New Zealand national women’s football team

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women's national association football team

The New Zealand national women’s football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women’s soccer competitions including the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Olympic Games.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New Zealand women's national football team	6
New Zealand women’s national football team	4
Football Ferns	2
New Zealand WNT	1
New Zealand national women’s football team canonical	1
New Zealand women's national soccer team	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2063112 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Zealand national women’s football team
Context triple: [New Zealand national sports teams, notableTeam, New Zealand national women’s football team]

A. New Zealand national football team
The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the country’s senior men’s soccer team that competes in international competitions such as the FIFA World Cup and the OFC Nations Cup.
B. New Zealand national futsal team
The New Zealand national futsal team is the country’s official representative in international futsal competitions, governed by New Zealand Football and competing in events such as the OFC Futsal Nations Cup and FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers.
C. New Zealand national netball team
The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, is one of the world’s leading netball sides and a multiple-time World Cup and Commonwealth Games champion.
D. New Zealand women’s national basketball team
The New Zealand women’s national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women’s basketball competitions and is governed by Basketball New Zealand.
E. New Zealand national field hockey team
The New Zealand national field hockey team is the country’s top men’s field hockey side, known for competing at the highest international level including the Olympic Games and Hockey World Cup.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Zealand national women’s football team
Target entity description: The New Zealand national women’s football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women’s soccer competitions including the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Olympic Games.

A. New Zealand national football team
The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the country’s senior men’s soccer team that competes in international competitions such as the FIFA World Cup and the OFC Nations Cup.
B. New Zealand national futsal team
The New Zealand national futsal team is the country’s official representative in international futsal competitions, governed by New Zealand Football and competing in events such as the OFC Futsal Nations Cup and FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers.
C. New Zealand national netball team
The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, is one of the world’s leading netball sides and a multiple-time World Cup and Commonwealth Games champion.
D. New Zealand women’s national basketball team
The New Zealand women’s national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women’s basketball competitions and is governed by Basketball New Zealand.
E. New Zealand national field hockey team
The New Zealand national field hockey team is the country’s top men’s field hockey side, known for competing at the highest international level including the Olympic Games and Hockey World Cup.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	women's national association football team ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New Zealand women's national soccer team ⓘ linked to: New Zealand national women’s football team
belongsToCategory	New Zealand national sports teams ⓘ Oceania women's national football teams ⓘ women's national sports teams of New Zealand ⓘ
competitionType	women's international football ⓘ
confederation	Oceania Football Confederation ⓘ
continentalTitle	OFC Women's Nations Cup ⓘ linked to: OFC Women’s Nations Cup
country	New Zealand ⓘ
federationMembership	New Zealand Football ⓘ
FIFAaffiliation	FIFA ⓘ
FIFAcode	NZL ⓘ linked to: New Zealand
FIFAcompetitionCategory	women's senior national teams ⓘ
firstInternationalMatch	1975 ⓘ
gender	women ⓘ
governedBy	New Zealand Football ⓘ
governingBody	New Zealand Football ⓘ
homeCountryContinent	Oceania ⓘ
homeMatchesLocation	New Zealand ⓘ
homeStadium	various stadiums in New Zealand ⓘ
kitColorAway	black ⓘ
kitColorHome	white ⓘ
level	international ⓘ
nationalAssociation	New Zealand Football ⓘ
nickname	Football Ferns ⓘ linked to: New Zealand national women’s football team
OlympiccompetitionCategory	women's football tournament ⓘ
participatesIn	FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ OFC Women's Nations Cup ⓘ linked to: OFC Women’s Nations Cup Olympic Games women's football tournament ⓘ linked to: Olympic women's football tournament international women's football friendlies ⓘ
playsUnderRulesOf	Laws of the Game of association football ⓘ
region	Oceania ⓘ
represents	New Zealand ⓘ
representsInCompetition	FIFA Women's World Cup ⓘ OFC competitions ⓘ Olympic Games ⓘ
representsNationInSport	association football ⓘ
shortName	New Zealand WNT ⓘ linked to: New Zealand national women’s football team
sport	association football ⓘ
type	senior national team ⓘ
usesTitle	Football Ferns ⓘ linked to: New Zealand national women’s football team

How these facts were elicited