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⚫ ! {{tooltip|Apps|Appearances}}
⚫ ! Record <br> streak
⚫ ! Active <br> streak
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'''Former countries''' '''Former countries'''


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⚫ ! Record <br> streak
⚫ ! Active <br> streak
⚫ ! Debut
⚫ ! Most <br> recent
⚫ ! Best result
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==Comprehensive team results by tournament== ==Comprehensive team results by tournament==

Revision as of 11:30, 2 July 2021

A map showing all nations to have competed in FIFA World Cup tournaments.
A map showing the best performance of each team to have competed in FIFA World Cup tournaments.
A map showing all nations that have hosted a FIFA World Cup tournament and how many times they have done so.

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of FIFA. 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. The competition originally featured 16 teams, and later 24, before settling on its current format of 32 teams starting with the 1998 tournament. Teams initially compete in a group stage, with the final 16 progressing to knockout stages to decide the winner.

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 79 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. 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. 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. Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, while eleven more have appeared in semi-finals.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team Apps Record
streak 		Active
streak 		Debut Most
recent 		Best result
 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 Quarter-finals (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 12 4 1 1930 2018 Fourth place (1930, 1962)
 Sweden 12 3 1 1934 2018 Runners-up (1958*)
 Switzerland 11 4 4 1934 2018 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954*)
 Russia 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)
 Netherlands 10 3 0 1934 2014 Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
 Hungary 9 4 0 1934 1986 Runners-up (1938, 1954)
 Czech Republic 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 Quarter-finals (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 Quarter-finals (1990)
 Romania 7 3 0 1930 1998 Quarter-finals (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 Quarter-finals (2014)
 Australia 5 4 4 1974 2018 Round 2 (2006)
 Saudi Arabia 5 4 1 1994 2018 Round 2 (1994)
 Croatia 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 Quarter-finals (2014)
 Peru 5 2 1 1930 2018 Quarter-finals (1970, 1978 (top 8))
 Morocco 5 2 1 1970 2018 Round 2 (1986)
 Denmark 5 2 1 1986 2018 Quarter-finals (1998)
 Algeria 4 2 0 1982 2014 Round 2 (2014)
 Ghana 3 3 0 2006 2014 Quarter-finals (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 Quarter-finals (1958)
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1990 2002 Quarter-finals (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
 Senegal 2 1 1 2002 2018 Quarter-finals (2002)
 Turkey 2 1 0 1954 2002 Third place (2002)
 North Korea 2 1 0 1966 2010 Quarter-finals (1966)
 El Salvador 2 1 0 1970 1982 Round 1
 New Zealand 2 1 0 1982 2010 Round 1
 Slovenia 2 1 0 2002 2010 Round 1
 Iceland 1 1 1 2018 2018 Round 1
 Panama 1 1 1 2018 2018 Round 1
 Cuba 1 1 0 1938 1938 Quarter-finals (1938)
 Indonesia 1 1 0 1938 1938 Round 1
 Wales 1 1 0 1958 1958 Quarter-finals (1958)
 Israel 1 1 0 1970 1970 Round 1
 DR Congo 1 1 0 1974 1974 Round 1
 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 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 1 1 0 2006 2006 Quarter-finals (2006)
 Slovakia 1 1 0 2010 2010 Round 2 (2010)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 2014 2014 Round 1
  • * hosts

Former countries

Team Apps Record
streak 		Active
streak 		Debut Most
recent 		Best result
 Czechoslovakia (1934–1990) 8 3 0 1934 1990 Runners-up (1934, 1962)
 Germany (1934–1938) 2 2 0 1934 1938 Third place (1934)
 West Germany (1954–1990) 10 10 0 1954 1990 Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990)
 Soviet Union (1958–1990) 7 4 0 1958 1990 Fourth place (1966)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (1930) 1 1 0 1930 1930 Fourth place (1930)
 Yugoslavia (1950–1990) 7 4 0 1950 1990 Fourth place (1962)
 FR Yugoslavia (1998) 1 1 0 1998 1998 Round 2 (1998)
 Serbia and Montenegro (2006) 1 1 0 2006 2006 Round 1
  • * hosts

Debut of teams

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

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. Cum.
1930  Argentina,  Belgium,  Bolivia,  Brazil,  Chile,  France,  Mexico,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Romania,  United States,  Uruguay,  Yugoslavia 13 13
1934  Austria,  Czechoslovakia,  Egypt,  Germany,  Hungary,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland 10 23
1938  Cuba,  Dutch East Indies,  Norway,  Poland 4 27
1950  England 1 28
1954  Scotland,  South Korea,  Turkey 3 31  West Germany
1958  Northern Ireland,  Soviet Union,  Wales 3 34
1962  Bulgaria,  Colombia 2 36
1966  North Korea,  Portugal 2 38
1970  El Salvador,  Israel,  Morocco 3 41
1974  Australia,  East Germany,  Haiti,  Zaire 4 45
1978  Iran,  Tunisia 2 47
1982  Algeria,  Cameroon,  Honduras,  Kuwait,  New Zealand 5 52
1986  Canada,  Denmark,  Iraq 3 55
1990  Costa Rica,  Republic of Ireland,  United Arab Emirates 3 58
1994  Greece,  Nigeria,  Saudi Arabia 3 61  Germany,  Russia
1998  Croatia,  Jamaica,  Japan,  South Africa 4 65  FR Yugoslavia
2002  China,  Ecuador,  Senegal,  Slovenia 4 69
2006  Angola,  Ghana,  Ivory Coast,  Togo,  Trinidad and Tobago,  Ukraine 6 75  Czech Republic
2010  Slovakia 1 76  Serbia
2014  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 77
2018  Iceland,  Panama 2 79
2022  Qatar ≥1 ≥80
  • The total number of teams which have participated in the World Cup through 2018 is 79, using FIFA's view on successor teams.

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. 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. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2018 FIFA World Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 21 109 73 18 18 229 105 +124 237
2  Germany 19 109 67 20 22 226 125 +101 221
3  Italy 18 83 45 21 17 128 77 +51 156
4  Argentina 17 81 43 15 23 137 93 +44 144
5  France 15 66 34 13 19 120 77 +43 115
6  England 15 69 29 21 19 91 64 +27 108
7  Spain 15 63 30 15 18 99 72 +27 105
8  Netherlands 10 50 27 12 11 86 48 +38 93
9  Uruguay 13 56 24 12 20 87 74 +13 84
10  Sweden 12 51 19 13 19 80 73 +7 70
11  Belgium 13 48 20 9 19 68 72 −4 69
12  Russia 11 45 19 10 16 77 54 +23 67
13  Serbia 12 46 18 8 20 66 63 +3 62
14  Mexico 16 57 16 14 27 60 98 −38 62
15  Poland 8 34 16 5 13 46 45 +1 53
16  Hungary 9 32 15 3 14 87 57 +30 48
17  Portugal 7 30 14 6 10 49 35 +14 48
18   Switzerland 11 37 12 8 17 50 64 −14 44
19  Czech Republic 9 33 12 5 16 47 49 −2 41
20  Austria 7 29 12 4 13 43 47 −4 40
21  Chile 9 33 11 7 15 40 49 −9 40
22  Croatia 5 23 11 4 8 35 26 +9 37
23  Denmark 5 20 9 5 6 30 26 +4 32
24  Paraguay 8 27 7 10 10 30 38 −8 31
25  Colombia 6 22 9 3 10 32 30 +2 30
26  United States 10 33 8 6 19 37 62 −25 30
27  Romania 7 21 8 5 8 30 32 −2 29
28  South Korea 10 34 6 9 19 34 70 −36 27
29  Nigeria 6 21 6 3 12 23 30 −7 21
30  Japan 6 21 5 5 11 20 29 −9 20
31  Costa Rica 5 18 5 5 8 19 28 −9 20
32  Scotland 8 23 4 7 12 25 41 −16 19
33  Cameroon 7 23 4 7 12 18 43 −25 19
34  Peru 5 18 5 3 10 21 33 −12 18
35  Bulgaria 7 26 3 8 15 22 53 −31 17
36  Turkey 2 10 5 1 4 20 17 +3 16
37  Ghana 3 12 4 3 5 13 16 −3 15
38  Republic of Ireland 3 13 2 8 3 10 10 0 14
39  Northern Ireland 3 13 3 5 5 13 23 −10 14
40  Ecuador 3 10 4 1 5 10 11 −1 13
41  Senegal 2 8 3 3 2 11 10 +1 12
42  Algeria 4 13 3 3 7 13 19 −6 12
43  Morocco 5 16 2 5 9 14 22 −8 11
44  Saudi Arabia 5 16 3 2 11 11 39 −28 11
45  Ivory Coast 3 9 3 1 5 13 14 −1 10
46  South Africa 3 9 2 4 3 11 16 −5 10
47  Tunisia 5 15 2 4 9 13 25 −12 10
48  Iran 5 15 2 4 9 9 24 −15 10
49  Australia 5 16 2 4 10 13 31 −18 10
50  Norway 3 8 2 3 3 7 8 −1 9
51  Greece 3 10 2 2 6 5 20 −15 8
52  Ukraine 1 5 2 1 2 5 7 −2 7
53  Wales 1 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 6
54  Slovakia 1 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
55  Slovenia 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
56  Cuba 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
57  North Korea 2 7 1 1 5 6 21 −15 4
58  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
59  Jamaica 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
60  New Zealand 2 6 0 3 3 4 14 −10 3
61  Honduras 3 9 0 3 6 3 14 −11 3
62  Angola 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
63  Israel 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
64  Egypt 3 7 0 2 5 5 12 −7 2
65  Iceland 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
66  Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
67  Trinidad and Tobago 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
68  Bolivia 3 6 0 1 5 1 20 −19 1
69  Iraq 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
70  Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
71  Canada 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
72  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0
73  Panama 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
73  United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
75  China 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
76  Haiti 1 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
77  DR Congo 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
78  El Salvador 2 6 0 0 6 1 22 −21 0

Former countries

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Czechoslovakia (1934–1990) 30 11 5 14 44 45 −1 38
 Germany (1934–1938) 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10
 East Germany (1954–1990) 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
 West Germany (1954–1990) 62 36 14 12 131 77 +54 122
 Soviet Union (1958–1990) 31 15 6 10 53 34 +19 51
 Yugoslavia (1930) 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6
 Yugoslavia (1950–1990) 30 12 7 11 48 35 +13 43
 FR Yugoslavia (1998) 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
 Serbia and Montenegro (2006) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
  • * hosts

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Template:FIFA World Cup Comprehensive team results by tournament

Hosts

Results of host nations
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 Quarter-Final
2022  Qatar TBD
2026  Canada TBD
 Mexico TBD
 United States TBD

Results of defending finalists

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. 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 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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil5229
2 Germany44412
3 Italy4217
4 Argentina2305
5 France2125
6 Uruguay2002
7 England1001
 Spain1001
9 Netherlands0314
10 Czech Republic0202
 Hungary0202
12 Sweden0123
13 Croatia0112
14 Poland0022
15 Austria0011
 Belgium0011
 Chile0011
 Portugal0011
 Turkey0011
 United States0011
Totals (20 entries)21212163

Results by confederation

AFC

Further information: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup
1930
Uruguay
(13) 		1934
Italy
(16) 		1938
France
(15) 		1950
Brazil
(13) 		1954
Switzerland
(16) 		1958
Sweden
(16) 		1962
Chile
(16) 		1966
England
(16) 		1970
Mexico
(16) 		1974
West Germany
(16) 		1978
Argentina
(16) 		1982
Spain
(24) 		1986
Mexico
(24) 		1990
Italy
(24) 		1994
United States
(24) 		1998
France
(32) 		2002
South Korea
Japan
(32) 		2006
Germany
(32) 		2010
South Africa
(32) 		2014
Brazil
(32) 		2018
Russia
(32) 		Total
Teams 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 37
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 6
Top 8 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 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 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th South Korea 1

CAF

Further information: African nations at the FIFA World Cup
1930
Uruguay
(13) 		1934
Italy
(16) 		1938
France
(15) 		1950
Brazil
(13) 		1954
Switzerland
(16) 		1958
Sweden
(16) 		1962
Chile
(16) 		1966
England
(16) 		1970
Mexico
(16) 		1974
West Germany
(16) 		1978
Argentina
(16) 		1982
Spain
(24) 		1986
Mexico
(24) 		1990
Italy
(24) 		1994
United States
(24) 		1998
France
(32) 		2002
South Korea
Japan
(32) 		2006
Germany
(32) 		2010
South Africa
(32) 		2014
Brazil
(32) 		2018
Russia
(32) 		Total
Teams 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 44
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 10
Top 8 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 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 0
Top 2 0 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

Further information: North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup
1930
Uruguay
(13) 		1934
Italy
(16) 		1938
France
(15) 		1950
Brazil
(13) 		1954
Switzerland
(16) 		1958
Sweden
(16) 		1962
Chile
(16) 		1966
England
(16) 		1970
Mexico
(16) 		1974
West Germany
(16) 		1978
Argentina
(16) 		1982
Spain
(24) 		1986
Mexico
(24) 		1990
Italy
(24) 		1994
United States
(24) 		1998
France
(32) 		2002
South Korea
Japan
(32) 		2006
Germany
(32) 		2010
South Africa
(32) 		2014
Brazil
(32) 		2018
Russia
(32) 		Total
Teams 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 42
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 14
Top 8 — 0 1 — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Top 4 1 0 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 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd United States 1
4th 0

CONMEBOL

Further information: South American nations at the FIFA World Cup
1930
Uruguay
(13) 		1934
Italy
(16) 		1938
France
(15) 		1950
Brazil
(13) 		1954
Switzerland
(16) 		1958
Sweden
(16) 		1962
Chile
(16) 		1966
England
(16) 		1970
Mexico
(16) 		1974
West Germany
(16) 		1978
Argentina
(16) 		1982
Spain
(24) 		1986
Mexico
(24) 		1990
Italy
(24) 		1994
United States
(24) 		1998
France
(32) 		2002
South Korea
Japan
(32) 		2006
Germany
(32) 		2010
South Africa
(32) 		2014
Brazil
(32) 		2018
Russia
(32) 		Total
Teams 7 2 1 5 2 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 85
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — — 2 4 4 2 4 2 3 5 5 4 33
Top 8 — 0 1 — 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 2 35
Top 4 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 22
Top 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 14
1st Uruguay Uruguay Brazil Brazil Brazil Argentina Argentina Brazil Brazil 9
2nd Argentina Brazil Argentina Brazil Argentina 5
3rd Brazil Chile Brazil 3
4th Uruguay Uruguay Brazil Uruguay Brazil 5

OFC

Further information: Oceanian nations at the FIFA World Cup
1930
Uruguay
(13) 		1934
Italy
(16) 		1938
France
(15) 		1950
Brazil
(13) 		1954
Switzerland
(16) 		1958
Sweden
(16) 		1962
Chile
(16) 		1966
England
(16) 		1970
Mexico
(16) 		1974
West Germany
(16) 		1978
Argentina
(16) 		1982
Spain
(24) 		1986
Mexico
(24) 		1990
Italy
(24) 		1994
United States
(24) 		1998
France
(32) 		2002
South Korea
Japan
(32) 		2006
Germany
(32) 		2010
South Africa
(32) 		2014
Brazil
(32) 		2018
Russia
(32) 		Total
Teams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Top 8 — 0 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 0
Top 2 0 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

Further information: European nations at the FIFA World Cup
1930
Uruguay
(13) 		1934
Italy
(16) 		1938
France
(15) 		1950
Brazil
(13) 		1954
Switzerland
(16) 		1958
Sweden
(16) 		1962
Chile
(16) 		1966
England
(16) 		1970
Mexico
(16) 		1974
West Germany
(16) 		1978
Argentina
(16) 		1982
Spain
(24) 		1986
Mexico
(24) 		1990
Italy
(24) 		1994
United States
(24) 		1998
France
(32) 		2002
South Korea
Japan
(32) 		2006
Germany
(32) 		2010
South Africa
(32) 		2014
Brazil
(32) 		2018
Russia
(32) 		Total
Teams 4 12 12 6 12 12 10 10 9 9 10 14 14 14 13 15 15 14 13 13 14 245
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — — 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 6 6 10 91
Top 8 — 8 6 — 6 7 6 5 4 6 5 5 6 7 6 4 6 3 4 6 100
Top 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 4 60
Top 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 28
1st Italy Italy West Germany England West Germany Italy West Germany France Italy Spain Germany France 12
2nd Czechoslovakia Hungary Hungary Sweden Czechoslovakia West Germany Italy Netherlands Netherlands West Germany West Germany Italy Germany France Netherlands Croatia 16
3rd Germany Sweden Austria France Portugal West Germany Poland Poland France Italy Sweden Croatia Turkey Germany Germany Netherlands Belgium 17
4th Kingdom of Yugoslavia Austria Sweden Spain West Germany Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Soviet Union Italy France Belgium England Bulgaria Netherlands Portugal   England 15

Droughts

This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national football teams in the FIFA World Cups. With the exception of 1942 and 1946, does not include droughts when the tournament was not held due to World War II.

Longest active World Cup appearance droughts

Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

Team Last appearance WC Missed
 Cuba 1938 18
 Indonesia 1938 18
 Wales 1958 15
 Israel 1970 12
 DR Congo 1974 11
 Haiti 1974 11
 El Salvador 1982 9
 Kuwait 1982 9
 Canada 1986 8
 Hungary 1986 8
 Iraq 1986 8
 Northern Ireland 1986 8
 United Arab Emirates 1990 7
 Bolivia 1994 6
 Austria 1998 5
 Bulgaria 1998 5
 Jamaica 1998 5
 Norway 1998 5
 Romania 1998 5
 Scotland 1998 5
 China 2002 4
 Republic of Ireland 2002 4
 Turkey 2002 4
 Angola 2006 3
 Czech Republic 2006 3
 Togo 2006 3
 Trinidad and Tobago 2006 3
 Ukraine 2006 3
 New Zealand 2010 2
 North Korea 2010 2
 Paraguay 2010 2
 Slovakia 2010 2
 Slovenia 2010 2
 South Africa 2010 2
 Algeria 2014 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 1
 Cameroon 2014 1
 Chile 2014 1
 Ecuador 2014 1
 Ghana 2014 1
 Greece 2014 1
 Honduras 2014 1
 Italy 2014 1
 Ivory Coast 2014 1
 Netherlands 2014 1
 United States 2014 1

Longest World Cup appearance droughts overall

Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist. Updated to include qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Team Prev. appearance Next appearance WC Missed
 Cuba 1938 active 18
 Indonesia 1938 active 18
 Wales 1958 active 15
 Israel 1970 active 12
 Turkey 1954 2002 11
 Norway 1938 1994 11
 Egypt 1934 1990 11
 DR Congo 1974 active 11
 Haiti 1974 active 11
 North Korea 1966 2010 10
 Bolivia 1950 1994 10
 United States 1950 1990 9
 El Salvador 1982 active 9
 Kuwait 1982 active 9
 Peru 1982 2018 8
 Canada 1986 active 8
 Hungary 1986 active 8
 Iraq 1986 active 8
 Northern Ireland 1986 active 8
 Australia 1974 2006 7
 South Korea 1954 1986 7
 United Arab Emirates 1990 active 7
 Honduras 1982 2010 6
 New Zealand 1982 2010 6
  Switzerland 1966 1994 6
 Colombia 1962 1990 6
 Paraguay 1958 1986 6
 Netherlands 1938 1974 6
 Poland 1938 1974 6
 Algeria 1986 2010 5
 Romania 1938 1970 5
1998 active
 Austria 1998 active 5
 Bulgaria 1998 active 5
 Jamaica 1998 active 5
 Scotland 1998 active 5
 Morocco 1998 2018 4
 Portugal 1966 1986 4
 Iran 1978 1998 4
 Tunisia 1978 1998 4
 China 2002 active 4
 Republic of Ireland 2002 active 4
 East Germany 1974 dissolved 4
 Senegal 2002 2018 3
 Greece 1994 2010 3
 Chile 1982 1998 3
 Belgium 1954 1970 3
 Argentina 1934 1958 3
 Angola 2006 active 3
 Czech Republic 2006 active 3
 Togo 2006 active 3
 Trinidad and Tobago 2006 active 3
 Ukraine 2006 active 3
 Saudi Arabia 2006 2018 2
 Sweden 2006 2018 2
1978 1990
1958 1970
 Russia 2002 2014 2
1970 1982
 Costa Rica 1990 2002 2
 Uruguay 1990 2002 2
1974 1986
1930 1950
 Denmark 1986 1998 2
 France 1986 1998 2
1966 1978
 England 1970 1982 2
 Spain 1966 1978 2
 Mexico 1930 1950 2
 Serbia 1962 1974 2
1930 1950
 Slovakia 2010 active 2
 Slovenia 2010 active 2
 South Africa 2010 active 2
 Croatia 2006 2014 1
 Ecuador 2006 2014 1
2014 active
 Cameroon 2002 2010 1
1982 1990
2014 active
 Nigeria 2002 2010 1
 Italy 1954 1962 1
2014 active
 Germany 1938 1954 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 active 1
 Ghana 2014 active 1
 Ivory Coast 2014 active 1

See also

Footnotes

  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 in 1992 by the secession of many of its constituent republics. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified once in 1998 under the name Yugoslavia, then changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, first qualifying under that name in 2006. All of these teams are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIFA, which first qualified under that name in 2010. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1992 — Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia — are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also competes separately after independence in 2006 and Kosovo was recognized by FIFA in 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference wc1930 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
  6. ^ The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
  7. ^ Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949, has been represented by the same governing body, Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB), since 1904. After World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 World Cup as West Germany. Saar competed in the 1954 World Cup qualifying before joining West Germany in 1956. East Germany fielded teams from 1958 to 1990 of their own before joining with 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 West Germany from 1954–1990.
  8. Includes participations as  West Germany from 1954–1990; see below for a breakdown.
  9. Includes participations as  Soviet Union until 1990; see below for a breakdown.
  10. Includes participations as  Yugoslavia until 1990 and as  Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 to 2006; see below for a breakdown.
  11. Includes participations as  Czechoslovakia until 1990; see below for a breakdown.
  12. Participated as  Dutch East Indies in 1938.
  13. Participated as  Zaire in 1974.
  14. ^ In 1982, the second round has 12 teams of which 4 progressed to the semi-finals.

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