Italy at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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Italy during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup match against Australia

Italy have participated three times at the FIFA Women's World Cup: in the inaugural edition of 1991, in 1999 and in 2019.[1]

While the men's senior team have won the FIFA World Cup four times, the women's team is yet to win a single edition. Italy participated in the inaugural World Cup of 1991 where, after two wins and a loss in the group stage, they qualified for the quarter-finals, where they lost against Norway. After having failed to qualify for the second edition, Italy played in the 1999 edition where they did not go past the group stages. For the following four editions, between 2003 and 2015, Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup, coming close in 2015 after losing in the final match of qualification to Belgium.

In 2019, Italy returned to the World Cup after a 20-year absence.[1] With two wins and a defeat, Italy topped their group and progressed to the round of 16, where they beat China 2–0. However, their World Cup journey came to an end as they were defeated 2–0 by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

FIFA Women's World Cup record[]

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 2
4  Nigeria 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chinese Taipei 0–5 Italy
(Report) Ferraguzzi 15'
Marsiletti 29'
Morace 37', 52', 66'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Fethi Boucetta (Tunisia)
Italy 1–0 Nigeria
Morace 68' (Report)
Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
Attendance: 12,000
Italy 0–2 Germany
(Report) Mohr 67'
Unsleber 79'
Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
Attendance: 12,000
Quarter-final
Norway 3–2
(a.e.t.)		 Italy
Hegstad 22'
Carlsen 67'
Svensson 96' (pen.)		 (Report) Salmaso 31'
Guarino 80'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Rafael Medina (El Salvador)

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Germany 3 1 2 0 10 4 +6 5
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Mexico 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy 1–1 Germany
Panico 36' Report Wiegmann 61' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,100
Referee: (Nigeria)
Brazil 2–0 Italy
Sissi 3', 63' Report
Attendance: 65,080
Referee: (Denmark)
Mexico 0–2 Italy
Report Panico 37'
Zanni 51'
Attendance: 50,484
Referee: (Nigeria)

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3  Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia 1–2 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 15,380[2]
Jamaica 0–5 Italy
Report
Attendance: 12,016[3]
Italy 0–1 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 21,669[4]
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)
Round of 16
Italy 2–0 China PR
 Report
Attendance: 17,492[5]
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
Quarter-final
Italy 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 22,600[6]

Overview[]

Tournaments[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1991 Quarter-finals 6th of 12 4 2 0 2 8 5
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify
United States 1999 Group stage 9th of 16 3 1 1 1 3 3
United States 2003 Did not qualify
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019 Quarter-finals 7th of 24 5 3 0 2 9 4
Australia New Zealand 2023 To be determined
Total Best: Quarter-finals 3/8 12 6 1 5 20 12
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches[]

Record by opponent[]

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Australia 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Brazil 2 0 0 2 0 3
 China PR 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Germany 2 0 1 1 1 3
 Jamaica 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Nigeria 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Norway 1 0 0 1 2 3

Goalscorers[]

Player Goals 1991 1999 2019
Carolina Morace 4 4
Aurora Galli 3 3
Cristiana Girelli 3 3
Barbara Bonansea 2 2
Patrizia Panico 2 2
Feriana Ferraguzzi 1 1
Valentina Giacinti 1 1
Rita Guarino 1 1
Adele Marsiletti 1 1
Raffaella Salmaso 1 1
Paola Zanni 1 1
Total 18 8 3 9

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sports (10 May 2019). "Women's World Cup Group C team capsules | National Post". National Post. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Match report – Group C – Australia v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Match report – Group C – Jamaica v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Match report – Group C – Italy v Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Italy v China PR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Italy v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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