World Cup Teams | Seasons > 2026 | Competitions

Since 1930
Country	1st	2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Argentina	3	3		19	20	261	147	61	53	450	246
Brazil	5	2	2	23	23	261	167	57	37	545	201
England	1			17	20	205	125	49	31	444	140
France	2	2	2	17	23	200	116	41	43	392	181
Germany	4	4	4	21	21	224	158	39	27	585	209
Italy	4	2	1	18	22	211	130	52	29	386	162
Spain	1			17	21	200	124	45	31	424	158
Uruguay	2			15	21	251	109	68	74	354	277
Country (has qualified)		2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Algeria				5	15	122	56	30	36	190	129
Angola				1	11	82	29	32	21	99	77
Australia				7	16	199	110	48	41	463	172
Austria			1	8	20	173	83	34	56	300	209
Belgium			1	15	22	202	109	42	51	401	229
Bolivia				3	20	194	50	35	109	221	384
Bosnia-Herzegovina				2	8	81	35	19	27	146	99
Bulgaria				7	21	169	66	37	66	240	263
Cameroon				8	15	133	67	35	31	197	124
Canada				3	16	145	63	39	43	224	157
Cape Verde				1	7	52	23	9	20	60	62
Chile			1	9	20	214	78	45	91	283	297
China				1	13	145	78	22	45	285	134
Colombia				7	18	211	79	64	68	263	227
Congo DR				2	12	101	48	23	30	160	116
Costa Rica				6	18	216	102	56	58	348	229
Croatia		1	2	7	8	111	63	29	19	200	92
Cuba				1	15	79	25	21	33	103	122
Curaçao				1	18	78	22	24	32	95	129
Czech Republic		2		10	21	191	95	40	56	349	190
Denmark				6	17	163	80	39	44	295	182
East Germany				1	9	53	24	10	19	92	70
Ecuador				5	17	194	67	49	78	224	241
Egypt				4	16	121	67	26	28	207	111
El Salvador				2	15	175	72	35	68	268	222
Ghana				5	15	117	58	29	30	182	99
Greece				3	21	152	60	36	56	182	211
Haiti				2	16	110	47	19	44	183	159
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				7	12	181	105	45	31	364	134
Iraq				2	13	147	69	37	41	267	144
Ireland				3	22	169	63	56	50	231	196
Israel				1	20	139	48	37	54	204	209
Ivory Coast				4	13	106	58	29	19	195	86
Jamaica				1	13	133	48	34	51	150	169
Japan				8	17	181	105	36	40	392	127
Jordan				1	11	96	40	21	35	152	112
Kuwait				1	14	118	54	23	41	194	125
Mexico				18	21	251	140	56	55	518	235
Morocco				7	16	151	72	47	32	219	111
Netherlands		3	1	12	20	200	126	43	31	459	160
New Zealand				3	15	113	62	22	29	271	116
Nigeria				6	16	145	73	42	30	229	122
North Korea				2	11	106	43	23	40	142	126
Northern Ireland				3	20	162	51	44	67	175	199
Norway				4	20	154	61	36	57	236	202
Panama				2	13	128	45	29	54	163	195
Paraguay				9	21	219	84	54	81	259	267
Peru				5	19	204	57	50	97	210	287
Poland			2	9	20	175	90	31	54	327	213
Portugal			1	9	22	191	104	43	44	366	195
Qatar				2	13	145	69	27	49	253	164
Romania				7	21	168	84	35	49	287	185
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				7	13	175	93	41	41	302	165
Scotland				9	20	167	78	38	51	249	195
Senegal				4	14	95	44	29	22	147	87
Serbia				4	6	68	35	14	19	114	74
Slovakia				1	8	85	40	20	25	141	93
Slovenia				2	8	84	30	22	32	102	98
South Africa				4	9	77	39	17	21	99	75
South Korea				12	17	206	113	54	39	378	177
Sweden		1	2	13	22	203	109	36	58	384	224
Switzerland				13	22	189	87	48	54	294	227
Togo				1	12	84	25	22	37	82	109
Trinidad and Tobago				1	16	154	63	34	57	233	196
Tunisia				7	16	142	74	36	32	229	121
Turkey			1	3	19	159	64	29	66	243	238
Ukraine				1	8	92	43	30	19	138	83
United Arab Emirates				1	11	139	61	28	50	230	154
United States			1	12	22	207	94	48	65	332	259
Uzbekistan				1	8	119	64	24	31	221	118
Wales				2	20	147	49	35	63	195	202
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	123	28	16	79	92	207
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					7	22	4	4	14	21	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
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
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
Kazakhstan					8	76	14	16	46	85	161
Kenya					14	84	27	22	35	99	114
Kosovo					3	26	5	5	16	18	48
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	42	20	9	13	97	53
Nicaragua					9	35	13	2	20	48	61
Niger					9	44	16	6	22	51	75
North Macedonia					8	81	23	19	39	108	129
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	80	27	18	35	126	125
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					7	15	1	2	12	7	69
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
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.