European nations at the FIFA World Cup

Association football is the most popular sport in nearly every European country, and UEFA, the governing body of European football, is one of the six continental confederations that constitute 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 FIFA World Cup, while the defunct East Germany qualified once, in 1974.

European nations have won the FIFA World Cup a record 13 times, with Germany and Italy winning four times, France and Spain winning twice each, and England once.

Every edition of the tournament has had at least one European nation finishing in the top four.

Overview

	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)	Total
Teams																								272
Top 32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	13
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10^[a]	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	6	10	8	7	106
Top 8	—	8	6	—	6	7	6	5	4	6	5	10^[a]	5	6	7	6	4	6	3	4	6	5	6	111
Top 4	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	2	3	65
Top 2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	30
1st																								13
2nd																								17
3rd																								19
4th																								16

Team	No.	Years	Best result
Germany^[b]	21	1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	1st
Italy	18	1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	1st
France	17	1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	1st
Spain	17	1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	1st
England	17	1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	1st
Belgium	15	1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	3rd
Sweden	13	1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2026	2nd
Serbia^[c]	13	1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022	4th
Switzerland	13	1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	QF
Netherlands	12	1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2022, 2026	2nd
Russia^[d]	11	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2014, 2018	4th
Czech Republic^[e]	10	1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1990, 2006, 2026	2nd
Slovakia^[e]	9	1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1990, 2010	2nd
Hungary	9	1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986	2nd
Poland	9	1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022	3rd
Portugal	9	1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	3rd
Scotland	9	1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2026	GS
Austria	8	1934, 1954, 1958, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2026	3rd
Croatia	7	1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026	2nd
Bulgaria	7	1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1994, 1998	4th
Romania	7	1930, 1934, 1938, 1970, 1990, 1994, 1998	QF
Denmark	6	1986, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2018, 2022	QF
Norway	4	1938, 1994, 1998, 2026	QF
Turkey	3	1954, 2002, 2026	3rd
Northern Ireland	3	1958, 1982, 1986	QF
Republic of Ireland	3	1990, 1994, 2002	QF
Greece	3	1994, 2010, 2014	R16
Wales	2	1958, 2022	QF
Slovenia	2	2002, 2010	GS
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2014, 2026	R32
Ukraine	1	2006	QF
East Germany	1	1974	GS2
Iceland	1	2018	GS
Israel^[f]	1	(1970)	GS

Bold indicates year(s) of best finish

Results

Tournament standings

Performance of each nation
Team	Champions	Final	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals^[A]	Round of 16^[B]	Round of 32^[C]
Germany^[b]	4	8	13	17	9	1
Italy	4	6	8	8	7	0
France	2	4	8	10	8	1
Spain	2	2	3	6	10	1
England	1	1	4	11	10	1
Netherlands	0	3	5	7	7	1
Hungary	0	2	2	5	0	0
Czech Republic^[e]	0	2	2	4	1	0
Slovakia^[e]	0	2	2	4	1	0
Sweden	0	1	4	6	4	1
Croatia	0	1	3	3	3	1
Serbia^[c]	0	0	2	5	2	0
Belgium	0	0	2	4	8	1
Portugal	0	0	2	3	4	1
Austria	0	0	2	3	1	1
Poland	0	0	2	2	3	0
Russia^[d]	0	0	1	5	3	0
Bulgaria	0	0	1	1	2	0
Turkey	0	0	1	1	1	0
Switzerland	0	0	0	4	6	1
Denmark	0	0	0	1	4	0
Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	1	3	0
Romania	0	0	0	1	3	0
Norway	0	0	0	1	2	1
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ukraine	0	0	0	1	1	0
East Germany^[b]	0	0	0	1	N/a
Wales	0	0	0	1	0	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	1

↑ Knockout round of 8: 1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present; second group stage, top 8: 1974–1978
↑ Second group stage, top 12: 1982; knockout round of 16: 1986–present
↑ Knockout round of 32: 2026–present

Team results by tournament

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.

FIFA World Cup results of UEFA members
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 (up to 2026)	Qual. Comp.
Austria		4th	••^[g]	×	3rd	GS 15th		•	•	•	GS2 7th	GS2 8th	•	GS T-18th	•	GS 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R32 28th	TBD	TBD	8	20
Belgium	GS 11th	R16 15th	R16 13th	×	GS 12th	•	•	•	GS T-10th	•	•	GS2 10th	4th	R16 11th	R16 11th	GS 19th	R16 14th	•	•	QF 6th	3rd	GS 23rd	QF 6th	TBD	TBD	15	22
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of Yugoslavia^[c]														N/a	•	•	•	•	GS 20th	•	•	R32 29th	TBD	TBD	2	8
Bulgaria		•×	•		•	•	GS 15th	GS 15th	GS 13th	GS1 12th	•	•	R16 15th	•	4th	GS 29th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	7	21
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia^[c]														N/a	3rd	GS 23rd	GS 22nd	•	GS 19th	2nd	3rd	R32 20th	TBD	TBD	7	8
Czech Republic^[e]		2nd	QF 5th		GS 14th	GS 9th	2nd	•	GS 15th	•	•	GS1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	GS 20th	•	•	•	•	GS 39th	TBD	TBD	10	21
Denmark						•		•	•	•	•	•	R16 9th	•	•	QF 8th	R16 10th	•	GS 24th	•	R16 11th	GS 28th	•	TBD	TBD	6	17
East Germany^[b]	Part of Germany			N/a		•	•	•	•	GS2 6th	•	•	•	•	Part of Germany											1	9
England	N/a			GS 8th	QF 6th	GS 11th	QF 8th	1st	QF 8th	•	•	GS2 6th	QF 8th	4th	•	R16 9th	QF 6th	QF 7th	R16 13th	GS 26th	4th	QF 6th	3rd	TBD	TBD	17	20
France	GS 7th	R16 T-9th	QF 6th	•	GS 11th	3rd	•	GS T-13th	•	•	GS1 12th	4th	3rd	•	•	1st	GS 28th	2nd	GS 29th	QF 7th	1st	2nd	4th	TBD	TBD	17	23
Germany^[b]		3rd	R16 10th		1st	4th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	1st	GS2 6th	2nd	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	GS 22nd	GS 17th	R32 18th	TBD	TBD	21	21
Greece		•×	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS 24th	•	•	•	GS 25th	R16 13th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	3	21
Hungary		QF 6th	2nd		2nd	GS 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th	•	•	GS1 15th	GS1 14th	GS 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	9	21
Iceland	N/a				×	•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS 28th	•	•	TBD	TBD	1	15
Israel^[h]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1	22
Israel^[h]		•	•	•	member of AFC				OFC		OFC				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1	22
Italy		1st	1st	GS 7th	GS 10th	•	GS 9th	GS 9th	2nd	GS1 10th	4th	•	1st	R16 12th	3rd	2nd	QF 5th	R16 15th	1st	GS 26th	GS 22nd	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	18	22
Netherlands		R16 T-9th	R16 14th			•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	R16 15th	QF 7th	4th	•	R16 11th	2nd	3rd	•	QF 5th	R32 17th	TBD	TBD	12	20
Northern Ireland	N/a			•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	GS2 9th	GS 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	3	20
Norway			R16 12th		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS 17th	R16 15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 5th	TBD	TBD	4	20
Poland		•×	R16 11th		×	•	•	•	•	3rd	GS2 5th	3rd	R16 14th	•	•	•	GS 25th	GS 21st	•	•	GS 25th	R16 15th	•	TBD	TBD	9	20
Portugal		•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	GS 17th	•	•	•	GS 21st	4th	R16 11th	GS 18th	R16 13th	QF 8th	R16 13th	Q	TBD	9	22
Republic of Ireland^[i]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	R16 16th	•	R16 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	3	22
Romania	GS 8th	R16 12th	R16 9th		•	•	•	•	GS T-10th	•	•	•	•	R16 12th	QF 6th	R16 11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	7	22
Russia^[d]						QF 7th	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th	•×	•	GS2 7th	R16 10th	GS 17th	GS 18th	•	GS 22nd	•	•	GS 24th	QF 8th	•×	×	TBD	TBD	11	17
Scotland	N/a			••	GS 15th	GS 14th	•	•	•	GS1 9th	GS1 11th	GS1 15th	GS 19th	GS T-18th	•	GS 27th	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS 36th	TBD	TBD	9	20
Serbia^[c]	4th^[j]	•	•	GS 5th	QF 7th	QF 5th	4th	•	•	GS2 7th	•	GS1 16th	•	QF 5th	×	R16 10th	•	GS 32nd	GS 23rd	•	GS 23rd	GS 29th	•	TBD	TBD	13	22
Slovakia^[e]		2nd	QF 5th		GS 14th	GS 9th	2nd	•	GS 15th	•	•	GS1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	R16 16th	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	9	21
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia^[c]														N/a	•	GS 30th	•	GS 18th	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	2	8
Spain		QF 5th	×	4th	•	•	GS 12th	GS 10th	•	•	GS1 10th	GS2 12th	QF 7th	R16 10th	QF 8th	GS 17th	QF 5th	R16 9th	1st	GS 23rd	R16 10th	R16 13th	1st	Q	TBD	17	21
Sweden		QF 8th	4th	3rd	•	2nd	•	•	GS 9th	GS2 5th	GS1 13th	•	•	GS 21st	3rd	•	R16 13th	R16 14th	•	•	QF 7th	•	R32 27th	TBD	TBD	13	22
Switzerland		QF 7th	QF 7th	GS 6th	QF 8th	•	GS 16th	GS 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16 15th	•	•	R16 10th	GS 19th	R16 11th	R16 14th	R16 12th	QF T-7th	TBD	TBD	13	22
Turkey		×		••	GS 9th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	GS 35th	TBD	TBD	3	19
Ukraine	Part of Soviet Union^[d]														N/a	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	1	8
Wales	N/a			•	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS 30th	•	TBD	TBD	2	20

Legend

1st	Champions
2nd	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
4th	Fourth place
QF	Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, 1986–present)
R16	Knockout round of 16 (1934–1938, 1986–present)
R32	Knockout round of 32 (2026–present)
GS	Group stage (1930, 1950–1970, 1986–present)
GS1	First group stage (1974–1982)
GS2	Second group stage (1974–1982)

Q	Qualified for upcoming tournament
TBD	To be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament)
••	Qualified but withdrew
•	Did not qualify
•×	Withdrew or disqualified during qualification (after playing matches)
×	Withdrew before qualification / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
	Hosts
	Did not enter
N/a	Not a FIFA member

Overall team records

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 2026 FIFA World Cup

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany^[b]	21	116	70	22	24	243	135	+108	232
Italy	18	83	45	21	17	128	77	+51	156
France	17	81	45	14	22	156	95	+61	149
England	17	82	38	23	21	124	80	+44	137
Spain	17	75	38	18	19	122	76	+46	132
Netherlands	12	59	32	16	11	107	57	+50	112
Belgium	15	57	24	12	21	83	81	+2	84
Sweden	13	55	20	14	21	87	83	+4	74
Russia^[d]	11	45	19	10	16	77	54	+23	67
Portugal	9	40	19	8	13	69	44	+25	65
Serbia^[c]	13	49	18	9	22	71	71	0	63
Switzerland	13	47	17	10	20	65	79	−14	61
Poland	9	38	17	6	15	49	50	−1	57
Croatia	7	34	15	8	11	49	40	+9	53
Hungary	9	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30	48
Austria	8	33	13	5	15	49	56	−7	44
Slovakia^[e]	9	34	12	6	16	49	52	−3	42
Czech Republic^[e]	10	36	12	6	18	49	55	−6	42
Denmark	6	23	9	6	8	31	29	+2	33
Romania	7	21	8	5	8	30	32	−2	29
Scotland	9	26	5	7	14	26	45	−19	22
Norway	4	14	6	3	5	20	19	+1	21
Turkey	3	13	6	1	6	23	22	+1	19
Bulgaria	7	26	3	8	15	22	53	−31	17
Republic of Ireland	3	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14
Northern Ireland	3	13	3	5	5	13	23	−10	14
East Germany^[b]	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
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	7	2	1	4	9	12	−3	7
Wales	2	8	1	4	3	5	10	−5	7
Slovenia	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
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

Czech Republic/ Slovakia breakdown
Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia (1934–1990)	8	30	11	5	14	44	45	−1	38
Czech Republic (2006–present)	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
Slovakia (2010–present)	1	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4

Germany breakdown
Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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)	9	48	31	7	10	98	45	+53	100

Russia breakdown
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

Serbia breakdown
Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia (1930–1990)	8	33	14	7	12	55	42	+13	49
FR 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

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Germany^[b]	21	19	19	1934	2026	Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014)
Italy	18	14	0	1934	2014	Champions (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)
England	17	8	8	1950	2026	Champions (1966*)
France	17	8	8	1930	2026	Champions (1998*, 2018)
Spain	17	13	13	1934	2026	Champions (2010, 2026)
Belgium	15	6	4	1930	2026	Third place (2018)
Switzerland	13	6	6	1934	2026	Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954*, 2026)
Serbia^[c]	13	4	0	1930	2022	Fourth place (1930,^[j] 1962)
Sweden	13	3	1	1934	2026	Runners-up (1958*)
Netherlands	12	3	2	1934	2026	Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
Russia^[d]	11	4	0	1958	2018	Fourth place (1966)
Czech Republic^[e]	10	3	1	1934	2026	Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Portugal	9	7	7	1966	2026	Third place (1966)
Scotland	9	5	1	1954	2026	First round / Group stage
Poland	9	4	0	1938	2022	Third place (1974, 1982)
Hungary	9	4	0	1934	1986	Runners-up (1938, 1954)
Slovakia^[e]	9	3	0	1934	2010	Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Austria	8	2	1	1934	2026	Third place (1954)
Croatia	7	4	4	1998	2026	Runners-up (2018)
Bulgaria	7	4	0	1962	1998	Fourth place (1994)
Romania	7	3	0	1930	1998	Quarter-finals (1994)
Denmark	6	2	0	1986	2022	Quarter-finals (1998)
Norway	4	2	1	1938	2026	Quarter-finals (2026)
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)
Turkey	3	1	1	1954	2026	Third place (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	2014	2026	Round of 32 (2026)
Wales	2	1	0	1958	2022	Quarter-finals (1958)
Slovenia	2	1	0	2002	2010	Group stage
Israel	1	1	0	1970	1970	Group stage
East Germany^[b]	1	1	N/a	1974	1974	Second round (1974)
Ukraine	1	1	0	2006	2006	Quarter-finals (2006)
Iceland	1	1	0	2018	2018	Group stage

Czech Republic/ Slovakia breakdown
Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Czechoslovakia (1934–1990)	8	3	—	1934	1990	Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Czech Republic (2006–present)	2	1	1	2006	2026	Group stage
Slovakia (2010–present)	1	1	0	2010	2010	Round of 16

Russia breakdown
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*)

Germany breakdown
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)	9	9	9	1994	2026	Champions (2014)

Serbia breakdown
Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Yugoslavia (1930–1990)	8	4	—	1930	1990	Fourth place (1930,^[j] 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	0	2010	2022	Group stage

Team debuts

Year	Debutants	Total
1930	Belgium, France, Romania, Yugoslavia^[c]	4
1934	Austria, Czechoslovakia,^[e] Germany,^[b] Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland	9
1938	Norway, Poland	2
1950	England	1
1954	Scotland, Turkey	2
1958	Northern Ireland, Soviet Union,^[d] Wales	3
1962	Bulgaria	1
1966	Portugal	1
1974	East Germany^[b]	1
1986	Denmark	1
1990	Republic of Ireland	1
1994	Greece	1
1998	Croatia^[c]	1
2002	Slovenia^[c]	1
2006	Ukraine^[d]	1
2010	Slovakia^[e]	1
2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[c]	1
2018	Iceland	1
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

22 of the 55 active FIFA and UEFA members have never qualified for the final tournament.

European teams who have yet to qualify
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	22		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Finland	21			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Cyprus	17	N/a					×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Albania	14	N/a							•	×	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Malta	14	N/a									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Estonia	11		•	•	Part of Soviet Union											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Lithuania	11		•	•	Part of Soviet Union											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Latvia	10			•	Part of Soviet Union											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Faroe Islands	9	N/a														•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
San Marino	9	N/a														•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Armenia	8	Part of Soviet Union														N/a	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Azerbaijan	8	Part of Soviet Union														N/a	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Belarus	8	Part of Soviet Union														N/a	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Georgia	8	Part of Soviet Union														N/a	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Kazakhstan	8	Part of Soviet Union														N/a	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Kazakhstan	8	Part of Soviet Union														N/a	Member of AFC		•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Liechtenstein	8	N/a														×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Moldova	8	Part of Romania			Part of Soviet Union											N/a	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
North Macedonia^[k]	8	Part of Yugoslavia														N/a	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Andorra	7	N/a																•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Montenegro	5	Part of Yugoslavia														Serbia and Montenegro				•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Gibraltar	3	Part of England^[l]																				•	•	•	TBD	TBD
Kosovo	3	Part of Yugoslavia														Serbia and Montenegro				Serbia^[m]		•	•	•	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
N/a	Not a FIFA member

Notes

↑ In 1982, the second round featured 12 teams of which 4 advanced to the semi-finals.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia 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.
↑ 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.
1 2 3 There was no official World Cup match for third place in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes the United States 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.
↑ Entered World Cup qualifying as FYR Macedonia from 1998–2018
↑ 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.

References

↑ "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.
↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Competition summary" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
↑ "Competition Summary - FIFA World Cup 2026" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 6 July 2026.

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Qualification	1930² 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Finals	1930 1934 1938 1950³ 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
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Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia¹ China Indonesia² Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan²
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon Cape Verde DR Congo² Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic² Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany² Greece Hungary Iceland Israel¹ Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia² Scotland Serbia² Slovakia² Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine² Wales
¹ Have been member of multiple confederations. ² Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.