Zambia at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Zambia has qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup on one occasion, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup which was also the country's debut, making the country the first landlocked nation in Africa to qualify for a senior World Cup in either gender.[1] Previously, Zambia has come close to qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup, but fell short in two occasions, which occurred in 2014 and 2018.

FIFA Women's World Cup

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FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
  1991 Did not enter
  1995 Did not qualify
  1999 Did not enter
  2003 Did not qualify
  2007
  2011 Did not enter
  2015 Did not qualify
  2019
   2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 11
  2027 To be determined
Total 1/10 3 1 0 2 3 11
FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
    2023 Group stage 22 July   Japan L 5–0 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
26 July   Spain L 5–0 Eden Park, Auckland
31 July   Costa Rica W 3–1 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Record by opponent

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FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
  Japan 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5
  Spain 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5

World Cup participation

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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Spain 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3   Zambia 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3
4   Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zambia  0–5  Japan
Report
Attendance: 16,111

Spain  5–0  Zambia
Report
Attendance: 20,983
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Costa Rica  1–3  Zambia
Herrera   47' Report
Attendance: 8,117
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Goalscorers

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Player Goals 2023
Barbra Banda 1 1
Racheal Kundananji 1 1
Lushomo Mweemba 1 1
Total 3 3

References

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  1. ^ "Zambia's joy and Senegal's despair on a dramatic night in Casablanca".