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 a South American team is 2nd place in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup by Brazil.
[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.
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any rejections and withdrawals, the number of South American entries (#A), how many of those South American entries withdrawn (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the South American representatives at the Women's World Cup finals, the number of World Cup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.
5 of the 10 active FIFA and CONMEBOL members have never appeared in the final tournament.