World Cup Teams | Seasons > 2026 | Competitions

Since 1930
Country	1st	2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Argentina	3	3		18	20	258	145	61	52	445	245
Brazil	5	2	2	22	23	258	166	56	36	541	199
England	1			16	20	200	120	49	31	426	138
France	2	2	2	16	23	193	110	40	43	372	176
Germany	4	4	4	20	21	217	151	39	27	560	206
Italy	4	2	1	18	22	204	125	51	28	369	152
Spain	1			16	21	193	119	43	31	402	156
Uruguay	2			14	21	248	109	65	74	351	274
Country (has qualified)		2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Algeria				4	15	117	53	29	35	183	124
Angola				1	11	79	28	30	21	94	74
Australia				6	16	197	109	48	40	461	170
Austria			1	7	20	166	79	33	54	282	203
Belgium			1	14	22	195	106	38	51	382	225
Bolivia				3	20	191	48	35	108	217	381
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	8	73	34	14	25	135	86
Bulgaria				7	21	164	65	37	62	237	247
Cameroon				8	15	129	66	34	29	195	122
Canada				2	15	143	62	38	43	217	156
Chile			1	9	20	213	78	44	91	283	297
China				1	13	145	78	22	45	285	134
Colombia				6	18	209	77	64	68	254	223
Congo DR				1	12	94	44	21	29	152	111
Costa Rica				6	18	211	101	53	57	341	224
Croatia		1	2	6	8	105	59	28	18	185	85
Cuba				1	15	79	25	21	33	103	122
Czech Republic		2		9	21	184	94	36	54	336	181
Denmark				6	17	156	76	37	43	273	173
East Germany				1	9	53	24	10	19	92	70
Ecuador				4	17	191	66	48	77	223	240
Egypt				3	16	116	64	24	28	199	109
El Salvador				2	15	170	72	35	63	267	211
Ghana				4	15	113	54	29	30	174	99
Greece				3	21	147	59	35	53	177	200
Haiti				1	16	103	44	18	41	174	149
Honduras				3	16	177	72	48	57	275	215
Hungary		2		9	21	165	78	32	55	324	235
Iceland				1	15	120	31	23	66	135	238
Indonesia				1	15	98	27	21	50	121	204
Iran				6	12	179	105	43	31	362	132
Iraq				1	13	140	66	35	39	260	134
Ireland				3	22	163	60	55	48	222	189
Israel				1	20	135	47	37	51	196	195
Ivory Coast				3	13	101	55	28	18	183	84
Jamaica				1	13	126	45	32	49	142	165
Japan				7	17	179	104	35	40	386	125
Kuwait				1	14	118	54	23	41	194	125
Mexico				17	20	249	138	56	55	515	235
Morocco				6	16	147	69	46	32	214	110
Netherlands		3	1	11	20	193	121	41	31	436	154
New Zealand				2	15	111	62	21	28	268	111
Nigeria				6	16	140	70	40	30	217	118
North Korea				2	11	106	43	23	40	142	126
Northern Ireland				3	20	156	49	44	63	171	192
Norway				3	20	148	55	36	57	205	196
Panama				1	13	122	42	27	53	154	190
Paraguay				8	21	216	82	54	80	256	263
Peru				5	19	203	57	50	96	210	286
Poland			2	9	20	169	86	30	53	314	205
Portugal			1	8	22	185	101	41	43	350	187
Qatar				1	13	141	68	25	48	250	156
Romania				7	21	163	82	34	47	276	178
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	171	92	39	40	298	158
Scotland				8	20	160	73	38	49	235	187
Senegal				3	14	90	41	29	20	132	79
Serbia				4	6	63	33	14	16	109	64
Slovakia				1	8	79	37	20	22	134	81
Slovenia				2	8	79	30	19	30	101	92
South Africa				3	9	72	39	14	19	96	68
South Korea				11	17	204	112	54	38	376	175
Sweden		1	2	12	22	194	106	35	53	370	205
Switzerland				12	22	182	83	45	54	279	223
Togo				1	12	81	24	21	36	81	108
Trinidad and Tobago				1	16	149	61	32	56	226	191
Tunisia				6	16	137	71	36	30	218	112
Turkey			1	2	19	150	59	28	63	227	225
Ukraine				1	8	86	40	29	17	127	71
United Arab Emirates				1	11	135	60	27	48	225	148
United States			1	11	21	205	92	48	65	326	258
Wales				2	20	143	47	34	62	184	196
Yugoslavia				9	16	125	68	29	28	253	130
Country (never qualified)					N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Afghanistan					6	30	7	6	17	20	74
Albania					14	118	25	16	77	88	203
American Samoa					6	20	4	1	15	13	139
Andorra					7	67	4	3	60	22	196
Anguilla					7	20	0	3	17	3	86
Antigua and Barbuda					12	50	17	7	26	75	96
Armenia					8	73	13	17	43	61	147
Aruba					8	24	5	3	16	29	71
Azerbaijan					8	67	7	15	45	34	127
Bahamas					6	20	2	4	14	11	80
Bahrain					12	112	39	33	40	136	117
Bangladesh					11	66	11	10	45	41	163
Barbados					10	45	11	7	27	42	86
Belarus					8	67	14	12	41	69	126
Belize					8	33	8	6	19	38	69
Benin					10	57	19	10	28	58	100
Bermuda					9	45	18	11	16	92	70
Bhutan					3	14	4	0	10	11	62
Botswana					8	43	13	6	24	43	64
British Virgin Islands					7	20	0	5	15	8	65
Brunei					5	18	2	0	16	5	74
Burkina Faso					10	73	33	15	25	118	89
Burundi					8	29	10	6	13	32	36
Cambodia					7	38	4	5	29	22	136
Cape Verde					7	47	21	6	20	51	57
Cayman Islands					8	24	1	6	17	9	62
Central African Republic					5	23	3	4	16	20	45
Chad					7	25	6	3	16	18	42
Comoros					5	17	4	4	9	14	31
Congo					11	72	21	17	34	78	107
Cook Islands					7	22	3	1	18	18	68
Curaçao					18	71	19	21	31	81	119
Cyprus					17	128	17	15	96	94	325
Djibouti					6	28	2	3	23	16	112
Dominica					8	28	5	5	18	25	72
Dominican Republic					10	37	14	6	17	61	59
Equatorial Guinea					7	35	13	6	16	34	46
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					11	89	18	12	59	79	200
Eswatini					9	28	4	7	17	20	53
Ethiopia					13	56	12	17	27	59	82
Faroe Islands					9	84	9	8	67	44	212
Fiji					11	60	22	12	26	119	116
Finland					21	142	37	26	79	150	310
Gabon					10	70	29	12	29	80	79
Gambia					10	33	8	7	18	36	53
Georgia					8	65	11	17	37	59	104
Gibraltar					3	24	0	0	24	9	106
Grenada					9	33	10	4	19	62	66
Guam					4	22	3	1	18	11	87
Guatemala					17	129	55	32	42	219	149
Guinea					14	88	38	15	35	126	113
Guinea-Bissau					8	27	5	11	11	22	39
Guyana					12	42	10	6	26	46	92
Hong Kong					14	89	25	18	46	103	158
India					10	57	12	17	28	52	101
Jordan					11	94	40	21	33	150	107
Kazakhstan					8	72	13	14	45	79	153
Kenya					14	81	25	22	34	93	111
Kosovo					3	19	1	3	15	8	43
Kyrgyzstan					8	55	20	9	26	82	86
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					10	89	22	19	48	95	149
Lebanon					10	82	24	21	37	108	133
Lesotho					9	33	3	13	17	19	60
Liberia					12	75	20	14	41	54	107
Libya					12	70	26	16	28	74	77
Liechtenstein					8	74	2	7	65	25	233
Lithuania					11	85	18	19	48	66	134
Luxembourg					22	143	8	10	125	78	454
Macao					11	39	4	3	32	17	173
Madagascar					11	50	17	11	22	60	66
Malawi					12	73	19	17	37	65	102
Malaysia					14	75	25	15	35	100	134
Maldives					8	42	9	4	29	45	143
Mali					7	55	22	16	17	72	57
Malta					14	117	3	14	100	43	342
Mauritania					8	29	3	7	19	19	51
Mauritius					9	27	2	5	20	20	64
Moldova					8	72	5	13	54	42	159
Mongolia					7	26	4	1	21	12	82
Montenegro					5	44	15	13	16	65	63
Montserrat					7	17	3	3	11	20	59
Mozambique					10	49	15	9	25	45	73
Myanmar					5	30	6	4	20	25	101
Namibia					9	58	14	14	30	52	100
Nepal					9	46	7	6	33	31	143
New Caledonia					6	41	20	9	12	97	52
Nicaragua					9	30	12	2	16	45	50
Niger					9	41	13	6	22	46	74
North Macedonia					8	76	22	17	37	101	117
Oman					10	104	46	24	34	161	102
Pakistan					10	40	1	5	34	15	148
Palestine					9	53	15	14	24	75	78
Papua New Guinea					6	29	9	7	13	53	49
Philippines					6	35	7	6	22	31	82
Puerto Rico					11	33	9	8	16	42	59
Rwanda					8	51	10	12	29	45	68
Saarland					1	4	1	1	2	4	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis					8	40	15	8	17	77	75
Saint Lucia					8	28	8	2	18	37	71
Samoa					7	31	11	1	19	42	104
San Marino					9	81	0	2	79	13	374
São Tomé and Príncipe					6	17	2	1	14	9	42
Seychelles					7	23	0	2	21	8	80
Sierra Leone					12	54	14	12	28	49	80
Singapore					13	83	22	12	49	86	165
Solomon Islands					9	58	24	9	25	119	121
Somalia					8	20	1	4	15	6	43
South Sudan					3	11	0	5	6	5	21
South Vietnam					1	3	1	0	2	1	5
South Yemen					1	2	0	1	1	4	7
Sri Lanka					9	41	4	7	30	27	103
St Vincent and the Grenadines					9	66	16	8	42	89	195
Sudan					14	79	19	24	36	72	118
Suriname					16	74	25	16	33	116	117
Syria					16	107	46	24	37	214	130
Tahiti					9	47	17	8	22	70	91
Taiwan					13	74	8	4	62	48	251
Tajikistan					8	50	19	10	21	88	74
Tanzania					12	50	12	16	22	49	70
Thailand					14	103	28	23	52	134	174
Timor-Leste					5	18	2	2	14	13	74
Tonga					7	24	8	1	15	27	85
Turkmenistan					8	52	20	7	25	76	84
Turks and Caicos Islands					6	13	1	2	10	7	59
Tuvalu					1	4	0	1	3	2	22
Uganda					11	55	21	12	22	54	66
US Virgin Islands					7	21	3	2	16	9	96
Uzbekistan					8	118	64	24	30	220	115
Vanuatu					8	40	13	3	24	81	100
Venezuela					15	175	32	32	111	149	370
Vietnam					9	62	18	6	38	69	110
Yemen					11	66	15	16	35	67	108
Zambia					15	108	50	21	37	164	105
Zimbabwe					12	77	22	22	33	73	96

Includes data from RSSSF.