# Germany at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of the men's Germany and West Germany's results at the FIFA World Cup. For Germany's World Cup history, FIFA considers only the teams managed by the German Football Association, comprising three periods: Germany (during Nazi era), West Germany and reunified Germany. The men's Germany national football team is one of the most successful national teams at the FIFA World Cup, winning four titles, earning second-place and third-place finishes four times each and one fourth-place finish. Germany's 12 podium finishes (3rd place or better) in 20 tournaments add up to at least three more than any other nation. In addition, Germany are the only team which has stood on the podium at least once during the completed decades in which at least one tournament was held (1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s). Along with Argentina, Brazil and Spain, they are one of the four national teams to win outside their continental confederation, with the title of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in South America. The team qualified for every FIFA World Cup tournament they have entered (20 out of the 22), the second most frequent, and only failed to reach the quarter-finals three times, in 1938, 2018, and 2022. With this, Germany's 8th place or better (quarter-finals) in 17 out of 20 tournaments (85%) ranks the second highest in FIFA World Cup finals history, only behind Brazil (19 out of 22 tournaments for a 86%). It makes Germany the best team in the history of the tournament in terms of final positions, if points were awarded proportionally for a title, runner-up finish, third-place finish and semi-final and the second best team in terms of quarter-final appearances.

## Records

* 1930–1938 as → → Germany
* 1950–1990 as West Germany
* 1994–present as Germany
Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played fully or partially on home soil
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Campaign |
| 1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | — |
| 1934 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | Squad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1934 |
| 1938 | First round | 10th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Squad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1938 |
| 1950 | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | Banned from entering | 1950 |
| 1954 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 14 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1954 |
| 1958 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | Squad | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | 1958 |
| 1962 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Squad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1962 |
| 1966 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1966 |
| 1970 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1970 |
| 1974 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | 1974 |
| 1978 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | Squad | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | 1978 |
| 1982 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | Squad | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1982 |
| 1986 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1986 |
| 1990 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1990 |
| 1994 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | Squad | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | 1994 |
| 1998 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 1998 |
| 2002 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2002 |
| 2006 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | 2006 |
| 2010 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | Squad | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 2010 |
| 2014 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | Squad | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 2014 |
| 2018 | Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Squad | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 2018 |
| 2022 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Squad | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 2022 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | 2026 |
| 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | 2030 |
| Total | 4 titles | 20/22 | 112 | 68 | 21* | 23 | 232 | 130 | — | 104 | 83 | 18 | 3 | 328 | 74 | Total |
    *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.