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	204	124	49	31	440	138
France	2	2	2	16	23	198	114	41	43	386	180
Germany	4	4	4	20	21	222	156	39	27	576	207
Italy	4	2	1	18	22	209	129	51	29	383	161
Spain	1			16	21	198	123	44	31	420	158
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	120	55	30	35	188	125
Angola				1	11	82	29	32	21	99	77
Australia				6	16	197	109	48	40	461	170
Austria			1	7	20	171	82	34	55	297	206
Belgium			1	14	22	200	109	40	51	400	228
Bolivia				3	20	192	49	35	108	218	381
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	8	77	35	16	26	142	92
Bulgaria				7	21	169	66	37	66	240	263
Cameroon				8	15	133	67	35	31	197	124
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	99	47	22	30	158	115
Costa Rica				6	18	216	102	56	58	348	229
Croatia		1	2	6	8	110	63	29	18	198	88
Cuba				1	15	79	25	21	33	103	122
Czech Republic		2		9	21	187	95	37	55	343	183
Denmark				6	17	161	79	38	44	289	180
East Germany				1	9	53	24	10	19	92	70
Ecuador				4	17	192	67	48	77	224	240
Egypt				3	16	119	66	25	28	203	109
El Salvador				2	15	175	72	35	68	268	222
Ghana				4	15	116	57	29	30	181	99
Greece				3	21	152	60	36	56	182	211
Haiti				1	16	108	47	19	42	183	155
Honduras				3	16	182	74	50	58	280	217
Hungary		2		9	21	170	80	33	57	333	243
Iceland				1	15	125	32	24	69	143	249
Indonesia				1	15	100	27	21	52	123	208
Iran				6	12	179	105	43	31	362	132
Iraq				1	13	144	68	37	39	264	136
Ireland				3	22	168	63	55	50	229	194
Israel				1	20	139	48	37	54	204	209
Ivory Coast				3	13	104	57	29	18	193	84
Jamaica				1	13	131	47	34	50	149	168
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	149	71	46	32	217	110
Netherlands		3	1	11	20	198	125	42	31	452	157
New Zealand				2	15	111	62	21	28	268	111
Nigeria				6	16	145	73	42	30	229	122
North Korea				2	11	106	43	23	40	142	126
Northern Ireland				3	20	161	51	44	66	175	197
Norway				3	20	152	59	36	57	229	199
Panama				1	13	127	45	29	53	163	194
Paraguay				8	21	217	83	54	80	257	263
Peru				5	19	204	57	50	97	210	287
Poland			2	9	20	173	89	31	53	323	209
Portugal			1	8	22	190	104	42	44	365	194
Qatar				1	13	143	69	26	48	252	157
Romania				7	21	167	84	35	48	287	184
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	173	93	40	40	301	160
Scotland				8	20	165	77	38	50	248	194
Senegal				3	14	93	44	29	20	144	81
Serbia				4	6	68	35	14	19	114	74
Slovakia				1	8	84	40	20	24	138	89
Slovenia				2	8	84	30	22	32	102	98
South Africa				3	9	75	39	16	20	98	72
South Korea				11	17	204	112	54	38	376	175
Sweden		1	2	12	22	199	106	36	57	372	215
Switzerland				12	22	187	86	47	54	289	225
Togo				1	12	84	25	22	37	82	109
Trinidad and Tobago				1	16	154	63	34	57	233	196
Tunisia				6	16	140	74	36	30	228	112
Turkey			1	2	19	155	62	29	64	241	235
Ukraine				1	8	91	43	30	18	137	80
United Arab Emirates				1	11	139	61	28	50	230	154
United States			1	11	21	205	92	48	65	326	258
Wales				2	20	146	49	34	63	194	201
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	122	28	16	78	91	205
American Samoa					6	20	4	1	15	13	139
Andorra					7	70	4	4	62	25	202
Anguilla					7	20	0	3	17	3	86
Antigua and Barbuda					12	50	17	7	26	75	96
Armenia					8	78	14	17	47	64	161
Aruba					8	24	5	3	16	29	71
Azerbaijan					8	72	7	16	49	37	138
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	72	14	14	44	72	138
Belize					8	33	8	6	19	38	69
Benin					10	60	21	10	29	63	104
Bermuda					9	50	18	11	21	95	89
Bhutan					3	14	4	0	10	11	62
Botswana					8	46	13	7	26	45	69
British Virgin Islands					7	20	0	5	15	8	65
Brunei					5	18	2	0	16	5	74
Burkina Faso					10	76	35	16	25	122	90
Burundi					8	32	10	6	16	32	41
Cambodia					7	38	4	5	29	22	136
Cape Verde					7	50	23	7	20	58	60
Cayman Islands					8	24	1	6	17	9	62
Central African Republic					5	26	4	4	18	23	54
Chad					7	28	6	3	19	21	50
Comoros					5	20	5	4	11	17	34
Congo					11	76	21	17	38	79	117
Cook Islands					7	22	3	1	18	18	68
Curaçao					18	76	22	23	31	94	122
Cyprus					17	132	18	17	97	102	331
Djibouti					6	31	2	3	26	17	119
Dominica					8	28	5	5	18	25	72
Dominican Republic					10	37	14	6	17	61	59
Equatorial Guinea					7	38	11	7	20	33	57
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					11	92	18	13	61	82	208
Eswatini					9	31	4	8	19	22	60
Ethiopia					13	59	13	17	29	61	87
Faroe Islands					9	88	12	8	68	52	216
Fiji					11	60	22	12	26	119	116
Finland					21	146	38	26	82	153	319
Gabon					10	74	31	13	30	87	86
Gambia					10	36	10	7	19	48	57
Georgia					8	70	12	17	41	64	116
Gibraltar					3	28	0	0	28	10	118
Grenada					9	33	10	4	19	62	66
Guam					4	22	3	1	18	11	87
Guatemala					17	134	57	34	43	227	155
Guinea					14	91	39	17	35	130	116
Guinea-Bissau					8	30	6	11	13	24	41
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	76	14	16	46	85	161
Kenya					14	84	27	22	35	99	114
Kosovo					3	24	4	5	15	14	44
Kyrgyzstan					8	55	20	9	26	82	86
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					10	93	22	20	51	98	159
Lebanon					10	82	24	21	37	108	133
Lesotho					9	36	5	13	18	24	64
Liberia					12	78	22	16	40	63	110
Libya					12	73	27	18	28	79	80
Liechtenstein					8	78	2	7	69	25	250
Lithuania					11	89	18	19	52	69	145
Luxembourg					22	148	8	10	130	78	464
Macao					11	39	4	3	32	17	173
Madagascar					11	53	19	11	23	66	72
Malawi					12	76	20	18	38	70	105
Malaysia					14	75	25	15	35	100	134
Maldives					8	42	9	4	29	45	143
Mali					7	58	24	16	18	78	59
Malta					14	120	4	14	102	46	349
Mauritania					8	32	3	9	20	19	55
Mauritius					9	30	2	6	22	21	69
Moldova					8	76	5	14	57	45	177
Mongolia					7	26	4	1	21	12	82
Montenegro					5	48	16	13	19	69	75
Montserrat					7	17	3	3	11	20	59
Mozambique					10	52	17	9	26	49	75
Myanmar					5	30	6	4	20	25	101
Namibia					9	61	16	14	31	59	105
Nepal					9	46	7	6	33	31	143
New Caledonia					6	41	20	9	12	97	52
Nicaragua					9	35	13	2	20	48	61
Niger					9	44	16	6	22	51	75
North Macedonia					8	80	23	19	38	108	125
Oman					10	106	46	25	35	162	104
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	54	11	12	31	46	72
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	84	0	2	82	14	395
São Tomé and Príncipe					6	20	3	1	16	10	51
Seychelles					7	26	0	2	24	8	99
Sierra Leone					12	57	16	12	29	53	82
Singapore					13	83	22	12	49	86	165
Solomon Islands					9	58	24	9	25	119	121
Somalia					8	23	1	4	18	6	49
South Sudan					3	14	0	7	7	5	26
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	82	19	25	38	72	120
Suriname					16	79	27	18	34	125	123
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	53	13	16	24	52	72
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	58	23	12	23	58	68
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	112	52	21	39	168	108
Zimbabwe					12	80	22	23	35	73	98

Includes data from RSSSF.