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	255	143	60	52	440	244
Brazil	5	2	2	22	23	255	164	55	36	537	199
England	1			16	20	198	118	49	31	423	138
France	2	2	2	16	22	192	109	40	43	370	176
Germany	4	4	4	20	20	216	151	39	26	560	204
Italy	4	2	1	18	21	201	123	51	27	362	149
Spain	1			16	20	192	118	43	31	399	156
Uruguay	2			14	21	245	107	65	73	346	272
Country (has qualified)		2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Algeria				4	15	116	52	29	35	180	123
Angola				1	11	78	28	30	20	94	73
Australia				6	16	195	107	48	40	458	169
Austria			1	7	19	163	76	33	54	275	202
Belgium			1	14	21	192	104	37	51	371	221
Bolivia				3	20	188	47	35	106	215	376
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	8	71	32	14	25	128	86
Bulgaria				7	20	163	65	37	61	237	244
Cameroon				8	15	128	65	34	29	192	122
Canada				2	15	143	62	38	43	217	156
Chile			1	9	20	210	78	44	88	283	291
China				1	13	143	77	22	44	284	133
Colombia				6	18	206	76	62	68	250	222
Congo DR				1	12	93	43	21	29	148	110
Costa Rica				6	18	208	99	52	57	330	222
Croatia		1	2	6	7	102	56	28	18	172	84
Cuba				1	15	77	24	21	32	101	120
Czech Republic		2		9	21	181	92	36	53	331	176
Denmark				6	16	155	76	36	43	273	173
East Germany				1	9	53	24	10	19	92	70
Ecuador				4	17	188	66	45	77	223	240
Egypt				3	16	115	63	24	28	197	109
El Salvador				2	15	167	70	34	63	262	210
Ghana				4	15	112	54	28	30	173	98
Greece				3	20	146	58	35	53	172	199
Haiti				1	16	100	43	17	40	168	144
Honduras				3	16	174	70	47	57	272	215
Hungary		2		9	20	164	78	31	55	322	233
Iceland				1	14	119	30	23	66	130	238
Indonesia				1	15	96	26	21	49	120	198
Iran				6	12	177	104	43	30	359	131
Iraq				1	13	138	65	35	38	259	132
Ireland				3	21	162	60	54	48	220	187
Israel				1	20	133	45	37	51	189	194
Ivory Coast				3	13	100	54	28	18	182	84
Jamaica				1	13	123	42	32	49	134	165
Japan				7	17	177	103	35	39	380	124
Kuwait				1	14	116	54	23	39	194	119
Mexico				17	20	249	138	56	55	515	235
Morocco				6	16	146	68	46	32	209	110
Netherlands		3	1	11	19	190	119	40	31	425	153
New Zealand				2	15	111	62	21	28	268	111
Nigeria				6	16	139	69	40	30	216	118
North Korea				2	11	104	43	22	39	140	121
Northern Ireland				3	19	155	48	44	63	168	191
Norway				3	20	146	53	36	57	201	196
Panama				1	13	119	40	26	53	149	190
Paraguay				8	21	213	81	53	79	254	262
Peru				5	19	200	57	48	95	210	283
Poland			2	9	20	167	86	29	52	312	202
Portugal			1	8	21	184	100	41	43	345	187
Qatar				1	13	139	67	25	47	249	153
Romania				7	21	161	81	34	46	273	176
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	169	91	39	39	295	156
Scotland				8	19	159	73	37	49	235	187
Senegal				3	14	89	40	29	20	130	79
Serbia				4	5	60	31	13	16	105	64
Slovakia				1	7	78	36	20	22	132	81
Slovenia				2	7	78	30	18	30	99	90
South Africa				3	9	71	38	14	19	93	68
South Korea				11	17	202	110	54	38	370	175
Sweden		1	2	12	21	193	106	34	53	368	203
Switzerland				12	21	181	82	45	54	275	223
Togo				1	12	80	24	21	35	81	106
Trinidad and Tobago				1	16	146	60	31	55	219	187
Tunisia				6	16	136	70	36	30	215	112
Turkey			1	2	18	149	58	28	63	224	223
Ukraine				1	7	85	40	29	16	127	69
United Arab Emirates				1	11	133	60	25	48	224	147
United States			1	11	21	205	92	48	65	326	258
Wales				2	20	140	45	34	61	177	192
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	116	25	14	77	87	202
American Samoa					6	20	4	1	15	13	139
Andorra					7	64	4	3	57	22	190
Anguilla					7	18	0	3	15	3	77
Antigua and Barbuda					12	48	17	7	24	75	93
Armenia					7	72	13	17	42	61	142
Aruba					8	22	5	2	15	28	65
Azerbaijan					7	66	7	15	44	34	122
Bahamas					7	20	4	4	12	21	66
Bahrain					12	110	39	33	38	136	114
Bangladesh					11	66	11	10	45	41	163
Barbados					10	43	11	6	26	40	83
Belarus					7	66	14	12	40	68	121
Belize					8	31	8	6	17	38	66
Benin					10	56	18	10	28	57	100
Bermuda					9	42	16	11	15	85	65
Bhutan					3	14	4	0	10	11	62
Botswana					8	42	13	6	23	42	61
British Virgin Islands					7	18	0	5	13	8	61
Brunei					5	18	2	0	16	5	74
Burkina Faso					10	72	32	15	25	112	89
Burundi					8	28	10	6	12	32	35
Cambodia					7	38	4	5	29	22	136
Cape Verde					7	46	20	6	20	49	57
Cayman Islands					8	22	1	6	15	9	56
Central African Republic					5	22	3	4	15	20	43
Chad					7	24	6	2	16	17	41
Comoros					5	16	4	4	8	14	28
Congo					11	71	21	16	34	77	106
Cook Islands					7	22	3	1	18	18	68
Curaçao					18	68	17	20	31	72	118
Cyprus					17	126	17	15	94	94	322
Djibouti					6	27	2	3	22	16	106
Dominica					8	26	4	5	17	22	67
Dominican Republic					10	35	13	6	16	54	55
Equatorial Guinea					7	34	12	6	16	31	44
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					11	86	18	12	56	78	191
Eswatini					9	27	4	7	16	20	50
Ethiopia					13	55	12	17	26	59	80
Faroe Islands					9	82	8	8	66	42	210
Fiji					11	60	22	12	26	119	116
Finland					21	140	36	26	78	148	307
Gabon					10	69	28	12	29	76	79
Gambia					10	32	7	7	18	33	52
Georgia					7	64	11	17	36	57	101
Gibraltar					3	22	0	0	22	8	97
Grenada					9	31	8	4	19	53	64
Guam					4	22	3	1	18	11	87
Guatemala					17	126	54	32	40	215	143
Guinea					14	87	37	15	35	123	113
Guinea-Bissau					8	26	5	10	11	21	38
Guyana					12	40	9	6	25	43	91
Hong Kong					14	89	25	18	46	103	158
India					10	57	12	17	28	52	101
Jordan					11	92	39	21	32	147	106
Kazakhstan					8	70	13	14	43	79	151
Kenya					14	80	25	22	33	92	108
Kosovo					2	18	1	3	14	8	39
Kyrgyzstan					8	53	20	7	26	79	83
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					10	87	22	18	47	94	147
Lebanon					10	82	24	21	37	108	133
Lesotho					9	32	3	13	16	19	57
Liberia					12	74	20	14	40	54	104
Libya					12	69	25	16	28	73	77
Liechtenstein					8	72	2	7	63	25	224
Lithuania					11	83	18	17	48	65	133
Luxembourg					21	142	8	10	124	77	451
Macao					11	39	4	3	32	17	173
Madagascar					11	49	16	11	22	58	66
Malawi					12	72	18	17	37	63	101
Malaysia					14	75	25	15	35	100	134
Maldives					8	42	9	4	29	45	143
Mali					7	54	21	16	17	69	57
Malta					14	114	3	12	99	42	333
Mauritania					8	28	2	7	19	17	51
Mauritius					9	26	2	5	19	20	62
Moldova					8	70	5	13	52	42	153
Mongolia					7	26	4	1	21	12	82
Montenegro					5	42	15	13	14	65	59
Montserrat					7	15	2	3	10	19	56
Mozambique					10	48	15	9	24	45	69
Myanmar					5	30	6	4	20	25	101
Namibia					9	57	14	14	29	51	98
Nepal					9	46	7	6	33	31	143
New Caledonia					6	41	20	9	12	97	52
Nicaragua					9	27	11	1	15	43	46
Niger					9	40	13	6	21	46	69
North Macedonia					8	74	21	16	37	99	116
Oman					10	102	46	23	33	160	98
Pakistan					10	40	1	5	34	15	148
Palestine					9	51	14	13	24	72	77
Papua New Guinea					6	29	9	7	13	53	49
Philippines					6	35	7	6	22	31	82
Puerto Rico					11	31	8	8	15	40	57
Rwanda					8	50	10	12	28	45	67
Saarland					1	4	1	1	2	4	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis					8	38	15	8	15	73	66
Saint Lucia					8	26	7	2	17	35	66
Samoa					7	31	11	1	19	42	104
San Marino					9	78	0	2	76	13	363
São Tomé and Príncipe					6	16	2	1	13	7	39
Seychelles					7	22	0	2	20	8	76
Sierra Leone					12	53	14	11	28	48	79
Singapore					13	83	22	12	49	86	165
Solomon Islands					9	58	24	9	25	119	121
Somalia					8	19	1	4	14	6	40
South Sudan					3	10	0	5	5	4	17
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	64	15	8	41	82	193
Sudan					14	78	19	24	35	72	116
Suriname					16	71	24	14	33	114	116
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	49	12	15	22	48	69
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					7	15	1	2	12	7	69
Tuvalu					1	4	0	1	3	2	22
Uganda					11	54	20	12	22	50	66
US Virgin Islands					7	21	3	2	16	9	96
Uzbekistan					8	116	63	23	30	217	115
Vanuatu					8	40	13	3	24	81	100
Venezuela					15	172	31	32	109	147	365
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	76	22	22	32	73	95

Includes data from RSSSF.