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	259	145	61	53	445	246
Brazil	5	2	2	22	23	259	166	56	37	541	200
England	1			16	20	201	121	49	31	431	138
France	2	2	2	16	23	194	111	40	43	374	177
Germany	4	4	4	20	21	218	152	39	27	563	207
Italy	4	2	1	18	22	205	126	51	28	374	156
Spain	1			16	21	194	120	43	31	408	156
Uruguay	2			14	21	249	109	66	74	351	274
Country (has qualified)		2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Algeria				4	15	118	53	30	35	183	124
Angola				1	11	80	29	30	21	97	75
Australia				6	16	197	109	48	40	461	170
Austria			1	7	20	167	80	33	54	284	204
Belgium			1	14	22	196	107	38	51	388	225
Bolivia				3	20	192	49	35	108	218	381
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	8	74	34	14	26	136	88
Bulgaria				7	21	165	65	37	63	237	250
Cameroon				8	15	130	66	34	30	195	123
Canada				2	15	143	62	38	43	217	156
Chile			1	9	20	214	78	45	91	283	297
China				1	13	145	78	22	45	285	134
Colombia				6	18	210	78	64	68	260	226
Congo DR				1	12	95	44	21	30	154	114
Costa Rica				6	18	212	101	54	57	344	227
Croatia		1	2	6	8	106	60	28	18	189	85
Cuba				1	15	79	25	21	33	103	122
Czech Republic		2		9	21	184	94	36	54	336	181
Denmark				6	17	157	77	37	43	276	173
East Germany				1	9	53	24	10	19	92	70
Ecuador				4	17	192	67	48	77	224	240
Egypt				3	16	117	64	25	28	199	109
El Salvador				2	15	171	72	35	64	268	213
Ghana				4	15	114	55	29	30	175	99
Greece				3	21	148	59	35	54	177	203
Haiti				1	16	104	44	19	41	177	152
Honduras				3	16	178	73	48	57	277	215
Hungary		2		9	21	166	78	32	56	326	238
Iceland				1	15	121	31	23	67	136	240
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	164	60	55	49	223	191
Israel				1	20	136	47	37	52	200	200
Ivory Coast				3	13	102	55	29	18	183	84
Jamaica				1	13	127	46	32	49	144	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	148	70	46	32	216	110
Netherlands		3	1	11	20	194	122	41	31	439	156
New Zealand				2	15	111	62	21	28	268	111
Nigeria				6	16	141	70	41	30	218	119
North Korea				2	11	106	43	23	40	142	126
Northern Ireland				3	20	157	49	44	64	172	195
Norway				3	20	149	56	36	57	216	197
Panama				1	13	123	42	28	53	155	191
Paraguay				8	21	217	83	54	80	257	263
Peru				5	19	204	57	50	97	210	287
Poland			2	9	20	170	87	30	53	317	206
Portugal			1	8	22	186	102	41	43	353	189
Qatar				1	13	141	68	25	48	250	156
Romania				7	21	164	82	35	47	278	180
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	171	92	39	40	298	158
Scotland				8	20	161	74	38	49	237	187
Senegal				3	14	91	42	29	20	135	81
Serbia				4	6	64	33	14	17	109	69
Slovakia				1	8	80	38	20	22	135	81
Slovenia				2	8	80	30	19	31	101	95
South Africa				3	9	73	39	15	19	97	69
South Korea				11	17	204	112	54	38	376	175
Sweden		1	2	12	22	195	106	35	54	370	207
Switzerland				12	22	183	84	45	54	282	223
Togo				1	12	82	25	21	36	82	108
Trinidad and Tobago				1	16	150	61	32	57	226	193
Tunisia				6	16	138	72	36	30	219	112
Turkey			1	2	19	151	59	28	64	227	231
Ukraine				1	8	87	40	30	17	128	72
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	119	26	16	77	89	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	74	14	17	43	63	148
Aruba					8	24	5	3	16	29	71
Azerbaijan					8	68	7	16	45	35	128
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	68	14	12	42	69	128
Belize					8	33	8	6	19	38	69
Benin					10	58	20	10	28	62	100
Bermuda					9	46	18	11	17	94	73
Bhutan					3	14	4	0	10	11	62
Botswana					8	44	13	6	25	43	66
British Virgin Islands					7	20	0	5	15	8	65
Brunei					5	18	2	0	16	5	74
Burkina Faso					10	74	33	16	25	118	89
Burundi					8	30	10	6	14	32	38
Cambodia					7	38	4	5	29	22	136
Cape Verde					7	48	22	6	20	52	57
Cayman Islands					8	24	1	6	17	9	62
Central African Republic					5	24	3	4	17	20	47
Chad					7	26	6	3	17	19	45
Comoros					5	18	5	4	9	16	31
Congo					11	72	21	17	34	78	107
Cook Islands					7	22	3	1	18	18	68
Curaçao					18	72	20	21	31	84	121
Cyprus					17	129	17	16	96	96	327
Djibouti					6	29	2	3	24	16	114
Dominica					8	28	5	5	18	25	72
Dominican Republic					10	37	14	6	17	61	59
Equatorial Guinea					7	36	13	6	17	34	47
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					11	89	18	12	59	79	200
Eswatini					9	29	4	7	18	20	55
Ethiopia					13	57	12	17	28	59	84
Faroe Islands					9	85	10	8	67	45	212
Fiji					11	60	22	12	26	119	116
Finland					21	143	37	26	80	151	313
Gabon					10	71	29	13	29	80	79
Gambia					10	34	9	7	18	38	53
Georgia					8	66	12	17	37	62	104
Gibraltar					3	25	0	0	25	9	107
Grenada					9	33	10	4	19	62	66
Guam					4	22	3	1	18	11	87
Guatemala					17	130	55	33	42	220	150
Guinea					14	89	38	16	35	126	113
Guinea-Bissau					8	28	6	11	11	24	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	73	13	14	46	79	159
Kenya					14	82	26	22	34	98	111
Kosovo					3	20	2	3	15	10	43
Kyrgyzstan					8	55	20	9	26	82	86
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					10	90	22	19	49	95	150
Lebanon					10	82	24	21	37	108	133
Lesotho					9	34	3	13	18	19	64
Liberia					12	76	20	15	41	56	109
Libya					12	71	27	16	28	76	77
Liechtenstein					8	75	2	7	66	25	238
Lithuania					11	86	18	19	49	68	137
Luxembourg					22	144	8	10	126	78	455
Macao					11	39	4	3	32	17	173
Madagascar					11	51	18	11	22	63	67
Malawi					12	74	19	18	37	67	104
Malaysia					14	75	25	15	35	100	134
Maldives					8	42	9	4	29	45	143
Mali					7	56	22	16	18	72	58
Malta					14	117	3	14	100	43	342
Mauritania					8	30	3	8	19	19	51
Mauritius					9	28	2	5	21	21	67
Moldova					8	73	5	13	55	43	170
Mongolia					7	26	4	1	21	12	82
Montenegro					5	45	15	13	17	65	67
Montserrat					7	17	3	3	11	20	59
Mozambique					10	50	16	9	25	47	73
Myanmar					5	30	6	4	20	25	101
Namibia					9	59	15	14	30	55	100
Nepal					9	46	7	6	33	31	143
New Caledonia					6	41	20	9	12	97	52
Nicaragua					9	31	12	2	17	45	52
Niger					9	42	14	6	22	47	74
North Macedonia					8	77	23	17	37	106	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	52	11	12	29	46	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	18	2	1	15	9	45
Seychelles					7	24	0	2	22	8	85
Sierra Leone					12	55	15	12	28	51	80
Singapore					13	83	22	12	49	86	165
Solomon Islands					9	58	24	9	25	119	121
Somalia					8	21	1	4	16	6	45
South Sudan					3	12	0	6	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	80	19	24	37	72	119
Suriname					16	75	26	16	33	118	118
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	51	12	16	23	49	71
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	56	22	12	22	56	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	176	32	32	112	152	376
Vietnam					9	62	18	6	38	69	110
Yemen					11	66	15	16	35	67	108
Zambia					15	109	50	21	38	164	107
Zimbabwe					12	78	22	22	34	73	97

Includes data from RSSSF.