National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

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This article lists the performances of each of the 78 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA World Cup finals.

Contents 1 Début of national teams 2 Comprehensive team results in each World Cup 3 Ranking of teams by number of appearances 4 Performance by confederation 4.1 UEFA (Europe) 4.2 CONMEBOL (South America) 4.3 CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) 4.4 CAF (Africa) 4.5 AFC (Asia) 4.6 OFC (Oceania) 5 Notes 6 See also

[edit] Début of national teams

A total of 78 national teams have appeared in at least one World Cup finals tournament. Each successive World Cup has welcomed at least one team appearing for the first time as detailed below.

Year	Débutants
1930	Argentina Belgium Bolivia Brazil Chile France Mexico Paraguay Peru Romania USA Uruguay Yugoslavia[1]
1934	Austria Czechoslovakia[2] Egypt Germany[3] Hungary Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland
1938	Cuba Dutch East Indies[4] Norway Poland
1950	England
1954	Korea Republic Scotland Turkey West Germany[3]
1958	Northern Ireland USSR[5] Wales
1962	Bulgaria Colombia
1966	Korea DPR Portugal
1970	El Salvador Israel Morocco
1974	Australia East Germany[3] Haiti Zaire[6]
1978	Iran Tunisia
1982	Algeria Cameroon Honduras Kuwait New Zealand
1986	Canada Denmark Iraq
1990	Costa Rica Republic of Ireland United Arab Emirates
1994	Greece Nigeria Russia[5] Saudi Arabia
1998	Croatia[1] Jamaica Japan South Africa Yugoslavia[1]
2002	China PR Ecuador Senegal Slovenia[1]
2006	Angola Côte d'Ivoire Czech Republic[2] Ghana Serbia & Montenegro[1] Togo Trinidad & Tobago Ukraine[5]

[edit] Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

Legend

• 1st - Champions
• 2nd - Second place
• 3rd - Third place
• 4th - Fourth place
• SF - Semifinals (only in 1930, when no Third place match was held)
• QF - Quarterfinals
• R2 - Second Round (1974-1982: Second group stage; 1986 onwards: Round of 16)
• R1 - First Round
• q - Qualified for upcoming tournament

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA ^[7]. 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. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw ^[8].

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and 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)
Algeria												R1 13th	R1 22nd
Angola																		R1 23rd
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
Australia										R1 14th								R2 16th
Austria		4th			3rd	R1 15th					R2 7th	R2 8th		R1 T-18th		R1 23rd
Belgium	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 13th		R1 12th				R1 T-10th			R2 10th	4th	R2 11th	R2 11th	R1 19th	R2 14th
Bolivia	R1 12th			R1 13th											R1 21st
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
Bulgaria							R1 15th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 12th			R2 15th		4th	R1 29th
Cameroon												R1 17th		QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th
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)
Canada													R1 24th
Chile	R1 5th			R1 9th			3rd	R1 T-13th		R1 11th		R1 22nd				R2 16th
China PR																	R1 31st
Colombia							R1 14th							R2 14th	R1 19th	R1 21st
Congo DR[6]										R1 16th
Costa Rica														R2 13th			R1 19th	R1 31st
Côte d'Ivoire																		R1 19th
Croatia[1]	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/		3rd	R1 23rd	R1 22nd
Cuba			QF 8th
Czechoslovakia[2]		2nd	QF 5th		R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd		R1 15th			R1 19th		QF 6th		/	/	/
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)
Czech Republic[2]	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/			R1 20th
Denmark													R2 9th			QF 8th	R2 10th
East Germany[3]	/	/	/							R2 6th					/	/	/	/
Ecuador																	R1 24th	R2 12th
Egypt		R1 13th												R1 20th
El Salvador									R1 16th			R1 24th
England				R1 8th	QF 6th	R1 11th	QF 8th	1st	QF 8th			R2 6th	QF 8th	4th		R2 9th	QF 6th	QF 7th
France	R1 7th	R1 T-9th	QF 6th		R1 11th	3rd		R1 T-13th			R1 12th	4th	3rd			1st	R1 28th	2nd
Germany[3]		3rd	R1 10th		1st	4th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	1st	R2 6th	2nd	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd
Ghana																		R2 13th
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)
Greece															R1 24th
Haiti										R1 15th
Honduras												R1 18th
Hungary		QF 6th	2nd		2nd	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th			R1 15th	R1 14th	R1 18th
Indonesia[4]			R1 15th
Iran											R1 14th					R1 20th		R1 T-25th
Iraq													R1 23rd
Republic of Ireland														QF 8th	R2 16th		R2 12th
Israel									R1 12th
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
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)
Jamaica																R1 22nd
Japan																R1 31st	R2 9th	R1 T-28th
Korea DPR	/	/	/					QF 8th
Korea Republic	/	/	/		R1 16th								R1 20th	R1 22nd	R1 20th	R1 30th	4th	R1 17th
Kuwait												R1 21st
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
Morocco									R1 14th				R2 11th		R1 23rd	R1 18th
Netherlands		R1 T-9th	R1 14th							2nd	2nd			R2 15th	QF 7th	4th		R2 11th
New Zealand												R1 23rd
Nigeria															R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th
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)
Northern Ireland						QF 8th						R2 9th	R1 21st
Norway			R1 12th												R1 17th	R2 15th
Paraguay	R1 9th			R1 11th		R1 12th							R2 13th			R2 14th	R2 16th	R1 18th
Peru	R1 10th								QF 7th		R2 8th	R1 20th
Poland			R1 11th							3rd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 14th				R1 25th	R1 21st
Portugal								3rd					R1 17th				R1 21st	4th
Romania	R1 8th	R1 12th	R1 9th						R1 T-10th					R2 12th	QF 6th	R2 11th
Russia[5]	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	R1 18th		R1 22nd
Saudi Arabia															R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th
Scotland					R1 15th	R1 14th				R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 19th	R1 T-18th		R1 27th
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)
Senegal																	QF 7th
Serbia[1]	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/		R2 10th		R1 32nd
Slovenia[1]	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/			R1 30th
South Africa																R1 24th	R1 17th		q
Spain		QF 5th		4th			R1 12th	R1 10th			R1 10th	R2 12th	QF 7th	R2 10th	QF 8th	R1 17th	QF 5th	R2 9th
Sweden		QF 8th	4th	3rd		2nd			R1 9th	R2 5th	R1 13th			R1 21st	3rd		R2 13th	R2 14th
Switzerland		QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 6th	QF 8th		R1 16th	R1 16th							R2 15th			R2 10th
Togo																		R1 30th
Trinidad & Tobago																		R1 27th
Tunisia											R1 9th					R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th
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)
Turkey					R1 9th												3rd
United Arab Emirates														R1 24th
Ukraine[5]	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/				QF 8th
USA	SF 3rd	R1 16th		R1 10th										R1 23rd	R2 14th	R1 32nd	QF 8th	R1 T-25th
Uruguay	1st			1st	4th		R1 13th	QF 7th	4th	R1 12th			R2 16th	R2 16th			R1 26th
USSR[5]						QF 7th	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th			R2 7th	R2 10th	R1 17th	/	/	/	/
Wales						QF 6th
Yugoslavia[1]	SF 4th			R1 5th	QF 7th	QF 5th	4th			R2 7th		R1 16th		QF 5th	/	/	/	/

[edit] Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Number of appearances	Record streak	First appearance	Most recent appearance	Best result
Brazil	18	18	1930	2006	Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Germany[3]	16	14	1934	2006	Champions (1954, 1974, 1990)
Italy	16	12	1934	2006	Champions (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
Argentina	14	9	1930	2006	Champions (1978, 1986)
Mexico	13	6	1930	2006	Quarterfinals (1970, 1986)
England	12	6	1950	2006	Champions (1966)
France	12	3	1930	2006	Champions (1998)
Spain	12	8	1934	2006	Fourth place (1950)
Belgium	11	6	1930	2002	Fourth place (1986)
Sweden	11	3	1934	2006	Runners-up (1958)
Uruguay	10	5	1930	2002	Champions (1930, 1950)
Hungary	9	4	1934	1986	Runners-up (1938, 1954)
Czechoslovakia[2]	8	3	1934	1990	Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Netherlands	8	3	1934	2006	Runners-up (1974, 1978)
Scotland	8	5	1954	1998	Round 1
Switzerland	8	4	1934	2006	Quarterfinals (1934, 1938, 1954)
USA	8	5	1930	2006	Semifinals (1930)
Yugoslavia[1]	8	4	1930	1990	Semifinals (1930), Fourth place (1962)
Austria	7	2	1934	1998	Third place (1954)
Bulgaria	7	4	1962	1998	Fourth place (1994)
Chile	7	2	1930	1998	Third place (1962)
Korea Republic	7	6	1954	2006	Fourth place (2002)
Paraguay	7	3	1930	2006	Round 2 (1986, 1998, 2002)
Poland	7	4	1938	2006	Third place (1974, 1982)
Romania	7	3	1930	1998	Quarterfinals (1994)
USSR[5]	7	4	1958	1990	Fourth place (1966)
Cameroon	5	4	1982	2002	Quarterfinals (1990)
Colombia	4	3	1962	1998	Round 2 (1990)
Morocco	4	2	1970	1998	Round 2 (1986)
Peru	4	2	1930	1982	Quarterfinals (1970)
Portugal	4	2	1966	2006	Third place (1966)
Saudi Arabia	4	4	1994	2006	Round 2 (1994)
Tunisia	4	3	1978	2006	Round 1
Bolivia	3	1	1930	1994	Round 1
Costa Rica	3	2	1990	2006	Round 2 (1990)
Croatia[1]	3	3	1998	2006	Third place (1998)
Denmark	3	2	1986	2002	Quarterfinals (1998)
Iran	3	1	1978	2006	Round 1
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1990	2002	Quarterfinals (1990)
Japan	3	3	1998	2006	Round 2 (2002)
Nigeria	3	3	1994	2002	Round 2 (1994, 1998)
Northern Ireland	3	2	1958	1986	Quarterfinals (1958)
Norway	3	2	1938	1998	Round 2 (1998)
Algeria	2	2	1982	1986	Round 1
Australia	2	1	1974	2006	Round 2 (2006)
Ecuador	2	2	2002	2006	Round 2 (2006)
Egypt	2	1	1934	1990	Round 1
El Salvador	2	1	1970	1982	Round 1
Russia[5]	2	1	1994	2002	Round 1
Serbia[1]	2	1	1998	2006	Round 2 (1998)
South Africa	2	2	1998	2002	Round 1
Turkey	2	1	1954	2002	Third place (2002)
Angola	1	1	2006	2006	Round 1
Canada	1	1	1986	1986	Round 1
China PR	1	1	2002	2002	Round 1
Congo DR[6]	1	1	1974	1974	Round 1
Côte d'Ivoire	1	1	2006	2006	Round 1
Cuba	1	1	1938	1938	Quarterfinals (1938)
Czech Republic[2]	1	1	2006	2006	Round 1
East Germany[3]	1	1	1974	1974	Round 2 (1974)
Ghana	1	1	2006	2006	Round 2 (2006)
Greece	1	1	1994	1994	Round 1
Haiti	1	1	1974	1974	Round 1
Honduras	1	1	1982	1982	Round 1
Indonesia[4]	1	1	1938	1938	Round 1
Iraq	1	1	1986	1986	Round 1
Israel	1	1	1970	1970	Round 1
Jamaica	1	1	1998	1998	Round 1
Korea DPR	1	1	1966	1966	Quarterfinals (1966)
Kuwait	1	1	1982	1982	Round 1
New Zealand	1	1	1982	1982	Round 1
Senegal	1	1	2002	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)
Slovenia[1]	1	1	2002	2002	Round 1
Togo	1	1	2006	2006	Round 1
Trinidad & Tobago	1	1	2006	2006	Round 1
Ukraine[5]	1	1	2006	2006	Quarterfinals (2006)
United Arab Emirates	1	1	1990	1990	Round 1
Wales	1	1	1958	1958	Quarterfinals (1958)
Active Streak			Champion

[edit] Performance by confederation

A summary of the number of teams for each confederation that reached the corresponding rounds in each tournament. Notes about peculiarities in some editions:

• 1950 - The four teams that advanced to the ultimate round-robin group stage are considered, for the purposes of this calculation, as "semifinalists". Uruguay and Brazil, who played a decisive final game that was technically part of this group stage, are considered finalists.
• 1974 and 1978 - The eight teams that advanced from the first group stage to a second group stage are considered, for ths purposes of this calculation, as "quarterfinalists". The top two teams from each group, who advanced either to a final game or a third-place game (and not to a penultimate knockout game), are considered "semifinalists", with the two teams who played in the championship, being designated the finalists.
• 1982 - There were twelve teams which advanced from the first group stage to a second group stage. For the purposes of this calculation, this is not considered a quarterfinal but a Round 2 game. The four winners of this second group stage each advanced to a knockout semifinal game. Thus, no quarterfinal round was played that year.

[edit] UEFA (Europe)

	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)	TOTAL
Teams	4	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	205
Round 2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	69
Quarterfinal	n/a	8	6	n/a	6	7	6	5	4	6	5	n/a	5	6	7	6	4	6	87
Semifinal	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	51
Final	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	23
Champion	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	9

[edit] CONMEBOL (South America)

	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)	TOTAL
Teams	7	2	1	5	2	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	69
Round 2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2	4	4	2	4	2	3	21
Quarterfinal	n/a	0	1	n/a	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	n/a	2	1	1	2	1	2	25
Semifinal	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	19
Final	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	13
Champion	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9

[edit] CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean)

	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)	TOTAL
Teams	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	32
Round 2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	8
Quarterfinal	n/a	0	1	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	n/a	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Semifinal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Champion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] CAF (Africa)

	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)	TOTAL
Teams	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	28
Round 2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
Quarterfinal	n/a	0	0	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Semifinal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Champion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] AFC (Asia)

	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)	TOTAL
Teams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1[9]	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	24
Round 2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3
Quarterfinal	n/a	0	0	n/a	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Semifinal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Champion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] OFC (Oceania)

	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)	TOTAL
Teams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[10]	0	1[10]	0	0	0	0	0	1[11]	3
Round 2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Quarterfinal	n/a	0	0	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semifinal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Champion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{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. This team is considered distinct from the one which qualified in 1998, also under the name Yugoslavia. The 1998 Yugoslavia team comprised the new state Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and is officially considered the predecessor of the team which qualified in 2006 under the name Serbia and Montenegro. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia - Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia - are also considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930-1990. With the independence of Montenegro in 2006, Montenegro and Serbia now compete separately, and the Serbia team is considered the successor of the team which qualified in 1998 and 2006.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The two national teams now compete separately and are considered separate teams from Czechoslovakia.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Germany was always represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)). After World War II and the division of Germany, 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. Thus, FIFA officially attributes all results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of West Germany which qualified for all World Cups since 1954, after having been banned for 1950.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately and are considered separate teams from the USSR.
6. ^ ^{a b c} The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
7. ^ FIFA World Cup™ All-Time Ranking 1930-2006 (PDF). Retrieved on May 17, 2006.
8. ^ Seeding of national teams (PDF). Accessed 8 June 2006.
9. ^ The Asian team in 1970 was Israel, who were then an AFC member. They left AFC in 1972 and joined UEFA in 1994.
10. ^ ^{a b} The Oceanian teams in 1974 (Australia) and 1982 (New Zealand) both qualified after playing in a continental zone consisting of Asian and Oceanian teams.
11. ^ Australia's qualification in 2006 was through the Oceanian zone as they were an OFC member during qualifying. However, on 1 January 2006, they left the OFC and joined the AFC.

[edit] See also

• 2006 FIFA World Cup full team ranking
• List of FIFA World Cup national team droughts
• List of national teams with no FIFA World Cup appearances

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