National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

Map of appearances

Best performance of countries

This article lists the performances of each of the 76 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. 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	1
1954	South Korea  Scotland  Turkey ( West Germany[3])	4
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  Cameroon  Honduras  Kuwait  New Zealand	5
1986	Canada  Denmark  Iraq	3
1990	Costa Rica  Republic of Ireland  United Arab Emirates	3
1994	Greece  Nigeria ( Russia[5])  Saudi Arabia	4
1998	Croatia[1]  Jamaica  Japan  South Africa ( Yugoslavia[1])	5
2002	China PR  Ecuador  Senegal  Slovenia[1]	4
2006	Angola  Côte d'Ivoire ( Czech Republic[2])  Ghana ( Serbia and Montenegro[1])  Togo  Trinidad and Tobago  Ukraine[5]	8
2010	( Serbia[1]) ( Slovakia[2])	2
2014
Total		76*

*This total number of teams which have participated in the World Cup uses FIFA's view on successor teams (e.g., Russia is a successor of USSR and not a separate team).

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
•    — Hosts

The team ranking in each tournament (except 2010) is according to FIFA.^[7] 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. The rankings for 2010 are computed based on the current results and will be updated when FIFA releases their official rankings. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw.^[8]

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)	2022 (32)
Algeria	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th
Angola	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•
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
Australia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 16th	R1 21st
Austria	×	4th	••[9]	×	3rd	R1 15th	×	•	•	•	R2 7th	R2 8th	•	R1 T-18th	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•
Belgium	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 13th	×	R1 12th	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	R2 10th	4th	R2 11th	R2 11th	R1 19th	R2 14th	•	•
Bolivia	R1 12th	×	×	R1 13th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•
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	q
Bulgaria	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 15th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 12th	•	•	R2 15th	•	4th	R1 29th	•	•	•
Cameroon	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st
Canada	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Chile	R1 5th	×	×	R1 9th	•	•	3rd	R1 T-13th	•	R1 11th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	×	R2 16th	•	•	R2 10th
China PR	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•	•	•
Colombia	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 14th	R1 19th	R1 21st	•	•	•
Congo DR[6]	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Costa Rica	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R1 19th	R1 31st	•
Côte d'Ivoire	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th
Croatia[1]	Part of Yugoslavia														×	3rd	R1 23rd	R1 22nd	•
Cuba	×	•	QF 8th	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•
Czechoslovakia[2]	see Czech Republic and Slovakia (1930–1990)
Czech Republic[2]	×	2nd	QF 5th	×	R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	R1 20th	•
Denmark	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	•	•	QF 8th	R2 10th	•	R1 24th
Dutch East Indies[4]	see Indonesia (1930–1938)
East Germany[3]	Part of Germany			×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 6th	•	•	•	•	Part of Germany
Ecuador	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	R2 12th	•
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•
El Salvador	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1 16th	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
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
France	R1 7th	R1 T-9th	QF 6th	•	R1 11th	3rd	•	R1 T-13th	•	•	R1 12th	4th	3rd	•	•	1st	R1 28th	2nd	R1 29th
Germany[3]	×	3rd	R1 10th	×	1st	4th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	1st	R2 6th	2nd	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	3rd
Ghana	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th
Greece	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	R1 25th
Haiti	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	R1 15th	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•
Honduras	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 30th
Hungary	×	QF 6th	2nd	×	2nd	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 15th	R1 14th	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Indonesia[4]	×	×	R1 15th	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Iran	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	R1 20th	•	R1 T-25th	•
Iraq	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•
Israel[10]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
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
Jamaica	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 22nd	•	•	•
Japan	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	R2 9th	R1 T-28th	R2 9th
North Korea	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF 8th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	R1 32nd	•
South Korea	×	×	×	×	R1 16th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	R1 22nd	R1 20th	R1 30th	4th	R1 17th	R2 15th
Kuwait	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
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
Morocco	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•
Netherlands	×	R1 T-9th	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	R2 15th	QF 7th	4th	•	R2 11th	2nd
New Zealand	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd
Nigeria	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th
Northern Ireland	×	×	×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•
Norway	×	×	R1 12th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 15th	•	•	•
Paraguay	R1 9th	×	×	R1 11th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R2 14th	R2 16th	R1 18th	QF 8th
Peru	R1 10th	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	QF 7th	•	R2 8th	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Poland	×	•	R1 11th	×	×	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 14th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R1 21st	•
Portugal	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	•	•	R1 21st	4th	R2 11th
Qatar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			q
Republic of Ireland[11]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	R2 16th	•	R2 12th	•	•
Romania	R1 8th	R1 12th	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	QF 6th	R2 11th	•	•	•
Russia[5]	×	×	×	×	×	QF 7th	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th	•	•	R2 7th	R2 10th	R1 17th	R1 18th	•	R1 22nd	•	•		q
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th	•
Scotland	×	×	×	••	R1 15th	R1 14th	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 19th	R1 T-18th	•	R1 27th	•	•	•
Senegal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•
Serbia[1]	4th[12]	•	•	R1 5th	QF 7th	QF 5th	4th	•	•	R2 7th	•	R1 16th	•	QF 5th	×	R2 10th	•	R1 32nd	R1 23rd
Serbia and Montenegro[1]	see Serbia (2006)
Slovakia[2]	×	2nd	QF 5th	×	R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	R2 16th
Slovenia[1]	Part of Yugoslavia														×	•	R1 30th	•	R1 18th
South Africa	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th
Soviet Union[5]	see Russia (1930–1990)
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
Sweden	×	QF 8th	4th	3rd	•	2nd	•	•	R1 9th	R2 5th	R1 13th	•	•	R1 21st	3rd	•	R2 13th	R2 14th	•
Switzerland	×	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 6th	QF 8th	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th	•	•	R2 10th	R1 19th
Togo	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•
Trinidad and Tobago	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	•	•
Tunisia	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•
Turkey	×	×	×	••	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•
Ukraine[5]	Part of Soviet Union														×	•	•	QF 8th	•
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•
United States	3rd[12]	R1 16th	×	R1 10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R2 14th	R1 32nd	QF 8th	R1 T-25th	R2 12th
Uruguay	1st	×	×	1st	4th	•	R1 13th	QF 7th	4th	R1 12th	•	•	R2 16th	R2 16th	•	•	R1 26th	•	4th
Wales	×	×	×	•	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
West Germany[3]	see Germany (1950–1990)
Yugoslavia[1]	see Serbia (1930–1990 for SFR Yugoslavia; 1994–2002 for FR Yugoslavia)
Zaire[6]	see Congo DR (1974–1994)

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Brazil	19	19	19	1930	2010	1.1 !Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Germany[3]	17	15	15	1934	2010	1.3 !Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990)
Italy	17	13	13	1934	2010	1.2 !Champions (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)
Argentina	15	10	10	1930	2010	1.4 !Champions (1978*, 1986)
Mexico	14	6	5	1930	2010	5 !Quarterfinals (1970*, 1986*)
France	13	4	4	1930	2010	1.5 !Champions (1998*)
Spain	13	9	9	1934	2010	1.5 !Champions (2010)
England	13	6	4	1950	2010	1.5 !Champions (1966*)
Belgium	11	6	0	1930	2002	4 !Fourth place (1986)
Serbia[1]	11	4	2	1930	2010	4 !Fourth place (1930[12], 1962)
Sweden	11	3	0	1934	2006	2 !Runners-up (1958*)
Uruguay	11	4	1	1930	2010	1.4 !Champions (1930*, 1950)
Czech Republic[2]	9	3	0	1934	2006	2 !Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Hungary	9	4	0	1934	1986	2 !Runners-up (1938, 1954)
Netherlands	9	3	2	1934	2010	2 !Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
Russia[5]	9	4	0	1958	2002	4 !Fourth place (1966)
Slovakia[2]	9	3	1	1934	2010	2 !Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Switzerland	9	4	2	1934	2010	5 !Quarterfinals (1934, 1938, 1954*)
United States	9	6	6	1930	2010	3 !Third place (1930[12])
Chile	8	2	1	1930	2010	3 !Third place (1962*)
South Korea	8	7	7	1954	2010	4 !Fourth place (2002*)
Paraguay	8	4	4	1930	2010	5 !Quarterfinals (2010)
Scotland	8	5	0	1954	1998	7 !Round 1
Austria	7	2	0	1934	1998	3 !Third place (1954)
Bulgaria	7	4	0	1962	1998	4 !Fourth place (1994)
Poland	7	4	0	1938	2006	3 !Third place (1974, 1982)
Romania	7	3	0	1930	1998	5 !Quarterfinals (1994)
Cameroon	6	4	1	1982	2010	5 !Quarterfinals (1990)
Portugal	5	3	3	1966	2010	3 !Third place (1966)
Colombia	4	3	0	1962	1998	6 !Round 2 (1990)
Denmark	4	2	1	1986	2010	5 !Quarterfinals (1998)
Japan	4	4	4	1998	2010	6 !Round 2 (2002*, 2010)
Morocco	4	2	0	1970	1998	6 !Round 2 (1986)
Nigeria	4	3	1	1994	2010	6 !Round 2 (1994, 1998)
Peru	4	2	0	1930	1982	5 !Quarterfinals (1970), Round 2 (top 8) (1978)
Saudi Arabia	4	4	0	1994	2006	6 !Round 2 (1994)
Tunisia	4	3	0	1978	2006	7 !Round 1
Algeria	3	2	1	1982	2010	7 !Round 1
Australia	3	2	2	1974	2010	6 !Round 2 (2006)
Bolivia	3	1	0	1930	1994	7 !Round 1
Costa Rica	3	2	0	1990	2006	6 !Round 2 (1990)
Croatia[1]	3	3	0	1998	2006	3 !Third place (1998)
Iran	3	1	0	1978	2006	7 !Round 1
Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1958	1986	5 !Quarterfinals (1958)
Norway	3	2	0	1938	1998	6 !Round 2 (1998)
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1990	2002	5 !Quarterfinals (1990)
South Africa	3	2	1	1998	2010	7 !Round 1
Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	2	2006	2010	7 !Round 1
Ecuador	2	2	0	2002	2006	6 !Round 2 (2006)
Egypt	2	1	0	1934	1990	7 !Round 1
El Salvador	2	1	0	1970	1982	7 !Round 1
Ghana	2	2	2	2006	2010	5 !Quarterfinals (2010)
Greece	2	1	1	1994	2010	7 !Round 1
Honduras	2	1	1	1982	2010	7 !Round 1
North Korea	2	1	1	1966	2010	5 !Quarterfinals (1966)
New Zealand	2	1	1	1982	2010	7 !Round 1
Slovenia[1]	2	1	1	2002	2010	7 !Round 1
Turkey	2	1	0	1954	2002	3 !Third place (2002)
Angola	1	1	0	2006	2006	7 !Round 1
Canada	1	1	0	1986	1986	7 !Round 1
China PR	1	1	0	2002	2002	7 !Round 1
Congo DR[6]	1	1	0	1974	1974	7 !Round 1
Cuba	1	1	0	1938	1938	5 !Quarterfinals (1938)
East Germany[3]	1	1	0	1974	1974	5 !Round 2 (top 8) (1974)
Haiti	1	1	0	1974	1974	7 !Round 1
Indonesia[4]	1	1	0	1938	1938	7 !Round 1
Iraq	1	1	0	1986	1986	7 !Round 1
Israel	1	1	0	1970	1970	7 !Round 1
Jamaica	1	1	0	1998	1998	7 !Round 1
Kuwait	1	1	0	1982	1982	7 !Round 1
Senegal	1	1	0	2002	2002	5 !Quarterfinals (2002)
Togo	1	1	0	2006	2006	7 !Round 1
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	2006	2006	7 !Round 1
Ukraine[5]	1	1	0	2006	2006	5 !Quarterfinals (2006)
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	1990	1990	7 !Round 1
Wales	1	1	0	1958	1958	5 !Quarterfinals (1958)

Breakdown of successor teams

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Czechoslovakia (1930–1994)	8	3	0	1934	1990	2 !Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Czech Republic (1998–)	1	1	0	2006	2006	7 !Round 1
Slovakia (1998–)	1	1	1	2010	2010	6 !Round 2 (2010)

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Soviet Union (1930–1990)	7	4	0	1958	1990	4 !Fourth place (1966)
Russia (1994–)	2	1	0	1994	2002	7 !Round 1

Team	# of appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Yugoslavia (1930–1990)	8	4	0	1930	1990	4 !Fourth place (1930[12], 1962)
Yugoslavia (1994–2002)	1	1	0	1998	1998	6 !Round 2 (1998)
Serbia and Montenegro (2006)	1	1	0	2006	2006	7 !Round 1
Serbia (2010–)	1	1	1	2010	2010	7 !Round 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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Topscorers
Brazil	97	67	15	15	210	88	Ronaldo 15 Pelé 12 Vava 9 Jairzinho 9
Germany (1934–1938)  West Germany (1950–1990)  Germany (1994–)	99	60	19	20	206	117	G. Müller 14 M. Klose 14 Klinsmann 11 Rahn 10
Italy	80	44	21	15	126	74	C. Vieri 9 R. Baggio 9 P. Rossi 9
Argentina	70	37	13	20	123	80	G. Batistuta 10 G. Stabile 8 D. Maradona 8
England	59	26	19	14	77	52	G. Lineker 10
Spain	56	28	12	16	88	59	D. Villa 8
France	54	25	11	18	96	68	J. Fontaine 13 T. Henry 6
Netherlands	43	22	10	11	71	44	J. Rep 7
Uruguay	47	18	12	17	76	65	O. Miguez 8
Sweden	46	16	13	17	74	69	H. Larsson 5 K. Andersson 5
Yugoslavia (1930–1990)  Yugoslavia (1994–2002)  Serbia and Montenegro (2006)  Serbia (2010–)	43	17	8	18	64	59	Jerkovic 4
Soviet Union (1930–1990)  Russia (1994–)	37	17	6	14	64	44	O. Salenko 6 V. Ivanov 5
Poland	31	15	5	11	44	40
Mexico	49	12	13	24	52	89
Hungary	32	15	3	14	87	57
Czechoslovakia (1930–1994)  Slovakia (1998–)	34	12	6	16	49	52
Czechoslovakia (1930–1994)  Czech Republic (1998–)	33	12	5	16	47	49
Austria	29	12	4	13	43	47
Portugal	23	12	3	8	39	22
Belgium	36	10	9	17	46	63
Chile	29	9	6	14	34	45
Switzerland	29	9	6	14	38	52
Paraguay	27	7	10	10	30	38
Romania	21	8	5	8	30	32
Denmark	16	8	2	6	27	24
United States	29	7	5	17	32	56
South Korea	28	5	8	15	28	61
Croatia	13	6	2	5	15	11
Scotland	23	4	7	12	25	41
Cameroon	20	4	7	9	17	34
Bulgaria	26	3	8	15	22	53
Turkey	10	5	1	4	20	17
Japan	14	4	3	7	12	16
Peru	15	4	3	8	19	31
Republic of Ireland	13	2	8	3	10	10
Ghana	9	4	2	3	9	10
Nigeria	14	4	2	8	17	21
Northern Ireland	13	3	5	5	13	23
Colombia	13	3	2	8	14	23
South Africa	9	2	4	3	11	16
Morocco	13	2	4	7	12	18
Costa Rica	10	3	1	6	12	21
Ecuador	7	3	0	4	7	8
Norway	8	2	3	3	7	8
Australia	10	2	3	5	8	17
Senegal	5	2	2	1	7	6
East Germany	6	2	2	2	5	5
Algeria	9	2	2	5	6	12
Saudi Arabia	13	2	2	9	9	32
Côte d'Ivoire	6	2	1	3	9	9
Ukraine	5	2	1	2	5	7
Tunisia	12	1	4	7	8	17
Wales	5	1	3	1	4	4
Iran	9	1	2	6	6	18
Slovenia	6	1	1	4	5	10
Cuba	3	1	1	1	5	12
North Korea	7	1	1	5	6	21
Honduras	6	0	3	3	2	6
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	9
New Zealand	6	0	3	3	4	14
Greece	6	1	0	5	2	15
Angola	3	0	2	1	1	2
Israel	3	0	2	1	1	3
Egypt	4	0	2	2	3	6
Kuwait	3	0	1	2	2	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	4
Bolivia	6	0	1	5	1	20
Iraq	3	0	0	3	1	4
Togo	3	0	0	3	1	6
Canada	3	0	0	3	0	5
Dutch East Indies	1	0	0	1	0	6
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	11
China PR	3	0	0	3	0	9
Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	14
Zaire	3	0	0	3	0	14
El Salvador	6	0	0	6	1	22

Breakdown of successor teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Czechoslovakia (1930–1994)	30	11	5	14	44	45
Slovakia (1998-)	4	1	1	2	5	7
Czech Republic (1998-)	3	1	0	2	3	4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Soviet Union (1930–1990)	31	15	6	10	53	34
Russia (1994–)	6	2	0	4	11	10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Yugoslavia (1930–1990)	33	14	7	12	53	42
Yugoslavia (1994–2002)	4	2	1	1	5	4
Serbia and Montenegro (2006)	3	0	0	3	2	10
Serbia (2010–)	3	1	0	2	2	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.

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	To be decided
2018	Russia	To be decided
2022	Qatar	To be decided

Results of defending champions

Until 2002, defending champions were granted an automatic spot in the World Cup finals. Since 2006, they have to enter qualifying as well.

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1930	—	—
1934	Uruguay	Did Not Enter
1938	Italy	Champions
1950	Italy	Group Stage
1954	Uruguay	Fourth Place
1958	West Germany	Fourth Place
1962	Brazil	Champions
1966	Brazil	Group Stage
1970	England	Quarter-Final
1974	Brazil	Fourth Place
1978	West Germany	Round 2 (top 8)
1982	Argentina	Round 2 (top 12)
1986	Italy	Round of 16
1990	Argentina	Runners-up
1994	Germany	Quarter-Final
1998	Brazil	Runners-up
2002	France	Group Stage
2006	Brazil	Quarter-Final
2010	Italy	Group Stage
2014	Spain	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)	Total
Teams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1[13]	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	28
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	5
Top 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
1st	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3rd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	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)	Total
Teams	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	34
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Top 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
Top 4	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
1st	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3rd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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)	Total
Teams	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	35
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	10
Top 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Top 8	—	0	1	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Top 4	1	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
1st	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3rd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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)	Total
Teams	7	2	1	5	2	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	74
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	2	4	2	3	5	24
Top 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Top 8	—	0	1	—	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	—	2	1	1	2	1	2	4	29
Top 4	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	20
Top 2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	13
1st	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9
2nd	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
3rd	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
4th	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

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)	Total
Teams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[14]	0	1[14]	0	0	0	0	0	1[15]	1	4
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	1[15]	0	1
Top 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Top 8	—	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
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3rd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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)	Total
Teams	4	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	13	218
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	65
Top 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10
Top 8	—	8	6	—	6	7	6	5	4	6	5	—	5	6	7	6	4	6	3	90
Top 4	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	54
Top 2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	25
1st	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	10
2nd	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	15
3rd	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15
4th	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	14

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} 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. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor teams of Czechoslovakia. 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. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} 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. ^ ^{a b c d} Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} 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. ^ ^{a b c d} The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
7. ^ "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-301%5f01a%5ffwc-stats%5fnew%5f2464.pdf. Retrieved May 17, 2006. 
8. ^ Seeding of national teams (PDF). Accessed 8 June 2006.
9. ^ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
12. ^ ^{a b c d e} 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.
13. ^ 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.
14. ^ ^{a b} The Oceanian teams in 1974 (Australia) and 1982 (New Zealand) both qualified after playing in a continental zone consisting of Asian and Oceanian teams.
15. ^ ^{a b} 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.

See also

• 2006 FIFA World Cup full team ranking
• List of FIFA World Cup national team droughts
• List of national teams with no FIFA World Cup appearances
• Strongest football nations by Elo Ratings
• National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup