Qualified Teams
| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals |
Consecutive Streak |
Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | *Host !Host Nation | 0030 October 2007 | 06 !6th | 062007 !6 | 01 !Champions (2003, 2007) | 2 |
| Australia | AFC 1 !2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup winner | 0127 May 2010 | 05 !5th | 052007 !5 | 05 !Quarter-finals (2007) | 11 |
| North Korea | AFC 2 !2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup runner-up | 0227 May 2010 | 04 !4th | 042007 !4 | 05 !Quarter-finals (2007) | 8 |
| Japan | AFC 3 !2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place | 0330 May 2010 | 06 !6th | 062007 !6 | 05 !Quarter-finals (1995) | 4 |
| France | UEFA 1 !UEFA qualifying competition play-off winner | 0415 September 2010 | 02 !2nd | 012007 !1 | 09 !First Round (2003) | 7 |
| Norway | UEFA 2 !UEFA qualifying competition play-off winner | 0515 September 2010 | 06 !6th | 062007 !6 | 01 !Champions (1995) | 9 |
| Sweden | UEFA 3 !UEFA qualifying competition play-off winner | 0616 September 2010 | 06 !6th | 062007 !6 | 02 !Runner-Up (2003) | 5 |
| England | UEFA 4 !UEFA qualifying competition play-off winner | 0716 September 2010 | 03 !3rd | 022007 !2 | 05 !Quarter-finals (1995, 2007) | 10 |
| New Zealand | OFC !2010 OFC Women's Championship winner | 088 October 2010 | 03 !3rd | 022007 !2 | 09 !First round (1991, 2007) | 24 |
| Canada | CONCACAF 1 !2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup winner | 095 November 2010 | 05 !5th | 052007 !5 | 04 !Fourth place (2003) | 6 |
| Mexico | CONCACAF 2 !2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup runner-up | 105 November 2010 | 02 !2nd | 052007 !1 | 09 !First round (1999) | 22 |
| Nigeria | CAF 1 !2010 African Women's Football Championship winner | 1111 November 2010 | 06 !6th | 062007 !6 | 05 !Quarter-finals (1999) | 27 |
| Equatorial Guinea | CAF 2 !2010 African Women's Football Championship runner-up | 1211 November 2010 | 01 !1st | 062007 !1 | 17 !First appearance | 61 |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL 1 !2010 Sudamericano Femenino winner | 1319 November 2010 | 06 !6th | 062007 !6 | 02 !Runner-Up (2007) | 3 |
| Colombia | CONMEBOL 2 !2010 Sudamericano Femenino runner-up | 1421 November 2010 | 01 !1st | 062007 !1 | 17 !First appearance | 31 |
| United States | PLAY-OFF !UEFA-CONCACAF play-off winner | 1527 November 2010 | 06 !6th | 062007 !6 | 01 !Champions (1991, 1999) | 1 |
- 1.^ The rankings are shown as of 18 March 2011 - the latest published.
| Team qualified for the World Cup. | |
| Team eliminated from World Cup qualifying. | |
| Team did not enter qualification. | |
| Country is not part of FIFA. |
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