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	250	139	60	51	427	241
Brazil	5	2	2	22	23	250	162	53	35	528	192
England	1			16	19	196	116	49	31	418	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	240	106	62	72	342	268
Country (has qualified)		2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Algeria				4	15	114	50	29	35	172	121
Angola				1	11	76	28	29	19	92	70
Australia				6	16	190	105	45	40	448	165
Austria			1	7	19	163	76	33	54	275	202
Belgium			1	14	21	192	104	37	51	371	221
Bolivia				3	20	183	47	33	103	212	361
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	7	69	30	14	25	125	85
Bulgaria				7	20	163	65	37	61	237	244
Cameroon				8	15	126	64	33	29	189	121
Canada				2	15	143	62	38	43	217	156
Chile			1	9	20	205	77	42	86	279	284
China				1	13	138	75	22	41	280	126
Colombia				6	18	201	75	61	65	241	214
Congo DR				1	12	91	41	21	29	145	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	20	179	90	36	53	325	175
Denmark				6	16	155	76	36	43	273	173
East Germany				1	9	53	24	10	19	92	70
Ecuador				4	17	183	63	43	77	216	239
Egypt				3	16	113	61	24	28	194	109
El Salvador				2	15	167	70	34	63	262	210
Ghana				4	15	110	52	28	30	165	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	91	24	21	46	115	187
Iran				6	12	172	100	42	30	345	124
Iraq				1	13	133	64	33	36	253	125
Ireland				3	21	162	60	54	48	220	187
Israel				1	19	131	44	37	50	185	189
Ivory Coast				3	13	98	52	28	18	180	84
Jamaica				1	13	123	42	32	49	134	165
Japan				7	17	172	100	33	39	370	122
Kuwait				1	14	111	54	20	37	188	110
Mexico				17	20	249	138	56	55	515	235
Morocco				6	16	144	66	46	32	205	109
Netherlands		3	1	11	19	190	119	40	31	425	153
New Zealand				2	15	107	58	21	28	242	110
Nigeria				6	16	137	68	39	30	213	117
North Korea				2	11	99	43	22	34	136	109
Northern Ireland				3	19	155	48	44	63	168	191
Norway				3	19	144	51	36	57	192	194
Panama				1	13	119	40	26	53	149	190
Paraguay				8	21	208	78	51	79	245	256
Peru				5	19	195	56	47	92	207	276
Poland			2	9	19	165	84	29	52	309	202
Portugal			1	8	21	184	100	41	43	345	187
Qatar				1	13	134	65	25	44	239	138
Romania				7	20	159	80	34	45	268	174
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	164	90	36	38	294	154
Scotland				8	19	159	73	37	49	235	187
Senegal				3	14	87	39	28	20	128	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	69	36	14	19	89	68
South Korea				11	17	197	108	51	38	361	169
Sweden		1	2	12	21	193	106	34	53	368	203
Switzerland				12	21	181	82	45	54	275	223
Togo				1	12	78	24	20	34	79	102
Trinidad and Tobago				1	16	146	60	31	55	219	187
Tunisia				6	16	134	68	36	30	212	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	128	57	25	46	214	143
United States			1	11	21	205	92	48	65	326	258
Wales				2	19	138	44	33	61	173	190
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					13	114	24	14	76	84	200
American Samoa					6	20	4	1	15	13	139
Andorra					6	62	4	3	55	22	186
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	105	39	31	35	134	108
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	54	18	9	27	55	96
Bermuda					9	42	16	11	15	85	65
Bhutan					3	14	4	0	10	11	62
Botswana					8	40	12	6	22	39	58
British Virgin Islands					7	18	0	5	13	8	61
Brunei					5	18	2	0	16	5	74
Burkina Faso					10	70	30	15	25	106	87
Burundi					8	26	9	6	11	27	34
Cambodia					7	38	4	5	29	22	136
Cape Verde					7	44	18	6	20	46	56
Cayman Islands					8	22	1	6	15	9	56
Central African Republic					5	20	3	3	14	19	39
Chad					7	22	6	2	14	17	35
Comoros					5	14	3	4	7	13	25
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					16	124	16	15	93	91	320
Djibouti					6	25	2	3	20	14	96
Dominica					8	26	4	5	17	22	67
Dominican Republic					10	35	13	6	16	54	55
Equatorial Guinea					7	32	11	5	16	28	43
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					10	84	17	12	55	74	187
Eswatini					9	25	4	5	16	17	47
Ethiopia					13	53	11	17	25	53	77
Faroe Islands					8	80	8	8	64	41	207
Fiji					11	57	22	10	25	115	105
Finland					20	138	35	25	78	145	305
Gabon					10	67	26	12	29	71	78
Gambia					10	30	7	6	17	30	48
Georgia					7	64	11	17	36	57	101
Gibraltar					2	20	0	0	20	7	90
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	85	37	14	34	123	112
Guinea-Bissau					8	24	5	10	9	19	33
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	87	37	18	32	138	103
Kazakhstan					7	68	12	14	42	76	148
Kenya					14	78	25	21	32	88	103
Kosovo					2	18	1	3	14	8	39
Kyrgyzstan					8	48	18	7	23	73	75
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					9	85	21	18	46	93	144
Lebanon					10	82	24	21	37	108	133
Lesotho					9	30	3	12	15	18	54
Liberia					12	72	19	14	39	52	102
Libya					12	67	25	15	27	71	73
Liechtenstein					7	70	2	7	61	25	219
Lithuania					10	81	18	16	47	63	130
Luxembourg					21	142	8	10	124	77	451
Macao					11	39	4	3	32	17	173
Madagascar					11	47	15	11	21	54	62
Malawi					12	70	18	17	35	63	98
Malaysia					14	75	25	15	35	100	134
Maldives					8	42	9	4	29	45	143
Mali					7	52	20	15	17	66	57
Malta					13	112	3	12	97	42	330
Mauritania					8	26	2	6	18	15	47
Mauritius					9	24	2	4	18	17	58
Moldova					7	68	5	13	50	40	145
Mongolia					7	26	4	1	21	12	82
Montenegro					4	40	13	13	14	61	58
Montserrat					7	15	2	3	10	19	56
Mozambique					10	46	14	9	23	41	63
Myanmar					5	30	6	4	20	25	101
Namibia					9	55	13	13	29	49	97
Nepal					9	46	7	6	33	31	143
New Caledonia					6	37	18	8	11	90	46
Nicaragua					9	27	11	1	15	43	46
Niger					9	39	13	6	20	45	67
North Macedonia					7	72	20	15	37	95	115
Oman					10	97	44	22	31	157	92
Pakistan					10	40	1	5	34	15	148
Palestine					9	46	13	11	22	66	69
Papua New Guinea					6	27	9	6	12	49	44
Philippines					6	35	7	6	22	31	82
Puerto Rico					11	31	8	8	15	40	57
Rwanda					8	48	10	11	27	44	64
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	29	11	1	17	42	93
San Marino					8	76	0	2	74	12	356
São Tomé and Príncipe					6	14	2	1	11	6	35
Seychelles					7	20	0	2	18	8	68
Sierra Leone					12	51	13	11	27	45	77
Singapore					13	83	22	12	49	86	165
Solomon Islands					9	56	23	9	24	115	117
Somalia					8	17	1	3	13	6	38
South Sudan					3	8	0	4	4	3	15
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	76	19	22	35	71	115
Suriname					16	71	24	14	33	114	116
Syria					16	107	46	24	37	214	130
Tahiti					9	44	15	8	21	65	88
Taiwan					13	74	8	4	62	48	251
Tajikistan					8	50	19	10	21	88	74
Tanzania					12	48	12	15	21	48	67
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	52	19	12	21	48	63
US Virgin Islands					7	21	3	2	16	9	96
Uzbekistan					8	111	60	22	29	210	110
Vanuatu					8	38	13	3	22	80	90
Venezuela					15	167	30	31	106	141	356
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	74	22	20	32	70	92

Includes data from RSSSF.