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. 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

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

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

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

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

22 July 2023 (2023-07-22)

19:00 UTC+12

Zambia	0–5	Japan
	Report	Miyazawa 43', 62' Mi. Tanaka 55' Endō 71' Ueki 90+11' (pen.)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 16,111

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

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26 July 2023 (2023-07-26)

19:30 UTC+12

Spain	5–0	Zambia
Abelleira 9' Hermoso 13', 70' Redondo 69', 85'	Report

Eden Park, Auckland

Attendance: 20,983

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

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31 July 2023 (2023-07-31)

19:00 UTC+12

Costa Rica	1–3	Zambia
Herrera 47'	Report	Mweemba 3' B. Banda 31' (pen.) Kundananji 90+3'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 8,117

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Goalscorers

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