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This is a complete list of national teams in women's association football, arranged alphabetically within their confederations.

Members of FIFA affiliated-confederations

This section lists the current:

• 211 women's national football teams affiliated to FIFA, through their national football associations.
• 11 women's national football teams who have membership in one of FIFA's affiliated continental confederations, but are not members of FIFA.

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.

Some national teams that are members of a confederation but not FIFA members compete in confederation-level and subregional tournaments. These teams, however, are not allowed to participate in the World Cup.

The six confederations are:

• Asia – Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
• Africa – Confederation of African Football (CAF)
• North and Central America and the Caribbean – Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
• South America – South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL)
• Oceania – Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
• Europe – Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

FIFA runs the Women's World Cup as a tournament for national teams to find the world champion. Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members:

• AFC – AFC Women's Asian Cup
• CAF – Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• CONCACAF – CONCACAF W Championship
• CONMEBOL – Copa América Femenina
• OFC – OFC Women's Nations Cup
• UEFA – UEFA European Women's Championship

AFC (Asia)

Due to the geographical size of Asia, the AFC is subdivided into five sub-federations:

• West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) – represents countries at the western extremity of the continent, except Israel.
• East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) – represents nations in East Asia, plus Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
• Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) – represents countries in Central Asia, comprising Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and most of Soviet Central Asia, except Kazakhstan.
• South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) – represents countries in South Asia.
• ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) – represents countries in Southeast Asia, plus Australia.

1. National governing body was formerly a member of OFC (1966–2006)
2. National governing body is a member of UAFA
3. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for People's Republic of China
4. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Republic of China (Taiwan); national governing body was a member of OFC from 1975 to 1989
5. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Islamic Republic of Iran
6. Official name used by FIFA for Democratic People's Republic of Korea; official name used by AFC is DPR Korea
7. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Republic of Korea
8. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Kyrgyzstan
9. National governing body is a full member of AFC but not a FIFA member
10. National governing body was formerly a member of OFC (2005–2009)
11. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for national team representing the Palestinian Territories

CAF (Africa)

Due to the geographical size of Africa, CAF is divided into five regional federations:

• Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) – represents nations generally regarded as forming the regions of East Africa and some nations of Central Africa.
• Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) – represents nations generally regarded as forming Southern Africa, as well as island states off the coast of Southern Africa.
• West African Football Union/Union du Football de l'Ouest Afrique (WAFU/UFOA) – represents nations in West Africa.
• Union of North African Federations (UNAF) – represents nations regarded as forming North Africa.
• Union des Fédérations du Football de l'Afrique Centrale (UNIFFAC) – represents some of the nations that form Central Africa.

1. National governing body is a member of UAFA
2. Official name used by FIFA for Democratic Republic of the Congo; official name used by CAF is DR Congo
3. National governing body is an associate member of CAF but not a FIFA member
4. National governing body was a full member of CAF briefly during 2017
5. National governing body is a member of ConIFA. Was previously a member of the N.F.-Board.

CONCACAF (North, Central America, and the Caribbean)

The CONCACAF federation is divided into three regional federations that have responsibility for part of the region's geographical area:

• Caribbean Football Union (CFU) – represents all 27 nations in the Caribbean, plus Bermuda and three nations in South America.
• North American Football Union (NAFU) – represents the three countries in North America (not including Central America).
• Union Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF) – represents the seven countries in Central America.

1. National governing body is a full member of CONCACAF but not a FIFA member

CONMEBOL (South America)

OFC (Oceania)

1. Official name used by FIFA for New Zealand; official name used by OFC is New Zealand
2. National governing body was formerly a member of AFC (1964–1966)
3. National governing body is an associate member of the OFC but not a FIFA member
4. National governing body is a member of ConIFA

UEFA (Europe)

1. National governing body was formerly a member of AFC (1954–1974); joined UEFA in 1994
2. National governing body was formerly a member of AFC (1993–2002)
3. Team currently suspended from participation in FIFA and UEFA competitions in response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine

See also

• Women's association football
• List of women's association football clubs
• International competitions in women's association football
• Geography of women's association football
• List of association football competitions
• List of men's national association football teams

References

1. These are displayed in the main list in italics.
2. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions".

Notes

1. ^ Additionally, 22 nations in Africa and Asia belong to the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) in addition to their respective regional confederations.
2. Guyana and Suriname are independent countries, and French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France

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