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Here, for fun, is a sortable table of World Cup results by country. It's only useful to put confederations together at a glance.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
  • R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 — Round 1
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  •    — Hosts
  •     — Not affiliated to FIFA
  • % — Success rate of reaching the World Cup Finals (only counting the times the team entered the tournament)

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.[1] The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw.[2]

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team Confederation 1930
 
(13)
1934
 
(16)
1938
 
(15)
1950
 
(13)
1954
 
(16)
1958
 
(16)
1962
 
(16)
1966
 
(16)
1970
 
(16)
1974
 
(16)
1978
 
(16)
1982
 
(24)
1986
 
(24)
1990
 
(24)
1994
 
(24)
1998
 
(32)
2002
 
 
(32)
2006
 
(32)
2010
 
(32)
2014
 
(32)
2018
 
(32)
Total participations Qualifying percentage
  Algeria CAF Part of France[3] × R1
13th
R1
22nd
R1
28th
R2
14th
4/12 33.3
  Angola CAF Part of Portugal × R1
23rd
1/9 11.1
  Argentina CONMEBOL 2nd R1
T-9th
× × × R1
13th
R1
10th
QF
5th
R2
8th
1st R2
11th
1st 2nd R2
10th
QF
6th
R1
18th
QF
6th
QF
5th
2nd 16/17 94.1
  Australia AFC R1
14th
R2
16th
R1
21st
R1
30th
4/13 30.7
  Austria UEFA × 4th ••[4] × 3rd R1
15th
× R2
7th
R2
8th
R1
T-18th
R1
23rd
7/17 41.2
  Belgium UEFA R1
11th
R1
15th
R1
13th
× R1
12th
R1
T-10th
R2
10th
4th R2
11th
R2
11th
R1
19th
R2
14th
QF
6th
12/19 63.2
  Bolivia CONMEBOL R1
12th
× × R1
13th
× R1
21st
3/17 17.6
  Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA Part of Yugoslavia[5] × R1
20th
1/5 20.0
  Brazil CONMEBOL R1
6th
R1
14th
3rd 2nd QF
5th
1st 1st R1
11th
1st 4th 3rd R2
5th
QF
5th
R2
9th
1st 2nd 1st QF
5th
QF
6th
4th q 21/21 100.0
  Bulgaria UEFA × × R1
15th
R1
15th
R1
13th
R1
12th
R2
15th
4th R1
29th
7/18 38.9
  Cameroon CAF Part of France × × R1
17th
QF
7th
R1
22nd
R1
25th
R1
20th
R1
31st
R1
32nd
7/12 58.3
  Canada CONCACAF × × × × × × × R1
24th
1/14 7.1
  Chile CONMEBOL R1
5th
× × R1
9th
3rd R1
T-13th
R1
11th
R1
22nd
× R2
16th
R2
10th
R2
9th
9/17 52.9
  China AFC Republic of China × × × × × × × R1
31st
1/10 10.0
  Colombia CONMEBOL × × × R1
14th
R2
14th
R1
19th
R1
21st
QF
5th
5/15 33.3
  Costa Rica CONCACAF × × × × × R2
13th
R1
19th
R1
31st
QF
8th
4/15 26.7
  Croatia UEFA Part of Yugoslavia[5] × 3rd R1
23rd
R1
22nd
R1
19th
4/5 80.0
  Cuba CONCACAF QF
8th
× × × × × × × 1/13 7.7
  Czech Republic[6] UEFA × 2nd QF
5th
× R1
14th
R1
9th
2nd R1
15th
R1
19th
QF
6th
R1
20th
9/18 50.0
  Czechoslovakia UEFA see Czech Republic (1930–1994)[6]
  Denmark UEFA × × × × × × R2
9th
QF
8th
R2
10th
R1
24th
4/14 28.6
  DR Congo[7] CAF Part of Belgium × × R1
16th
× 1/10 10.0
  Dutch East Indies AFC see Indonesia (1930–1938)[8]
  East Germany[9] UEFA Part of Germany × × R2
6th
Part of Germany 1/9 11.1
  Ecuador CONMEBOL × × × × × × R1
24th
R2
12th
R1
17th
3/14 21.4
  Egypt CAF × R1
13th
× × × × × × R1
20th
2/13 15.4
Team Confederation 1930
 
(13)
1934
 
(16)
1938
 
(15)
1950
 
(13)
1954
 
(16)
1958
 
(16)
1962
 
(16)
1966
 
(16)
1970
 
(16)
1974
 
(16)
1978
 
(16)
1982
 
(24)
1986
 
(24)
1990
 
(24)
1994
 
(24)
1998
 
(32)
2002
 
 
(32)
2006
 
(32)
2010
 
(32)
2014
 
(32)
2018
 
(32)
Total participations Qualifying percentage
  El Salvador CONCACAF × × × × × × R1
16th
R1
24th
2/13 15.4
  England UEFA × × × R1
8th
QF
6th
R1
11th
QF
8th
1st QF
8th
R2
6th
QF
8th
4th R2
9th
QF
6th
QF
7th
R2
13th
R1
26th
14/17 82.4
  France UEFA R1
7th
R1
T-9th
QF
6th
•• R1
11th
3rd R1
T-13th
R1
12th
4th 3rd 1st R1
28th
2nd R1
29th
QF
7th
14/20 70.0
  Germany[9] UEFA × 3rd R1
10th
× 1st 4th QF
7th
2nd 3rd 1st R2
6th
2nd 2nd 1st QF
5th
QF
7th
2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 18/18 100.0
  Ghana CAF Part of the United Kingdom × × × R2
13th
QF
7th
R1
25th
3/12 25.0
  Greece UEFA × × R1
24th
R1
25th
R2
13th
3/18 16.7
  Haiti CONCACAF × × × × × R1
15th
× 1/14 7.1
  Honduras CONCACAF × × × R1
18th
R1
30th
R1
31st
3/13 20.1
  Hungary UEFA × QF
6th
2nd × 2nd R1
10th
QF
5th
QF
6th
R1
15th
R1
14th
R1
18th
9/18 50.0
  Indonesia[8] AFC × × R1
15th
× × × × × × 1/13 7.7
  India AFC •• × × × × × × × × 0/10 0.0
  Iran AFC × × × × × × R1
14th
× × R1
20th
R1
T-25th
R1
28th
4/9 44.4
  Iraq AFC × × × × × × × R1
23rd
1/10 10.0
  Israel[10] UEFA × R1
12th
1/19 5.3
  Italy UEFA × 1st 1st R1
7th
R1
10th
R1
9th
R1
9th
2nd R1
10th
4th 1st R2
12th
3rd 2nd QF
5th
R2
15th
1st R1
26th
R1
22nd
18/19 94.7
  Ivory Coast CAF Part of France × × × × R1
19th
R1
17th
R1
21st
3/10 30.0
  Jamaica CONCACAF Part of the United Kingdom × × × R1
22nd
1/12 8.3
  Japan AFC × × × × × × R1
31st
R2
9th
R1
T-28th
R2
9th
R1
29th
5/14 35.7
  Kuwait AFC × × × R1
21st
1/12 8.3
  Mexico CONCACAF R1
13th
× R1
12th
R1
13th
R1
16th
R1
11th
R1
12th
QF
6th
R1
16th
QF
6th
× R2
13th
R2
13th
R2
11th
R2
15th
R2
14th
R2
10th
15/18 83.3
  Morocco CAF Part of France × R1
14th
R2
11th
R1
23rd
R1
18th
4/13 30.8
  Netherlands UEFA × R1
T-9th
R1
14th
× × 2nd 2nd R2
15th
QF
7th
4th R2
11th
2nd 3rd 10/17 58.8
  New Zealand OFC × × × × × R1
23rd
R1
22nd
2/12 16.7
  Nigeria CAF Part of the United Kingdom × R2
9th
R2
12th
R1
27th
R1
27th
R2
16th
5/13 38.5
  North Korea AFC Part of Japan × × QF
8th
× × × × R1
32nd
2/10 20.0
  Northern Ireland UEFA × × × QF
8th
R2
9th
R1
21st
3/17 17.6
  Norway UEFA × × R1
12th
× R1
17th
R2
15th
3/17 17.6
Team Confederation 1930
 
(13)
1934
 
(16)
1938
 
(15)
1950
 
(13)
1954
 
(16)
1958
 
(16)
1962
 
(16)
1966
 
(16)
1970
 
(16)
1974
 
(16)
1978
 
(16)
1982
 
(24)
1986
 
(24)
1990
 
(24)
1994
 
(24)
1998
 
(32)
2002
 
 
(32)
2006
 
(32)
2010
 
(32)
2014
 
(32)
2018
 
(32)
Total participations Qualifying percentage
  Paraguay CONMEBOL R1
9th
× × R1
11th
R1
12th
R2
13th
R2
14th
R2
16th
R1
18th
QF
8th
8/18 44.4
  Peru CONMEBOL R1
10th
× × × × QF
7th
R2
8th
R1
20th
4/16 25.0
  Poland UEFA × R1
11th
× × 3rd R2
5th
3rd R2
14th
R1
25th
R1
21st
7/17 41.2
  Portugal UEFA × 3rd R1
17th
R1
21st
4th R2
11th
R1
18th
6/19 31.6
  Republic of Ireland[11] UEFA × QF
8th
R2
16th
R2
12th
3/19 15.8
  Romania UEFA R1
8th
R1
12th
R1
9th
× R1
T-10th
R2
12th
QF
6th
R2
11th
7/19 36.8
  Russia[12] UEFA × × × × × QF
7th
QF
6th
4th QF
5th
R2
7th
R2
10th
R1
17th
R1
18th
R1
22nd
R1
24th
q 10/15 66.7
  Saudi Arabia AFC × × × × × R2
12th
R1
28th
R1
32nd
R1
T-28th
4/10 40.0
  Scotland UEFA × × × •• R1
15th
R1
14th
R1
9th
R1
11th
R1
15th
R1
19th
R1
T-18th
R1
27th
8/17 47.1
  Senegal CAF Part of France × × × × QF
7th
1/10 10.0
  Serbia[5] UEFA 4th[13] R1
5th
QF
7th
QF
5th
4th R2
7th
R1
16th
QF
5th
× R2
10th
R1
32nd
R1
23rd
11/19 57.9
  Serbia and Montenegro UEFA see Serbia (2006)[5]
  Slovakia UEFA Part of Czechoslovakia[6] R2
16th
1/5 20.0
  Slovenia UEFA Part of Yugoslavia[5] × R1
30th
R1
18th
2/5 40.0
  South Africa CAF × × × × × × × × × × R1
24th
R1
17th
R1
20th
3/6 50.0
  South Korea AFC Part of Japan × R1
16th
× × R1
20th
R1
22nd
R1
20th
R1
30th
4th R1
17th
R2
15th
R1
27th
9/14 64.3
  Soviet Union UEFA see Russia (1930–1990)[12]
  Spain UEFA × QF
5th
× 4th R1
12th
R1
10th
R1
10th
R2
12th
QF
7th
R2
10th
QF
8th
R1
17th
QF
5th
R2
9th
1st R1
23rd
14/18 77.8
  Sweden UEFA × QF
8th
4th 3rd 2nd R1
9th
R2
5th
R1
13th
R1
21st
3rd R2
13th
R2
14th
11/19 57.9
   Switzerland UEFA × QF
7th
QF
7th
R1
6th
QF
8th
R1
16th
R1
16th
R2
15th
R2
10th
R1
19th
R2
11th
10/19 52.6
  Togo CAF Part of France × × × × × R1
30th
1/10 10.0
  Trinidad and Tobago CONCACAF Part of the United Kingdom R1
27th
1/13 7.7
  Tunisia CAF Part of France × R1
9th
R1
26th
R1
29th
R1
24th
4/13 30.8
  Turkey UEFA × × × •• R1
9th
× 3rd 2/16 12.5
  Ukraine UEFA Part of Soviet Union[12] × QF
8th
1/5 20.0
  United Arab Emirates AFC × × × R1
24th
1/8 12.5
  United States CONCACAF 3rd[13] R1
16th
× R1
10th
R1
23rd
R2
14th
R1
32nd
QF
8th
R1
T-25th
R2
12th
R2
15th
10/19 52.6
  Uruguay CONMEBOL 1st × × 1st 4th R1
13th
QF
7th
4th R1
13th
R2
16th
R2
16th
R1
26th
4th R2
12th
12/18 66.7
  Wales UEFA × × × QF
6th
1/17 5.9
  West Germany UEFA see Germany (1950–1990)[9]
  Yugoslavia UEFA see Serbia (1930 for Kingdom of Yugoslavia; 1950-1990 for SFR Yugoslavia; 1994–2002 for FR Yugoslavia)[5]
  Zaire CAF see Congo DR (1974–1994)[7]
Team Confederation 1930
 
(13)
1934
 
(16)
1938
 
(15)
1950
 
(13)
1954
 
(16)
1958
 
(16)
1962
 
(16)
1966
 
(16)
1970
 
(16)
1974
 
(16)
1978
 
(16)
1982
 
(24)
1986
 
(24)
1990
 
(24)
1994
 
(24)
1998
 
(32)
2002
 
 
(32)
2006
 
(32)
2010
 
(32)
2014
 
(32)
2018
 
(32)
Total participations Qualifying percentage
  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2006. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help)
  2. ^ Seeding of national teams (PDF). Accessed 8 June 2006.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Algeria was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference Yugoslavia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Czechoslovakia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Zaire was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Indonesia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Germany was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Israel competed as Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) in 1934 and in 1938, with a team consisting exclusively of Jewish and British footballers from the Palestine Mandate.
  11. ^ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
  12. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference USSR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ a b There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.