National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

A map showing all nations to have competed in FIFA World Cup tournaments.

A map showing host nations and the best performance of each team to have competed in FIFA World Cup tournaments.

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association). The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 when it was not held due to the Second World War.^[1] The competition originally featured 16 teams, and later 24, before settling on its current format of 32 teams starting with the 1998 tournament.^[2] Teams initially compete in a group stage, with the final 16 progressing to knockout stages to decide the winner.^[3]

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 79 national teams have competed at the final tournaments.^[4] Brazil are the only team to have appeared in all 21 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 19, Italy in 18, Argentina in 17 and Mexico in 16.^[5] To date, eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are France. The most successful nation in the competition are currently Brazil, who have won the cup on five occasions.^[6] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning,^[7] while twelve more have appeared in semi-finals.^[8]

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* hosts)
Brazil	21	21	21	1930	2018	Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Germany	19	17	17	1934	2018	Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014)
Italy	18	14	0	1934	2014	Champions (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)
Argentina	17	12	12	1930	2018	Champions (1978*, 1986)
Mexico	16	7	7	1930	2018	Quarterfinals (1970, 1986)
Spain	15	11	11	1934	2018	Champions (2010)
France	15	6	6	1930	2018	Champions (1998*, 2018)
England	15	6	6	1950	2018	Champions (1966*)
Belgium	13	6	2	1930	2018	Third place (2018)
Uruguay	13	4	3	1930	2018	Champions (1930*, 1950)
Serbia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	12	4	1	1930	2018	Fourth place (1930,^{[lower-alpha 2]} 1962)
Sweden	12	3	1	1934	2018	Runners-up (1958*)
Switzerland	11	4	4	1934	2018	Quarterfinals (1934, 1938, 1954*)
Russia^{[lower-alpha 3]}	11	4	2	1958	2018	Fourth place (1966)
South Korea	10	9	9	1954	2018	Fourth place (2002*)
United States	10	7	0	1930	2014	Third place (1930^{[lower-alpha 2]})
Netherlands	10	3	0	1934	2014	Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
Hungary	9	4	0	1934	1986	Runners-up (1938, 1954)
Czech Republic^{[lower-alpha 4]}	9	3	0	1934	2006	Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Chile	9	2	0	1930	2014	Third place (1962*)
Scotland	8	5	0	1954	1998	Round 1
Poland	8	4	1	1938	2018	Third place (1974, 1982)
Paraguay	8	4	0	1930	2010	Quarterfinals (2010)
Portugal	7	5	5	1966	2018	Third place (1966)
Bulgaria	7	4	0	1962	1998	Fourth place (1994)
Cameroon	7	4	0	1982	2014	Quarterfinals (1990)
Romania	7	3	0	1930	1998	Quarterfinals (1994)
Austria	7	2	0	1934	1998	Third place (1954)
Japan	6	6	6	1998	2018	Round 2 (2002*, 2010, 2018)
Nigeria	6	3	3	1994	2018	Round 2 (1994, 1998, 2014)
Colombia	6	3	2	1962	2018	Quarterfinals (2014)
Australia	5	4	4	1974	2018	Round 2 (2006)
Saudi Arabia	5	4	1	1994	2018	Round 2 (1994)
Croatia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5	3	2	1998	2018	Runners-up (2018)
Tunisia	5	3	1	1978	2018	Round 1
Iran	5	2	2	1978	2018	Round 1
Costa Rica	5	2	2	1990	2018	Quarterfinals (2014)
Peru	5	2	1	1930	2018	Quarterfinals (1970, 1978 (top 8))
Morocco	5	2	1	1970	2018	Round 2 (1986)
Denmark	5	2	1	1986	2018	Quarterfinals (1998)
Algeria	4	2	0	1982	2014	Round 2 (2014)
Ghana	3	3	0	2006	2014	Quarterfinals (2010)
Ivory Coast	3	3	0	2006	2014	Round 1
Norway	3	2	0	1938	1998	Round 2 (1998)
Honduras	3	2	0	1982	2014	Round 1
Greece	3	2	0	1994	2014	Round 2 (2014)
Ecuador	3	2	0	2002	2014	Round 2 (2006)
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
Egypt	3	1	1	1934	2018	Round 1
Bolivia	3	1	0	1930	1994	Round 1
Turkey	2	1	0	1954	2002	Third place (2002)
Senegal	2	1	1	2002	2018	Quarterfinals (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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	1	0	2002	2010	Round 1
Cuba	1	1	0	1938	1938	Quarterfinals (1938)
Indonesia^{[lower-alpha 5]}	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^{[lower-alpha 6]}	1	1	0	1974	1974	Round 1
East Germany^{[lower-alpha 7]}	1	1	0	1974	1974	Quarterfinals (1974 (top 8))
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
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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1	1	0	2006	2006	Quarterfinals (2006)
Slovakia^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1	1	0	2010	2010	Round 2 (2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	2014	2014	Round 1
Iceland	1	1	1	2018	2018	Round 1
Panama	1	1	1	2018	2018	Round 1
Qatar	1	1	1	2022	2022	TBD

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
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)	7	7	7	1994	2018	Champions (2014)
West Germany (1954–1990)	10	10	0	1954	1990	Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990)
East Germany (1954–1990)	1	1	0	1974	1974	Quarterfinals (1974 (top 8))
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)	4	2	2	1994	2018	Quarterfinals (2018*)
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)	2	1	1	2010	2018	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^{[lower-alpha 2]})

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.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points	Topscorer(s)	Num of Goals
1	Brazil	109	73	18	18	229	105	+124	237	Ronaldo	15
2	Germany^{[lower-alpha 7]}	109	67	20	22	226	125	+101	221	M. Klose	16
3	Italy	83	45	21	17	128	77	+51	156	C. Vieri, R. Baggio, P. Rossi	9
4	Argentina	81	43	15	23	137	93	+44	144	G. Batistuta	10
5	France	66	34	13	19	120	77	+43	115	J. Fontaine	13
6	England	69	29	21	19	91	64	+27	108	G. Lineker	10
7	Spain	63	30	15	18	99	72	+27	105	D. Villa	9
8	Netherlands	50	27	12	11	86	48	+38	93	J. Rep	7
9	Uruguay	56	24	12	20	87	74	+13	84	Ó. Míguez	8
10	Sweden	51	19	13	19	80	73	+7	70	H. Larsson, K. Andersson	5
11	Belgium	48	20	9	19	68	72	−4	69	M. Wilmots, R. Lukaku	5
12	Russia^{[lower-alpha 3]}	45	19	10	16	77	54	+23	67	O. Salenko	6
13	Serbia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	46	18	8	20	66	63	+3	62	D. Jerković	4
14	Mexico	57	16	14	27	60	98	−38	62	L. Hernández, J. Hernández	4
15	Poland	34	16	5	13	46	45	+1	53	G. Lato	10
16	Hungary	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30	48	S. Kocsis	11
17	Portugal	30	14	6	10	49	35	+14	48	Eusébio	9
18	Switzerland	37	12	8	17	50	64	−14	44	J. Hügi	6
19	Czech Republic^{[lower-alpha 4]}	33	12	5	16	47	49	−2	41	O. Nejedlý	7
20	Austria	29	12	4	13	43	47	−4	40	E. Probst	6
21	Chile	33	11	7	15	40	49	−9	40	M. Salas, L. Sánchez	4
22	Croatia	23	11	4	8	35	26	+9	37	D. Šuker	6
23	Denmark	20	9	5	6	30	26	+4	32	J. D. Tomasson	5
24	Paraguay	27	7	10	10	30	38	−8	31	N. Cuevas	3
25	Colombia	22	9	3	10	32	30	+2	30	J. Rodríguez	6
26	United States	33	8	6	19	37	62	−25	30	L. Donovan	5
27	Romania	21	8	5	8	30	32	−2	29	F. Răducioiu	4
28	South Korea	34	6	9	19	34	70	−36	27	Ahn Jung-hwan, Park Ji-sung, Son Heung-min	3
29	Nigeria	21	6	3	12	23	30	−7	21	A. Musa	4
30	Japan	21	5	5	11	20	29	−9	20	K. Honda	4
31	Costa Rica	18	5	5	8	19	28	−9	20	R. Gómez, P. Wanchope	3
32	Scotland	23	4	7	12	25	41	−16	19	J. Jordan	4
33	Cameroon	23	4	7	12	18	43	−25	19	R. Milla	5
34	Peru	18	5	3	10	21	33	−12	18	T. Cubillas	10
35	Bulgaria	26	3	8	15	22	53	−31	17	H. Stoichkov	6
36	Turkey	10	5	1	4	20	17	+3	16	Suat M., Burhan S., İlhan M.	3
37	Ghana	12	4	3	5	13	16	−3	15	A. Gyan	6
38	Republic of Ireland	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14	R. Keane	3
39	Northern Ireland	13	3	5	5	13	23	−10	14	P. McParland	5
40	Ecuador	10	4	1	5	10	11	−1	13	A. Delgado, E. Valencia	3
41	Senegal	8	3	3	2	11	10	+1	12	P. Bouba Diop	3
42	Algeria	13	3	3	7	13	19	−6	12	S. Assad, A. Djabou, I. Slimani	2
43	Morocco	16	2	5	9	14	22	−8	11	A. Hadda, A. Khairi, S. Bassir	2
44	Saudi Arabia	16	3	2	11	11	39	−28	11	S. Al-Jaber	3
45	Ivory Coast	9	3	1	5	13	14	−1	10	W. Bony, A. Dindane, D. Drogba, Gervinho	2
46	South Africa	9	2	4	3	11	16	−5	10	S. Bartlett, B. McCarthy	2
47	Tunisia	15	2	4	9	13	25	−12	10	W. Khazri	2
48	Iran	15	2	4	9	9	24	−15	10	multiple	1
49	Australia	16	2	4	10	13	31	−18	10	T. Cahill	5
50	Norway	8	2	3	3	7	8	−1	9	K. Rekdal	2
51	East Germany	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	J. Streich	2
52	Greece	10	2	2	6	5	20	−15	8	multiple	1
53	Ukraine	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7	A. Shevchenko	2
54	Wales	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6	I. Allchurch	2
55	Slovakia	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4	R. Vittek	4
56	Slovenia	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4	multiple	1
57	Cuba	3	1	1	1	5	12	−7	4	H. Socorro	3
58	North Korea	7	1	1	5	6	21	−15	4	Pak Seung-zin	2
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	E. Džeko, V. Ibišević, M. Pjanić, A. Vršajević	1
60	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3	T. Whitmore	2
61	New Zealand	6	0	3	3	4	14	−10	3	W. Reid, S. Smeltz, S. Sumner, S. Wooddin	1
62	Honduras	9	0	3	6	3	14	−11	3	E. Laing, H. Zelaya, C. Costly	1
63	Angola	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2	Flávio	1
64	Israel	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	M. Spiegler	1
65	Egypt	7	0	2	5	5	12	−7	2	A. Fawzi, M. Salah	2
66	Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1	A. Finnbogason, G. Sigurðsson	1
67	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	F. Al-Dakhil, A. Al-Buloushi	1
68	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1	—
69	Bolivia	6	0	1	5	1	20	−19	1	E. Sánchez	1
70	Iraq	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0	A. Radhi	1
71	Togo	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0	M. Kader	1
72	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0	—
73	Indonesia^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0	—
74	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0	F. Baloy	1
75	United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0	A. Jumaa, K. Ismaïl	1
76	China PR	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	—
77	Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0	E. Sanon	2
78	DR Congo^{[lower-alpha 6]}	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0	—
79	El Salvador	6	0	0	6	1	22	−21	0	L. Ramírez	1

Source: ^[9]

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)	40	28	5	7	81	33	+48	89

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Soviet Union (1958–1990)	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
Russia (since 1994)	14	4	4	6	24	20	+4	16

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)	6	2	0	4	4	7	-3	6

Debuts by tournament

Portugal (top) and Croatia (bottom) each finished third in their debut FIFA World Cup appearances, in 1966 and 1998.

Cuba, Northern Ireland, the Soviet Union, the Republic of Ireland, Senegal and Ukraine (pictured from top to bottom) all progressed to the quarter-finals of their debut FIFA World Cup tournament.

The inaugural FIFA World Cup tournament in 1930 featured 13 teams.^[10] Since then, every instance of the competition has featured at least one team making their debut appearance.

List of national team debuts in FIFA World Cup tournaments
Year	Participating teams				Debuting teams	Best-performing debuting team
Year	T	D	D%	C	Debuting teams	Team	Result
1930	13	13	100%	13	Argentina Belgium Bolivia Brazil Chile France Mexico Paraguay Peru Romania United States Uruguay Yugoslavia	Uruguay	Winners
1934	16	10	62.5%	23	Austria Czechoslovakia Egypt Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland	Italy	Winners
1938	15	4	26.67%	27	Cuba Dutch East Indies Norway Poland	Cuba	Quarter-finals
1950	13	1	7.69%	28	England	England	Group stage
1954	16	3	18.75%	31	Scotland South Korea Turkey	Scotland South Korea Turkey	Group stage
1958	16	3	18.75%	34	Northern Ireland Soviet Union Wales	Northern Ireland Soviet Union Wales	Quarter-finals
1962	16	2	12.5%	36	Bulgaria Colombia	Bulgaria Colombia	Group stage
1966	16	2	12.5%	38	North Korea Portugal	Portugal	Third place
1970	16	3	18.75%	41	El Salvador Israel Morocco	El Salvador Israel Morocco	Group stage
1974	16	4	25%	45	Australia East Germany Haiti Zaire	East Germany	Group stage 2
1978	16	2	12.5%	47	Iran Tunisia	Iran Tunisia	Group stage 1
1982	24	5	20.8%	52	Algeria Cameroon Honduras Kuwait New Zealand	Algeria Cameroon Honduras Kuwait New Zealand	Group stage 1
1986	24	3	12.5%	55	Canada Denmark Iraq	Denmark	Round of 16
1990	24	3	12.5%	58	Costa Rica Republic of Ireland United Arab Emirates	Republic of Ireland	Quarter-finals
1994	24	3	12.5%	61	Greece Nigeria Saudi Arabia	Nigeria Saudi Arabia	Round of 16
1998	32	4	12.5%	65	Croatia Jamaica Japan South Africa	Croatia	Third place
2002	32	4	12.5%	69	China PR Ecuador Senegal Slovenia	Senegal	Quarter-finals
2006	32	6	18.75%	75	Angola Ghana Ivory Coast Togo Trinidad and Tobago Ukraine	Ukraine	Quarter-finals
2010	32	1	3.1%	76	Slovakia	Slovakia	Round of 16
2014	32	1	3.1%	77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Group stage
2018	32	2	6.25%	79	Iceland Panama	Iceland Panama	Group stage
2022	32				Qatar
2026	48

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; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950-1970 and 1986-present: group stage; 1934-1938: knockout round of 16; 1974-1982: first group stage)
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.^[11] 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 its world rankings for seeding in the final tournament draw.^[12]

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

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)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Total partici- pations	Qualifying percentage
Algeria	Part of France							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•	TBD	TBD	4/13	30.8
Angola	Part of Portugal											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	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	R2 16th	TBD	TBD	17/18	94.4
Australia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 16th	R1 21st	R1 30th	R1 30th	TBD	TBD	5/14	35.7
Austria	×	4th	••^{[lower-alpha 8]}	×	3rd	R1 15th	×	•	•	•	R2 7th	R2 8th	•	R1 T-18th	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	7/18	38.9
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	3rd	TBD	TBD	13/20	65
Bolivia	R1 12th	×	×	R1 13th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	3/18	16.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of Yugoslavia^{[lower-alpha 1]}														×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	TBD	TBD	1/6	16.7
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	QF 6th	TBD	TBD	21/21	100
Bulgaria	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 15th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 12th	•	•	R2 15th	•	4th	R1 29th	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	7/19	36.8
Cameroon	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd	•	TBD	TBD	7/13	53.8
Canada	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	q	1/14	7.1
Chile	R1 5th	×	×	R1 9th	•	•	3rd	R1 T-13th	•	R1 11th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	×	R2 16th	•	•	R2 10th	R2 9th	•	TBD	TBD	9/18	50
China PR	Republic of China			×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/11	9.1
Colombia			×	×	×	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 14th	R1 19th	R1 21st	•	•	•	QF 5th	R2 9th	TBD	TBD	6/16	37.5
Costa Rica	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R1 19th	R1 31st	•	QF 8th	R1 29th	TBD	TBD	5/16	31.3
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia^{[lower-alpha 1]}														×	3rd	R1 23rd	R1 22nd	•	R1 19th	2nd	TBD	TBD	5/6	83.3
Cuba		•	QF 8th	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/13	7.7
Czech Republic^{[lower-alpha 4]}	×	2nd	QF 5th	×	R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	9/19	47.4
Denmark	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	•	•	QF 8th	R2 10th	•	R1 24th	•	R2 11th	TBD	TBD	5/15	33.3
DR Congo^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Part of Belgium							×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/12	9.1
East Germany^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Part of Germany			×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 6th	•	•	•	•	Part of Germany									1/9	11.1
Ecuador	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	R2 12th	•	R1 17th	•	TBD	TBD	3/15	20
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	TBD	TBD	3/14	21.4
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)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Total partici- pations	Qualifying percentage
El Salvador			×	×	×	×	×	×	R1 16th	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	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	4th	TBD	TBD	15/18	83.3
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	1st	TBD	TBD	15/21	71.4
Germany^{[lower-alpha 7]}	×	3rd	R1 10th	×	1st	4th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	1st	R2 6th	2nd	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	R1 22nd	TBD	TBD	19/19	100
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th	•	TBD	TBD	3/13	23.1
Greece	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R2 13th	•	TBD	TBD	3/19	15.8
Haiti		•	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	R1 15th	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/14	7.1
Honduras	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 30th	R1 31st	•	TBD	TBD	3/14	21.4
Hungary	×	QF 6th	2nd	×	2nd	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 15th	R1 14th	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	9/19	47.4
Iceland	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	TBD	TBD	1/13	7.7
Indonesia^{[lower-alpha 5]}	×	×	R1 15th	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	TBD	TBD	1/13	7.7
Iran	×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	R1 20th	•	R1 T-25th	•	R1 28th	R1 18th	TBD	TBD	5/10	50
Iraq	×	×		×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/11	9.1
Israel^{[lower-alpha 9]}	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/20	5
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	•	TBD	TBD	18/20	90
Ivory Coast	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st	•	TBD	TBD	3/11	27.3
Jamaica	Part of the United Kingdom						×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/12	8.3
Japan	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	R2 9th	R1 T-28th	R2 9th	R1 29th	R2 15th	TBD	TBD	6/15	40
Kuwait	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	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	R2 12th	TBD	q	16/19	84.2
Morocco	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	TBD	TBD	5/14	35.7
Netherlands	×	R1 T-9th	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	R2 15th	QF 7th	4th	•	R2 11th	2nd	3rd	•	TBD	TBD	10/18	55.6
New Zealand				×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd	•	•	TBD	TBD	2/13	15.4
Nigeria	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th	R1 21st	TBD	TBD	6/14	42.9
North Korea	Part of Japan					×	×	QF 8th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	R1 32nd	•	•	TBD	TBD	2/10	20
Northern Ireland	×	×	×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	3/18	16.7
Norway	×	×	R1 12th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 15th	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	3/18	16.7
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)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Total partici- pations	Qualifying percentage
Panama	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 32nd	TBD	TBD	1/11	9.1
Paraguay	R1 9th	×	×	R1 11th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R2 14th	R2 16th	R1 18th	QF 8th	•	•	TBD	TBD	8/19	42.1
Peru	R1 10th	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	QF 7th	•	R2 8th	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	TBD	TBD	5/17	29.4
Poland	×	•	R1 11th	×	×	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 14th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R1 21st	•	•	R1 25th	TBD	TBD	8/18	44.4
Portugal	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	•	•	R1 21st	4th	R2 11th	R1 18th	R2 13th	TBD	TBD	7/20	35
Qatar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	TBD
Republic of Ireland^{[lower-alpha 10]}	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	R2 16th	•	R2 12th	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	3/20	15
Romania	R1 8th	R1 12th	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	QF 6th	R2 11th	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	7/20	35
Russia^{[lower-alpha 3]}	×	×	×	×	×	QF 7th	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th	•	•	R2 7th	R2 10th	R1 17th	R1 18th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	R1 24th	QF 8th	TBD	TBD	11/16	68.8
Saudi Arabia						×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th	•	•	R1 26th	TBD	TBD	5/11	45.5
Scotland	×	×	×	••	R1 15th	R1 14th	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 19th	R1 T-18th	•	R1 27th	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	8/18	44.4
Senegal	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	R1 17th	TBD	TBD	2/11	18.2
Serbia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4th^{[lower-alpha 2]}	•	•	R1 5th	QF 7th	QF 5th	4th	•	•	R2 7th	•	R1 16th	•	QF 5th	×	R2 10th	•	R1 32nd	R1 23rd	•	R1 23rd	TBD	TBD	12/20	60
Slovakia	Part of Czechoslovakia^{[lower-alpha 4]}															•	•	•	R2 16th	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/6	16.7
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia^{[lower-alpha 1]}														×	•	R1 30th	•	R1 18th	•	•	TBD	TBD	2/6	33.3
South Africa					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•	•	TBD	TBD	3/7	42.9
South Korea	Part of Japan			×	R1 16th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	R1 22nd	R1 20th	R1 30th	4th	R1 17th	R2 15th	R1 27th	R1 19th	TBD	TBD	10/15	66.7
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	R2 10th	TBD	TBD	15/19	78.9
Sweden	×	QF 8th	4th	3rd	•	2nd	•	•	R1 9th	R2 5th	R1 13th	•	•	R1 21st	3rd	•	R2 13th	R2 14th	•	•	QF 7th	TBD	TBD	12/20	60
Switzerland	×	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 6th	QF 8th	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th	•	•	R2 10th	R1 19th	R2 11th	R2 14th	TBD	TBD	11/20	55
Togo	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/10	10
Trinidad and Tobago	Part of the United Kingdom							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/14	7.1
Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th	TBD	TBD	5/14	35.7
Turkey	×	×	×	••	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	2/17	11.8
Ukraine	Part of Soviet Union^{[lower-alpha 3]}														×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/6	16.7
United Arab Emirates										×	×	×	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/9	11.1
United States	3rd^{[lower-alpha 2]}	R1 16th	×	R1 10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R2 14th	R1 32nd	QF 8th	R1 T-25th	R2 12th	R2 15th	•	TBD	q	10/20	50
Uruguay	1st	×	×	1st	4th	•	R1 13th	QF 7th	4th	R1 13th	•	•	R2 16th	R2 16th	•	•	R1 26th	•	4th	R2 12th	QF 5th	TBD	TBD	13/19	68.4
Wales	×	×	×	•	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1/18	5.6
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)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Total partici- pations	Qualifying percentage

Results of host nations

Except in 1934, host nations are granted an automatic spot in the World Cup group stage. 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).

No.	Year	Host Nation	Finish
1	1930	Uruguay	Champions†
2	1934	Italy	Champions†
3	1938	France	Quarter-Final‡
4	1950	Brazil	Runners-up‡
5	1954	Switzerland	Quarter-Final†
6	1958	Sweden	Runners-up†
7	1962	Chile	Third Place†
8	1966	England	Champions†
9	1970	Mexico	Quarter-Final†
10	1974	West Germany	Champions†
11	1978	Argentina	Champions†
12	1982	Spain	Round 2 (Top 12)
13	1986	Mexico	Quarter-Final†
14	1990	Italy	Third Place
15	1994	United States	Round of 16
16	1998	France	Champions†
17	2002	South Korea	Fourth Place†
17	2002	Japan	Round of 16†
18	2006	Germany	Third Place
19	2010	South Africa	Group Stage†
20	2014	Brazil	Fourth Place
21	2018	Russia	Quarter-Final
22	2022	Qatar	TBD†^{[lower-alpha 11]}
23	2026	Canada	TBD
		Mexico	TBD
		United States	TBD

Results of defending champions and runners-up

The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed.^[14] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up. Defending runners-up are 15-for-18 in qualification efforts for the following World Cup.

Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-up	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	Group Stage	Argentina	Round of 16
2022	France	TBD	Croatia	TBD

Results by confederation

AFC

South Korea have appeared at ten FIFA World Cup tournaments, more than any other AFC team. They finished fourth in 2002, a confederation record.

North Korea were the first AFC team to advance beyond the first stage of a FIFA World Cup tournament, reaching the quarter-finals in 1966.

Japan have competed in the FIFA World Cup six times, progressing to the knockout stage thrice, in 2002, 2010, and 2018.

List of AFC team appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments
Year	Teams	Top 16	Top 8/12	Top 4	Top 2	Team	Result
Year	Teams	Progress in the tournament				Best performance
1938	1	N/A^{[lower-alpha 12]}	0	0	0	Dutch East Indies	First round
1954	1		0	0	0	South Korea	Group stage
1966	1		1	0	0	North Korea	Quarter-finals
1970	1		0	0	0	Israel	Group stage
1978	1		0	0	0	Iran	Group stage
1982	1		0^{[lower-alpha 13]}	0	0	Kuwait	Group stage
1986	2	0	0	0	0	Iraq South Korea	Group stage
1990	2	0	0	0	0	South Korea United Arab Emirates	Group stage
1994	2	1	0	0	0	Saudi Arabia	Round of 16
1998	4	0	0	0	0	Iran Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea	Group stage
2002	4	2	1	1	0	South Korea	Fourth place
2006	4	0	0	0	0	Iran Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea	Group stage
2010	4	2	0	0	0	Japan South Korea	Round of 16
2014	4	0	0	0	0	Australia Iran Japan South Korea	Group stage
2018	5	1	0	0	0	Japan	Round of 16
Total	37	6	2	1	0	South Korea	Fourth place

CAF

Cameroon were the first CAF nation to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup, the highest stage a team from the confederation has reached, in 1990.

Nigeria have participated in six FIFA World Cup tournaments, just one behind the CAF record holders Cameroon.

List of CAF team appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments
Year	Teams	Top 16	Top 8/12	Top 4	Top 2	Team	Result
Year	Teams	Progress in the tournament				Best performance
1934	1	N/A^{[lower-alpha 12]}	0	0	0	Egypt	First round
1970	1		0	0	0	Morocco	Group stage
1974	1		0	0	0	Zaire	Group stage
1978	1		0	0	0	Tunisia	Group stage
1982	2		0^{[lower-alpha 13]}	0	0	Algeria Cameroon	Group stage 1
1986	2	1	0	0	0	Morocco	Round of 16
1990	2	1	1	0	0	Cameroon	Quarter-finals
1994	3	1	0	0	0	Nigeria	Round of 16
1998	5	1	0	0	0	Nigeria	Round of 16
2002	5	1	1	0	0	Senegal	Quarter-finals
2006	5	1	0	0	0	Ghana	Round of 16
2010	6	1	1	0	0	Ghana	Quarter-finals
2014	5	2	0	0	0	Algeria Nigeria	Round of 16
2018	5	0	0	0	0	Egypt Morocco Nigeria Senegal Tunisia	Group stage
Total	44	9	3	0	0	Cameroon Senegal Ghana	Quarter-finals

CONCACAF

United States finished in third place in the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, which remains the only semi-finals appearance by a CONCACAF team.

Mexico have participated in 16 FIFA World Cup tournaments, behind only Brazil (21), Germany (19), Italy (18) and Argentina (17).

List of CONCACAF team appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments
Year	Teams	Top 16	Top 8/12	Top 4	Top 2	Team	Result
Year	Teams	Progress in the tournament				Best performance
1930	2	N/A^{[lower-alpha 12]}	N/A^{[lower-alpha 14]}	1	0	United States	Third place^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1934	1		0	0	0	United States	First round
1938	1		1	0	0	Cuba	Quarter-finals
1950	2		N/A^{[lower-alpha 14]}	0	0	Mexico United States	Group stage
1954	1		0	0	0	Mexico	Group stage
1958	1		0	0	0	Mexico	Group stage
1962	1		0	0	0	Mexico	Group stage
1966	1		0	0	0	Mexico	Group stage
1970	2		1	0	0	Mexico	Quarter-finals
1974	1		0	0	0	Haiti	Group stage
1978	1		0	0	0	Mexico	Group stage
1982	2		0^{[lower-alpha 13]}	0	0	El Salvador Honduras	Group stage 1
1986	2	1	1	0	0	Mexico	Quarter-finals
1990	2	1	0	0	0	Costa Rica	Round of 16
1994	2	2	0	0	0	Mexico United States	Round of 16
1998	3	1	0	0	0	Mexico	Round of 16
2002	3	2	1	0	0	United States	Quarter-finals
2006	4	1	0	0	0	Mexico	Round of 16
2010	3	2	0	0	0	Mexico United States	Round of 16
2014	4	3	1	0	0	Costa Rica	Quarter-finals
2018	3	1	0	0	0	Mexico	Round of 16
Total	42	14	5	1	0	United States	Third place

CONMEBOL

Brazil are the most successful team in FIFA World Cup history, having won the tournament five times in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They also finished as runners-up in the 1950 and 1998 tournaments. They are the only team that has played in every FIFA World Cup.

Uruguay hosted and won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, and later won again in 1950 when Brazil hosted.

List of CONMEBOL team appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments
Year	Teams	Top 16	Top 8/12	Top 4	Top 2	Team	Result
Year	Teams	Progress in the tournament				Best performance
1930	7	N/A^{[lower-alpha 12]}	N/A^{[lower-alpha 14]}	2	2	Uruguay	Winners
1934	2		0	0	0	Argentina Brazil	First round
1938	1		1	1	0	Brazil	Third place
1950	5		N/A^{[lower-alpha 14]}	2	2	Uruguay	Winners
1954	2		2	1	0	Uruguay	Fourth place
1958	3		1	1	1	Brazil	Winners
1962	5		2	2	1	Brazil	Winners
1966	4		2	0	0	Argentina Uruguay	Quarter-finals
1970	3		3	2	1	Brazil	Winners
1974	4		2	1	0	Brazil	Fourth place
1978	3		3	2	1	Argentina	Winners
1982	4		2^{[lower-alpha 13]}	0	0	Argentina Brazil	Group stage 2
1986	4	4	2	1	1	Argentina	Winners
1990	4	4	1	1	1	Argentina	Runners-up
1994	4	2	1	1	1	Brazil	Winners
1998	5	4	2	1	1	Brazil	Runners-up
2002	5	2	1	1	1	Brazil	Winners
2006	4	3	2	0	0	Argentina Brazil	Quarter-finals
2010	5	5	4	1	0	Uruguay	Fourth place
2014	6	5	3	2	1	Argentina	Runners-up
2018	5	4	2	0	0	Uruguay Brazil	Quarter-finals
Total	85	33	36	22	14	Brazil	Winners (5 times)

OFC

Australia are the only OFC team to have advanced to the FIFA World Cup knockout stage, which they did in 2006.

List of OFC team appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments
Year	Teams	Top 16	Top 8/12	Top 4	Top 2	Team	Result
Year	Teams	Progress in the tournament				Best performance
1974	1	N/A^{[lower-alpha 12]}	0	0	0	Australia	Group stage
1982	1	N/A^{[lower-alpha 12]}	0^{[lower-alpha 13]}	0	0	New Zealand	Group stage 1
2006	1	1	0	0	0	Australia	Round of 16
2010	1	0	0	0	0	New Zealand	Group stage
Total	4	1	0	0	0	Australia	Round of 16

UEFA

Italy were the first UEFA team to win the FIFA World Cup, which they did at the second tournament in 1934. They would later also win in 1938, 1982 and 2006.

Germany (including West Germany) have also won the FIFA World Cup four times and are the reigning champions. They are the European team with the most appearances in the FIFA World Cup.

List of UEFA team appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments
Year	Teams	Top 16	Top 8/12	Top 4	Top 2	Team	Result
Year	Teams	Progress in the tournament				Best performance
1930	4	N/A^{[lower-alpha 12]}	N/A^{[lower-alpha 14]}	1	0	Yugoslavia	Fourth place^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1934	12		8	4	2	Italy	Winners
1938	12		6	3	2	Italy	Winners
1950	6		N/A^{[lower-alpha 14]}	2	0	Sweden	Third place
1954	12		6	3	2	West Germany	Winners
1958	12		7	3	1	Sweden	Runners-up
1962	10		6	2	1	Czechoslovakia	Runners-up
1966	10		5	4	2	England	Winners
1970	9		4	2	1	Italy	Runners-up
1974	9		6	3	2	West Germany	Winners
1978	10		5	2	1	Netherlands	Runners-up
1982	14		10^{[lower-alpha 13]}	4	2	Italy	Winners
1986	14	10	5	3	1	West Germany	Runners-up
1990	14	10	6	3	1	West Germany	Winners
1994	13	10	7	3	1	Italy	Runners-up
1998	15	10	6	3	1	France	Winners
2002	15	9	4	2	1	Germany	Runners-up
2006	14	10	6	4	2	Italy	Winners
2010	13	6	3	3	2	Spain	Winners
2014	13	6	4	2	1	Germany	Winners
2018	14	10	6	4	2	France	Winners
Total	245	81	110	60	28	Germany^{[lower-alpha 7]} Italy	Winners (4 times each)

Overall

After the first twenty-one World Cups, all top 2 finishes, and all but two top 4 finishes, have been achieved by European (UEFA) and South American (CONMEBOL) countries. The other four football regions together have got just one third place, won by the United States in the inaugural 1930 tournament,^{[lower-alpha 2]} and one fourth place, won by South Korea on home soil in 2002.

Comparison of results between confederations
	AFC	CAF	CONCACAF	CONMEBOL	OFC	UEFA	Total
Nations	11^{[lower-alpha 15]}	13	11	9	2^{[lower-alpha 15]}	34	79
Participations	37	44	42	85	4	245	457
Top 16	6	9	14	33	1	81	144
Top 8/12^{[lower-alpha 13]}	2	3	5	36	0	110	156^{[lower-alpha 16]}
Top 4	1	0	1	22	0	60	84
Top 2	0	0	0	14	0	28	42
1st	0	0	0	9	0	12	21
2nd	0	0	0	5	0	16	21
3rd	0	0	1	3	0	17	21
4th	1	0	0	5	0	15	21

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Serbia is considered the inheritor of the records of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro teams, which competed from 1930 to 2006, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia are considered separate teams.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 There was no third place match in 1930. The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Both captains received bronze medals. 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 World Cup.^[13]
1 2 3 4 5 Russia is considered the inheritor of the records of the Soviet Union, which competed 1958–1990, while Ukraine is considered a separate team.
1 2 3 4 5 The Czech Republic is considered the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia, which competed 1934–1994, while Slovakia is considered a separate team.
1 2 3 Indonesia competed in 1938 as Dutch East Indies.
1 2 3 DR Congo was known as Zaire until during the 1998 campaign.
1 2 3 4 5 Post-reunification Germany is considered the inheritor of the records of pre-war Germany (competed 1934–1938) and West Germany (competed 1954–1990), while East Germany is considered a separate team.
↑ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
↑ 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.
↑ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
↑ Qatar will debut in the tournament in 2022, so its result will also be its best result in history.
1 2 3 4 5 6 From 1930 to 1978, the FIFA World Cup finals tournament featured 16 or fewer teams, while in 1982, the tournament featured 24 teams and a second round with 12 teams.^[15]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The 1982 edition in Spain had a format with a second round consisting of 12 teams from which 4 teams qualified to the semi-final round.
1 2 3 4 5 6 The 1930 and 1950 tournaments progressed directly from the first round to semi-finals.
1 2 Australia has participated as part of OFC and AFC
↑ The 1930 and 1950 tournaments did not have a quarter-final round, while 1982 had a second round consisting of 12 teams, of which 4 advanced.

References

↑ "The History of the FIFA World Cup". FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "World Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "Formats of the FIFA World Cup final competitions 1930 – 2010" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "Quiz! Can you name all 79 countries to have appeared at a World Cup finals?". FourFourTwo. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "FIFA World Cup Teams Statistics: Teams with the most tournament participations". FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ Dawson, Alan (May 28, 2018). "The 2018 World Cup is only 2 weeks away — here's who has won every tournament since 1930". Business Insider. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "World Cup 2018: Can you name the losing finalists from previous tournaments?". BBC Sport. June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "World Cup All-Time Tables (including Qualifying)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "FIFA World Cup™ Teams Statistics". FIFA.
↑ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay: Teams". FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
↑ "Fact Sheet - FIFA World Cup™: All-time ranking" (PDF). FIFA. (through 2010)
↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA. 14 Sep 2017.
↑ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay". FIFA.com. FIFA.
↑ Bond, David (30 November 2001). "World Cup winners will have to qualify". EveningStandard. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
↑ "FIFA World Cup All Time Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

External links

FIFA World Cup Teams Statistics at FIFA.com

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[Yugoslavia-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Serbia is considered the inheritor of the records of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro teams, which competed from 1930 to 2006, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia are considered separate teams.

[wc1930-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 There was no third place match in 1930. The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Both captains received bronze medals. 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 World Cup.^[13]

[USSR-11] 1 2 3 4 5 Russia is considered the inheritor of the records of the Soviet Union, which competed 1958–1990, while Ukraine is considered a separate team.

[Czechoslovakia-12] 1 2 3 4 5 The Czech Republic is considered the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia, which competed 1934–1994, while Slovakia is considered a separate team.

[Indonesia-13] 1 2 3 Indonesia competed in 1938 as Dutch East Indies.

[Zaire-14] 1 2 3 DR Congo was known as Zaire until during the 1998 campaign.

[Germany-15] 1 2 3 4 5 Post-reunification Germany is considered the inheritor of the records of pre-war Germany (competed 1934–1938) and West Germany (competed 1954–1990), while East Germany is considered a separate team.

[20] Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.

[21] 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.

[22] Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.

[24] Qatar will debut in the tournament in 2022, so its result will also be its best result in history.

[16teams-27] 1 2 3 4 5 6 From 1930 to 1978, the FIFA World Cup finals tournament featured 16 or fewer teams, while in 1982, the tournament featured 24 teams and a second round with 12 teams.^[15]

[Spain1982-28] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The 1982 edition in Spain had a format with a second round consisting of 12 teams from which 4 teams qualified to the semi-final round.

[no8teams-29] 1 2 3 4 5 6 The 1930 and 1950 tournaments progressed directly from the first round to semi-finals.

[Australia-30] 1 2 Australia has participated as part of OFC and AFC

[31] The 1930 and 1950 tournaments did not have a quarter-final round, while 1982 had a second round consisting of 12 teams, of which 4 advanced.

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[2] "World Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[3] "Formats of the FIFA World Cup final competitions 1930 – 2010" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[allteams-4] "Quiz! Can you name all 79 countries to have appeared at a World Cup finals?". FourFourTwo. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[participations-5] "FIFA World Cup Teams Statistics: Teams with the most tournament participations". FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[6] Dawson, Alan (May 28, 2018). "The 2018 World Cup is only 2 weeks away — here's who has won every tournament since 1930". Business Insider. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[7] "World Cup 2018: Can you name the losing finalists from previous tournaments?". BBC Sport. June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[8] "World Cup All-Time Tables (including Qualifying)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[16] "FIFA World Cup™ Teams Statistics". FIFA.

[17] "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay: Teams". FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[18] "Fact Sheet - FIFA World Cup™: All-time ranking" (PDF). FIFA. (through 2010)

[19] "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA. 14 Sep 2017.

[23] "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay". FIFA.com. FIFA.

[25] Bond, David (30 November 2001). "World Cup winners will have to qualify". EveningStandard. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[26] "FIFA World Cup All Time Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

FIFA World Cup
Tournaments	Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea–Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Canada–Mexico–United States 2026 2030 2034
Qualification	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Finals	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Squads	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Seedings	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Bids	2014 2018 and 2022 2026 2030
Statistics	2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Disciplinary record	1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Team appearances	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Teams with no appearances
Overall records	All-time table Goalscorers top goalscorers finals goalscorers hat-tricks own goals Penalty shoot-outs Player appearances Red cards Referees Winners
Miscellaneous	Openings Stadiums Awards Balls Economics Final draw History Hosts Mascots Official films Official anthems & songs Organisers Trophy Video games
Portal Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-20 U-17 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline of association football Comparison of association football and futsal
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU) Intercontinental (UAFA)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, CAFA, WAFF) Intercontinental (UAFA)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League Regional (CFU, UNCAF)
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-19 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA – ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IIGA – Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football