2010 FIFA World Cup qualification the finals, with CONCACAF's fourth-place team facing CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, and AFC's fifth-placed team facing the winner of the OFC. As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically. As in 2006, the current cup holders – Italy – did not qualify automatically. For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages the method used for separating teams level on points is the same for all Confederations, as decided by FIFA itself. If teams were even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams would be ranked by: This is a change from 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, where results between
National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Teams in bold are part of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. — Hosts are from this confederation National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup This article lists the performances of each of the 36 national teams which have made at least one appearance