When Did They Make Their World Cup Debut?

For each country that has qualified for the World Cup, can you name the year in which they first appeared in the competition?
Including countries that no longer exist
Using the date in which the current team qualified.
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Mexico
Northern Ireland
China
France
Greece
Ireland
Romania
Israel
Wales
Cameroon
Czechoslovakia
Ghana
South Korea
Haiti
Bulgaria
Panama
Honduras
Soviet Union
Ivory Coast
Norway
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Poland
Algeria
North Korea
Slovakia
West Germany
Czech Republic
Turkey
Uruguay
Bolivia
Slovenia
Ecuador
Netherlands
Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)
Curaçao
Trinidad and Tobago
New Zealand
Cape Verde
El Salvador
Qatar
Colombia
Iran
D.R.Congo (Zaire)
Egypt
Spain
Kuwait
Argentina
Chile
Hungary
Italy
Germany
Morocco
Austria
South Africa
Peru
Saudi Arabia
Denmark
Ukraine
Japan
Sweden
Scotland
Paraguay
Canada
Jordan
Belgium
Iraq
United States
Senegal
Iceland
Yugoslavia
Angola
Tunisia
Croatia
Australia
East Germany
Serbia
Jamaica
Togo
Russia
Cuba
United Arab Emirates
Nigeria
Portugal
Switzerland
Uzbekistan
Brazil
Costa Rica
England
1930
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
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