European nations at the FIFA World Cup
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) |
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| 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 | |||
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Results
[edit]Tournament standings
[edit]| Team | Champions | Final | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Second round |
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| Germany[1]
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4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| Italy
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4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| France
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2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| England
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1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| Spain
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1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Netherlands
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0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Hungary
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0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Czech Republic[4]
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0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Sweden
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0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Croatia
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0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Serbia[2]
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0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Belgium
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0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Portugal
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0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Austria
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0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Poland
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Russia[3]
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0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Bulgaria
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Turkey
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Denmark
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Republic of Ireland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Romania
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Northern Ireland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| East Germany[1]
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wales
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greece
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia
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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]
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13
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1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 |
| Italy
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8
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1934, 1938, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, 2006 |
| France
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7
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1958, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2018, 2022 |
| Netherlands
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5
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1974, 1978, 1998, 2010, 2014 |
| Sweden
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4
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1938, 1950, 1958, 1994 |
| England
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3
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1966, 1990, 2018 |
| Croatia
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3
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1998, 2018, 2022 |
| Serbia[2]
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2
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1930, 1962 |
| Austria
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2
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1934, 1954 |
| Czech Republic[4]
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2
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1934, 1962 |
| Hungary
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2
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1938, 1954 |
| Spain
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2
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1950, 2010 |
| Portugal
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2
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1966, 2006 |
| Poland
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2
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1974, 1982 |
| Belgium
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2
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1986, 2018 |
| Russia[3]
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1
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1966 |
| Bulgaria
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1
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1994 |
| Turkey
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1
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria
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4th | ••[9] | × | 3rd | R1 15th |
• | • | • | R2 7th |
R2 8th |
• | R1 T-18th |
• | R1 23rd |
• | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 7 | 19 | ||
| Belgium
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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
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Part of Yugoslavia[2] | — | • | • | • | • | R1 20th |
• | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Bulgaria
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•× | • | • | • | R1 15th |
R1 15th |
R1 13th |
R1 12th |
• | • | R2 15th |
• | 4th | R1 29th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 7 | 20 | ||
| Croatia
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Part of Yugoslavia[2] | — | 3rd | R1 23rd |
R1 22nd |
• | R1 19th |
2nd | 3rd | TBD | TBD | TBD | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic[4]
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2nd | QF 5th |
R1 14th |
R1 9th |
2nd | • | R1 15th |
• | • | R1 19th |
• | QF 6th |
• | • | • | R1 20th |
• | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 9 | 20 | ||
| Denmark
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• | • | • | • | • | • | R2 9th |
• | • | QF 8th |
R2 10th |
• | R1 24th |
• | R2 11th |
R1 28th |
TBD | TBD | TBD | 6 | 16 | ||||||
| East Germany[1]
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Part of Germany | — | • | • | • | • | R2 6th |
• | • | • | • | Part of Germany | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| England
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— | 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
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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]
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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
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•× | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 24th |
• | • | • | R1 25th |
R2 13th |
• | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 3 | 20 | ||
| Hungary
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QF 6th |
2nd | 2nd | R1 10th |
QF 5th |
QF 6th |
• | • | R1 15th |
R1 14th |
R1 18th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 9 | 20 | ||
| Iceland
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— | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 28th |
• | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 14 | ||||||
 Israel[10]
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 12th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 21 | |
| member of AFC | OFC | OFC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy
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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
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— | • | • | 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
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | R1 17th |
• | • | • | R1 21st |
4th | R2 11th |
R1 18th |
R2 13th |
QF 8th |
TBD | Q | TBD | 8 | 21 | |
| Republic of Ireland[11]
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF 8th |
R2 16th |
• | R2 12th |
• | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 3 | 21 | |
| Romania
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R1 8th |
R1 12th |
R1 9th |
• | • | • | • | R1 T-10th |
• | • | • | • | R2 12th |
QF 6th |
R2 11th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 7 | 21 | |
| Russia[3]
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QF 7th |
QF 6th |
4th | QF 5th |
•× | • | R2 7th |
R2 10th |
R1 17th |
R1 18th |
• | R1 22nd |
• | • | R1 24th |
QF 8th |
•× | × | TBD | TBD | 11 | 17 | |||||
| Scotland
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— | •• | 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
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Part of Czechoslovakia[4] | • | • | • | R2 16th |
• | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 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
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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
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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
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Part of Soviet Union[3] | — | • | • | QF 8th |
• | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Wales
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— | • | • | 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]
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20 | 112 | 68 | 21 | 23 | 231 | 130 | +101 | 225 |
| Italy
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18 | 83 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 128 | 77 | +51 | 156 |
| France
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16 | 73 | 39 | 14 | 20 | 136 | 85 | +51 | 131 |
| England
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16 | 74 | 32 | 22 | 20 | 104 | 68 | +36 | 118 |
| Spain
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16 | 67 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 108 | 75 | +33 | 110 |
| Netherlands
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11 | 55 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 96 | 52 | +44 | 104 |
| Belgium
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14 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 74 | −5 | 73 |
| Sweden
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12 | 51 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 80 | 73 | +7 | 70 |
| Russia[3]
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11 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 67 |
| Serbia[2]
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13 | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 63 |
| Portugal
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8 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 57 |
| Poland
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9 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 57 |
| Switzerland
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12 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 50 |
| Hungary
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9 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 87 | 57 | +30 | 48 |
| Croatia
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6 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 47 |
| Czech Republic[4]
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9 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 41 |
| Austria
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7 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 40 |
| Denmark
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6 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 33 |
| Romania
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7 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 29 |
| Scotland
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8 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 19 |
| Bulgaria
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7 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 17 |
| Turkey
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2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 16 |
| Republic of Ireland
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3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Northern Ireland
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3 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 14 |
| Norway
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3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 |
| East Germany[1]
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1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Greece
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3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 8 |
| Ukraine
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1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 |
| Wales
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2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 |
| Slovakia
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1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| Slovenia
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2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Israel
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1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Iceland
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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)
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8 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 38 |
| Czech Republic (2006–present)
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1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany (1934–1938)
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2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 |
| West Germany (1950–1990)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia (1930–1990)
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8 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 49 |
| FR Yugoslavia (1998)
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1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (2006)
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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]
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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
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12 | 5 | 5 | 1934 | 2022 | Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954*) |
| Sweden
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12 | 3 | 0 | 1934 | 2018 | Runners-up (1958*) |
| Russia[3]
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11 | 4 | 0 | 1958 | 2018 | Fourth place (1966) |
| Netherlands
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11 | 3 | 1 | 1934 | 2022 | Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) |
| Poland
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9 | 4 | 2 | 1938 | 2022 | Third place (1974, 1982) |
| Hungary
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9 | 4 | 0 | 1934 | 1986 | Runners-up (1938, 1954) |
| Czech Republic[4]
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9 | 3 | 0 | 1934 | 2006 | Runners-up (1934, 1962) |
| Portugal
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8 | 6 | 6 | 1966 | 2022 | Third place (1966) |
| Scotland
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8 | 5 | 0 | 1954 | 1998 | First round / Group stage |
| Bulgaria
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7 | 4 | 0 | 1962 | 1998 | Fourth place (1994) |
| Romania
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7 | 3 | 0 | 1930 | 1998 | Quarter-finals (1994) |
| Austria
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7 | 2 | 0 | 1934 | 1998 | Third place (1954) |
| Croatia
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6 | 3 | 3 | 1998 | 2022 | Runners-up (2018) |
| Denmark
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6 | 2 | 2 | 1986 | 2022 | Quarter-finals (1998) |
| Norway
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1938 | 1998 | Round of 16 (1998) |
| Northern Ireland
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1958 | 1986 | Quarter-finals (1958) |
| Republic of Ireland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1990 | 2002 | Quarter-finals (1990) |
| Greece
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1994 | 2014 | Round of 16 (2014) |
| Wales
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1958 | 2022 | Quarter-finals (1958) |
| Turkey
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1954 | 2002 | Third place (2002) |
| Slovenia
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2002 | 2010 | Group stage |
| Israel
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 1970 | 1970 | Group stage |
| East Germany[1]
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1 | 1 | — | 1974 | 1974 | Second round (1974) |
| Ukraine
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 2006 | Quarter-finals (2006) |
| Slovakia
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | Round of 16 (2010) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | 2014 | Group stage |
| Iceland
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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 |
| Team | Appearances | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best result (* = hosts) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia (1930–1990)
|
8 | 4 | — | 1930 | 1990 | Fourth place (1930,[12] 1962) |
| FR 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Belgium, France, Romania, Yugoslavia[2]
|
4 |
| 1934 | Austria, Czechoslovakia,[4] 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 | none | 0 |
| 1974 | East Germany[1]
|
1 |
| 1978 | none | 0 |
| 1982 | none | 0 |
| 1986 | Denmark
|
1 |
| 1990 | Republic of Ireland
|
1 |
| 1994 | Greece
|
1 |
| 1998 | Croatia[2]
|
1 |
| 2002 | Slovenia[2]
|
1 |
| 2006 | Ukraine[3]
|
1 |
| 2010 | Slovakia[4]
|
1 |
| 2014 | Bosnia and Herzegovina[2]
|
1 |
| 2018 | Iceland
|
1 |
| 2022 | none | 0 |
| Total | 33 |
- *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).
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
|
2018
|
2022
|
2026
|
2030
|
2034
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Luxembourg |
21 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
 Finland |
20 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
 Cyprus |
16 | — | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||
 Albania |
13 | — | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||
 Malta |
13 | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||||||
 Estonia |
10 | • | • | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||
 Lithuania |
10 | • | • | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||
 Latvia |
9 | • | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||||
 Faroe Islands |
8 | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 San Marino |
8 | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 Armenia |
7 | Part of Soviet Union | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 Azerbaijan |
7 | Part of Soviet Union | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 Belarus |
7 | Part of Soviet Union | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 Georgia |
7 | Part of Soviet Union | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 Kazakhstan |
7 | Part of Soviet Union | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
| Member of AFC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Liechtenstein |
7 | — | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 Moldova |
7 | Part of Romania | Part of Soviet Union | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||||
 North Macedonia[b] |
7 | Part of Yugoslavia | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||
 Andorra |
6 | — | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||
 Montenegro |
4 | Part of Yugoslavia | Serbia and Montenegro | • | • | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||||||||
 Gibraltar |
2 | Part of England[13] | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||
 Kosovo |
2 | Part of Yugoslavia | Serbia and Montenegro | Serbia[14] | • | • | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||
 Saar |
1 | Part of Germany | • | Part of West Germany | Part of Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Legend
| TBD | To be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament) |
| • | Did not qualify |
| × | Withdrew before qualification / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA |
| Did not enter | |
| — | Not a FIFA member |
Footnotes
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Germany (since 1949 officially the Federal Republic of Germany) is since 1904 represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)). After World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was only re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 WC, while Saar (until 1956) and East Germany (until 1990) fielded teams of their own before (re-)joining (West) Germany and the DFB in the German reunification. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of 1954-1990, when the team was often called West Germany.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified eight times from 1930–1990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified once in 1998 under the name Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro qualified once in 2006 after a name change in 2003. All these teams are considered the predecessor of the current Serbia team by FIFA. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia – Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and FYR Macedonia – are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro and Kosovo now also compete separately after independence in 2006 and 2008, respectively. In 2010, Serbia debuted at the FIFA World Cup with their own national team.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers the Czech Republic only as the successor team of Czechoslovakia. As an independent nation, the Czech Republic national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time as a separate nation in 2006, with Slovakia doing the same in 2010.
- ^ Israel qualified in 1970 as a member of AFC. They were expelled from AFC in 1974 and joined UEFA in 1994.
- ^ "FACT Sheet - FIFA World Cup: All-time ranking 1930-2014" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Technical Report - 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia 2018" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Overview of the Participating Member Associations" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA.
- ^ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ The Gibraltar Football Association was affiliated to the Football Association (of England) from 1909 until 2013, when the GFA became full members of UEFA. The GFA became full members of FIFA in 2016.
- ^ The Republic of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. It has since gained diplomatic recognition as a sovereign state by 98 UN member states. Prior to the admission of Kosovo into UEFA and FIFA, Kosovo was recognised as part of Serbia by these organisations.
See also
[edit]- 2006 FIFA World Cup full team ranking
- Strongest football nations by Elo Ratings
- FIFA World Cup records and statistics
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