National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA World Cup.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances[edit | edit source]

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
France	11	7	4	1906	1962	Runners-up (1934, 1958)
Netherlands	10	9	1	1906	1962	Champions (1930)
Italy	9	7	2	1914	1962	Champions (1934*, 1938)
Sweden	9	6	0	1910	1958	Champions (1950*)
Uruguay	8	7	0	1922	1958	Champions (1906, 1926)
Yugoslavia	8	8	8	1922	1962	Champions (1962)
Argentina	8	3	2	1906	1962	Third place (1906, 1910)
Belgium	7	5	0	1906	1950	Champions (1910)
Hungary	7	3	0	1906	1958	Champions (1954)
Brazil	7	5	2	1926	1962	Champions (1958)
Switzerland	7	4	0	1906	1958	Fourth place (1922, 1930)
Austria	6	3	0	1906	1954	Runners-up (1906)
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	1922	1962	Third place (1930)
Norway	5	2	0	1910	1950	Third place (1950)
Mexico	5	4	4	1934	1962	Quarterfinals (1954, 1962*)
Germany	5	2	1	1910	1962	Group Stage
Denmark	4	2	0	1910	1954	Champions (1914)
Great Britain	4	4	4	1950	1962	Runners-up (1950)
Romania	4	3	1	1938	1962	Runners-up (1954)
United States	4	2	0	1926	1950	Third place (1938)
Bulgaria	4	2	2	1934	1962	Group Stage
Chile	4	3	0	1914	1954	Group Stage
Spain	4	2	0	1922	1954	Group Stage
Soviet Union	3	3	3	1954	1962	Third place (1958)
Egypt	3	2	2	1930	1962	Group Stage
Paraguay	3	1	1	1930	1962	Group Stage
Portugal	2	1	0	1938	1954	Fourth place (1938)
Korea	2	2	0	1950	1954	Group Stage
Turkey	2	2	0	1954	1958	Group Stage
Colombia	1	1	1	1962	1962	Quarterfinals (1962)
Canada	1	1	0	1958	1958	Group Stage
Finland	1	1	0	1926	1926	Group Stage
Indonesia	1	1	0	1938	1938	Round 1
Luxembourg	1	1	0	1922	1922	Round 1
Peru	1	1	0	1930	1930	Group Stage
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	1934	1934	Group Stage

Former countries

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Wales	4	2	1906	1934	Fourth place (1934)
Scotland	4	3	1906	1926	Quarterfinals (1926)
England	3	3	1906	1914	Champions (1914)
Northern Ireland	3	3	1906	1914	Quarterfinals (1910)
Latvia	1	1	1938	1938	Round 1

Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time.

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1906	Argentina, Austria, Belgium, England, France, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, Uruguay, Wales	12	12
1910	Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden	4	16
1914	Chile	1	17
1922	Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, Spain, Yugoslavia	4	21
1926	Brazil, Finland, United States	3	24
1930	Egypt, Paraguay, Peru	3	27
1934	Bulgaria, Mexico, Republic of Ireland	3	30
1938	Dutch East Indies, Latvia, Portugal, Romania	4	34
1950	Costa Rica, Great Britain, Jamaica, Korea	4	38
1954	Soviet Union, Turkey	2	40
1958	Canada	1	41
1962	Colombia	1	42	West Germany United Arab Republic

Italics indicates nations that no longer exist.
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	2	0	2	4
2	Uruguay	2	0	0	2
3	Netherlands	1	3	1	5
4	Brazil	1	1	1	3
5	Belgium	1	1	0	2
5	England	1	1	0	2
7	Yugoslavia	1	0	2	3
8	Denmark	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
11	France	0	2	0	2
12	Argentina	0	1	2	3
13	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
16	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		12	12	12	36