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	247	138	59	50	422	238
Brazil	5	2	2	22	23	247	160	53	34	525	190
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	237	106	60	71	342	267
Country (has qualified)		2nd	3rd	Qual.	N	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
Algeria				4	15	112	49	29	34	169	118
Angola				1	11	74	27	28	19	90	69
Australia				6	16	183	100	44	39	431	163
Austria			1	7	19	163	76	33	54	275	202
Belgium			1	14	21	192	104	37	51	371	221
Bolivia				3	20	180	44	33	103	205	360
Bosnia-Herzegovina				1	7	69	30	14	25	125	85
Bulgaria				7	20	163	65	37	61	237	244
Cameroon				8	15	124	63	32	29	184	119
Canada				2	15	143	62	38	43	217	156
Chile			1	9	20	202	77	42	83	277	277
China				1	13	131	74	20	37	271	109
Colombia				6	18	198	74	60	64	238	211
Congo DR				1	12	89	40	20	29	143	109
Costa Rica				6	17	206	97	52	57	323	222
Croatia		1	2	6	7	102	56	28	18	172	84
Cuba				1	14	75	23	21	31	97	117
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	180	62	42	76	215	238
Egypt				3	16	111	60	23	28	191	107
El Salvador				2	14	165	69	33	63	259	209
Ghana				4	15	108	50	28	30	159	94
Greece				3	20	146	58	35	53	172	199
Haiti				1	15	98	41	17	40	163	142
Honduras				3	15	172	68	47	57	263	213
Hungary		2		9	20	164	78	31	55	322	233
Iceland				1	14	119	30	23	66	130	238
Indonesia				1	15	84	21	18	45	106	182
Iran				6	12	165	95	40	30	333	122
Iraq				1	13	126	58	32	36	240	124
Ireland				3	21	162	60	54	48	220	187
Israel				1	19	131	44	37	50	185	189
Ivory Coast				3	13	96	51	27	18	179	84
Jamaica				1	12	121	40	32	49	130	163
Japan				7	17	165	93	33	39	342	122
Kuwait				1	14	104	53	17	34	185	100
Mexico				17	20	249	138	56	55	515	235
Morocco				6	16	142	64	46	32	197	108
Netherlands		3	1	11	19	190	119	40	31	425	153
New Zealand				2	14	106	57	21	28	239	110
Nigeria				6	16	135	68	38	29	211	114
North Korea				2	11	92	41	20	31	128	100
Northern Ireland				3	19	155	48	44	63	168	191
Norway				3	19	144	51	36	57	192	194
Panama				1	12	117	38	26	53	144	189
Paraguay				8	21	205	77	49	79	244	256
Peru				5	19	192	55	46	91	205	274
Poland			2	9	19	165	84	29	52	309	202
Portugal			1	8	21	184	100	41	43	345	187
Qatar				1	13	127	61	23	43	226	130
Romania				7	20	159	80	34	45	268	174
Russia				11	17	169	99	34	36	323	133
Saudi Arabia				6	13	157	87	34	36	285	147
Scotland				8	19	159	73	37	49	235	187
Senegal				3	14	85	38	27	20	126	78
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	67	35	13	19	85	66
South Korea				11	17	190	103	49	38	344	167
Sweden		1	2	12	21	193	106	34	53	368	203
Switzerland				12	21	181	82	45	54	275	223
Togo				1	12	76	24	19	33	78	100
Trinidad and Tobago				1	15	144	59	30	55	210	184
Tunisia				6	16	132	67	35	30	211	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	121	53	23	45	200	138
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	26	6	4	16	18	72
Albania					13	114	24	14	76	84	200
American Samoa					5	18	3	1	14	11	136
Andorra					6	62	4	3	55	22	186
Anguilla					6	14	0	1	13	2	64
Antigua and Barbuda					11	46	17	6	23	74	91
Armenia					7	72	13	17	42	61	142
Aruba					7	20	5	1	14	26	61
Azerbaijan					7	66	7	15	44	34	122
Bahamas					6	18	4	4	10	20	58
Bahrain					12	98	36	28	34	122	100
Bangladesh					11	62	11	10	41	41	151
Barbados					9	41	11	6	24	38	76
Belarus					7	66	14	12	40	68	121
Belize					7	29	8	6	15	37	59
Benin					10	52	16	9	27	52	95
Bermuda					8	40	16	10	14	83	58
Bhutan					3	14	4	0	10	11	62
Botswana					8	38	11	6	21	36	56
British Virgin Islands					6	14	0	3	11	7	53
Brunei					5	18	2	0	16	5	74
Burkina Faso					10	68	30	14	24	103	83
Burundi					8	24	8	5	11	23	32
Cambodia					7	38	4	5	29	22	136
Cape Verde					7	42	17	6	19	44	52
Cayman Islands					7	20	0	6	14	8	53
Central African Republic					5	18	2	3	13	15	35
Chad					7	20	6	2	12	17	32
Comoros					5	12	2	4	6	10	23
Congo					11	69	21	16	32	77	97
Cook Islands					6	20	3	1	16	16	63
Curaçao					17	66	15	20	31	66	117
Cyprus					16	124	16	15	93	91	320
Djibouti					6	23	2	2	19	12	93
Dominica					7	24	4	5	15	20	58
Dominican Republic					9	33	12	6	15	50	54
Equatorial Guinea					7	30	10	5	15	27	42
Eritrea					5	10	0	3	7	4	20
Estonia					10	84	17	12	55	74	187
Eswatini					9	23	4	5	14	16	44
Ethiopia					13	51	11	15	25	52	76
Faroe Islands					8	80	8	8	64	41	207
Fiji					10	56	21	10	25	114	105
Finland					20	138	35	25	78	145	305
Gabon					10	65	25	12	28	68	75
Gambia					10	28	6	6	16	23	44
Georgia					7	64	11	17	36	57	101
Gibraltar					2	20	0	0	20	7	90
Grenada					8	29	8	3	18	51	59
Guam					4	22	3	1	18	11	87
Guatemala					16	124	52	32	40	206	143
Guinea					14	83	36	14	33	121	110
Guinea-Bissau					8	22	5	8	9	18	32
Guyana					11	38	8	6	24	40	88
Hong Kong					14	85	25	17	43	101	149
India					10	53	12	15	26	50	97
Jordan					11	80	32	17	31	119	98
Kazakhstan					7	68	12	14	42	76	148
Kenya					14	76	25	19	32	87	102
Kosovo					2	18	1	3	14	8	39
Kyrgyzstan					8	41	16	5	20	61	65
Laos					6	29	2	5	22	21	127
Latvia					9	85	21	18	46	93	144
Lebanon					10	78	23	20	35	104	126
Lesotho					9	28	2	12	14	16	53
Liberia					12	70	18	13	39	50	101
Libya					12	65	24	15	26	69	71
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	45	14	10	21	52	61
Malawi					12	68	17	17	34	60	96
Malaysia					14	71	24	14	33	96	128
Maldives					8	42	9	4	29	45	143
Mali					7	50	20	14	16	65	55
Malta					13	112	3	12	97	42	330
Mauritania					8	24	2	6	16	15	44
Mauritius					9	22	1	4	17	14	55
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					6	13	2	3	8	17	49
Mozambique					10	44	12	9	23	38	62
Myanmar					5	26	6	3	17	23	84
Namibia					9	53	13	11	29	48	96
Nepal					9	42	7	5	30	29	129
New Caledonia					5	36	17	8	11	87	45
Nicaragua					8	25	9	1	15	35	45
Niger					9	38	12	6	20	42	67
North Macedonia					7	72	20	15	37	95	115
Oman					10	90	40	21	29	144	87
Pakistan					10	36	1	5	30	15	132
Palestine					9	39	11	9	19	59	60
Papua New Guinea					5	26	9	6	11	48	41
Philippines					6	31	7	6	18	29	71
Puerto Rico					10	29	7	7	15	32	57
Rwanda					8	46	9	11	26	43	63
Saarland					1	4	1	1	2	4	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis					7	36	14	8	14	72	62
Saint Lucia					7	24	7	1	16	32	62
Samoa					6	26	9	1	16	37	88
San Marino					8	76	0	2	74	12	356
São Tomé and Príncipe					6	12	2	1	9	5	31
Seychelles					7	18	0	2	16	6	60
Sierra Leone					12	49	12	10	27	41	74
Singapore					13	79	22	11	46	82	149
Solomon Islands					8	55	23	9	23	115	116
Somalia					8	15	1	3	11	4	33
South Sudan					3	6	0	3	3	2	11
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					8	62	15	8	39	80	186
Sudan					14	74	17	22	35	66	115
Suriname					15	69	22	14	33	106	115
Syria					16	103	45	23	35	206	123
Tahiti					8	43	15	8	20	65	85
Taiwan					13	70	8	4	58	46	238
Tajikistan					8	46	18	9	19	84	69
Tanzania					12	47	11	15	21	47	67
Thailand					14	99	27	21	51	129	168
Timor-Leste					5	18	2	2	14	13	74
Tonga					6	22	7	1	14	23	82
Turkmenistan					8	48	20	6	22	75	75
Turks and Caicos Islands					6	13	1	0	12	6	68
Tuvalu					1	4	0	1	3	2	22
Uganda					11	50	18	12	20	46	61
US Virgin Islands					6	19	3	0	16	8	95
Uzbekistan					8	104	55	20	29	198	107
Vanuatu					7	37	12	3	22	76	89
Venezuela					15	164	30	29	105	140	351
Vietnam					9	58	17	6	35	65	101
Yemen					11	62	15	14	33	64	101
Zambia					15	106	50	21	35	163	102
Zimbabwe					12	72	22	20	30	69	87

Data from RSSSF.