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	202	122	49	31	436	138
France	2	2	2	16	23	196	112	41	43	379	179
Germany	4	4	4	20	21	220	154	39	27	568	207
Italy	4	2	1	18	22	207	128	51	28	380	157
Spain	1			16	21	196	122	43	31	414	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	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	169	81	33	55	294	205
Belgium			1	14	22	198	108	39	51	392	227
Bolivia				3	20	192	49	35	108	218	381
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	8	75	34	15	26	138	90
Bulgaria				7	21	167	65	37	65	238	260
Cameroon				8	15	132	67	35	30	197	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	97	46	21	30	156	114
Costa Rica				6	18	214	102	55	57	348	228
Croatia		1	2	6	8	108	61	29	18	192	85
Cuba				1	15	79	25	21	33	103	122
Czech Republic		2		9	21	186	94	37	55	337	183
Denmark				6	17	159	79	37	43	285	174
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	173	72	35	66	268	215
Ghana				4	15	116	57	29	30	181	99
Greece				3	21	150	59	35	56	179	209
Haiti				1	16	106	45	19	42	180	155
Honduras				3	16	180	74	49	57	280	215
Hungary		2		9	21	168	79	33	56	330	240
Iceland				1	15	123	31	24	68	141	247
Indonesia				1	15	100	27	21	52	123	208
Iran				6	12	179	105	43	31	362	132
Iraq				1	13	142	67	36	39	261	134
Ireland				3	22	166	61	55	50	224	192
Israel				1	20	138	47	37	54	200	208
Ivory Coast				3	13	104	57	29	18	193	84
Jamaica				1	13	129	47	32	50	148	167
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	196	124	41	31	447	156
New Zealand				2	15	111	62	21	28	268	111
Nigeria				6	16	143	72	41	30	224	120
North Korea				2	11	106	43	23	40	142	126
Northern Ireland				3	20	159	50	44	65	174	196
Norway				3	20	150	57	36	57	221	197
Panama				1	13	125	43	29	53	157	192
Paraguay				8	21	217	83	54	80	257	263
Peru				5	19	204	57	50	97	210	287
Poland			2	9	20	171	88	30	53	319	206
Portugal			1	8	22	188	103	42	43	356	191
Qatar				1	13	143	69	26	48	252	157
Romania				7	21	165	83	35	47	279	180
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	173	93	40	40	301	160
Scotland				8	20	163	76	38	49	242	189
Senegal				3	14	93	44	29	20	144	81
Serbia				4	6	66	34	14	18	112	71
Slovakia				1	8	82	39	20	23	137	83
Slovenia				2	8	82	30	21	31	101	95
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	197	106	35	56	370	210
Switzerland				12	22	185	85	46	54	284	223
Togo				1	12	84	25	22	37	82	109
Trinidad and Tobago				1	16	152	62	33	57	230	194
Tunisia				6	16	140	74	36	30	228	112
Turkey			1	2	19	153	61	28	64	237	233
Ukraine				1	8	89	42	30	17	135	76
United Arab Emirates				1	11	137	61	27	49	228	151
United States			1	11	21	205	92	48	65	326	258
Wales				2	20	144	47	34	63	186	200
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	120	27	16	77	90	203
American Samoa					6	20	4	1	15	13	139
Andorra					7	69	4	4	61	25	201
Anguilla					7	20	0	3	17	3	86
Antigua and Barbuda					12	50	17	7	26	75	96
Armenia					8	76	14	17	45	63	151
Aruba					8	24	5	3	16	29	71
Azerbaijan					8	70	7	16	47	36	133
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	70	14	12	44	70	136
Belize					8	33	8	6	19	38	69
Benin					10	60	21	10	29	63	104
Bermuda					9	48	18	11	19	94	80
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	74	21	17	36	79	111
Cook Islands					7	22	3	1	18	18	68
Curaçao					18	74	21	22	31	87	122
Cyprus					17	131	18	17	96	102	329
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	37	13	7	17	35	48
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					11	91	18	13	60	81	204
Eswatini					9	31	4	8	19	22	60
Ethiopia					13	59	13	17	29	61	87
Faroe Islands					9	87	12	8	67	51	213
Fiji					11	60	22	12	26	119	116
Finland					21	145	38	26	81	153	318
Gabon					10	73	31	13	29	86	82
Gambia					10	36	10	7	19	48	57
Georgia					8	68	12	17	39	63	110
Gibraltar					3	26	0	0	26	9	110
Grenada					9	33	10	4	19	62	66
Guam					4	22	3	1	18	11	87
Guatemala					17	132	56	34	42	222	151
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	75	14	15	46	84	160
Kenya					14	84	27	22	35	99	114
Kosovo					3	22	3	4	15	11	43
Kyrgyzstan					8	55	20	9	26	82	86
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					10	92	22	20	50	97	157
Lebanon					10	82	24	21	37	108	133
Lesotho					9	36	5	13	18	24	64
Liberia					12	78	21	16	41	60	111
Libya					12	73	27	18	28	79	80
Liechtenstein					8	76	2	7	67	25	242
Lithuania					11	88	18	19	51	69	141
Luxembourg					22	146	8	10	128	78	461
Macao					11	39	4	3	32	17	173
Madagascar					11	53	19	11	23	66	72
Malawi					12	75	19	18	38	67	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	118	3	14	101	43	346
Mauritania					8	32	3	9	20	19	55
Mauritius					9	30	2	6	22	21	69
Moldova					8	74	5	14	55	44	171
Mongolia					7	26	4	1	21	12	82
Montenegro					5	46	15	13	18	65	71
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	15	14	32	56	106
Nepal					9	46	7	6	33	31	143
New Caledonia					6	41	20	9	12	97	52
Nicaragua					9	33	12	2	19	46	59
Niger					9	44	16	6	22	51	75
North Macedonia					8	79	23	19	37	107	118
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	83	0	2	81	13	388
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	77	26	18	33	120	120
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	52	12	16	24	49	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	111	51	21	39	165	108
Zimbabwe					12	80	22	23	35	73	98

Includes data from RSSSF.