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 2022

Includes countries that no longer exist

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#	Top Finish	Team
22	Winner	Brazil
20	Winner	Germany / West Germany
18	Winner	Argentina
18	Winner	Italy
17	Quarters	Mexico
16	Winner	England
16	Winner	France
16	Winner	Spain
14	Winner	Uruguay
14	3rd place	Belgium
12	Runners-up	Sweden
12	Quarters	Switzerland
11	Runners-up	Netherlands
11	3rd place	United States
11	4th place	Russia / Soviet Union
11	4th place	South Korea
9	Runners-up	Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia
9	Runners-up	Hungary
9	3rd place	Chile
9	3rd place	Poland
9	4th place	Yugoslavia
8	3rd place	Portugal
8	Quarters	Cameroon
8	Quarters	Paraguay
8	Round 1	Scotland
7	3rd place	Austria
7	4th place	Bulgaria

#	Top Finish	Team
7	Quarters	Romania
7	Round 2	Japan
6	Runners-up	Croatia
6	4th place	Morocco
6	Quarters	Colombia
6	Quarters	Costa Rica
6	Quarters	Denmark
6	Round 2	Australia
6	Round 2	Nigeria
6	Round 2	Saudi Arabia
6	Round 1	Iran
6	Round 1	Tunisia
5	Quarters	Peru
4	Quarters	Ghana
4	Round 2	Algeria
4	Round 2	Ecuador
4	Round 2	Serbia / Serbia & Montenegro
3	Quarters	Ireland
3	Quarters	Northern Ireland
3	Quarters	Senegal
3	Round 2	Greece
3	Round 2	Norway
3	Round 1	Bolivia
3	Round 1	Ivory Coast
3	Round 1	Egypt
3	Round 1	Honduras
3	Round 1	South Africa

#	Top Finish	Team
2	3rd place	Turkey
2	Quarters	North Korea
2	Quarters	Wales
2	Round 1	El Salvador
2	Round 1	New Zealand
2	Round 1	Canada
2	Round 1	Slovenia
1	Quarters	Cuba
1	Quarters	Ukraine
1	Round 2	East Germany
1	Round 1	Angola
1	Round 1	Bosnia & Herzegovina
1	Round 1	China
1	Round 1	Dutch East Indies
1	Round 1	Iraq
1	Round 1	Haiti
1	Round 1	Israel
1	Round 1	Jamaica
1	Round 1	Kuwait
1	Round 2	Slovakia
1	Round 1	United Arab Emirates
1	Round 1	Trinidad and Tobago
1	Round 1	Togo
1	Round 1	Zaire
1	Round 1	Iceland
1	Round 1	Panama
1	Round 1	Qatar

+30

Level 34

Jan 4, 2013

How is Qatar hosting it, when they've never even been there?

+119

Level 43

Jan 4, 2013

money, money, money

Level 51

Apr 23, 2020

well qatar applied offering the most money, and they started building stadiums to be eligible, and it's so hot they'll play it in november

+27

Level 66

Dec 8, 2020

As many people pointed out, Qatar only got to host it by bribery - good old Sepp Blatter, but sadly during the construction of the new stadia an estimated 4,000 migrant works will die, that's 12 per week until the first game happens. Also many of the workers are officially classified as slaves, for they are denied food and water and their indentity cards are taken from them, making it impossible for them to leave. Have fun watching the games!

Level 75

Dec 18, 2020

We could still have fun watching the games and supporting participating squads. It's one of football's main purpose as sport/game. The only persons responsibles are some qatari and corrupted guys. They are in fact disgusting.

Level 55

Dec 24, 2020

@Nathaniel Correct, and I heard that the slaves had to work in the scorching heat, and employers of foreigners had gotten their passports confiscated!

Level 43

Feb 8, 2022

@Nathaniel I would like to think that as a society we have advanced enough for stuff like that not to happen but sadly my faith in humanity is so small that I could not confidently say we will ever get to that point. Sadly, the people with the best ability to do something (because they have money) are the ones profiting from it and keeping it going.

Level 44

Jan 6, 2013

Why does that matter?

+48

Level 53

Jun 21, 2013

surely a nation should be awarded a world cup when they have a rich footballing history or have at least competed at a world cup, i doubt they will even have a squad capable of putting up a fight against the best in the world. They also want to move it to winter, completely undeserved.

+19

Level 60

Jan 17, 2014

Exactly. So they never should have awarded it to Qatar. What a waste of money! Oh well, I'm sure it will turn out ok. Fully air conditioned stadia and so on. Never mind global warming.......

Level 8

Jun 15, 2014

footballfan99. 1. They want to see how well they can do 2. its hot in Qatar so its better to move it to winter AND FIFA chose to move it. 3. They deserve the chance.

4. New Zealand are the best in their are by a long shot so they get an easy task. Qatar is better than them just they have harder teams to play than the teams new zealand have to play.

+21

Level 53

Jun 15, 2014

KTAR: 1. I'm sure every nation would like 'to see how well they can do' doesn't mean they should get to host the greatest sporting event on the planet. 2. How is that a good thing? The world cup is a summer tournament, it should never be held in the winter and it will completely disrupt European club football. 3. Why do 'they deserve the chance'? 4. What has it got to do with New Zealand? New Zealand have never hosted a world cup.

Level 38

Nov 2, 2015

Totally agree what has NZ got to do with it, someone messed up in the teams admin and they are not even eligible to play anyways, but they did win the rugby :)

Level 65

Jul 25, 2016

Qatar. Suckiest country ever

+19

Level 64

Mar 26, 2018

You guys realize FIFA took a bribe from Qatar right?

Level 63

Feb 22, 2019

Yes I agree, a World Cup in Qatar is quite controversial and I'm totally against it. However, as much as it sucks to admit, Qatar just won the AFC Nations cup, beating Japan in the final. I'm not saying they're a football powerhouse, but they are surprising to say the least. They'll compete in this year's Copa America, let's see how they do.

Level 43

Feb 8, 2022

@Elan just a small one right? Like 5 bucks? :)

+14

Level 84

Mar 27, 2013

Uruguay hosted in 1930 without ever having participated before... but anyway, aside from the money (if that's even a factor) I think they're just trying to branch out in different markets. Up until the last one they'd never had a World Cup in Africa before, and Qatar will mark the first time that the World Cup has been to the Middle East. It might have made more sense to have it in Dubai I guess. Though there's probably not a single team from the Gulf that will make it past qualifiers.

Level 89

Jun 6, 2013

But Qatar will get an automatic in for hosting, which has historically kindled interest in and quality of the nearby national teams. It's good business for FIFA to host in areas with struggling teams.

+31

Level 53

Jun 21, 2013

that's because it was the first world cup?

Level 84

Feb 24, 2014

probably

Level 43

Feb 27, 2014

yep, Uruguay 1930 was the first world cup.

+25

Level 33

May 29, 2014

LOL... Uruguay 1930 was the first world cup... and Uruguay were the gold medal winners in football at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics, so it's not like they were chosen at random.

Level 84

Mar 9, 2018

The fact that you guys didn't get the Uruguay comment tells me why you like football so much.

Level 68

Mar 26, 2018

Come on, Uruguay was a world power and 1930 was the first world cup! Qatar got the cup because of the exorbitant bid they put up, the money they paid as bribes to the people making the decision and FIFA's desire to make football more popular in that part of the world. The last is being done in the Olympics.

Level 25

May 31, 2018

Am I the only one that got Kalbahamut's joke?

+12

Level 77

Dec 26, 2018

I think you're the only one who wanted it.

Level 28

Jun 10, 2014

Its called bribery

Level 8

Jun 15, 2014

bid the highest. Qatar's as rich as hell you know

Level 35

Jan 4, 2015

The answer is money, obviously. And considering how stupid the whole idea is, we're talking about a LOT of money.

Level 17

Apr 12, 2015

It's bribing, probably. Or women's world cup. Probably the former.

Level 57

Mar 26, 2018

India recent hosted the under 17 world cup though it has never played it

Level 66

Mar 26, 2018

It's all about time zone.

Level 66

Sep 14, 2018

Corruption.

Level 14

Feb 24, 2020

Cause they want too

Level 49

Nov 22, 2022

We don't talk about how Qatar (the host) lost the FIRST match of FIFA 2022

Well, I guess I'm talking about it

+10

Level 70

Jan 4, 2013

You should, IMHO, accept Zaïre for DRC, since that was the name of that country at that time. I clearly remember the beautiful kit and the lousy football!

Level 89

Jan 4, 2013

Agreed, also East Indies or Dutch East Indies for Indonesia

Level 3

Jan 4, 2013

It should be Dutch East Indies instead of Indonesia, they participated in 1938. Indonesia never played at a World Cup Final. Indonesia dind't exist before 1949.

Level ∞

Jan 6, 2013

Changed the team names to Zaire and Dutch East Indies. Thanks!

Level 26

Aug 29, 2013

the indonesia should mark a slash with dutch east indies

Level 86

Oct 19, 2015

Best kit ever? I'd say so. Mwepu Ilunga also signed for one of the most bizarre events in any world cup when he casually kicked away the ball during a free kick for Brazil. To be honest, they actually were a decent team. After they were told they wouldn't be paid for their world cup performances after the Scotland game they just didn't bother anymore

Level 58

Oct 2, 2016

Their families were threatened if they lost humilliatingly to Brazil...

Level 33

Jan 4, 2013

^^agreed, fun quiz! 70/77

Level 65

Jan 4, 2013

I thought UK or United Kingdom would have been acceepted.

Level 23

Jan 4, 2013

the UK is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Not just one country

Level 55

Jan 4, 2013

No, because the UK has three/four football teams for the countries which make up the UK- England, Wales, Scotland, (Ireland). The UK does not play as a football team, and England does not just mean the UK.

Level 75

Oct 3, 2016

UK is not a member of the IOC. GB is, but doesn't enter a football team (with the exception of London 2012). Northern Irelanders get the choice to represent Ireland or GB

Level 81

Oct 6, 2016

All Northern Irish sportsmen?

Level 81

Oct 6, 2016

Well, according to my research, it is indeed UK that participates at olympics, but is usually called there Great Britain (and branded as Team GB). Northern Irish can choose to represent either Ireland or UK. All other UK possessions are included as well, except Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda, who have their own olympic committees

Level ∞

Jan 6, 2013

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have soccer teams. The UK does not.

Level 19

Mar 13, 2013

Nix418- you clearly have no idea how much opposition there was to a team GB football team, as very few if not 0 players were northern Irish and Scotland (politically) despises being in the UK

Level 70

Jun 2, 2016

Hold on. Many Scots may not like being part of the UK but in the recent referendum on independence they voted by a small majority to remain part of the UK.

Level 53

Oct 6, 2016

Please don't call it 'soccer'. I still don't understand why everyone calls it football or 'futeball' or fussball but americans just change it randomly to soccer. Bizarre...

Level 44

Nov 19, 2016

Clearly biased nichster.

Level 75

Nov 20, 2016

Not biased; nichster is just observing that every country on Earth except one (the US) calls it football. The United States is the sole exception because they established the name "football" for the rugby-style game back in 1876, before soccer/football took hold.

Level 64

Nov 20, 2016

oh calm down boys. this is a friendly site

Level 65

Nov 20, 2016

Per my understand, soccer is somehow short for "associated football"

Level ∞

Mar 26, 2018

The term "soccer" was invented in Britain and was commonly used there for several decades until it was rejected for being "too American".

Level 77

Dec 26, 2018

More than that, it's actually the posh public school nickname for it - precisely the equivalent to calling rugby 'rugger'. I don't get this weird dislike of the Americans calling it soccer. So what?

Level 65

Apr 23, 2020

It's difficult in countries like Australia where there are four professional codes of football. If you call it football, people may not know what you're talking about. I often call it football, and then I have to clarify with soccer, so people know what I'm talking about. Here we have Australian Rules(sometimes called Australian Football), Rugby League, Rugby Union and Soccer. There are even gridiron competitions down here, though, they are not professional. Soccer has the most registered players, but Australian Rules probably has the most money, especially in terms of TV rights.

Level 31

Aug 29, 2020

FOOTBALL NOT SOCCER

Level 32

May 23, 2022

i can tell you dont live in the united states, because in america we call it SOCCER

Level 55

Oct 6, 2022

... as the entire thread above has noted.

Level 24

Jan 4, 2013

i agree with kurtk, UK should be accepted for England... 73/77!!!!

Level 67

Jan 4, 2013

Noooo, I agree with Salz.

+10

Level 49

Jan 4, 2013

No it shouldn't! UK Does not mean England! Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are all part of the UK too! Although it may be different in a few years....

Level 70

Jan 5, 2013

Not only for England.. UK should be accepted for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Level 56

Jun 20, 2013

The question is which TEAMS have played in the world cup. There is no team called UK.

Level 52

Jan 19, 2014

england, wales, scotland, and norther ireland all have different federations and national teams for FIFA based tournaments, OK, so, no he should not accept UK because therefore that would deem the quiz incorrect and we would have another slew of people arguing about it...

Level 59

Mar 7, 2021

The UK does not have a football/soccer team. There are separate authorities that cover the four constituent parts of the UK, and it is those four separate authorities (i.e. football associations) that are members of FIFA. That's why the England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have listed on this quiz. The quiz is asking for teams who have played in the World Cup, not for sovereign nations (FIFA has a number of other members who enter the World Cup that aren't sovereign nations, e.g. Faroe Islands, Aruba).

Level 23

Jan 4, 2013

Got 75/77 because i just guessed every single country in the world, except yugoslavia and ivory coast

Level 67

Aug 28, 2016

Brilliant!

Level 33

Nov 21, 2016

How did you miss ivory coast then lol

Level 55

Oct 6, 2022

I got 76/77 by guessing what I thought was all countries and former countries (excluding the small Oceanic archipelagos), but I missed Jamaica.

Level 36

Jan 4, 2013

72. didnt think indonesia wld av qualified. i was gonna put it put it was too long a name to waste energy on!!

Level 62

Jan 4, 2013

69/77

Level 84

Mar 27, 2013

The USA's best finish was runners-up, and Japan has won before. But I guess this quiz is sexist and doesn't count women as part of FIFA?

Level 26

Aug 29, 2013

if they do that, we all type US first

+12

Level 77

Nov 21, 2016

As the quiz notes say, this is about the mens' World Cup.

Level 84

Mar 9, 2018

That note is new.

+17

Level 33

Mar 27, 2017

Gee...everything is sexism...Read the notes before you play every quiz here and stop moaning around!

Level 84

Mar 9, 2018

No, not everything is sexism. Sexism is sexism.

+16

Level 58

May 11, 2017

No ones watches women's football. Most people are more knowledgeable about men's football. If you watch the women's tournament, good for you. Oh, since none of the 4 main Avengers is a lesbian black feminist woman, the movie is sexist. Really. And that's why it sucks

Level 84

Mar 26, 2018

I'm sorry you're having trouble understanding this.

Level 67

Mar 26, 2018

People do watch women's football. It might be more popular than men's football in the US (probably because the US women's team is so much more successful than the men's).

And kal's comment was not crying sexism for the sake of it. She was pointing out, rightly, that the quiz originally asked for countries that have played in the World Cup. The Women's World Cup satisfies that criteria. It's saying "name all the presidents" without specifying that you're looking only for US presidents. Under that condition, the president of any country is a correct answer. If the quiz wants only men's teams, it should say so. It's not a question of upending social expectations. It's a question of putting precise and accurate instructions at the top of the quiz. And look, the Quizmaster added the note to clarify that it's only the men's team. Yet the site still works and society is still standing. Small miracles.

Level 77

Jan 11, 2019

A: There are football/soccer World Cups both for men and women, so you can at least add a note if the quiz is only about the male version.

B: "Oh, since none of the 4 main Avengers is a lesbian black feminist woman, the movie is sexist."

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What kind of mental gymnastics did you perform to get from A to B?

Level 58

Dec 29, 2019

making an analogy about how people love to screech about sexism, racism, homophobia and such and make such a big deal about it, even when discrimination is not the cause of issues with the subject (in this case, how men's football is much more popular than women's). Playing the constant victim all the time is tiring and ridiculous.

Level 77

Feb 20, 2020

To demand that there should be a black lesbian Avenger is a rididulous hypothetical situation while the case we're discussing is safely within the limits of reason. Whenever there's talk about anything gender-related, many people seem to hallucinate. They're like Don Quijote who believed he fought giant monsters while actually poking at windmills.

Level 77

Feb 20, 2020

Funnily enough both kalbahamut and I have been made out as enemies by ... feminists? or whatever these users thought they stood for.

Level 84

Oct 3, 2022

yeah I'm certainly not some woke intersectional feminist social justice warrior... far from it... but I feel like the existence of such a thing has provoked an overcorrection in the minds of some and they end up being just as ridiculous as those they are reacting to.

Nobody claimed women's sports were as popular as men's. (though, in the USA anyway, I think women's soccer actually is; probably because they're more successful) But the fact that women's sports are usually treated as if they do not even exist, and men's is the assumed automatic default, is, very obviously, sexism. Anyone defending this ought to be embarrassed.

Level 14

Dec 4, 2013

Bosnia is now in the 2014 World Cup!

Level ∞

May 6, 2014

Added!

Level 52

Jan 19, 2014

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Level 59

Jan 27, 2014

I think you should tell people in the directions that former countries like Yugoslavia and East Germany count. I missed both because I thought that it was only countries that still exist. Also, you should tell people that the united kingdom is not included but its subparts are. I missed Wales, Scotland and England because of it.

Level 56

Aug 1, 2016

I can only assume you were guessing countries at random, anyone with even a passing interest in international football knows England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are separate teams.

Level 66

Jan 31, 2014

How is England different from the UK?

+10

Level 84

Feb 24, 2014

The United Kingdom includes England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. All 4 compete independently in the World Cup.

+10

Level 86

Jun 3, 2014

You're not a regular on the geography quizzes here, are you?

Level 77

Nov 21, 2016

That's like saying how is California different to the USA.

Level 77

Dec 26, 2018

No Berney, it really really isn't. The four home country associations have always played as separate teams and are the four oldest national football associations in the world. They were playing one another in international fixtures for over fifty years before the World Cup was even thought of.

Level 66

Feb 10, 2014

pls update for Bosnia-Herzegovina

Level 69

May 30, 2014

76/78 I missed Cameroon *facepalm* and UAE

Level 80

Jun 10, 2014

Darn, I missed North Korea and Romania, kind of embarrassing

Level 68

Mar 17, 2016

well to be fair i would never guess north korea

Level 56

Aug 1, 2016

They played in the 2010 World Cup...

Level 84

Nov 20, 2016

^yeah and their current team is actually one of the best in Asia.

Level 70

Nov 20, 2016

They even defeated former World Champions Italy in the '66 World Cup in Great England.

Level 64

Jan 3, 2017

One of the best in Asia? It's highly exagerated.

They are not even qualifed for the last round of qualifications in Asia for the World Cup 2018...

Level 84

Mar 9, 2018

In November 2016 when I left that comment they were the 13th highest rated team in Asia.

Level 61

Jun 16, 2022

Being the 13th best ranked team in Asia isn't great considering there are only 4/5 half decent teams in Asia.

Level 84

Oct 3, 2022

I didn't say they were great. I said they were one of the best teams in Asia. Being 13th out of 48 places them very nearly in the top quartile, so, better than 3/4 of the other teams. God you guys love to nitpick.

Level 55

Oct 6, 2022

This is JetPunk, what were you expecting?

Level 79

Jun 10, 2014

I was really sure I'd typed in England!

Level 67

Nov 20, 2016

Sillie!

Level 63

Jun 10, 2014

West Germany and Germany aren't the same thing if East Germany isn't part of Germany. If you get one you should get them all.

Level 84

Jun 10, 2014

Instead of "West Germany", one should always say "Federal Republic of Germany"... The 1990 reunification was not the creation of a new state but the integration of East Germany in the Federal Republic. Thus the quiz is indeed right.

Level 84

Jun 10, 2014

On the other hand, I definitely think Russia and Soviet Union should be separated!

Level 56

Aug 1, 2016

FIFA officially recognises 'Germany' as the successor to 'West Germany' (much in the same way Russia is the successor to the Soviet Union team) and so it is viewed as the same team. East Germany on the other hand was not succeeded by another team.

Level 84

Jun 10, 2014

I don't really like football but of course, it's easy to guess more than 50 countries. I only forgot a few but I discarded North Korea... I never would have thought they had participated.

Level 46

Jun 10, 2014

Missed only Costa Rica and Ivory Coast

Level 28

Jun 10, 2014

Im fairly sure IRAN have been in the world cup before in 2006?

Level 89

Jun 10, 2014

And in, 1998, and in 1978... which is why they're included in the quiz :)

Level 28

Jun 10, 2014

Oh right, haha It just wouldnt let me have them then

Level 46

Jun 10, 2014

65-78

Level 59

Mar 7, 2021

Wow! That must have been an entertaining match!

Level 61

Jun 11, 2014

Got Togo, forgot France.

Level 52

Jun 12, 2014

Didn't get Yugoslavia but I got all its current countries!

Level 68

Jun 16, 2014

Whenever you're feeling sad, just remember an idiot forgot Brazil. In a World Cup quiz. With its flag as picture.

Level 67

Nov 20, 2016

Surely not a geoguy.

Level 33

Jul 14, 2014

55% got Togo? Who are these people? :)

Level 86

Nov 10, 2014

People who felt they had enough time to just start typing every country.

Level 86

Oct 19, 2015

West African teams are always a good guess: Physically impressive and all that

Level 38

Mar 30, 2017

People who actually follow the World Cup instead of randomly guessing countries

Level 55

Oct 6, 2022

This and joeythelemur's comments are the exact opposite but are both right.

Level 68

Mar 26, 2018

And then there are those of us who've spent time in Togo and seen first hand how football manic they are and were led by that.

Level 67

Mar 26, 2018

I think they were in the tournament fairly recently (I'd guess around 2006). I remember it. That was one of the few African countries I entered confidently, rather than just guessing. And I don't really follow FIFA.

Level 32

Jul 22, 2019

Im French and we played against them in 2006

Level 63

Jul 18, 2014

Algeria qualified to the second round there is a mistake.

They qualified in 2014 to the second round and lost to Germany in Extra Time

Level 76

Jul 23, 2014

Not to pick nits, but can you also accept Korea Republic for South Korea. I believe that is what they go by in the World Cup. Thanks.

Level 56

Aug 5, 2014

Some people are complaining because UK is not accepted, or that they didn't realise the quiz accepted now non-existant countries. Those people don't know anything about football or the World Cup.The quiz isn't for those people. It's for people who may not be able to remember all 78 answers, but who do know that the British teams compete independently and during the Cold War there were different countries.

Level 26

Aug 20, 2014

People who know about even a little about football would know about the 4 federations for football in the UK.

Football fans purely because of Ronaldo/Messi and their teams may not know this.

Level 40

Oct 6, 2014

Serbia has participated in 2010 and as Serbia & Montenegro in 2006. I believe you should add that

Level 66

Oct 27, 2014

Only missed Wales. I tought that they never participated in a WC.

Level 56

Jul 17, 2018

1958

Level 39

Jun 9, 2022

They are back

Level 31

Jan 27, 2023

2022

Level 86

Nov 10, 2014

Ahhh, all but Jamaica!

Level 67

Nov 20, 2016

All but Yugoslavia and East Germany (duh), and I didn't bother typing in Israel, to my peril.

Level 32

Dec 23, 2014

i really like this quiz!! well done

Level 55

Jan 28, 2015

For us pedants, you really should include the word "Finals" in the header. Almost every nation (and several non-sovereign territories) participate in "The World Cup", but all but 32 (now) are eliminated in the qualifying rounds.

Level 56

Jul 17, 2018

hurrah - someone else noticed

Level 55

Oct 8, 2022

7 years on, and still no change :-(

Level 46

Sep 26, 2015

Less than minute left and 75/78. Then I remembered the Caribbean nations. I guessed Trinidad, Jamaica and Haiti and they all were correct

Level 33

Oct 8, 2015

Algeria and Slovakia experience Round 2.

Level 70

Oct 20, 2015

Indeed, Slovakia reached the second round in 2010 and were then defeated by the Netherlands. Algeria participated in the last two World Cups, reaching the second round last time.

Level 52

Oct 9, 2015

Please accept gdr for East Germany.... I typed Germany, then gdr.. then I though.. oh it's probably in the Germany count as it seems with czechoslovakia and czech republic or russia and soviet union....

Level 72

Nov 4, 2015

Cool Quiz! Please put Round 2 (or round of 16) for Algeria and Slovakia. Also, Serbia/Serbia-Montenegro participated twice, not once as you stated. TY!

Level 20

Mar 3, 2016

If West Germany is being put under Germany, shouldn't East Germany be put under it as well?

Level 74

Aug 21, 2016

No, East Germany was a country that existed between 1949 and 1990, while West Germany and Germany are just two terms for the same country.

Level 83

Jun 30, 2016

Hrm... missed Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and the USA.

Level 47

Jul 14, 2016

I FORGOT THE US AND PORTUGAL *face palm*

Level 42

Aug 3, 2016

Don't worry, I forgot France! *double facepalm*

Level 57

Nov 20, 2016

Don't worry, 1% of quiz takers forgot Brazil, even though its flag is shown and it's at the top of the list.

Level 66

Sep 3, 2022

That's basically like saying you forgot Cristiano Ronaldo ever played in a world cup match

Level 58

Jul 17, 2016

Slovakia's top finish was not the first round. In the 2010 world cup, they actually eliminated Italy and passed on to round 2, where they were eliminated against Netherlands.

Level 44

Sep 5, 2016

Algeria advanced to round 2 in 2014 before losing to Germany

Level 53

Oct 6, 2016

True, I +1 that

Level 50

Nov 19, 2016

78/78 first time!!!

Level 57

Nov 20, 2016

Allow DRC for Zaire?

Level 61

Nov 20, 2016

I would really appreciate it if the standard caveat text of "Contains countries that no longer exist" was added. When I was missing 5 I scrolled up specifically to look for it. Since it wasn't there, I assumed that answers like East Germany or Yugoslavia weren't the right things to guess.

Level 81

Nov 20, 2016

"All Teams to Ever Play a World Cup" is precise enough, there's no reason to think that some great teams of the past would be omitted from the quiz.

Level ∞

Nov 20, 2016

Added the standard caveat

Level 44

Nov 20, 2016

Algeria and Slovakia still aren't fixed

Level 72

Nov 20, 2016

Shouldn't Iceland be on that list?

Level 81

Nov 20, 2016

Nope, this year's European championship was their first major tournament.

Level 81

Nov 16, 2017

They fixed this issue now :)

Level 23

Jan 21, 2018

Iceland is now on the list!

Level 47

Nov 30, 2016

good quiz. waiting for the 2018 one now. Most of the ones i forgot were European :( and a few Middle East

Level 68

Jan 29, 2017

should allow east germany as one

Level 49

Feb 13, 2017

East Germany's best finish is the quarters, not Round 2.

Level 28

Mar 30, 2017

When you get Kuwait, Togo, East Germany, and Dutch East Indies but you forget Hungary...

Level 61

Oct 8, 2017

I got them all on the first try, except I missed Switzerland. SWITZERLAND. Seriously! ugh.

Level 54

Oct 12, 2017

You can go ahead & add Panama + Iceland now :)

Level ∞

Oct 12, 2017

Nice work, Iceland and Panama! I'll make the changes once qualifying is complete.

Level 53

Nov 15, 2017

I think it's about time ;)

Level 81

Nov 16, 2017

Haiti/Iraq and UAE/Trinidad/Togo are not in alphabetical order, and Ivory Coast's name want updated.

Level ∞

Nov 17, 2017

Fixed the ordering

Level 58

Nov 17, 2017

VAMOS PERU!

Level 58

Nov 17, 2017

Algeria got to Round 2 in Brazil 2014. Serbia and Montenegro played Germany 2006, Serbia played South Africa 2010 and will now play Russia 2018. Shouldn't you consider 3 participations?

Level 58

Nov 17, 2017

Forgot to mark correction box

Level ∞

Nov 17, 2017

All the mistakes you mentioned have now been corrected.

Level 93

Nov 24, 2017

Qatar should be included too.

Level ∞

Nov 24, 2017

Not until 2022.

Level 21

Nov 27, 2017

Go Iceland!

Level 61

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 68

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 67

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.

Level 84

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 59

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 70

Mar 26, 2018

Misses Spain....

LLLLLLLL

Level 28

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 52

May 27, 2018

D'oh, forgot the Football War.

Level 58

Jun 4, 2018

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

Level 58

Jun 4, 2018

Also, Serbia never made to the second round.

Level 48

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 37

Jun 13, 2018

Somehow managed to get Kuwait and miss Greece

Level 35

Jul 1, 2018

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

Level 44

Jul 9, 2018

I get togo... but miss MEXICO

Level 48

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 58

Jul 16, 2018

South Korea best participation was fourth place in 2002 WC. Never been third place. Serbia has never passed the group phase, so it's very misleading to place their best participation as round 2.

Level 48

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 48

Jul 31, 2018

According to Wikipedia "Serbia is considered the inheritor of the records of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro teams, which competed from 1930 to 2006."

Level 31

Sep 14, 2018

69/70. I forgot the United States.

Level 66

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 45

Jul 3, 2019

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

But failed to get italy.

Level 66

Nov 17, 2019

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

Level 60

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 51

Jan 31, 2020

Got them all wow

Level 66

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 93

Feb 17, 2020

The record of Yugoslavia should be incorporated with the record of Serbia and Serbia Montenegro. For the same reason why Soviet Union and Russia, West Germany and Germany, Czechoslovakia and Czechia are all together.

Level 58

Apr 18, 2020

South Korea has never been third, but fourth in 2002

Level 42

Jun 16, 2020

Why is Germany not accepted for East Germany?

Level 43

Jul 26, 2020

Can you edit so Zaire is accepted as DRC

Level 59

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 58

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 65

Jan 20, 2021

Czechoslovakia - Czech Republic + Slovakia equally...

Level 77

Feb 14, 2021

I got ALL but MOROCCO!!!

Level 36

May 21, 2022

Lol so u are telling me u got togo, dutch east indies... and u didnt get Morocco, HOW?

Level 37

Mar 3, 2021

What is stopping the host countries from winning at home?

Level 59

Mar 7, 2021

Losing football matches, it would appear...

Level 76

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

Level 66

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 82

Jun 23, 2021

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

Level 58

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 60

Sep 28, 2021

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

Level 66

Aug 5, 2022

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

Level 62

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 9

Dec 10, 2021

Why in Germany is West Germany, East Germany no

Level 71

Jan 13, 2022

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

Level 38

Jan 26, 2022

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

Level 32

May 23, 2022

add qatar

Level 91

Jun 20, 2022

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

Level 93

Jun 21, 2022

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

Level ∞

Jun 21, 2022

Okay

Level 87

Jun 23, 2022

Both FIFA and UEFA consider Serbia to be the direct and sole successor of the Yugoslavia team. The same applies to Russia in the case of the USSR and the Czechia in the case of Czechoslovakia. In this quiz Serbia and Yugoslavia are separated, while Russia and USSR and Czechia and Czechoslovakia are placed together.

Level 66

Aug 5, 2022

When typed Montenegro, it read that I'd already guessed Yugoslavia. I can only guess as 2006 they were just called "Serbia and Montenegro". But yes Serbia are the successor to these former teams.

Level 21

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 79

Jun 25, 2022

The order is somewhat confusing. The teams with one participation are all listed in alphabetical order, but the debutantes from the last three World Cups (Iceland, Panama, Qatar) are listed in the end of the list in order of appearance. I guess when the quiz was updated, they were just added, but that makes certain mess. Also, shouldn't Slovakia be under East Germany, as it was a Round 2 participant? And Haiti... Is this meant to be in certain order or not?

Level 86

Jul 4, 2022

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

Level 21

Jul 20, 2022

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

Level 34

Sep 8, 2022

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

Level 34

Sep 8, 2022

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

Level 34

Sep 8, 2022

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

Level 58

Sep 26, 2022

Includes countries that no longer exist

Level 71

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 64

Oct 3, 2022

Why do you consider Czechoslovakia and Czechia or USSR and Russia as one country but Yugoslavia and Serbia as two different entities? That's not really consistent

Level 87

Oct 6, 2022

I already wrote about it, but Quizmaster doesn't care about it.

Level 73

Oct 3, 2022

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

Level 37

Oct 5, 2022

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

Level 58

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 32

Nov 7, 2022

Hungary?

Level 34

Nov 16, 2022

Only forgot the ones that don't exist anymore lol

Level 76

Dec 11, 2022

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

Level 39

Dec 24, 2022

Somehow managed to forget USA, Qatar and Belgium!

Level 14

Dec 26, 2022

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

Level 39

Jan 6, 2023

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

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