetically within their confederations.
This section lists the current: FIFA members are eligible to enter the FIFA Women's World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches.
Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Women's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams.
These teams, however, are not allowed to participate in the World Cup.
Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members: Due to the geographical size of Asia, the AFC is subdivided into five sub-federations: Due to the geographical size of Africa, CAF is divided into five regional federations: The CONCACAF federation is divided into three regional federations that have responsibility for part of the region's geographical area: