The Australia women's national soccer team has represented Australia at the

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on eight occasions in

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and

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. Australia co-hosted the

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with

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. The Matildas automatically qualified as co-host, and the Matildas (managed by

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and captained by

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and Sam Kerr) finished fourth overall. It was the first time that a senior national soccer team representing Australia or another Oceanian country has made it to the World Cup semi-finals and also is one of the only three teams of

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alongside China and Japan which they finished on the top four of the

. The team also participated in the

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, a precursor to the Women's World Cup.

FIFA Women's World Cup record

Record by opponent

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

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1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

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Quarter-finals

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

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Quarter-finals

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

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Round of 16

Quarter-finals

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

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Round of 16

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

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Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Goalscorers

; Own goals scored for opponents *

Dianne Alagich Dianne Marie Alagich (born 12 May 1979) is an Australian former soccer player, who last played for Adelaide United in the W-League and the Matildas. A defender, she was capped 86 times, scoring on three occasions. She is 169 cm tall and ...

(scored for Russia in

)

References

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