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This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA World Cup.

As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup.^[1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17.^[2] Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions.^[3] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning,^[4] while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals.^[5]

List of tournaments

Year	Host	Champions	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Best player award	Source
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Alberto Suppici	Guillermo Stábile (8)	Not awarded	^[6]
1934	Italy	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Oldřich Nejedlý (5)		^[7]
1938	France	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Leônidas (7)		^[8]
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Juan López	Ademir (9)		^[9]
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Sepp Herberger	Sándor Kocsis (11)		^[10]
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Vicente Feola	Just Fontaine (13)		^[11]
1962	Chile	Brazil	Aymoré Moreira	Six players (4)		^[12]
1966	England	England	Alf Ramsey	Eusébio (9)		^[13]
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Mário Zagallo	Gerd Müller (10)		^[14]
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Helmut Schön	Grzegorz Lato (7)		^[15]
1978	Argentina	Argentina	César Luis Menotti	Mario Kempes (6)	Mario Kempes	^[16]^[17]
1982	Spain	Italy	Enzo Bearzot	Paolo Rossi (6)	Paolo Rossi	^[16]^[18]
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Carlos Bilardo	Gary Lineker (6)	Diego Maradona	^[16]^[19]
1990	Italy	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer	Salvatore Schillaci (6)	Salvatore Schillaci	^[16]^[20]
1994	United States	Brazil	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6)	Romário	^[16]^[21]
1998	France	France	Aimé Jacquet	Davor Šuker (6)	Ronaldo	^[16]^[22]
2002	South Korea Japan	Brazil	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Ronaldo (8)	Oliver Kahn	^[16]^[23]
2006	Germany	Italy	Marcello Lippi	Miroslav Klose (5)	Zinedine Zidane	^[16]^[24]
2010	South Africa	Spain	Vicente del Bosque	Four players (5)	Diego Forlán	^[16]^[25]
2014	Brazil	Germany	Joachim Löw	James Rodríguez (6)	Lionel Messi	^[26]^[16]^[27]
2018	Russia	France	Didier Deschamps	Harry Kane (6)	Luka Modrić	^[28]^[29]
2022	Qatar	Argentina	Lionel Scaloni	Kylian Mbappé (8)	Lionel Messi	^[30]

Debut of national teams

Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Using FIFA's view on successor teams, the total number of teams that have participated in the World Cup until the 2022 edition is 80.

Year	Debuting teams			Successor and renamed teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor and renamed teams
1930	Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia^[a]	13	13
1934	Austria, Czechoslovakia,^[b] Egypt, Germany,^[c] Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland	10	23
1938	Cuba, Dutch East Indies,^[d] Norway, Poland	4	27
1950	England	1	28
1954	South Korea, Scotland, Turkey	3	31	West Germany^[c]
1958	Northern Ireland, Soviet Union,^[e] Wales	3	34
1962	Bulgaria, Colombia	2	36
1966	North Korea, Portugal	2	38
1970	El Salvador, Israel, Morocco	3	41
1974	Australia, East Germany,^[c] Haiti, Zaire^[f]	4	45
1978	Iran, Tunisia	2	47
1982	Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand	5	52
1986	Canada, Denmark, Iraq	3	55
1990	Costa Rica, Republic of Ireland, United Arab Emirates	3	58
1994	Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia	3	61	Germany,^[c] Russia^[e]
1998	Croatia,^[a] Jamaica, Japan, South Africa	4	65	FR Yugoslavia^[a]
2002	China, Ecuador, Senegal, Slovenia^[a]	4	69
2006	Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine^[e]	6	75	Czech Republic,^[b] Serbia and Montenegro^[a]
2010	Slovakia^[b]	1	76	Serbia^[a]
2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[a]	1	77
2018	Iceland, Panama	2	79
2022	Qatar	1	80

Overall team records

The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. 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. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup^[31]^[32]

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	22	114	76	19	19	237	108	+129	247
2	Germany^[c]	20	112	68	21	23	232	130	+102	225
3	Argentina	18	88	47	17	24	152	101	+51	158
4	Italy	18	83	45	21	17	128	77	+51	156
5	France	16	73	39	14	20	136	85	+51	131
6	England	16	74	32	22	20	104	68	+36	118
7	Spain	16	67	31	17	19	108	75	+33	110
8	Netherlands	11	55	30	14	11	96	52	+44	104
9	Uruguay	14	59	25	13	21	89	76	+13	88
10	Belgium	14	51	21	10	20	69	74	−5	73
11	Sweden	12	51	19	13	19	80	73	+7	70
12	Russia^[e]	11	45	19	10	16	77	54	+23	67
13	Mexico	17	60	17	15	28	62	101	−39	66
14	Serbia^[a]	13	49	18	9	22	71	71	0	63
15	Portugal	8	35	17	6	12	61	41	+20	57
16	Poland	9	38	17	6	15	49	50	−1	57
17	Switzerland	12	41	14	8	19	55	73	−18	50
18	Hungary	9	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30	48
19	Croatia	6	30	13	8	9	43	33	+10	47
20	Czech Republic^[b]	9	33	12	5	16	47	49	−2	41
21	Austria	7	29	12	4	13	43	47	−4	40
22	Chile	9	33	11	7	15	40	49	−9	40
23	United States	11	37	9	8	20	40	66	−26	35
24	Denmark	6	23	9	6	8	31	29	+2	33
25	Paraguay	8	27	7	10	10	30	38	−8	31
26	South Korea	11	38	7	10	21	39	78	−39	31
27	Colombia	6	22	9	3	10	32	30	+2	30
28	Romania	7	21	8	5	8	30	32	−2	29
29	Japan	7	25	7	6	12	25	33	−8	27
30	Costa Rica	6	21	6	5	10	22	39	−17	23
31	Cameroon	8	26	5	8	13	22	47	−25	23
32	Morocco	6	23	5	7	11	20	27	−7	22
33	Nigeria	6	21	6	3	12	23	30	−7	21
34	Scotland	8	23	4	7	12	25	41	−16	19
35	Senegal	3	12	5	3	4	16	17	−1	18
36	Ghana	4	15	5	3	7	18	23	−5	18
37	Peru	5	18	5	3	10	21	33	−12	18
38	Ecuador	4	13	5	2	6	14	14	0	17
39	Bulgaria	7	26	3	8	15	22	53	−31	17
40	Turkey	2	10	5	1	4	20	17	+3	16
41	Australia	6	20	4	4	12	17	37	−20	16
42	Republic of Ireland	3	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14
43	Northern Ireland	3	13	3	5	5	13	23	−10	14
44	Tunisia	6	18	3	5	10	14	26	−12	14
45	Saudi Arabia	6	19	4	2	13	14	44	−30	14
46	Iran	6	18	3	4	11	13	31	−18	13
47	Algeria	4	13	3	3	7	13	19	−6	12
48	Ivory Coast	3	9	3	1	5	13	14	−1	10
49	South Africa	3	9	2	4	3	11	16	−5	10
50	Norway	3	8	2	3	3	7	8	−1	9
51	East Germany^[c]	1	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
52	Greece	3	10	2	2	6	5	20	−15	8
53	Ukraine	1	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7
54	Wales	2	8	1	4	3	5	10	−5	7
55	Slovakia	1	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
56	Slovenia	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
57	Cuba	1	3	1	1	1	5	12	−7	4
58	North Korea	2	7	1	1	5	6	21	−15	4
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
60	Jamaica	1	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
61	New Zealand	2	6	0	3	3	4	14	−10	3
62	Honduras	3	9	0	3	6	3	14	−11	3
63	Angola	1	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
64	Israel	1	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
65	Egypt	3	7	0	2	5	5	12	−7	2
66	Iceland	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
67	Kuwait	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
68	Trinidad and Tobago	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1
69	Bolivia	3	6	0	1	5	1	20	−19	1
70	Iraq	1	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0
71	Togo	1	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0
72	Qatar	1	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0
73	Indonesia^[d]	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0
74	Panama	1	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
75	United Arab Emirates	1	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
76	China	1	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0
77	Canada	2	6	0	0	6	2	12	−10	0
78	Haiti	1	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0
79	DR Congo^[f]	1	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0
80	El Salvador	2	6	0	0	6	1	22	−21	0

Breakdown of successor team records

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)	1	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3

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)	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)	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

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	2	2	9
2	Germany	4	4	4	12
3	Italy	4	2	1	7
4	Argentina	3	3	0	6
5	France	2	2	2	6
6	Uruguay	2	0	0	2
7	England	1	0	0	1
7	Spain	1	0	0	1
9	Netherlands	0	3	1	4
10	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
10	Hungary	0	2	0	2
12	Croatia	0	1	2	3
12	Sweden	0	1	2	3
14	Poland	0	0	2	2
15	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		22	22	22	66

Comprehensive team results by tournament

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.^[33]^[34]^[35] 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 are shown (in parentheses).

Team	1930 (13)	QF 1934 (16)	QF 1938 (15)	QF 1950 (13)	QF 1954 (16)	QF 1958 (16)	QF 1962 (16)	QF 1966 (16)	QF 1970 (16)	QF 1974 (16)	QF 1978 (16)	QF 1982 (24)	QF 1986 (24)	QF 1990 (24)	QF 1994 (24)	QF 1998 (32)	QF 2002 (32)	QF 2006 (32)	QF 2010 (32)	QF 2014 (32)	QF 2018 (32)	QF 2022 (32)	QF 2026 (48)	QF 2030 (48)	QF 2034 (48)	Total appearances
Algeria	Part of France							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	4
Angola	—												•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Argentina	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	R2 16th	1st	TBD	Q	TBD	19
Australia	—							•	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 16th	R1 21st	R1 30th	R1 30th	R2 11th	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
Austria		4th	••^[g]	×	3rd	R1 15th		•	•	•	R2 7th	R2 8th	•	R1 T-18th	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	7
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
Bolivia	R1 12th			R1 13th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of Yugoslavia^[a]														—	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Brazil	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	QF 6th	QF 7th	TBD	TBD	TBD	22
Bulgaria		•×	•		•	•	R1 15th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 12th	•	•	R2 15th	•	4th	R1 29th	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	7
Cameroon	—							×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd	•	R1 19th	TBD	TBD	TBD	8
Canada						•	×		•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	Q	TBD	TBD	3
Chile	R1 5th	×		R1 9th	•	•	3rd	R1 T-13th	•	R1 11th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	×	R2 16th	•	•	R2 10th	R2 9th	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	9
China PR^[h]	—					•						•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Colombia	—		×			•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 14th	R1 19th	R1 21st	•	•	•	QF 5th	R2 9th	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
Congo DR^[f]	—								×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Costa Rica			×		×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R1 19th	R1 31st	•	QF 8th	R1 29th	R1 27th	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia^[a]														—	3rd	R1 23rd	R1 22nd	•	R1 19th	2nd	3rd	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
Cuba	—	•	QF 8th	•	×			•	×		•	•		•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Czech Republic^[b]		2nd	QF 5th		R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	9
Denmark						•		•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	•	•	QF 8th	R2 10th	•	R1 24th	•	R2 11th	R1 28th	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
East Germany^[c]	Part of Germany			—		•	•	•	•	R2 6th	•	•	•	•	Part of Germany											1
Ecuador				×			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	R2 12th	•	R1 17th	•	R1 18th	TBD	TBD	TBD	4
Egypt^[i]	••	R1 13th	×		•	×	×	×		•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
El Salvador	—		×						R1 16th	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	2
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
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
Germany^[c]		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
Ghana	—						•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th	•	R1 24th	TBD	TBD	TBD	4
Greece		•×	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R2 13th	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Haiti	—	•			•				•	R1 15th	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Honduras	—						•	•	•	•	×	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 30th	R1 31st	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Hungary		QF 6th	2nd		2nd	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 15th	R1 14th	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	9
Iceland	—				×	•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Indonesia^[d]			R1 15th	×		•×	×			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Iran	—									•	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	R1 20th	•	R1 T-25th	•	R1 28th	R1 18th	R1 26th	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
Iraq	—									•	×	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Israel^[j]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
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
Ivory Coast	—									•	•		•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Jamaica	—							•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Japan	••		×		•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	R2 9th	R1 T-28th	R2 9th	R1 29th	R2 15th	R2 9th	TBD	TBD	TBD	7
Kuwait	—									•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•×	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Mexico	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	R2 12th	R1 22nd	Q	TBD	TBD	18
Morocco	—						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	4th	TBD	Q	TBD	7
Netherlands		R1 T-9th	R1 14th			•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	R2 15th	QF 7th	4th	•	R2 11th	2nd	3rd	•	QF 5th	TBD	TBD	TBD	11
New Zealand	—								•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	2
Nigeria	—						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th	R1 21st	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
North Korea	—							QF 8th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•			•	R1 32nd	•	•	•×	TBD	TBD	TBD	2
Northern Ireland^[k]	—			•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Norway			R1 12th		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Panama	—										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 32nd	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Paraguay	R1 9th			R1 11th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R2 14th	R2 16th	R1 18th	QF 8th	•	•	•	TBD	Q	TBD	9
Peru	R1 10th	×		×	×	•	•	•	QF 7th	•	R2 8th	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	5
Poland		•×	R1 11th		×	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 14th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R1 21st	•	•	R1 25th	R2 15th	TBD	TBD	TBD	9
Portugal		•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	•	•	R1 21st	4th	R2 11th	R1 18th	R2 13th	QF 8th	TBD	Q	TBD	9
Qatar	—									×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 32nd	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Republic of Ireland^[l]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	R2 16th	•	R2 12th	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Romania	R1 8th	R1 12th	R1 9th		•	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	QF 6th	R2 11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	7
Russia^[e]						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
Saudi Arabia	—										•	•	•	•	R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th	•	•	R1 26th	R1 25th	TBD	TBD	Q	7
Scotland	—			••	R1 15th	R1 14th	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 19th	R1 T-18th	•	R1 27th	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	8
Senegal	—							×	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 10th	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
Serbia^[a]	4th^[m]	•	•	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
Slovakia^[b]	Part of Czechoslovakia^[b]															•	•	•	R2 16th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia^[a]														—	•	R1 30th	•	R1 18th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	2
South Africa	—							×	—						•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3
South Korea	—				R1 16th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	R1 22nd	R1 20th	R1 30th	4th	R1 17th	R2 15th	R1 27th	R1 19th	R2 16th	TBD	TBD	TBD	11
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	17
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
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
Togo	—									•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Trinidad and Tobago	—							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
Tunisia	—						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th	R1 21st	TBD	TBD	TBD	6
Turkey		×		••	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	2
Ukraine	Part of Soviet Union^[e]														—	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
United Arab Emirates	—										×		•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1
United States	3rd^[m]	R1 16th	×	R1 10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R2 14th	R1 32nd	QF 8th	R1 T-25th	R2 12th	R2 15th	•	R2 14th	Q	TBD	TBD	12
Uruguay	1st			1st	4th	•	R1 13th	QF 7th	4th	R1 13th	•	•	R2 16th	R2 16th	•	•	R1 26th	•	4th	R2 12th	QF 5th	R1 20th	TBD	Q	TBD	15
Wales	—			•	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 30th	TBD	TBD	TBD	2
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

Legend

1st	Champions
2nd	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
4th	Fourth place
QF	Quarter-finals (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; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1	Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)

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
—	Not a FIFA member

Hosts

Results of host nations^[37]
Year	Host Nation	Finish
1930	Uruguay	Champions
1934	Italy	Champions
1938	France	Quarter-finals
1950	Brazil	Runners-up
1954	Switzerland	Quarter-finals
1958	Sweden	Runners-up
1962	Chile	Third place
1966	England	Champions
1970	Mexico	Quarter-finals
1974	West Germany	Champions
1978	Argentina	Champions
1982	Spain	Second round
1986	Mexico	Quarter-finals
1990	Italy	Third place
1994	United States	Round of 16
1998	France	Champions
2002	South Korea	Fourth place
2002	Japan	Round of 16
2006	Germany	Third place
2010	South Africa	Group stage
2014	Brazil	Fourth place
2018	Russia	Quarter-finals
2022	Qatar	Group stage
2026	Canada	TBD
	Mexico
	United States
2030	Morocco	TBD
	Portugal
	Spain
2034	Saudi Arabia	TBD

Results of defending finalists

The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed.^[38] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up. Defending runners-up have qualified 16 times in 19 attempts for the following World Cup.

Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-up	Finish
1934	Uruguay	did not enter	Argentina	Round of 16
1938	Italy	Champions	Czechoslovakia	Quarter-finals
1950	Italy	Group stage	Hungary	did not enter
1954	Uruguay	Fourth place	Brazil	Quarter-finals
1958	West Germany	Fourth place	Hungary	Group stage
1962	Brazil	Champions	Sweden	did not qualify
1966	Brazil	Group stage	Czechoslovakia	did not qualify
1970	England	Quarter-finals	West Germany	Third place
1974	Brazil	Fourth place	Italy	Group stage
1978	West Germany	Second round	Netherlands	Runners-up
1982	Argentina	Second round	Netherlands	did not qualify
1986	Italy	Round of 16	West Germany	Runners-up
1990	Argentina	Runners-up	West Germany	Champions
1994	Germany	Quarter-finals	Argentina	Round of 16
1998	Brazil	Runners-up	Italy	Quarter-finals
2002	France	Group stage	Brazil	Champions
2006	Brazil	Quarter-finals	Germany	Third place
2010	Italy	Group stage	France	Group stage
2014	Spain	Group stage	Netherlands	Third place
2018	Germany	Group stage	Argentina	Round of 16
2022	France	Runners-up	Croatia	Third place
2026	Argentina	TBD	France	TBD

Results by confederation

AFC

	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)	Total
Teams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	43
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[n]	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	9
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0^[n]	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							0
4th																							1

CAF

	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)	Total
Teams	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	49
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[n]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	11
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[n]	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							0
4th																							1

CONCACAF

	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)	Total
Teams	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	46
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[n]	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	15
Top 8	—	0	1	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0^[n]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Top 4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							1
4th																							0

CONMEBOL

	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)	Total
Teams	7	2	1	5	2	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	4	89
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2^[n]	4	4	2	4	2	3	5	5	4	2	37
Top 8	—	0	1	—	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	2^[n]	2	1	1	2	1	2	4	3	2	2	36
Top 4	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	23
Top 2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	15
1st																							10
2nd																							5
3rd																							3
4th																							5

OFC

	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)	Total
Teams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[n]	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[n]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							0
4th																							0

UEFA

	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)	Total
Teams	4	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	258
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10^[n]	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	6	10	8	99
Top 8	—	8	6	—	6	7	6	5	4	6	5	10^[n]	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																							18
4th																							15

Active consecutive participations

This is a list of active consecutive participations of national teams in the FIFA World Cup, including qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

As of 14 February 2023

Team	Managed to qualify since	Consecutive participations
Brazil	1930	22
Germany	1954	18^[o]
Argentina	1974	13
Spain	1978	12
South Korea	1986	10
Mexico	1994	9
England	1998	7
France	1998	7
Japan	1998	7
Portugal	2002	6
Australia	2006	5
Switzerland	2006	5
Uruguay	2010	4
Belgium	2014	3
Costa Rica	2014	3
Croatia	2014	3
Iran	2014	3
Denmark	2018	2
Morocco	2018	2
Poland	2018	2
Saudi Arabia	2018	2
Senegal	2018	2
Serbia	2018	2
Tunisia	2018	2
Canada	2022	2
United States	2022	2

Droughts

This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national football teams in the FIFA World Cups. 1942 and 1946, when the tournament was not held due to World War II, are not included in the calculation of a drought.

Active World Cup appearance droughts

Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Team	Last appearance	WC missed
Cuba	1938	19
Indonesia	1938	19
Israel	1970	13
DR Congo	1974	12
Haiti	1974	12
El Salvador	1982	10
Kuwait	1982	10
Hungary	1986	9
Iraq	1986	9
Northern Ireland	1986	9
United Arab Emirates	1990	8
Bolivia	1994	7
Austria	1998	6
Bulgaria	1998	6
Jamaica	1998	6
Norway	1998	6
Romania	1998	6
Scotland	1998	6
China	2002	5
Republic of Ireland	2002	5
Turkey	2002	5
Angola	2006	4
Czech Republic	2006	4
Togo	2006	4
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	4
Ukraine	2006	4
New Zealand	2010	3
North Korea	2010	3
Paraguay	2010	3
Slovakia	2010	3
Slovenia	2010	3
South Africa	2010	3
Algeria	2014	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014	2
Chile	2014	2
Greece	2014	2
Honduras	2014	2
Italy	2014	2
Ivory Coast	2014	2
Colombia	2018	1
Egypt	2018	1
Iceland	2018	1
Nigeria	2018	1
Panama	2018	1
Peru	2018	1
Russia	2018	1
Sweden	2018	1

Longest World Cup appearance droughts overall

This is a list of the longest droughts between World Cup appearances. Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance until the team ceased to exist.

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Team	Prev. appearance	Next appearance	WC missed
Cuba	1938	active	19
Indonesia^[d]	1938	active	19
Wales	1958	2022	15
Israel	1970	active	13
DR Congo^[f]	1974	active	12
Haiti	1974	active	12
Egypt	1934	1990	11
Norway	1938	1994	11
Turkey	1954	2002	11
Bolivia	1950	1994	10
North Korea	1966	2010	10
El Salvador	1982	active	10
Kuwait	1982	active	10
United States	1950	1990	9
Hungary	1986	active	9
Iraq	1986	active	9
Northern Ireland	1986	active	9
Peru	1982	2018	8
Canada	1986	2022	8
United Arab Emirates	1990	active	8
Peru	1930	1970	7
South Korea	1954	1986	7
Australia	1974	2006	7
Bolivia	1994	active	7
Netherlands	1938	1974	6
Poland	1938	1974	6
Paraguay	1958	1986	6
Colombia	1962	1990	6
Switzerland	1966	1994	6
Honduras	1982	2010	6
New Zealand	1982	2010	6
Egypt	1990	2018	6
Austria	1998	active	6
Bulgaria	1998	active	6
Jamaica	1998	active	6
Norway	1998	active	6
Romania	1998	active	6
Scotland	1998	active	6
Romania	1938	1970	5
Northern Ireland	1958	1982	5
Algeria	1986	2010	5
China	2002	active	5
Republic of Ireland	2002	active	5
Turkey	2002	active	5

Teams statistics

Note: In case there are teams with equal quantities, they will be mentioned in chronological order of tournament history (the teams that attained the quantity first, are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, the teams will be listed alphabetically.

For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results.

Most titles

Brazil – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)^[39]

Most finishes in the top two

Germany/West Germany – 8 (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany)^[40]

Most second-place finishes

Germany/West Germany – 4 (1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany)^[40]

Most World Cup appearances

Brazil – 22 (every tournament)^[41]

Most consecutive championships

Italy – 2 (1934–1938)^[42]^[43]
Brazil – 2 (1958–1962)^[42]^[44]

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

West Germany – 3 (1982–1990)^[41]
Brazil – 3 (1994–2002)^[41]

Longest gap between successive titles

Italy – 44 years (nine editions, 1938–1982)^[p]^[41]

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

Argentina – 48 years (10 editions, 1930–1978)^[41]

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

Wales – 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)^[45]

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

Luxembourg – 21 (all 1934–2022)^[41]

Worst finish by defending champions

Group stage – Italy (1950)^[46]
Group stage – Brazil (1966)^[46]
Group stage – France (2002)^[46]
Group stage – Italy (2010)^[46]
Group stage – Spain (2014)^[46]
Group stage – Germany (2018)^[47]

Players

Most appearances

Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

All-time top player appearances^[48]
Rank	Player	Team(s)	Matches	Tournaments
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	26	5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
2	Lothar Matthäus	West Germany/Germany	25	5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
3	Miroslav Klose	Germany	24	4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
4	Paolo Maldini	Italy	23	4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
5	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	22	5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Most championships

Pelé – 3 ( Brazil, 1958, 1962^[q] and 1970)^[50]

Most appearances in a World Cup final

Cafu – 3 ( Brazil; 1994, 1998, 2002)^[r]^[51]

Youngest player

Norman Whiteside – 17 years, 41 days (for Northern Ireland vs. Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982)^[52]

Youngest player in a final

Pelé – 17 years, 249 days (for Brazil vs. Sweden, 29 June 1958)^[52]

Oldest player

Essam El-Hadary – 45 years, 161 days (for Egypt vs. Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018)^[53]

Oldest player in a final

Dino Zoff – 40 years, 133 days (for Italy vs. West Germany, 11 July 1982)^[54]

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

All-time top scorers^[55]^[56]
Rank	Player	Team(s)	Goals	Matches	Goals per game
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	16	24	0.67
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	15	19	0.79
3	Gerd Müller	West Germany	14	13	1.08
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	6	2.17
4	Lionel Messi	Argentina	13	26	0.50

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

Kylian Mbappé – 4 ( France, 2018, 2022)^[58]

Most consecutive matches scored in

Just Fontaine – 6 ( France, 1958)^[59]
Jairzinho – 6 ( Brazil, 1970)^[60]

Most tournaments scored in

Cristiano Ronaldo – 5 ( Portugal, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)^[61]

Milestone goals

Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent (for France vs. Mexico, 13 July 1930)^[62]
Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio (for Italy vs. United States, 27 May 1934)^[62]
Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink (for Netherlands vs. Scotland, 11 June 1978)^[62]
Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck (for Sweden vs. England, 20 June 2006)^[62]

Youngest goalscorer

Pelé – 17 years, 239 days (for Brazil vs. Wales, 19 June 1958)^[63]

Youngest goalscorer in a final

Pelé – 17 years, 249 days (for Brazil vs. Sweden, 29 June 1958)^[63]

Oldest goalscorer

Roger Milla – 42 years, 39 days (for Cameroon vs. Russia, 28 June 1994)^[64]

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

Pepe – 39 years, 283 days (for Portugal vs. Switzerland, 6 December 2022)^[65]

Oldest goalscorer in a final

Nils Liedholm – 35 years, 264 days (for Sweden vs. Brazil, 29 June 1958)^[51]

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

Lionel Messi – 35 years, 177 days (for Argentina vs. France, 18 December 2022)^[66]

Fastest goal

Hakan Şükür – 11 seconds (for Turkey vs. South Korea, 2002)^[67]

Fastest goal in a final

Johan Neeskens – 90 seconds (for Netherlands vs. West Germany, 1974)^[51]

Latest goal in regular time

Mehdi Taremi – 90+13th minute (for Iran vs. England, 2022)^[68]

Most goals against country of birth

Xherdan Shaqiri - 2. Born in Kosovo, which is not recognized as an independent state by the United Nations, he scored against Serbia in 2018 and 2022.

Team

Biggest wins

Biggest margin of victory^[69]
Rank	Date	Venue	Winning team	Score	Losing team
1	15 June 1982	Nuevo Estadio, Elche	Hungary	10–1	El Salvador
	17 June 1954	Hardturm Stadium, Zürich	Hungary	9–0	South Korea
	18 June 1974	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen	Yugoslavia	9–0	Zaire
4	12 June 1938	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes	Sweden	8–0	Cuba
	2 July 1950	Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte	Uruguay	8–0	Bolivia
	1 June 2002	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo	Germany	8–0	Saudi Arabia

Biggest win in a final

Biggest margin of victory in a final^[69]
Rank	Date	Venue	Winning team	Score	Losing team
1	29 June 1958	Råsunda Stadium, Solna	Brazil	5–2	Sweden
	21 June 1970	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Brazil	4–1	Italy
	12 July 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	France	3–0	Brazil

Highest scoring matches

Most goals scored in a match^[70]
Rank	Date	Venue	Total goals	Team	Score	Team
1	26 June 1954	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	12	Austria	7–5	Switzerland
2	5 June 1938	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	11	Brazil	6–5	Poland
	20 June 1954	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel		Hungary	8–3	West Germany
	15 June 1982	Nuevo Estadio, Elche		Hungary	10–1	El Salvador
5	8 June 1958	Idrottsparken, Norrköping	10	France	7–3	Paraguay

Most goals in a tournament

Hungary – 27 (1954)^[69]

Top scoring teams by tournament

Period	Top scorers	Goals scored	Source
1930	Argentina	18	^[71]
1934	Italy	12	^[72]
1938	Hungary	15	^[72]
1950	Brazil	22	^[72]
1954	Hungary	27	^[73]
1958	France	23	^[73]
1962	Brazil	14	^[72]
1966	Portugal	17	^[74]
1970	Brazil	19	^[72]
1974	Poland	16	^[72]
1978	Argentina	15	^[72]
1978	Netherlands	15	^[72]
1982	France	16	^[72]
1986	Argentina	14	^[72]
1990	West Germany	15	^[75]
1994	Sweden	15	^[72]
1998	France	15	^[72]
2002	Brazil	18	^[72]
2006	Germany	14	^[72]
2010	Germany	16	^[72]
2014	Germany	18	^[76]
2018	Belgium	16	^[77]
2022	France	16	^[78]

Teams listed in bold won the tournament. Fewer than half of all World Cup tournaments have been won by the highest-scoring team.

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

2022 – 172 goals^[79]

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

1930 – 70 goals^[78]
1934 – 70 goals^[78]

Most goals per match in a tournament

1954 – 5.38 goals per match^[80]

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

1990 – 2.21 goals per match^[80]

Own goals

Assists

Note: FIFA formally records assists only from the 1966 edition onwards.^[81]

Most assists

Pelé – 10 ( Brazil, 1958–1970)^[s]^[83]^[84]

Most assists in a tournament

Raymond Kopa – 9 ( France, 1958)^[85]

Most tournaments assisted in

Lionel Messi – 5 ( Argentina, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)^[86]

Most assists provided in a match

Robert Gadocha – 4 (for Poland vs. Haiti, 1974)^[87]^[88]

Most assists provided in final matches

Pelé – 3 ( Brazil, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)^[89]^[90]

Most assists in the knockout rounds

Lionel Messi - 5 (Argentina 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) ^[91]

Penalty shoot-outs

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

Peter Shilton – 10 ( England, 1982–1990)^[57]
Fabien Barthez – 10 ( France, 1998–2006)^[57]

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

Walter Zenga – 517 mins, 5 consecutive clean sheets ( Italy, 1990)^[92]

Most goals conceded

Antonio Carbajal – 25 ( Mexico, 1950–1966)^[93]
Mohamed Al-Deayea – 25 ( Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006)^[93]

Most goals conceded in one tournament

Hong Deok-young – 16 ( South Korea, 1954)^[94]

Fewest goals conceded in one tournament

Pascal Zuberbühler – 0 ( Switzerland, 2006)^[t]^[95]

Fewest goals conceded in one tournament for the eventual winners

Fabien Barthez – 2 ( France, 1998)^[96]
Gianluigi Buffon – 2 ( Italy, 2006)^[96]
Iker Casillas – 2 ( Spain, 2010)^[96]

Most saves in one match

Tim Howard – 16 (for United States vs. Belgium, 2014)^[97]

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

Jan Tomaszewski – 2 ( Poland, both in 1974)^[98]
Brad Friedel – 2 ( United States, both in 2002)^[98]
Iker Casillas – 2 ( Spain, 2002, 2010)^[98]
Wojciech Szczęsny – 2 ( Poland, both in 2022)^[98]

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

Ricardo – 3 (for Portugal vs. England, 2006)^[99]
Danijel Subašić – 3 (for Croatia vs. Denmark, 2018)^[99]
Dominik Livaković – 3 (for Croatia vs. Japan, 2022)^[99]

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

Harald Schumacher – 4 ( West Germany, 1982–1986)^[98]
Sergio Goycochea – 4 ( Argentina, 1990)^[98]
Danijel Subašić – 4 ( Croatia, 2018)^[100]^[98]
Dominik Livaković – 4 ( Croatia, 2022)^[98]

Coaching

Most matches coached

Helmut Schön – 25 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)^[101]

Most matches won

Helmut Schön – 16 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)^[102]

Most tournaments won

Vittorio Pozzo – 2 ( Italy, 1934–1938)^[103]

Most tournaments as a coach

Carlos Alberto Parreira – 6 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010)^[104]

Most different nations coached

Bora Milutinović – 5 ( Mexico in 1986, Costa Rica in 1990, United States in 1994, Nigeria in 1998 and China in 2002)^[105]
Carlos Alberto Parreira – 5 ( Kuwait in 1982, United Arab Emirates in 1990, Brazil in 1994 and 2006, Saudi Arabia in 1998 and South Africa in 2010)^[104]

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)^[105]

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

Walter Winterbottom – 4 ( England, 1950–1962)^[106]
Helmut Schön – 4 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)^[106]

Youngest coach

Juan José Tramutola – 27 years, 267 days ( Argentina, 1930)^[107]

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

Alberto Suppici – 31 years, 252 days ( Uruguay, 1930)^[108]

Oldest coach

Otto Rehhagel – 71 years, 317 days ( Greece, 2010)^[109]

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

Vicente del Bosque – 59 years, 200 days ( Spain, 2010)^[110]

Refereeing

Most tournaments

John Langenus – 3 (Belgium, 1930–1938)^[111]^[112]^[113]
Ivan Eklind – 3 (Sweden, 1934–1950)^[114]
Sandy Griffiths – 3 (Wales, 1950–1958)^[115]
Arthur Edward Ellis – 3 (England, 1950–1958)^[116]
Juan Gardeazábal – 3 (Spain, 1958–1966)^[117]
Erik Fredriksson – 3 (Sweden, 1982–1990)^[118]
Jamal Al Sharif – 3 (Syria, 1986–1994)^[119]
Joël Quiniou – 3 (France, 1986–1994)^[120]
Ali Bujsaim – 3 (United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002)^[121]
Óscar Ruiz – 3 (Colombia, 2002–2010)^[122]
Carlos Eugênio Simon – 3 (Brazil, 2002–2010)^[123]
Marco Antonio Rodríguez – 3 (Mexico, 2006–2014)^[124]
Joel Aguilar^[u] – 3 (El Salvador, 2010–2018)^[125]^[126]
Ravshan Irmatov – 3 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)^[127]
Alireza Faghani^[u] – 3 (Iran, 2014–2022)^[128]^[129]^[130]
Bakary Gassama – 3 (Gambia, 2014–2022)^[131]

Most matches refereed, overall

Ravshan Irmatov – 11 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)^[132]

Youngest referee

Juan Gardeazábal – 24 years and 193 days (Spain, 1958)^[133]

Oldest referee

George Reader – 53 years and 236 days (England, 1950)^[134]

Discipline

Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.^[135]

Fastest caution

Jesús Gallardo – 11 seconds (for Mexico vs. Sweden, 2018)^[136]

Fastest sending off

José Batista – 56 seconds (for Uruguay vs. Scotland, 1986)^[137]

Fastest sending off, qualification

Rashed Al-Hooti – 37 seconds (for Bahrain vs. Iran, 11 October 2011, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification)^[138]

Latest caution

Emiliano Martínez – During penalty shoot-out (for Argentina vs. France, 2022)^[v]^[139]

Latest sending off

Leandro Cufré – After penalty shoot-out (for Argentina vs. Germany, 2006)^[w]^[140]
Denzel Dumfries – After penalty shoot-out (for Netherlands vs. Argentina, 2022)^[141]

Sent off from the bench

Claudio Caniggia (for Argentina vs. Sweden, 2002)^[142]

Most cards (all-time, player)

Javier Mascherano – 7 ( Argentina, 2006–2018)^[143]

Most cautions (all-time, player)

Javier Mascherano – 7 ( Argentina, 2006–2018)^[143]

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

Rigobert Song – 2 ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998)^[144]
Zinedine Zidane – 2 ( France, 1998 and 2006)^[144]

Most sendings off (tournament)

2006 – 28 (in 64 games)^[144]

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

Brazil – 11 (in 97 games)^[144]

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

2 each for Portugal and Netherlands – 4 (2006)^[x]^[145]

Most sendings off (final match)

2 for Argentina vs. West Germany, 1990^[y]^[146]

Most cautions (tournament)

2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)^[147]

Most cautions (all-time, team)

Argentina – 88 (in 64 games until 2006)^[148]^{[better source needed]}

Most cautions (match, one team)

Argentina – 10 (2022, vs. Netherlands)^[149]

Most cautions (match, both teams)

8 for Netherlands and 10 for Argentina – 18 (2022)^[149]

Most cautions (match, player)

Josip Šimunić – 3 (61', 90', 93') (for Croatia vs. Australia, 2006) (referee: Graham Poll)^[z]^[150]

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

9 for Netherlands and 5 for Spain – 14 (2010)^[151]

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

André Kana-Biyik – 2 ( Cameroon, 1990)^[aa]^[155]

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

Brazil – 114^[156]

Most wins

Brazil – 76^[156]

Most losses

Mexico – 28^[156]

Most draws

England – 22^[156]

Most goals scored

Brazil – 237^[156]

Most goalscorers

Brazil – 85^[157]^[158]

Most goals conceded

Germany – 130^[156]

Fewest goals scored

Highest goal difference

Brazil – +129^[156]

In one tournament

Most goals scored

Hungary – 27 (1954)^[ab]^[159]

Fewest goals conceded

Switzerland – 0 (2006)^[ab]^[160]

Most goals conceded

South Korea – 16 (1954)^[ab]^[161]

Most matches gone into extra time

Belgium – 3 (1986)^[162]
England – 3 (1990)^[162]
Argentina – 3 (2014)^[162]
Croatia – 3 (2018)^[162]

Most minutes without conceding a goal

Italy – 517 mins (1990)^[ab]^[163]

Highest goal difference

Hungary – +17 (1954)^[ab]^[159]

Highest goal difference, champions

Brazil – +14 (2002)^[ab]^[164]
Germany – +14 (2014)^[ab]^[164]

Lowest goal difference

South Korea – −16 (1954)^[ab]^[161]

Lowest goal difference, champions

Italy – +6 (1938 and 1982)^[ab]^[164]
Spain – +6 (2010)^[ab]^[164]

Highest average of goals scored per match

Hungary – 5.40 (1954)^[ab]^[165]

Highest average goal difference per match

Hungary – +3.2 (1954)^[165]

Most goals scored, champions

West Germany – 25 (1954)^[ab]^[159]

Fewest goals scored, champions

Spain – 8 (2010)^[ab]^[166]

Fewest goals scored, finalists

Argentina – 5 (1990)^[ab]^[167]

Fewest goals conceded, champions

France – 2 (1998)^[ab]^[168]
Italy – 2 (2006)^[ab]^[168]
Spain – 2 (2010)^[ab]^[168]

Most goals conceded, champions

West Germany – 14 (1954)^[ab]^[159]

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

Spain – 1.14 (2010)^[ab]^[169]

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

Portugal – 4 (1966)^[170]
Netherlands – 4 (1978)^[170]
Argentina – 4 (2022)^[170]

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

Argentina – 5 (2022)^[170]

Hat-tricks

Attendance

Highest attendance

Rank	Date	Venue	Match	Attendance	Source
1	16 July 1950	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Uruguay v Brazil	173,850	^[171]
2	13 July 1950	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil v Spain	152,772	^[172]
3	1 July 1950	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil v Yugoslavia	142,409	^[173]
4	9 July 1950	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil v Sweden	138,886	^[174]
5	7 June 1986	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Mexico v Paraguay	114,600	^[175]
5	29 June 1986	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Argentina v West Germany	114,600	^[176]

Lowest attendance

Romania vs. Peru – 300 (14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo)^[177]

Highest average of attendance

1994 – 69,174 per match^[178]

Highest aggregated attendance

1994 – 3,594,042^[179]

Lowest average of attendance

1934 – 21,239^[179]

Lowest aggregated attendance

1934 – 358,000^[179]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l The Yugoslavia national football team qualified eight times during eras of Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990). They qualified from 1930–1990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup in 1992 by the secession of many of its constituent republics. They qualified once in 1998 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, only qualifying under that name in 2006. All of these teams are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIFA, which first qualified under that name in 2010. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1992 — Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia — are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also competes separately after independence in 2006 and Kosovo was recognized by FIFA in 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as the successor team of Czechoslovakia. The other national team which resulted from the breakup of the Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, is considered a distinct entity from the Czechoslovakia team. 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949, has been represented by the same governing body, the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB), since 1904. Following World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 World Cup as West Germany. Saar competed in the 1954 World Cup qualifying before joining West Germany in 1956. East Germany fielded teams of their own from 1958 to 1990 before joining with West Germany and the DFB during the German reunification. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of West Germany from 1954–1990.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to its dissolution in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
^ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
^ On 14 June 1952, FIFA acknowledged that the CFA on Mainland China, not the Republic of China Football Association (ROCFA) located on Taiwan, was the recognized authority over Chinese football with their membership dating to 1931.
^ Egypt entered qualifying in 1962 and 1966 as the United Arab Republic, but withdrew before playing matches.
^ 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.
^ Northern Ireland competed as Ireland in 1950.
^ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and 1938 and then as Ireland in 1950.
^ ^a ^b There was no third place match in 1930. The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Both captains received bronze medals. 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 World Cup.^[36]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f In 1982, the second round has 12 teams of which 4 progressed to the semi-finals.
^ Germany between 1950 and 1990 competed as West Germany, as a separate East German team existed then.
^ Uruguay (76 years) and England (60 years) have longer active streaks.
^ Only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007.^[49]
^ Pelé, Lothar Matthäus, Pierre Littbarski and Ronaldo each appeared three times in the squads of the teams that reached the finals, but none of them played in all three games.^[51]
^ Different sources give Pelé between 8 and 10 assists.^[82]
^ Zuberbühler kept goal throughout every minute of Switzerland's four matches. Other keepers have kept clean sheets only playing part of their team's matches.
^ ^a ^b Attended three tournaments but did not act as main referee in all of them. Instead, he was exclusively used as a fourth official in a minimum of one edition.
^ Putting French players off.^[139]
^ Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match.^[140]
^ Also known as Battle of Nuremberg.
^ The players sent off were Pedro Monzón and Gustavo Dezotti.^[146]
^ Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match as the referee failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow.^[150]
^ Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first,^[152] and then missed Cameroon's fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth.^[153]^[154] Others, including Zinedine Zidane in 2006, have earned a second suspension in their team's final match of the tournament, not servable during the tournament.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Successful kicks in a penalty shoot-out are not counted as goals (but penalties scored in the normal course of play are counted).

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External links

FIFA World Cup Superlatives at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 June 2010)
FIFA World Cup biggest margin victories at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 June 2010)
FIFA competitions biggest crowds at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 June 2010)

[Yugoslavia-31] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l The Yugoslavia national football team qualified eight times during eras of Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990). They qualified from 1930–1990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup in 1992 by the secession of many of its constituent republics. They qualified once in 1998 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, only qualifying under that name in 2006. All of these teams are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIFA, which first qualified under that name in 2010. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1992 — Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia — are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also competes separately after independence in 2006 and Kosovo was recognized by FIFA in 2016.

[Czechoslovakia-32] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as the successor team of Czechoslovakia. The other national team which resulted from the breakup of the Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, is considered a distinct entity from the Czechoslovakia team. 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.

[Germany-33] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949, has been represented by the same governing body, the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB), since 1904. Following World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 World Cup as West Germany. Saar competed in the 1954 World Cup qualifying before joining West Germany in 1956. East Germany fielded teams of their own from 1958 to 1990 before joining with West Germany and the DFB during the German reunification. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of West Germany from 1954–1990.

[Indonesia-34] Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.

[USSR-35] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to its dissolution in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.

[Zaire-36] The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.

[42] Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.

[China-43] On 14 June 1952, FIFA acknowledged that the CFA on Mainland China, not the Republic of China Football Association (ROCFA) located on Taiwan, was the recognized authority over Chinese football with their membership dating to 1931.

[UAR-44] Egypt entered qualifying in 1962 and 1966 as the United Arab Republic, but withdrew before playing matches.

[45] 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.

[46] Northern Ireland competed as Ireland in 1950.

[47] Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and 1938 and then as Ireland in 1950.

[wc1930-49] There was no third place match in 1930. The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Both captains received bronze medals. 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 World Cup.^[36]

[SR1982-52] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f In 1982, the second round has 12 teams of which 4 progressed to the semi-finals.

[53] Germany between 1950 and 1990 competed as West Germany, as a separate East German team existed then.

[titles-60] Uruguay (76 years) and England (60 years) have longer active streaks.

[66] Only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007.^[49]

[69] Pelé, Lothar Matthäus, Pierre Littbarski and Ronaldo each appeared three times in the squads of the teams that reached the finals, but none of them played in all three games.^[51]

[Pele-101] Different sources give Pelé between 8 and 10 assists.^[82]

[114] Zuberbühler kept goal throughout every minute of Switzerland's four matches. Other keepers have kept clean sheets only playing part of their team's matches.

[notmain-145] Attended three tournaments but did not act as main referee in all of them. Instead, he was exclusively used as a fourth official in a minimum of one edition.

[161] Putting French players off.^[139]

[163] Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match.^[140]

[168] Also known as Battle of Nuremberg.

[171] The players sent off were Pedro Monzón and Gustavo Dezotti.^[146]

[176] Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match as the referee failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow.^[150]

[181] Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first,^[152] and then missed Cameroon's fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth.^[153]^[154] Others, including Zinedine Zidane in 2006, have earned a second suspension in their team's final match of the tournament, not servable during the tournament.

[pksnotgoals-186] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Successful kicks in a penalty shoot-out are not counted as goals (but penalties scored in the normal course of play are counted).

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v t e FIFA World Cup
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Tournaments	Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea / Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Canada / Mexico / United States 2026 Morocco / Portugal / Spain 2030¹ Saudi Arabia 2034
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
Squads	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Final draw	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bids	2014 2018 2022 2026 2030 2034
Officials	2010 2014 2018 2022
Team appearances	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA
Overall records	Player records winners top appearances red cards Goalscorer records top finals hat-tricks own goals Manager records winners all appearances Match records opening penalty shoot-outs
Miscellaneous	Awards Balls Controversies Economics Fan Festival Films History Mascots Music Notable matches qualifying Referees Stadiums finals Trophy Video games World Champions Cup
¹ Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games ² There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. ³ No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. Category Commons

v t e Countries at the FIFA World Cup
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AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba 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 Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.

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