European nations at the FIFA World Cup
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Association football is the most popular sport in nearly every European country, and UEFA is one of the six confederations of world football's governing body FIFA. UEFA contains 55 national association members, some of which are partially or entirely located in Asia. A total of 33 of the current members of UEFA have competed at the men's FIFA World Cup, while the defunct East Germany qualified once.
European nations have won the FIFA World Cup a record 12 times.
Overview[edit]
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) | 2022 (32) | 2026 (48) | 2030 (48) | 2034 (48) | Total | |
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Teams | 260 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10[a] | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 99 | |||
Top 8 | — | 8 | 6 | — | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 105 | ||||
Top 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 62 | |||
Top 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | |||
1st | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4th | 15 |
- Bold indicates year(s) of best finish
Results[edit]
Tournament standings[edit]
Team | Champions | Final | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Second round |
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Germany[1] | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
Italy | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
France | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
England | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Czech Republic[4] | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Slovakia[4] | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Croatia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Serbia[2] | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Russia[3] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Republic of Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
East Germany[1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Quarter-finals = knockout round of 8: 1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present; second group stage, top 8: 1974–1978
- Second round = second group stage, top 12: 1982; knockout round of 16: 1986–present
Most finishes in the top four[edit]
Team | No. | Top four finishes |
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Germany[1] | 13 | 1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 |
Italy | 8 | 1934, 1938, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, 2006 |
France | 7 | 1958, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2018, 2022 |
Netherlands | 5 | 1974, 1978, 1998, 2010, 2014 |
Sweden | 4 | 1938, 1950, 1958, 1994 |
England | 3 | 1966, 1990, 2018 |
Croatia | 3 | 1998, 2018, 2022 |
Serbia[2] | 2 | 1930, 1962 |
Austria | 2 | 1934, 1954 |
Czech Republic[4] | 2 | 1934, 1962 |
Slovakia[4] | 2 | 1934, 1962 |
Hungary | 2 | 1938, 1954 |
Spain | 2 | 1950, 2010 |
Portugal | 2 | 1966, 2006 |
Poland | 2 | 1974, 1982 |
Belgium | 2 | 1986, 2018 |
Russia[3] | 1 | 1966 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1994 |
Turkey | 1 | 2002 |
Team results by tournament[edit]
The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.[6][7][8] 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.
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 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) | 2022 (32) | 2026 (48) | 2030 (48) | 2034 (48) | Total | Qual. Comp. |
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Austria | 4th | ••[9] | × | 3rd | R1 15th | • | • | • | R2 7th | R2 8th | • | R1 T-18th | • | R1 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 7 | 19 | ||
Belgium | R1 11th | R1 15th | R1 13th | × | R1 12th | • | • | • | R1 T-10th | • | • | R2 10th | 4th | R2 11th | R2 11th | R1 19th | R2 14th | • | • | QF 6th | 3rd | R1 23rd | TBD | TBD | TBD | 14 | 21 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Part of Yugoslavia[2] | — | • | • | • | • | R1 20th | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Bulgaria | •× | • | • | • | R1 15th | R1 15th | R1 13th | R1 12th | • | • | R2 15th | • | 4th | R1 29th | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 7 | 20 | ||
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia[2] | — | 3rd | R1 23rd | R1 22nd | • | R1 19th | 2nd | 3rd | TBD | TBD | TBD | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Czech Republic[4] | 2nd | QF 5th | R1 14th | R1 9th | 2nd | • | R1 15th | • | • | R1 19th | • | QF 6th | • | • | • | R1 20th | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 9 | 20 | ||
Denmark | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 9th | • | • | QF 8th | R2 10th | • | R1 24th | • | R2 11th | R1 28th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 6 | 16 | ||||||
East Germany[1] | Part of Germany | — | • | • | • | • | R2 6th | • | • | • | • | Part of Germany | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||
England | — | 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 | 4th | QF 6th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 16 | 19 | ||
France | 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 | 1st | 2nd | TBD | TBD | TBD | 16 | 22 |
Germany[1] | 3rd | R1 10th | 1st | 4th | QF 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | R2 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | QF 5th | QF 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | R1 22nd | R1 17th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 20 | 20 | ||
Greece | •× | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 24th | • | • | • | R1 25th | R2 13th | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 3 | 20 | ||
Hungary | QF 6th | 2nd | 2nd | R1 10th | QF 5th | QF 6th | • | • | R1 15th | R1 14th | R1 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 9 | 20 | ||
Iceland | — | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 28th | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 14 | ||||||
Israel[10] | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 21 | |
member of AFC | OFC | OFC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 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 | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 18 | 21 | |
Netherlands | R1 T-9th | R1 14th | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | R2 15th | QF 7th | 4th | • | R2 11th | 2nd | 3rd | • | QF 5th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 11 | 19 | |||
Northern Ireland | — | • | • | QF 8th | • | • | • | • | • | R2 9th | R1 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 3 | 19 | ||
Norway | R1 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 17th | R2 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 3 | 19 | |||
Poland | •× | R1 11th | × | • | • | • | • | 3rd | R2 5th | 3rd | R2 14th | • | • | • | R1 25th | R1 21st | • | • | R1 25th | R2 15th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 9 | 19 | ||
Portugal | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | R1 17th | • | • | • | R1 21st | 4th | R2 11th | R1 18th | R2 13th | QF 8th | TBD | Q | TBD | 8 | 21 | |
Republic of Ireland[11] | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF 8th | R2 16th | • | R2 12th | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 3 | 21 | |
Romania | R1 8th | R1 12th | R1 9th | • | • | • | • | R1 T-10th | • | • | • | • | R2 12th | QF 6th | R2 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 7 | 21 | |
Russia[3] | QF 7th | QF 6th | 4th | QF 5th | •× | • | R2 7th | R2 10th | R1 17th | R1 18th | • | R1 22nd | • | • | R1 24th | QF 8th | •× | TBD | TBD | TBD | 11 | 17 | |||||
Scotland | — | •• | R1 15th | R1 14th | • | • | • | R1 9th | R1 11th | R1 15th | R1 19th | R1 T-18th | • | R1 27th | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 8 | 19 | ||
Serbia[2] | 4th[12] | • | • | R1 5th | QF 7th | QF 5th | 4th | • | • | R2 7th | • | R1 16th | • | QF 5th | × | R2 10th | • | R1 32nd | R1 23rd | • | R1 23rd | R1 29th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 13 | 21 |
Slovakia[4] | 2nd | QF 5th | R1 14th | R1 9th | 2nd | • | R1 15th | • | • | R1 19th | • | QF 6th | • | • | • | • | R2 16th | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 9 | 20 | ||
Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia[2] | — | • | R1 30th | • | R1 18th | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 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 | R2 10th | R2 13th | TBD | Q | TBD | 16 | 20 | |
Sweden | QF 8th | 4th | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | • | R1 9th | R2 5th | R1 13th | • | • | R1 21st | 3rd | • | R2 13th | R2 14th | • | • | QF 7th | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 12 | 21 | |
Switzerland | QF 7th | QF 7th | R1 6th | QF 8th | • | R1 16th | R1 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 15th | • | • | R2 10th | R1 19th | R2 11th | R2 14th | R2 12th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 12 | 21 | |
Turkey | × | •• | R1 9th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 2 | 18 | ||
Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union[3] | — | • | • | QF 8th | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Wales | — | • | • | QF 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 30th | TBD | TBD | TBD | 2 | 19 |
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Overall team records[edit]
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.
- As of 2022 FIFA World Cup
Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Germany[1] | 20 | 112 | 68 | 21 | 23 | 231 | 130 | +101 | 225 |
Italy | 18 | 83 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 128 | 77 | +51 | 156 |
France | 16 | 73 | 39 | 14 | 20 | 136 | 85 | +51 | 131 |
England | 16 | 74 | 32 | 22 | 20 | 104 | 68 | +36 | 118 |
Spain | 16 | 67 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 108 | 75 | +33 | 110 |
Netherlands | 11 | 55 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 96 | 52 | +44 | 104 |
Belgium | 14 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 74 | −5 | 73 |
Sweden | 12 | 51 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 80 | 73 | +7 | 70 |
Russia[3] | 11 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 67 |
Serbia[2] | 13 | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 63 |
Portugal | 8 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 57 |
Poland | 9 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 57 |
Switzerland | 12 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 50 |
Hungary | 9 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 87 | 57 | +30 | 48 |
Croatia | 6 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 47 |
Slovakia[4] | 9 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 42 |
Czech Republic[4] | 9 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 41 |
Austria | 7 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 40 |
Denmark | 6 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 33 |
Romania | 7 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 29 |
Scotland | 8 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 19 |
Bulgaria | 7 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 17 |
Turkey | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 16 |
Republic of Ireland | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
Northern Ireland | 3 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 14 |
Norway | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 |
East Germany[1] | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
Greece | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 8 |
Ukraine | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 |
Wales | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 |
Slovenia | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Israel | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
Iceland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
- Breakdown of successor team records
Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Czechoslovakia (1934–1990) | 8 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 38 |
Czech Republic (2006–present) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
Slovakia (2010–present) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Germany (1934–1938) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 |
West Germany (1950–1990) | 10 | 62 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 131 | 77 | +54 | 122 |
Germany (1994–present) | 8 | 44 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 87 | 40 | +46 | 93 |
Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Soviet Union (1958–1990) | 7 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 51 |
Russia (1994–present) | 4 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 16 |
Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Yugoslavia (1930–1990) | 8 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 49 |
Yugoslavia (1998) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
Serbia and Montenegro (2006) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
Serbia (2010–present) | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 |
Appearances[edit]
Ranking of teams by number of appearances[edit]
Team | Appearances | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best result (* = hosts) |
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Germany[1] | 20 | 18 | 18 | 1934 | 2022 | Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014) |
Italy | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1934 | 2014 | Champions (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006) |
Spain | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1934 | 2022 | Champions (2010) |
England | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1950 | 2022 | Champions (1966*) |
France | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1930 | 2022 | Champions (1998*, 2018) |
Belgium | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1930 | 2022 | Third place (2018) |
Serbia[2] | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1930 | 2022 | Fourth place (1930,[12] 1962) |
Switzerland | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1934 | 2022 | Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954*) |
Sweden | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1934 | 2018 | Runners-up (1958*) |
Russia[3] | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1958 | 2018 | Fourth place (1966) |
Netherlands | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1934 | 2022 | Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) |
Poland | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1938 | 2022 | Third place (1974, 1982) |
Hungary | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1934 | 1986 | Runners-up (1938, 1954) |
Czech Republic[4] | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1934 | 2006 | Runners-up (1934, 1962) |
Slovakia[4] | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1934 | 2010 | Runners-up (1934, 1962) |
Portugal | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1966 | 2022 | Third place (1966) |
Scotland | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1954 | 1998 | First round / Group stage |
Bulgaria | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1962 | 1998 | Fourth place (1994) |
Romania | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1930 | 1998 | Quarter-finals (1994) |
Austria | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1934 | 1998 | Third place (1954) |
Croatia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1998 | 2022 | Runners-up (2018) |
Denmark | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1986 | 2022 | Quarter-finals (1998) |
Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1938 | 1998 | Round of 16 (1998) |
Northern Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1958 | 1986 | Quarter-finals (1958) |
Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1990 | 2002 | Quarter-finals (1990) |
Greece | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1994 | 2014 | Round of 16 (2014) |
Wales | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1958 | 2022 | Quarter-finals (1958) |
Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1954 | 2002 | Third place (2002) |
Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2002 | 2010 | Group stage |
Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1970 | 1970 | Group stage |
East Germany[1] | 1 | 1 | — | 1974 | 1974 | Second round (1974) |
Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 2006 | Quarter-finals (2006) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | 2014 | Group stage |
Iceland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | 2018 | Group stage |
Team | Appearances | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Czechoslovakia (1934–1990) | 8 | 3 | — | 1934 | 1990 | Runners-up (1934, 1962) |
Czech Republic (2006–present) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 2006 | Group stage |
Slovakia (2010–present) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | Round of 16 |
Team | Appearances | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best result (* = hosts) |
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Soviet Union (1958–1990) | 7 | 4 | — | 1958 | 1990 | Fourth place (1966) |
Russia (1994–present) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1994 | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018*) |
Team | Appearances | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best result (* = hosts) |
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Germany (1934–1938) | 2 | 2 | — | 1934 | 1938 | Third place (1934) |
West Germany (1950–1990) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1954 | 1990 | Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990) |
Germany (1994–present) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1994 | 2022 | Champions (2014) |
Team | Appearances | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Yugoslavia (1930–1990) | 8 | 4 | — | 1930 | 1990 | Fourth place (1930,[12] 1962) |
Yugoslavia (1998) | 1 | 1 | — | 1998 | 1998 | Round of 16 |
Serbia and Montenegro (2006) | 1 | 1 | — | 2006 | 2006 | Group stage |
Serbia (2010–present) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2010 | 2022 | Group stage |
Team debuts[edit]
Year | Debutants | Total |
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1930 | Belgium, France, Romania, Yugoslavia[2] | 4 |
1934 | Austria, Czechoslovakia,[4][13][14][15][16][17] Germany,[1] Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland | 9 |
1938 | Norway, Poland | 2 |
1950 | England | 1 |
1954 | Scotland, Turkey | 2 |
1958 | Northern Ireland, Soviet Union,[3] Wales | 3 |
1962 | Bulgaria | 1 |
1966 | Portugal | 1 |
1970 | Israel | 1 |
1974 | East Germany[1] | 1 |
1986 | Denmark | 1 |
1990 | Republic of Ireland | 1 |
1994 | Greece | 1 |
1998 | Croatia[2] | 1 |
2002 | Slovenia[2] | 1 |
2006 | Ukraine[3] | 1 |
2010 | 0 | |
2014 | Bosnia and Herzegovina[2] | 1 |
2018 | Iceland | 1 |
Total | 34 |
- *This total number of UEFA teams which have participated in the World Cups through 2018 is 34, using FIFA's view on successor teams (e.g., Russia is a successor of USSR and not a separate team, whereas Ukraine is a newer separate entity).
- #Israel represented AFC in the 1970 tournament.
Not qualified[edit]
22 of the 55 active FIFA and UEFA members have never qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Number of Qualifying attempts | 1930 | 1934 | 1938 | 1950 | 1954 | 1958 | 1962 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 |
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