All Teams to Ever Play a FIFA World Cup

Try to name all the football teams to ever participate in a men's FIFA World Cup.

# = number of appearances through 2026

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First submitted	January 6, 2013
Times taken	335,052
Average score	84.5%
Rating	4.95

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#	Top Finish	Team
23	Winner	Brazil
21	Winner	Germany / West Germany
19	Winner	Argentina
18	Winner	Italy
18	Quarters	Mexico
17	Winner	England
17	Winner	France
17	Winner	Spain
15	Winner	Uruguay
15	3rd place	Belgium
13	Runners-up	Sweden
13	Quarters	Switzerland
12	Runners-up	Netherlands
12	3rd place	United States
12	4th place	South Korea
11	4th place	Russia / Soviet Union
11	4th place	Serbia / Yugoslavia
10	Runners-up	Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia
9	Runners-up	Hungary
9	3rd place	Chile
9	3rd place	Poland
9	3rd place	Portugal
9	Quarters	Paraguay
9	Round 1	Scotland
8	3rd place	Austria
8	Quarters	Cameroon
8	Round 2	Japan
7	Runners-up	Croatia
7	4th place	Bulgaria
7	4th place	Morocco
7	Quarters	Colombia
7	Quarters	Romania
7	Round 2	Australia
7	Round 2	Saudi Arabia
7	Round 1	Iran
7	Round 1	Tunisia
6	Quarters	Costa Rica
6	Quarters	Denmark
6	Round 2	Nigeria
5	Quarters	Ghana
5	Quarters	Peru
5	Round 2	Algeria
5	Round 2	Ecuador
4	Quarters	Senegal
4	Round 2	Norway
4	Round 1	Egypt
4	Round 1	Ivory Coast
4	Round 1	South Africa
3	3rd place	Turkey
3	Quarters	Ireland
3	Quarters	Northern Ireland
3	Round 2	Greece
3	Round 1	Bolivia
3	Round 1	Canada
3	Round 1	Honduras
3	Round 1	New Zealand
2	Quarters	North Korea
2	Quarters	Wales
2	Round 1	Bosnia & Herzegovina
2	Round 1	D. R. Congo
2	Round 1	El Salvador
2	Round 1	Haiti
2	Round 1	Iraq
2	Round 1	Panama
2	Round 1	Qatar
2	Round 1	Slovenia
1	Quarters	Cuba
1	Quarters	Ukraine
1	Round 2	East Germany
1	Round 2	Slovakia
1	Round 1	Angola
1	Round 1	China
1	Round 1	Dutch East Indies
1	Round 1	Iceland
1	Round 1	Israel
1	Round 1	Jamaica
1	Round 1	Kuwait
1	Round 1	Togo
1	Round 1	Trinidad and Tobago
1	Round 1	United Arab Emirates
1	–	Cape Verde
1	–	Curaçao
1	-	Jordan
1	–	Uzbekistan

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100 Recent Comments

Level 21

Nov 27, 2017

Go Iceland!

Level 66

Mar 26, 2018

If only I had known I needed to break out every component of the United Kingdom...I got 74 out of 80. SMH

Level 74

Mar 26, 2018

I think that you should make Serbia (& Montenegro) and Yugoslavia as one. Both the FIFA and the uefa consider Serbia the successor of Yugoslavia. And if you check the facts for the Serbia team, they also take the Yugoslav results into account. It's the same situation as with Czech/Czechoslovakia, Russia/USSR and Germany/west Germany when considering football

Level 68

Mar 26, 2018

Does India just not have any interest in soccer? One would think that, by sheer force of population numbers, it would have had a few major talents to carry it through to the tournament at least once or twice. The Asian field is not as competitive as others are. Very interesting.

+12

Level 79

Mar 26, 2018

I think Indians are too busy playing cricket to care about soccer.

Level 72

Mar 26, 2018

India is, as I write this, the biggest country (both by size and population) to never have competed in the final stage of a FIFA World Cup. Interestingly enough, India qualified for the 1950 Cup in Brazil but withdrew, leaving the group C with only three teams. Indian players were used to play barefoot as they did in the Olympics two years prior.

But FIFA banned barefoot play for the 1950's WC so legend has it that's the reason why India pulled out. However, financial reasons and travel costs might have played a bigger role in the team's decision...

Level 58

Mar 7, 2021

India did once qualify for the finals (1950) but withdrew because an absence of football boots (they had previously played barefooted, or at least some of their players did).

Level 74

Mar 26, 2018

Misses Spain....

LLLLLLLL

Level 27

Mar 27, 2018

70/80. Missed Belgium, of all places, as well as North Korea (I left them out on purpose, but I guess they still participate in some things), and some other random ones.

Level 42

Sep 27, 2025

north korea played two world cups in 1966 and 2010. in 66 they even won against italy

Level 50

May 27, 2018

D'oh, forgot the Football War.

Level 65

Jan 22, 2024

Thank you oversimplified

Level 55

Jun 4, 2018

I believe Portugal is not sorted correctly. It should be right after Austria.

Level 55

Jun 4, 2018

Also, Serbia never made to the second round.

Level 47

Jul 31, 2018

The Serbia and Montenegro team did make it to Round of 16 in 1998, but they were known as FR Yugoslavia back then.

Level 44

Jun 13, 2018

Somehow managed to get Kuwait and miss Greece

Level 36

Jul 1, 2018

Sadly, 1st round can now be added behind Iceland and Panama :'(

Level 60

Jul 9, 2018

I get togo... but miss MEXICO

Level 47

Jul 11, 2018

I believe the Round 1 label is misleading. I think all Round 1s should say something to the effect of Group Stage and Round 2s should say Round 1.

Level 30

Sep 14, 2018

69/70. I forgot the United States.

Level 70

Jun 4, 2019

So I did this quiz back in 2015 and this one is featured being done in 2018?

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/91117/countries-that-have-participated-in-the-fifa-world-cup

Level 44

Jul 3, 2019

Somehow I got: togo, kuwait, cuba, el salvador, and egypt.

But failed to get italy.

Level 67

Nov 17, 2019

Got East Germany and Kuwait... but managed to miss France 🤦

Level 61

Jan 1, 2020

68/80 missed some easy ones like Denmark and South Africa and other would have really been random guesses. Missed Salvador by going around every central American country but this particular haha.

Level 56

Jan 9, 2020

Panama?

Level 50

Jan 20, 2020

Help somehow I forgot Spain..

Level 48

Jan 31, 2020

Got them all wow

Level 76

Feb 10, 2020

Besides the no longer existing countries (totally missed the description) and some islands I only missed the cote d'ivoire, angola, senegal and togo. Not unhappy with that.

Level 44

Aug 9, 2025

Bro does not know Africa at all

Level 55

Apr 18, 2020

South Korea has never been third, but fourth in 2002

Level 48

Jun 16, 2020

Why is Germany not accepted for East Germany?

Level 42

Jul 26, 2020

Can you edit so Zaire is accepted as DRC

Level 60

Aug 11, 2020

South Korea's best ever performance is a fourth place in the 2002 tournament co-hosted at home soil and at Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup

Level 60

Oct 28, 2020

Over a billion people in India and they never made it to the world cup, wow! And China only once with little success. I know both countries are successful in other sports, but still!

Level 68

Jan 20, 2021

Czechoslovakia - Czech Republic + Slovakia equally...

Level 82

Feb 14, 2021

I got ALL but MOROCCO!!!

Level 34

Mar 3, 2021

What is stopping the host countries from winning at home?

Level 58

Mar 7, 2021

Losing football matches, it would appear...

Level 70

Apr 17, 2026

Ask Brazil in 2014

Level 83

Mar 10, 2021

could you put that the countries of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) should be guessed separately? Cuz most other quizzes count the UK and not the individual countries so I didn't try them

+12

Level 69

Aug 13, 2021

This quiz isn't guessing countries - it's guessing teams. There's other FIFA teams that aren't countries - Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Tahiti etc. I think that goes without saying as a sports quiz rather than geography.

Level 95

Jun 23, 2021

Russia is not the successor state to the USSR and therefore be a separate answer.

Level 60

Jul 10, 2021

South Korea has never been third, but fourth in 2002 (by cheating lol). Please fix it after so many year and after featured for so long!!

Level 62

Sep 28, 2021

Finland has never qualified for a World Cup??? Wow!

Level 69

Aug 5, 2022

Yeah, only qualified for their first Euros for the 2020 (2021) edition too.

Level 66

Nov 24, 2021

Hey folks, check out my quiz to see if you can name all of the teams that have qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup so far?

Level 8

Dec 10, 2021

Why in Germany is West Germany, East Germany no

Level 75

Jan 13, 2022

West Germany and Germany was always the same sport federation (Deutscher Fußball-Bund). East Germany was a total new federation

Level 57

Jan 26, 2022

Just a note - South Korea's best finish is 4th place, not 3rd. Great quiz!

Level 46

May 23, 2022

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Level 96

Jun 20, 2022

Once again, the last country I guess on these quizzes is the one I am in...

Level 99

Jun 21, 2022

South Korea's best result was 4th place, not 3rd.

Level ∞

Jun 21, 2022

Okay

Level 24

Jun 23, 2022

Now obviously we all know that Qatar only hosting because of money. Qatar haven’t even got close to qualifying so how they deserve to even be considered to host it, it’s all wrong. If hosting was chosen for football reasons and a fair spread around the world. The 2018 tournament should’ve been in England ( you know, the nation that has some of the best stadiums in football and has what’s considered best league in world football )

This years tournament should’ve been in Australia, which would have been a summer tournament for us northern hemisphere folks ( winter tournament down under )

Yes I know Australia is more known for its cricket and rugby, but at least they’ve actually qualified for the World Cup on many occasions by ACTUALLY playing qualification rounds.

Level 94

Jul 4, 2022

When I saw 240 comments, I thought for sure Cyprus must be a correct answer! ;)

Level 76

Jul 29, 2024

Cyprus can't participate in the world cup because they are not in.... ow wait..

Level 29

Jul 20, 2022

Missed only Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, how tf did I forget T&T

Level 35

Sep 8, 2022

Please accept Germany for both west Germany & East Germany because it's now 1 nation

Level 35

Sep 8, 2022

Please accept Germany for both west Germany & East Germany because it's now 1 nation

Level 35

Sep 8, 2022

Please accept Germany for both west Germany & East Germany because it's now 1 nation

Level 77

Sep 26, 2022

Includes countries that no longer exist

Level 75

Oct 3, 2022

It has nothing to do with the notion of nation. West Germany and Germany is the same FIFA-Federation (before WW2, during the Cold War and now) that lasts under the same name since 1900. East Germany was a different one that only existed from 1958 to 1990

Level 27

Oct 3, 2022

The oldest International match (and therefore teams) is Scotland V England. So to make an answer UK would be off-side!

Level 89

Oct 3, 2022

You guys remember the last time Finland qualified for the World Cup? Yeah, me neither.

Level 55

Oct 5, 2022

Me forgetting Austria because I thought I already guessed it...

Level 72

Oct 26, 2022

North Korea took me by surprise, I thought they were only good in women's football, didn't know they placed quarters in mens as well.

Level 54

Apr 2, 2026

I was more shocked about North Korea competing at all

Level 33

Nov 7, 2022

Hungary?

Level 44

Nov 16, 2022

Only forgot the ones that don't exist anymore lol

Level 77

Dec 11, 2022

Congrats to Morocco, Japan, Argentina and Croatia this year, yall have performed amazingly

Level 41

Dec 24, 2022

Somehow managed to forget USA, Qatar and Belgium!

Level 57

Dec 26, 2022

Forgot Haiti and East Germany (which should be included with Germany).

Level 37

Jan 6, 2023

I missed Qatar. I went to Qatar for the World Cup

Level 21

Mar 9, 2023

Missed England and Ecuador ._.

Level 60

May 30, 2023

I got East Germany but not England...

Level 30

Jul 5, 2023

Only missed East Germany :)

Level 52

Oct 5, 2023

Damn it Angola. Got every other countries except Angola

Level 54

Mar 27, 2024

Only missed Trinidad & Tobago :')

Level 59

May 15, 2024

Turkey 3rd place was a great job

Level 40

Jun 23, 2024

I forgot CANADA and ISRAEL but got DUTCH EAST INDIES?!

Level 87

Jul 15, 2024

I got to 80 and then spent the last 5 minutes repeatedly guessing every country that started with C, D, or E because it was between Bolivia and Egypt. That red herring prevented me from trying Ivory Coast!

It looks like it was renamed from Cote d'Ivoire, but you forgot to move it below Honduras.

Level 67

Jul 15, 2024

DRC should be accepted for DR congo.

Level 56

May 14, 2025

Sweden has been at third place in 1958

Level 48

Nov 24, 2025

No they were second in the 1958 World Cup they lost to Brazil 5-2

Level 34

Jul 12, 2025

drc should probably be accepted for zaire

Level 48

Nov 24, 2025

Curacao? Uzbekistan? Jordan? Cape Verde? Or are we waiting until the tournement ends?

Level 71

Nov 30, 2025

Not all teams have qualified yet so the reset should be in March.

Level 62

Apr 1, 2026

Why have Egypt and South Africa been removed from the quiz? They are still correct answers.

Level ∞

Apr 1, 2026

Sorry about that. Now fixed.

Level 57

Apr 1, 2026

Please accept "DRC" for DR Congo

Level 77

Apr 1, 2026

Same here.

Level ∞

Apr 1, 2026

Fixed

Level 95

Apr 1, 2026

Don’t really understand why Czechoslovakia’s performances are credited to the Czechs.

Or why Yugoslavia somehow became Serbia…

Level ∞

Apr 1, 2026

Complain to FIFA.

Level 86

Apr 2, 2026

As of September 2025, both FIFA and UEFA consider both Czech Republic and Slovakia as joint successors of Czechoslovakia.

This owing to the fact that the 1976 Czechoslovak team that won the Euros was a 50/50 balanced team, and that actually 8 of the 13 players that saw the field on the final were Slovak (even though the most famous moment was pulled by Czech Antonín Panenka).

I don't know how would this affect the quiz, though.

Level 62

Apr 2, 2026

Is football not popular in Venezuela like it is in other South American countries?

Level 86

Apr 2, 2026

Football is popular, but baseball reigns supreme.

Both as "baseball is the most popular sport in Venezuela", and 'Venezuela is the current World Baseball Classic champion".

Level 65

Apr 2, 2026

From the way it's looking, Italy might be in the same boat soon.

Level 72