National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

Table columns:
Team
Appearances
Record streak
Active streak
Debut
Most recent
Best result (* hosts)

Table rows:
cells: Brazil
21
21
21
1930
2018
1.5 !Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
cells: Germany[3]
19
17
17
1934
2018
1.6 !Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014)
cells: Italy
18
14
0
1934
2014
1.7 !Champions (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)
cells: Argentina
17
12
12
1930
2018
1.8 !Champions (1978*, 1986)
cells: Mexico
16
7
7
1930
2018
5.8 !Quarterfinals (1970*, 1986*)
cells: Spain
15
11
11
1934
2018
1.9 !Champions (2010)
cells: France
15
6
6
1930
2018
1.9 !Champions (1998*)
cells: England
15
6
6
1950
2018
1.9 !Champions (1966*)
cells: Belgium
13
6
2
1930
2018
4.9 !Fourth place (1986)
cells: Uruguay
13
4
3
1930
2018
1.8 !Champions (1930*, 1950)
cells: Serbia[1]
12
4
1
1930
2018
4.8 !Fourth place (1930,[13] 1962)
cells: Sweden
12
3
1
1934
2018
2.9 !Runners-up (1958*)
cells: Switzerland
11
4
4
1934
2018
5.6 !Quarterfinals (1934, 1938, 1954*)
cells: Russia[5]
11
4
2
1958
2018
4.9 !Fourth place (1966)
cells: South Korea
10
9
9
1954
2018
4.9 !Fourth place (2002*)
cells: United States
10
7
0
1930
2014
3.9 !Third place (1930[13])
cells: Netherlands
10
3
0
1934
2014
2.7 !Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
cells: Hungary
9
4
0
1934
1986
2.8 !Runners-up (1938, 1954)
cells: Czech Republic[2]
9
3
0
1934
2006
2.8 !Runners-up (1934, 1962)
cells: Chile
9
2
0
1930
2014
3.9 !Third place (1962*)
cells: Scotland
8
5
0
1954
1998
7.2 !Round 1
cells: Poland
8
4
1
1938
2018
3.8 !Third place (1974, 1982)
cells: Paraguay
8
4
0
1930
2010
5.9 !Quarterfinals (2010)
cells: Portugal
7
5
5
1966
2018
3.9 !Third place (1966)
cells: Bulgaria
7
4
0
1962
1998
4.9 !Fourth place (1994)
cells: Cameroon
7
4
0
1982
2014
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1990)
cells: Romania
7
3
0
1930
1998
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1994)
cells: Austria
7
2
0
1934
1998
3.9 !Third place (1954)
cells: Japan
6
6
6
1998
2018
6.8 !Round 2 (2002*, 2010)
cells: Nigeria
6
3
3
1994
2018
6.7 !Round 2 (1994, 1998, 2014)
cells: Colombia
6
3
2
1962
2018
5.9 !Quarterfinals (2014)
cells: Australia
5
4
4
1974
2018
6.9 !Round 2 (2006)
cells: Saudi Arabia
5
4
1
1994
2018
6.9 !Round 2 (1994)
cells: Croatia[1]
5
3
2
1998
2018
3.9 !Third place (1998)
cells: Tunisia
5
3
1
1978
2018
7.6 !Round 1
cells: Iran
5
2
2
1978
2018
7.6 !Round 1
cells: Costa Rica
5
2
2
1990
2018
5.9 !Quarterfinals (2014)
cells: Peru
5
2
1
1930
2018
5.8 !Quarterfinals (1970), Round 2 (top 8) (1978)
cells: Morocco
5
2
1
1970
2018
6.9 !Round 2 (1986)
cells: Denmark
5
2
1
1986
2018
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1998)
cells: Algeria
4
2
0
1982
2014
6.9 !Round 2 (2014)
cells: Ghana
3
3
0
2006
2014
5.9 !Quarterfinals (2010)
cells: Ivory Coast
3
3
0
2006
2014
7.7 !Round 1
cells: Norway
3
2
0
1938
1998
6.9 !Round 2 (1998)
cells: Honduras
3
2
0
1982
2014
7.7 !Round 1
cells: Greece
3
2
0
1994
2014
6.9 !Round 2 (2014)
cells: Ecuador
3
2
0
2002
2014
6.9 !Round 2 (2006)
cells: Northern Ireland
3
2
0
1958
1986
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1958)
cells: Republic of Ireland
3
2
0
1990
2002
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1990)
cells: South Africa
3
2
0
1998
2010
7.7 !Round 1
cells: Egypt
3
1
1
1934
2018
7.8 !Round 1
cells: Bolivia
3
1
0
1930
1994
7.7 !Round 1
cells: Senegal
2
1
1
2002
2018
5.9 !Quarterfinals (2002)
cells: Turkey
2
1
0
1954
2002
3.9 !Third place (2002)
cells: North Korea
2
1
0
1966
2010
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1966)
cells: El Salvador
2
1
0
1970
1982
7.8 !Round 1
cells: New Zealand
2
1
0
1982
2010
7.8 !Round 1
cells: Slovenia[1]
2
1
0
2002
2010
7.8 !Round 1
cells: Iceland
1
1
1
2018
2018
8.0 !TBD
cells: Panama
1
1
1
2018
2018
8.0 !TBD
cells: Cuba
1
1
0
1938
1938
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1938)
cells: Indonesia[4]
1
1
0
1938
1938
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Wales
1
1
0
1958
1958
5.9 !Quarterfinals (1958)
cells: Israel
1
1
0
1970
1970
7.9 !Round 1
cells: DR Congo[6]
1
1
0
1974
1974
7.9 !Round 1
cells: East Germany[3]
1
1
0
1974
1974
5.9 !Round 2 (top 8) (1974)
cells: Haiti
1
1
0
1974
1974
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Kuwait
1
1
0
1982
1982
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Canada
1
1
0
1986
1986
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Iraq
1
1
0
1986
1986
7.9 !Round 1
cells: United Arab Emirates
1
1
0
1990
1990
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Jamaica
1
1
0
1998
1998
7.9 !Round 1
cells: China PR
1
1
0
2002
2002
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Angola
1
1
0
2006
2006
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Togo
1
1
0
2006
2006
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Trinidad and Tobago
1
1
0
2006
2006
7.9 !Round 1
cells: Ukraine[5]
1
1
0
2006
2006
5.9 !Quarterfinals (2006)
cells: Slovakia[2]
1
1
0
2010
2010
6.9 !Round 2 (2010)
cells: Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
1
0
2014
2014
7.9 !Round 1

Questions about this table:
originalText: who has qualified for the most world cups
answer: answerTexts: Brazil