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	257	144	61	52	442	245
Brazil	5	2	2	22	23	257	165	56	36	538	199
England	1			16	20	199	119	49	31	424	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	22	203	124	51	28	364	152
Spain	1			16	20	192	118	43	31	399	156
Uruguay	2			14	21	247	108	65	74	348	274
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	197	109	48	40	461	170
Austria			1	7	20	165	78	33	54	281	203
Belgium			1	14	22	194	105	38	51	376	225
Bolivia				3	20	190	48	35	107	217	378
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	8	72	33	14	25	129	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	212	78	44	90	283	294
China				1	13	145	78	22	45	285	134
Colombia				6	18	208	76	64	68	251	223
Congo DR				1	12	93	43	21	29	148	110
Costa Rica				6	18	210	101	52	57	340	223
Croatia		1	2	6	8	104	58	28	18	184	85
Cuba				1	15	79	25	21	33	103	122
Czech Republic		2		9	21	183	93	36	54	334	181
Denmark				6	16	155	76	36	43	273	173
East Germany				1	9	53	24	10	19	92	70
Ecuador				4	17	190	66	47	77	223	240
Egypt				3	16	115	63	24	28	197	109
El Salvador				2	15	169	71	35	63	266	211
Ghana				4	15	112	54	28	30	173	98
Greece				3	20	146	58	35	53	172	199
Haiti				1	16	102	44	17	41	174	149
Honduras				3	16	176	72	47	57	275	215
Hungary		2		9	20	164	78	31	55	322	233
Iceland				1	14	119	30	23	66	130	238
Indonesia				1	15	98	27	21	50	121	204
Iran				6	12	179	105	43	31	362	132
Iraq				1	13	140	66	35	39	260	134
Ireland				3	21	162	60	54	48	220	187
Israel				1	20	134	46	37	51	192	195
Ivory Coast				3	13	100	54	28	18	182	84
Jamaica				1	13	125	44	32	49	138	165
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	146	68	46	32	209	110
Netherlands		3	1	11	20	192	121	40	31	435	153
New Zealand				2	15	111	62	21	28	268	111
Nigeria				6	16	139	69	40	30	216	118
North Korea				2	11	106	43	23	40	142	126
Northern Ireland				3	19	155	48	44	63	168	191
Norway				3	20	148	55	36	57	205	196
Panama				1	13	121	42	26	53	154	190
Paraguay				8	21	215	82	53	80	256	263
Peru				5	19	202	57	50	95	210	283
Poland			2	9	20	168	86	29	53	313	204
Portugal			1	8	21	184	100	41	43	345	187
Qatar				1	13	141	68	25	48	250	156
Romania				7	21	163	82	34	47	276	178
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	171	92	39	40	298	158
Scotland				8	19	159	73	37	49	235	187
Senegal				3	14	89	40	29	20	130	79
Serbia				4	6	62	32	14	16	108	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	204	112	54	38	376	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	148	61	31	56	226	191
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	135	60	27	48	225	148
United States			1	11	21	205	92	48	65	326	258
Wales				2	20	142	46	34	62	183	196
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	118	25	16	77	88	203
American Samoa					6	20	4	1	15	13	139
Andorra					7	66	4	3	59	22	194
Anguilla					7	20	0	3	17	3	86
Antigua and Barbuda					12	50	17	7	26	75	96
Armenia					7	72	13	17	42	61	142
Aruba					8	24	5	3	16	29	71
Azerbaijan					7	66	7	15	44	34	122
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					7	66	14	12	40	68	121
Belize					8	33	8	6	19	38	69
Benin					10	56	18	10	28	57	100
Bermuda					9	44	18	11	15	92	66
Bhutan					3	14	4	0	10	11	62
Botswana					8	42	13	6	23	42	61
British Virgin Islands					7	20	0	5	15	8	65
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	24	1	6	17	9	62
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	70	19	20	31	81	119
Cyprus					17	127	17	15	95	94	324
Djibouti					6	27	2	3	22	16	106
Dominica					8	28	5	5	18	25	72
Dominican Republic					10	37	14	6	17	61	59
Equatorial Guinea					7	34	12	6	16	31	44
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					11	88	18	12	58	79	195
Eswatini					9	27	4	7	16	20	50
Ethiopia					13	55	12	17	26	59	80
Faroe Islands					9	83	9	8	66	44	211
Fiji					11	60	22	12	26	119	116
Finland					21	142	37	26	79	150	310
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	24	0	0	24	9	106
Grenada					9	33	10	4	19	62	66
Guam					4	22	3	1	18	11	87
Guatemala					17	128	55	32	41	219	148
Guinea					14	87	37	15	35	123	113
Guinea-Bissau					8	26	5	10	11	21	38
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	71	13	14	44	79	152
Kenya					14	80	25	22	33	92	108
Kosovo					2	18	1	3	14	8	39
Kyrgyzstan					8	55	20	9	26	82	86
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					10	88	22	19	47	95	148
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	73	2	7	64	25	227
Lithuania					11	84	18	18	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	116	3	13	100	42	341
Mauritania					8	28	2	7	19	17	51
Mauritius					9	26	2	5	19	20	62
Moldova					8	71	5	13	53	42	155
Mongolia					7	26	4	1	21	12	82
Montenegro					5	43	15	13	15	65	61
Montserrat					7	17	3	3	11	20	59
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	29	12	1	16	44	49
Niger					9	40	13	6	21	46	69
North Macedonia					8	76	22	17	37	101	117
Oman					10	104	46	24	34	161	102
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	50	10	12	28	45	67
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	80	0	2	78	13	368
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	66	16	8	42	89	195
Sudan					14	78	19	24	35	72	116
Suriname					16	73	25	15	33	116	117
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	118	64	24	30	220	115
Vanuatu					8	40	13	3	24	81	100
Venezuela					15	174	32	32	110	149	367
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.