National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

Map of appearances

Best performance of countries

This article lists the performances of each of the 77 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA World Cup finals.

Debut of teams

Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by FIFA.

Year	Debutants	Total
1930	Argentina,  Belgium,  Bolivia,  Brazil,  Chile,  France,  Mexico,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Romania,  United States,  Uruguay,  Yugoslavia[1]	13
1934	Austria,  Czechoslovakia,[2]  Egypt,  Germany,[3]  Hungary,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland	10
1938	Cuba,  Dutch East Indies,[4]  Norway,  Poland	4
1950	England, ( India#,  Scotland#,  Turkey#)	1
1954	Scotland,  South Korea,  Turkey (+  West Germany[3])	3 (+1*)
1958	Northern Ireland,  Soviet Union,[5]  Wales	3
1962	Bulgaria,  Colombia	2
1966	North Korea,  Portugal	2
1970	El Salvador,  Israel,  Morocco	3
1974	Australia,  East Germany,[3]  Haiti,  Zaire[6]	4
1978	Iran,  Tunisia	2
1982	Algeria,[7]  Cameroon,  Honduras,  Kuwait,  New Zealand	5
1986	Canada,  Denmark,  Iraq	3
1990	Costa Rica,  Republic of Ireland,  United Arab Emirates	3
1994	Greece,  Nigeria,  Saudi Arabia (+  Russia[5])	3 (+1*)
1998	Croatia,[1]  Jamaica,  Japan,  South Africa (+  FR Yugoslavia[1])	4 (+1*)
2002	China PR,  Ecuador,  Senegal,  Slovenia[1]	4
2006	Angola,  Ghana,  Ivory Coast,  Togo,  Trinidad and Tobago,  Ukraine[5] (+  Czech Republic,[2]  Serbia and Montenegro[1])	6 (+2*)
2010	Slovakia[2] (+  Serbia[1])	1 (+1*)
2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]	1
Total		77 (+6*)

*This total number of teams which have participated in the World Cups through 2014 is 77, using FIFA's view on successor teams (e.g., Russia is a successor of USSR and not a separate team, whereas Ukraine is a newer separate entity).

#Qualified but withdrew

 Qatar will make its debut in 2022 at the latest. It has qualified for the 2022 World Cup as host, but may still qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• QF — Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
• R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 — Round 1
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
•    — Hosts
•     — Not affiliated to FIFA
• % — Success rate of reaching the World Cup Finals (only counting the times the team entered the tournament)

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.^[8] The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw.^[9]

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage
Algeria	Part of France[7]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th		4/12	33.3
Angola	Part of Portugal											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	1/9	11.1
Argentina	2nd	R1 T-9th	×	×	×	R1 13th	R1 10th	QF 5th	•	R2 8th	1st	R2 11th	1st	2nd	R2 10th	QF 6th	R1 18th	QF 6th	QF 5th	2nd		16/17	94.1
Australia								•	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 16th	R1 21st	R1 30th		4/13	30.7
Austria	×	4th	••[10]	×	3rd	R1 15th	×	•	•	•	R2 7th	R2 8th	•	R1 T-18th	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•		7/17	41.2
Belgium	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 13th	×	R1 12th	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	R2 10th	4th	R2 11th	R2 11th	R1 19th	R2 14th	•	•	QF 6th		12/19	63.2
Bolivia	R1 12th	×	×	R1 13th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•		3/17	17.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of Yugoslavia[1]														×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th		1/5	20.0
Brazil	R1 6th	R1 14th	3rd	2nd	QF 5th	1st	1st	R1 11th	1st	4th	3rd	R2 5th	QF 5th	R2 9th	1st	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 6th	4th		20/20	100.0
Bulgaria	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 15th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 12th	•	•	R2 15th	•	4th	R1 29th	•	•	•	•		7/18	38.9
Cameroon	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd		7/12	58.3
Canada	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/14	7.1
Chile	R1 5th	×	×	R1 9th	•	•	3rd	R1 T-13th	•	R1 11th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	×	R2 16th	•	•	R2 10th	R2 9th		9/17	52.9
China PR	Republic of China			×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Colombia			×	×	×	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 14th	R1 19th	R1 21st	•	•	•	QF 5th		5/15	33.3
Costa Rica	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R1 19th	R1 31st	•	QF 8th		4/15	26.7
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia[1]														×	3rd	R1 23rd	R1 22nd	•	R1 19th		4/5	80.0
Cuba		•	QF 8th	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/13	7.7
Czech Republic[2]	×	2nd	QF 5th	×	R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•		9/18	50.0
Czechoslovakia	see Czech Republic (1930–1994)[2]
Denmark	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	•	•	QF 8th	R2 10th	•	R1 24th	•		4/14	28.6
DR Congo[6]	Part of Belgium							×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Dutch East Indies	see Indonesia (1930–1938)[4]
East Germany[3]	Part of Germany			×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 6th	•	•	•	•	Part of Germany							1/9	11.1
Ecuador	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	R2 12th	•	R1 17th		3/14	21.4
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•		2/13	15.4
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage
El Salvador			×	×	×	×	×	×	R1 16th	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2/13	15.4
England	×	×	×	R1 8th	QF 6th	R1 11th	QF 8th	1st	QF 8th	•	•	R2 6th	QF 8th	4th	•	R2 9th	QF 6th	QF 7th	R2 13th	R1 26th		14/17	82.4
France	R1 7th	R1 T-9th	QF 6th	••	R1 11th	3rd	•	R1 T-13th	•	•	R1 12th	4th	3rd	•	•	1st	R1 28th	2nd	R1 29th	QF 7th		14/20	70.0
Germany[3]	×	3rd	R1 10th	×	1st	4th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	1st	R2 6th	2nd	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st		18/18	100.0
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th		3/12	25.0
Greece	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R2 13th		3/18	16.7
Haiti		•	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	R1 15th	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/14	7.1
Honduras					×	×	•	•	•	•	×	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 30th	R1 31st		3/13	20.1
Hungary	×	QF 6th	2nd	×	2nd	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 15th	R1 14th	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		9/18	50.0
Indonesia[4]	×	×	R1 15th	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	1/13	7.7
India				••	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	0/10	0.0
Iran				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	R1 20th	•	R1 T-25th	•	R1 28th		4/9	44.4
Iraq				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Israel[11]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/19	5.3
Italy	×	1st	1st	R1 7th	R1 10th	•	R1 9th	R1 9th	2nd	R1 10th	4th	1st	R2 12th	3rd	2nd	QF 5th	R2 15th	1st	R1 26th	R1 22nd		18/19	94.7
Ivory Coast	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st		3/10	30.0
Jamaica	Part of the United Kingdom						×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	1/12	8.3
Japan	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	R2 9th	R1 T-28th	R2 9th	R1 29th		5/14	35.7
Kuwait							×	×	×	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/12	8.3
Mexico	R1 13th	•	×	R1 12th	R1 13th	R1 16th	R1 11th	R1 12th	QF 6th	•	R1 16th	•	QF 6th	×	R2 13th	R2 13th	R2 11th	R2 15th	R2 14th	R2 10th		15/18	83.3
Morocco	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•		4/13	30.8
Netherlands	×	R1 T-9th	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	R2 15th	QF 7th	4th	•	R2 11th	2nd	3rd		10/17	58.8
New Zealand				×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd	•		2/12	16.7
Nigeria	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th		5/13	38.5
North Korea	Part of Japan					×	×	QF 8th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	R1 32nd	•	•	2/10	20.0
Qatar qualified in 2022 Qatar World Cup	Northern Ireland	×	×	×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3/17	17.6
Norway	×	×	R1 12th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 15th	•	•	•	•		3/17	17.6
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage
Paraguay	R1 9th	×	×	R1 11th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R2 14th	R2 16th	R1 18th	QF 8th	•		8/18	44.4
Peru	R1 10th	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	QF 7th	•	R2 8th	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4/16	25.0
Poland	×	•	R1 11th	×	×	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 14th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R1 21st	•	•		7/17	41.2
Portugal	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	•	•	R1 21st	4th	R2 11th	R1 18th		6/19	31.6
Republic of Ireland[12]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	R2 16th	•	R2 12th	•	•	•		3/19	15.8
Romania	R1 8th	R1 12th	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	QF 6th	R2 11th	•	•	•	•		7/19	36.8
Russia[5]	×	×	×	×	×	QF 7th	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th	•	•	R2 7th	R2 10th	R1 17th	R1 18th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	R1 24th	q	10/15	66.7
Saudi Arabia						×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th	•	•		4/10	40.0
Scotland	×	×	×	••	R1 15th	R1 14th	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 19th	R1 T-18th	•	R1 27th	•	•	•	•		8/17	47.1
Senegal	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Serbia[1]	4th[13]	•	•	R1 5th	QF 7th	QF 5th	4th	•	•	R2 7th	•	R1 16th	•	QF 5th	×	R2 10th	•	R1 32nd	R1 23rd	•		11/19	57.9
Serbia and Montenegro	see Serbia (2006)[1]
Slovakia	Part of Czechoslovakia[2]															•	•	•	R2 16th	•		1/5	20.0
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia[1]														×	•	R1 30th	•	R1 18th	•		2/5	40.0
South Africa					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•		3/6	50.0
South Korea	Part of Japan			×	R1 16th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	R1 22nd	R1 20th	R1 30th	4th	R1 17th	R2 15th	R1 27th		9/14	64.3
Soviet Union	see Russia (1930–1990)[5]
Spain	×	QF 5th	×	4th	•	•	R1 12th	R1 10th	•	•	R1 10th	R2 12th	QF 7th	R2 10th	QF 8th	R1 17th	QF 5th	R2 9th	1st	R1 23rd		14/18	77.8
Sweden	×	QF 8th	4th	3rd	•	2nd	•	•	R1 9th	R2 5th	R1 13th	•	•	R1 21st	3rd	•	R2 13th	R2 14th	•	•		11/19	57.9
Switzerland	×	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 6th	QF 8th	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th	•	•	R2 10th	R1 19th	R2 11th		10/19	52.6
Togo	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•	1/10	10.0
Trinidad and Tobago	Part of the United Kingdom							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	•	•		1/13	7.7
Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•		4/13	30.8
Turkey	×	×	×	••	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•		2/16	12.5
Ukraine	Part of Soviet Union[5]														×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•		1/5	20.0
United Arab Emirates										×	×	×	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/8	12.5
United States	3rd[13]	R1 16th	×	R1 10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R2 14th	R1 32nd	QF 8th	R1 T-25th	R2 12th	R2 15th		10/19	52.6
Uruguay	1st	×	×	1st	4th	•	R1 13th	QF 7th	4th	R1 13th	•	•	R2 16th	R2 16th	•	•	R1 26th	•	4th	R2 12th		12/18	66.7
Wales	×	×	×	•	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/17	5.9
West Germany	see Germany (1950–1990)[3]
Yugoslavia	see Serbia (1930 for Kingdom of Yugoslavia; 1950-1990 for SFR Yugoslavia; 1994–2002 for FR Yugoslavia)[1]
Zaire	see Congo DR (1974–1994)[6]
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Brazil	20	20	20	1930	2014	Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Germany[3]	18	16	16	1934	2014	Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014)
Italy	18	14	14	1934	2014	Champions (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)
Argentina	16	11	11	1930	2014	Champions (1978*, 1986)
Mexico	15	6	6	1930	2014	Quarterfinals (1970*, 1986*)
Spain	14	10	10	1934	2014	Champions (2010)
England	14	6	5	1950	2014	Champions (1966*)
France	14	5	5	1930	2014	Champions (1998*)
Belgium	12	6	1	1930	2014	Fourth place (1986)
Uruguay	12	4	2	1930	2014	Champions (1930*, 1950)
Serbia[1]	11	4	0	1930	2010	Fourth place (1930,[13] 1962)
Russia[5]	11	4	2	1958	2018 (hosts)	Fourth place (1966)
Sweden	11	3	0	1934	2006	Runners-up (1958*)
United States	10	7	7	1930	2014	Third place (1930[13])
Switzerland	10	4	3	1934	2014	Quarterfinals (1934, 1938, 1954*)
Netherlands	10	3	3	1934	2014	Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
South Korea	9	8	8	1954	2014	Fourth place (2002*)
Hungary	9	4	0	1934	1986	Runners-up (1938, 1954)
Czech Republic[2]	9	3	0	1934	2006	Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Chile	9	2	2	1930	2014	Third place (1962*)
Scotland	8	5	0	1954	1998	Round 1
Paraguay	8	4	0	1930	2010	Quarterfinals (2010)
Cameroon	7	4	2	1982	2014	Quarterfinals (1990)
Bulgaria	7	4	0	1962	1998	Fourth place (1994)
Poland	7	4	0	1938	2006	Third place (1974, 1982)
Romania	7	3	0	1930	1998	Quarterfinals (1994)
Austria	7	2	0	1934	1998	Third place (1954)
Portugal	6	4	4	1966	2014	Third place (1966)
Japan	5	5	5	1998	2014	Round 2 (2002*, 2010)
Nigeria	5	3	2	1994	2014	Round 2 (1994, 1998, 2014)
Colombia	5	3	1	1962	2014	Quarterfinals (2014)
Saudi Arabia	4	4	0	1994	2006	Round 2 (1994)
Australia	4	3	3	1974	2014	Round 2 (2006)
Croatia[1]	4	3	1	1998	2014	Third place (1998)
Tunisia	4	3	0	1978	2006	Round 1
Algeria	4	2	2	1982	2014	Round 2 (2014)
Costa Rica	4	2	1	1990	2014	Quarterfinals (2014)
Peru	4	2	0	1930	1982	Quarterfinals (1970), Round 2 (top 8) (1978)
Morocco	4	2	0	1970	1998	Round 2 (1986)
Denmark	4	2	0	1986	2010	Quarterfinals (1998)
Iran	4	1	1	1978	2014	Round 1
Ghana	3	3	3	2006	2014	Quarterfinals (2010)
Ivory Coast	3	3	3	2006	2014	Round 1
Honduras	3	2	2	1982	2014	Round 1
Greece	3	2	2	1994	2014	Round 2 (2014)
Ecuador	3	2	1	2002	2014	Round 2 (2006)
Norway	3	2	0	1938	1998	Round 2 (1998)
Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1958	1986	Quarterfinals (1958)
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1990	2002	Quarterfinals (1990)
South Africa	3	2	0	1998	2010	Round 1
Bolivia	3	1	0	1930	1994	Round 1
Egypt	2	1	0	1934	1990	Round 1
Turkey	2	1	0	1954	2002	Third place (2002)
North Korea	2	1	0	1966	2010	Quarterfinals (1966)
El Salvador	2	1	0	1970	1982	Round 1
New Zealand	2	1	0	1982	2010	Round 1
Slovenia[1]	2	1	0	2002	2010	Round 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	1	2014	2014	Round 1
Cuba	1	1	0	1938	1938	Quarterfinals (1938)
Indonesia[4]	1	1	0	1938	1938	Round 1
Wales	1	1	0	1958	1958	Quarterfinals (1958)
Israel	1	1	0	1970	1970	Round 1
DR Congo[6]	1	1	0	1974	1974	Round 1
East Germany[3]	1	1	0	1974	1974	Round 2 (top 8) (1974)
Haiti	1	1	0	1974	1974	Round 1
Kuwait	1	1	0	1982	1982	Round 1
Canada	1	1	0	1986	1986	Round 1
Iraq	1	1	0	1986	1986	Round 1
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	1990	1990	Round 1
Jamaica	1	1	0	1998	1998	Round 1
China PR	1	1	0	2002	2002	Round 1
Senegal	1	1	0	2002	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)
Angola	1	1	0	2006	2006	Round 1
Togo	1	1	0	2006	2006	Round 1
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	2006	2006	Round 1
Ukraine[5]	1	1	0	2006	2006	Quarterfinals (2006)
Slovakia[2]	1	1	0	2010	2010	Round 2 (2010)

Breakdown of successor teams

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Czech Republic (since 1998)	1	1	0	2006	2006	Round 1 (2006)
Czechoslovakia (1930–1994)	8	3	0	1934	1990	Runners-up (1934, 1962)

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Germany (since 1994)	6	6	6	1994	2014	Champions (2014)
West Germany (1954–1990)	10	10	0	1954	1990	Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990)
Germany (1930–1938)	2	2	0	1934	1938	Third place (1934)

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Russia (since 1994)	3	1	1	1994	2014	Round 1
Soviet Union (1930–1990)	7	4	0	1958	1990	Fourth place (1966)

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Serbia (since 2010)	1	1	0	2010	2010	Round 1
Serbia and Montenegro (2006)	1	1	0	2006	2006	Round 1
Yugoslavia (1994–2002)	1	1	0	1998	1998	Round 2 (1998)
Yugoslavia (1950–1990)	7	4	0	1950	1990	Fourth place (1962)
Yugoslavia (1930–1938)	1	1	0	1930	1930	Fourth place (1930[13])

Top-8 finishes

Team	Champions	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals
Brazil	5	7	11	15
Germany	4	8	13	17
Italy	4	6	8	9
Argentina	2	5	5	9
Uruguay	2	2	5	6
France	1	2	5	7
England	1	1	2	8
Spain	1	1	2	6
Netherlands	0	3	5	6
Hungary	0	2	2	5
Czechoslovakia	0	2	2	4
Sweden	0	1	4	6
Yugoslavia	0	0	2	6
Austria	0	0	2	3
Poland	0	0	2	3
Portugal	0	0	2	2
Soviet Union	0	0	1	4
Belgium	0	0	1	2
United States	0	0	1	2
Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Chile	0	0	1	1
Croatia	0	0	1	1
South Korea	0	0	1	1
Turkey	0	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	0	0	3
Mexico	0	0	0	2
Peru	0	0	0	2
Cameroon	0	0	0	1
Colombia	0	0	0	1
Costa Rica	0	0	0	1
Cuba	0	0	0	1
Denmark	0	0	0	1
East Germany	0	0	0	1
Ghana	0	0	0	1
North Korea	0	0	0	1
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	1
Paraguay	0	0	0	1
Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	1
Romania	0	0	0	1
Senegal	0	0	0	1
Ukraine	0	0	0	1
Wales	0	0	0	1

Overall team records

As 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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points	Topscorers
Brazil	104	70	17	17	221	102	+119	227	Ronaldo 15
Germany (since 1994)  West Germany (1954–1990)  Germany (1934–1938)	106	66	20	20	224	121	+103	218	M. Klose 16
Italy	83	45	21	17	128	77	+51	156	C. Vieri, R. Baggio, P. Rossi 9
Argentina	77	42	14	21	131	84	+47	140	G. Batistuta 10
Spain	59	29	12	18	92	66	+26	99	D. Villa 9
England	62	26	20	16	79	56	+23	98	G. Lineker 10
France	59	28	12	19	106	71	+35	96	J. Fontaine 13
Netherlands	50	27	12	11	86	48	+38	93	J. Rep 7
Uruguay	51	20	12	19	80	71	+9	72	Ó. Míguez 8
Sweden	46	16	13	17	74	69	+5	61	H. Larsson, K. Andersson 5
Russia (since 1994)  Soviet Union (1958–1990)	40	17	8	15	66	47	+19	59	O. Salenko 6
Serbia (since 2010)  Serbia and Montenegro (2006)  Yugoslavia (1998)  Yugoslavia (1950–1990)  Yugoslavia (1930)	43	17	8	18	64	59	+5	59	D. Jerković 4
Mexico	53	14	14	25	57	92	-35	56	L. Hernández 4
Belgium	41	14	9	18	52	66	-14	51	M. Wilmots 5
Poland	31	15	5	11	44	40	+4	50	G. Lato 10
Hungary	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30	48	S. Kocsis 11
Portugal	26	13	4	9	43	29	+14	43	Eusébio 9
Czech Republic (since 2006)  Czechoslovakia (1934–1990)	33	12	5	16	47	49	-2	41	O. Nejedlý 7
Austria	29	12	4	13	43	47	-4	40	E. Probst 6
Chile	33	11	7	15	40	49	-9	40	M. Salas, L. Sánchez 4
Switzerland	33	11	6	16	45	59	-14	39	J. Hügi 6
Paraguay	27	7	10	10	30	38	-8	31	N. Cuevas 3
United States	33	8	6	19	36	61	-25	30	L. Donovan 5
Romania	21	8	5	8	30	32	-2	29	F. Răducioiu 4
Denmark	16	8	2	6	27	24	+3	26	J. D. Tomasson 5
South Korea	31	5	9	17	31	67	-36	24	Ahn Jung-hwan, Park Ji-sung 3
Croatia	16	7	2	7	21	17	+4	23	D. Šuker 6
Colombia	18	7	2	9	26	27	-1	23	J. Rodríguez 6
Costa Rica	15	5	4	6	17	23	-6	19	R. Gómez, P. Wanchope 3
Scotland	23	4	7	12	25	41	-16	19	J. Jordan 4
Cameroon	23	4	7	12	18	43	-25	19	R. Milla 5
Nigeria	18	5	3	10	20	26	-6	18	D. Amokachi, E. Amuneke, A. Musa, K. Uche 2
Bulgaria	26	3	8	15	22	53	-31	17	H. Stoichkov 6
Turkey	10	5	1	4	20	17	+3	16	Suat M., Burhan S., İlhan M. 3
Japan	17	4	4	9	14	22	-8	16	K. Honda 3
Ghana	12	4	3	5	13	16	-3	15	A. Gyan 6
Peru	15	4	3	8	19	31	-12	15	T. Cubillas 10
Republic of Ireland	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14	R. Keane 3
Northern Ireland	13	3	5	5	13	23	-10	14	P. McParland 5
Ecuador	10	4	1	5	10	11	-1	13	A. Delgado, E. Valencia 3
Algeria	13	3	3	7	13	19	-6	12	S. Assad, A. Djabou, I. Slimani 2
Ivory Coast	9	3	1	5	13	14	-1	10	W. Bony, A. Dindane, D. Drogba, Gervinho 2
South Africa	9	2	4	3	11	16	-5	10	S. Bartlett, B. McCarthy 2
Morocco	13	2	4	7	12	18	-6	10	A. Hadda, A. Khairi, S. Bassir 2
Norway	8	2	3	3	7	8	-1	9	K. Rekdal 2
Australia	13	2	3	8	11	26	-15	9	T. Cahill 5
Senegal	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1	8	P. Bouba Diop 3
East Germany	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	J. Streich 2
Greece	10	2	2	6	5	20	-15	8	S. Papastathopoulos, D. Salpingidis, G. Samaras, A. Samaris, V. Torosidis 1
Saudi Arabia	13	2	2	9	9	32	-23	8	S. Al-Jaber 3
Ukraine	5	2	1	2	5	7	-2	7	A. Shevchenko 2
Tunisia	12	1	4	7	8	17	-9	7	R. Bouzaiene, M. Dhouieb, N. Ghommidh, R. Jaïdi, Z. Jaziri, A. Kaabi, J. Mnari, S. Souayah 1
Wales	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6	I. Allchurch 2
Iran	12	1	3	8	7	22	-15	6	S. Bakhtiarizadeh, I. Danaeifard, H. Estili, Y. Golmohammadi, R. Ghoochannejhad, M. Mahdavikia, H. Rowshan 1
Slovakia	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4	R. Vittek 4
Slovenia	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5	4	M. Ačimovič, V. Birsa, S. Cimirotič, R. Koren, Z. Ljubijankić 1
Cuba	3	1	1	1	5	12	-7	4	H. Socorro 3
North Korea	7	1	1	5	6	21	-15	4	Pak Seung-zin 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	E. Džeko, V. Ibišević, M. Pjanić, A. Vršajević 1
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3	T. Whitmore 2
New Zealand	6	0	3	3	4	14	-10	3	W. Reid, S. Smeltz, S. Sumner, S. Wooddin 1
Honduras	9	0	3	6	3	14	-11	3	E. Laing, H. Zelaya, C. Costly 1
Angola	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2	Flávio 1
Israel	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2	M. Spiegler 1
Egypt	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3	2	A. Fawzi 2
Kuwait	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	F. Al-Dakhil, A. Al-Buloushi 1
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1
Bolivia	6	0	1	5	1	20	-19	1	E. Sánchez 1
Iraq	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3	0	A. Radhi 1
Togo	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0	M. Kader 1
Canada	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0
Indonesia	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6	0
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0	A. Jumaa, K. Ismaïl 1
China PR	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9	0
Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12	0	E. Sanon 2
DR Congo	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14	0
El Salvador	6	0	0	6	1	22	-21	0	L. Ramírez 1

Breakdown of successor teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Czechoslovakia (1934–1990)	30	11	5	14	44	45	-1	38
Czech Republic (since 2006)	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Germany (1934–1938)	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
West Germany (1954–1990)	62	36	14	12	131	77	+54	122
Germany (since 1994)	38	27	5	6	79	31	+48	86

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Soviet Union (1958–1990)	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
Russia (since 1994)	9	2	2	5	13	13	0	8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Yugoslavia (1930)	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6
Yugoslavia (1950–1990)	30	12	7	11	48	35	+13	43
Yugoslavia (1998)	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Serbia and Montenegro (2006)	3	0	0	3	2	10	-8	0
Serbia (since 2010)	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3

Results of host nations

Except 1934, host nations are granted an automatic spot in the World Cup finals. The first host ever to fail to advance past the first round was South Africa in 2010. † denotes the best result in the team's history, ‡ - the best result at the time of the competition (improved later).

Year	Host Nation	Finish
1930	Uruguay	Champions†
1934	Italy	Champions†
1938	France	Quarter-Final‡
1950	Brazil	Runners-up‡
1954	Switzerland	Quarter-Final†
1958	Sweden	Runners-up†
1962	Chile	Third Place†
1966	England	Champions†
1970	Mexico	Quarter-Final†
1974	West Germany	Champions†
1978	Argentina	Champions†
1982	Spain	Round 2 (Top 12)
1986	Mexico	Quarter-Final†
1990	Italy	Third Place
1994	United States	Round of 16
1998	France	Champions†
2002	South Korea	Fourth Place†
	Japan	Round of 16†
2006	Germany	Third Place
2010	South Africa	Group Stage†
2014	Brazil	Fourth Place
2018	Russia	TBD
2022	Qatar	TBD

Results of defending finalists

Until November 2001, defending champions were granted an automatic spot in the World Cup finals.^[14] Since 2006, they have to enter qualifying as well.

Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-ups	Finish
1934	Uruguay	Did not enter	Argentina	Round 1 (Round of 16)
1938	Italy	Champions	Czechoslovakia	Quarter-Final
1950	Italy	Group Stage	Hungary	Did not enter
1954	Uruguay	Fourth Place	Brazil	Quarter-Final
1958	West Germany	Fourth Place	Hungary	Group Stage
1962	Brazil	Champions	Sweden	Did not qualify
1966	Brazil	Group Stage	Czechoslovakia	Did not qualify
1970	England	Quarter-Final	West Germany	Third Place
1974	Brazil	Fourth Place	Italy	Group Stage
1978	West Germany	Round 2 (top 8)	Netherlands	Runners-up
1982	Argentina	Round 2 (top 12)	Netherlands	Did not qualify
1986	Italy	Round of 16	West Germany	Runners-up
1990	Argentina	Runners-up	West Germany	Champions
1994	Germany	Quarter-Final	Argentina	Round of 16
1998	Brazil	Runners-up	Italy	Quarter-Final
2002	France	Group Stage	Brazil	Champions
2006	Brazil	Quarter-Final	Germany	Third Place
2010	Italy	Group Stage	France	Group Stage
2014	Spain	Group Stage	Netherlands	Third Place
2018	Germany	TBD	Argentina	TBD

Results by confederation

   — Hosts are from this confederation

AFC (Asia)

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total
Teams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1[15]	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4		32
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0[16]	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0		5
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1st																						0
2nd																						0
3rd																						0
4th																						1

CAF (Africa)

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total
Teams	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	5		39
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0[16]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2		9
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		3
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1st																						0
2nd																						0
3rd																						0
4th																						0

CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean)

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total
Teams	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4		39
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0[16]	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	3		13
Top 8	—	0	1	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		5
Top 4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1st																						0
2nd																						0
3rd																						1
4th																						0

CONMEBOL (South America)

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total
Teams	7	2	1	5	2	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	6		80
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2[16]	4	4	2	4	2	3	5	5		31
Top 8	—	0	1	—	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	—	2	1	1	2	1	2	4	3		32
Top 4	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2		22
Top 2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1		14
1st																						9
2nd																						5
3rd																						3
4th																						5

OFC (Oceania)

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total
Teams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[17]	0	1[17]	0	0	0	0	0	1[18]	1	0		4
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0[16]	0	0	0	0	0	1[18]	0	0		1
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1st																						0
2nd																						0
3rd																						0
4th																						0

UEFA (Europe)

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total
Teams	4	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	13	13		231
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10[16]	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	6		81
Top 8	—	8	6	—	6	7	6	5	4	6	5	—	5	6	7	6	4	6	3	4		94
Top 4	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2		56
Top 2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1		26
1st																						11
2nd																						15
3rd																						16
4th																						14

Overall

	AFC	CAF	CONCACAF	CONMEBOL	OFC	UEFA	Total
Teams	32	39	39	80	4	231	425
Top 16	5	9	13	31	1	81	140[16]
Top 8	2	3	5	32	0	94	136
Top 4	1	0	1	22	0	56	80
Top 2	0	0	0	14	0	26	40
1st	0	0	0	9	0	11	20
2nd	0	0	0	5	0	15	20
3rd	0	0	1	3	0	16	20
4th	1	0	0	5	0	14	20

See also

• List of national teams with no FIFA World Cup appearances
• National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup
• World Football Elo Ratings

References

1. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified eight times from 1930–1990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified once in 1998 under the name Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro qualified once in 2006 after a name change in 2003. All these teams are considered the predecessor of the current Serbia team by FIFA. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia — Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia — are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006. In 2010, Serbia debuted at the FIFA World Cup with their own national team.
2. Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as the successor team of Czechoslovakia. The other national team which resulted from the breakup of the Czechoslovakia — Slovakia, is considered a distinct entity from the Czechoslovakia team. The Czech Republic national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time as a separate nation in 2006, with Slovakia doing the same in 2010.
3. Germany (since 1949 officially Federal Republic of Germany) is since 1904 represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)). After World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was only re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 WC, while Saar (until 1956) and East Germany (until 1990) fielded teams of their own before (re-)joining (West) Germany and the DFB in the German reunification. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of 1954-1990, when the team was often called West Germany.
4. Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
5. The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
6. The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
7. Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
8. "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2006.
9. Seeding of national teams (PDF). Accessed 8 June 2006.
10. Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
11. Israel competed as Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) in 1934 and in 1938, with a team consisting exclusively of Jewish and British footballers from the Palestine Mandate.
12. Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
13. There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
14. "World Cup winners will have to qualify". standard.co.uk. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
15. The Asian team in 1970 was Israel, who were then an AFC member. They were expelled from AFC in 1974 and joined UEFA in 1994.
16. The 1982 edition in Spain had a format with a second round consisting of 12 teams, not 16 teams.
17. The Oceanian teams in 1974 (Australia) and 1982 (New Zealand) both qualified after playing in a continental zone consisting of Asian and Oceanian teams.
18. Australia's qualification in 2006 was through the Oceanian zone as they were an OFC member during qualifying. However, on 1 January 2006, they left the OFC and joined the AFC.