List of undefeated national association football teams
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This page lists all association football national teams which managed to remain undefeated in either a FIFA World Cup main tournament, the qualifying process for that tournament, or both.
Fixtures decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws and not as defeats.[1] The tables only include teams which played at least one match in the particular final or qualifying tournament. They do not include teams which qualified automatically or by walkover, or teams which withdrew or were disqualified without playing any matches.
All but four World Cup winning teams were unbeaten in the finals. The four teams that won the World Cup despite losing a game in the finals were: West Germany in 1954 and again in 1974; Argentina in 1978; and Spain in 2010.
Another part of the teams listed below were eliminated despite not losing any games in the finals, or failed to qualify despite not losing any qualifying games. They exited the competition by various means: withdrawal; inferior points total or goal difference within a group; drawing of lots, away goals, or penalty shoot-out.
General statistics[edit]
Brazil have remained unbeaten in a total of seven World Cup final tournaments, more than any other team, including all five tournaments where they triumphed as world champions. Italy are a close second with six, and England and France are third with three each. No other nation has achieved this more than twice.
Germany (including West Germany) have had a record twelve unbeaten World Cup qualifying campaigns. In fact the German national team has lost only three World Cup qualifying games in its history: against Portugal in 1985, against England in 2001 and against North Macedonia in 2021.
A number of teams have managed not to record any losses during an entire FIFA World Cup cycle (qualifying and final tournaments):
- Italy (1934 and 1998), Brazil (1958, 1970, 1978 and 1986), West Germany/Germany (1990 and 2014), Spain (2002 and 2018), France (2006) and Netherlands (2014) all remained unbeaten during both the qualification and the finals (in 1970 Brazil actually did not record any draws either, managing to win every single match en route to the title).
- Uruguay (1930), Italy (1938 and 1990), Brazil (1962), England (1966), Mexico (1986) and France (1998) all did not have to go through qualifying tournaments, and did not lose any games in the finals (Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 1938 did not draw any games either).
- Uruguay in 1950 qualified without playing any matches due to the withdrawal of their opponents, and did not lose any games in the finals.
- Several teams remained undefeated during a qualifying campaign but nevertheless did not appear in the subsequent final tournament. Each of Cuba, Lesotho, Morocco and Tunisia have had this fate twice. For others, see the tables below.
Legend to the tables[edit]
| Colouring |
|---|
| Golden background: Team was undefeated in the final competition |
| Pale blue background: Team was undefeated in the qualification cycle |
- The Result column indicates what stage the team reached in the particular final tournament: 1st = champion, 2nd = second place, 3rd = third place, 4th = fourth place, QF = quarter-finals, R16 = round of 16, GS = group stage, GS2 = second group stage out of two, GS1 = first group stage out of two.
- Other columns: Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = matches drawn, L = matches lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
- The Lost to column indicates what opponent progressed at the expense of the team in question.
By tournament[edit]
1930[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
 Uruguay
|
1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | qualified automatically | — | — | |||||
1934[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
 Italy
|
1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
 Czechoslovakia
|
2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | extra time | Italy |
 Germany
|
3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | regular time | Czechoslovakia |
 Austria
|
4th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | regular time | Italy |
 Spain
|
QF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | replay | Italy |
 Hungary
|
QF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | regular time | Austria |
 Switzerland
|
QF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | regular time | Czechoslovakia |
 Sweden
|
QF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | regular time | Germany |
 Netherlands
|
R16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | regular time | Switzerland |
 France
|
R16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | extra time | Austria |
 Egypt
|
R16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | regular time | Hungary |
 United States
|
R16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | regular time | Italy |
1938[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Italy
|
1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | qualified automatically | — | — | |||||
| Hungary
|
2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | regular time | Italy |
| Czechoslovakia
|
QF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | replay | Brazil |
| Switzerland
|
QF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | regular time | Hungary |
| Germany
|
R16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | replay | Switzerland |
 Norway
|
R16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | extra time | Italy |
 Belgium
|
R16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | regular time | France |
| Netherlands
|
R16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | extra time | Czechoslovakia |
| Austria
|
qualified but withdrew | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | withdrawal | Sweden | ||||||
1950[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Uruguay
|
1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | qualified by walkover | — | — | |||||
| Sweden
|
3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | points | Uruguay |
 Spain
|
4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | points | Uruguay |
 Yugoslavia
|
GS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | points | Brazil |
| Switzerland
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | points | Brazil |
 England
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | points | Spain |
 Mexico
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | points | Brazil |
 Turkey
|
qualified but withdrew | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | withdrawal | — | ||||||
1954[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
 West Germany
|
1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | — |
| Austria
|
3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | regular time | West Germany |
 Brazil
|
QF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | regular time | Hungary |
| England
|
QF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | regular time | Uruguay |
| Yugoslavia
|
QF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | regular time | West Germany |
 Italy
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | play-off | Switzerland |
| France
|
GS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | points | Brazil and Yugoslavia |
| Belgium
|
GS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | points | Switzerland |
| Mexico
|
GS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | points | Brazil and Yugoslavia |
| Czechoslovakia
|
GS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | points | Uruguay and Austria |
 South Korea
|
GS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | points | West Germany |
1958[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Brazil
|
1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| France
|
3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | regular time | Brazil |
| Yugoslavia
|
QF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | regular time | West Germany |
| England
|
GS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | play-off | Soviet Union |
| Austria
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | points | Soviet Union |
| Mexico
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | points | Wales |
 Sudan
|
withdrew during qualifying | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | withdrawal | Israel | ||||||
1962[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
 Brazil
|
1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | qualified automatically | — | — | |||||
| Yugoslavia
|
4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | regular time | Czechoslovakia |
 Hungary
|
QF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | regular time | Czechoslovakia |
 Soviet Union
|
QF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | regular time | Chile |
| West Germany
|
QF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | regular time | Yugoslavia |
| England
|
QF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | regular time | Brazil |
| Italy
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | points | Chile |
 Argentina
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | goal average | England |
| Spain
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | points | Czechoslovakia |
| Uruguay
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | points | Yugoslavia |
 Colombia
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | points | Yugoslavia |
1966[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| England
|
1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | qualified automatically | — | — | |||||
| West Germany
|
2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | extra time | England |
| Argentina
|
QF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | regular time | England |
| Hungary
|
QF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | regular time | Soviet Union |
| Uruguay
|
QF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | regular time | West Germany |
 North Korea
|
QF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | regular time | Portugal |
| Mexico
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | points | Uruguay |
1970[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
 Brazil
|
1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | — | — |
| Italy
|
2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | regular time | Brazil |
| West Germany
|
3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | extra time | Italy |
| Uruguay
|
4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | regular time | Brazil |
| Soviet Union
|
QF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | extra time | Uruguay |
 Israel
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | points | Uruguay |
 Tunisia
|
did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | lottery | Morocco | ||||||
1974[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Netherlands
|
2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | regular time | West Germany |
| Yugoslavia
|
GS2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | points | West Germany |
| Argentina
|
GS2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | points | Netherlands |
 Scotland
|
GS1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | goal difference | Brazil |
| Italy
|
GS1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | goal difference | Argentina |
 Bulgaria
|
GS1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | points | Sweden |
| Belgium
|
did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | goal difference | Netherlands | ||||||
| Hungary
|
did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | goal difference | Sweden and Austria | ||||||
| Colombia
|
did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | goal difference | Uruguay | ||||||
1978[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Netherlands
|
2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | extra time | Argentina |
| Brazil
|
3rd | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | goal difference | Argentina |
 Poland
|
GS2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | points | Argentina |
| Austria
|
GS2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | points | Netherlands |
 Iran
|
GS1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | points | Netherlands |
 East Germany
|
did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | points | Austria | ||||||
 Morocco
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | penalties | Tunisia | ||||||
1982[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Italy
|
1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | — |
| West Germany
|
2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | regular time | Italy |
 Poland
|
3rd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | regular time | Italy |
| England
|
GS2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | points | West Germany |
| Brazil
|
GS2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | points | Italy |
| Soviet Union
|
GS2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | goal difference | Poland |
 Cameroon
|
GS1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | goals for | Italy |
 Peru
|
GS1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | points | Italy |
 Chile
|
GS1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | points | Austria |
 Somalia
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | away goals | Niger | ||||||
 Libya
|
withdrew during qualifying | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | withdrawal | Egypt | ||||||
1986[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Argentina
|
1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | — | — |
| Brazil
|
QF | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | penalties | France |
 Mexico
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | qualified automatically | penalties | West Germany | |||||
| England
|
QF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | regular time | Argentina |
 Algeria
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | points | Spain |
 Canada
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | points | France |
 Tanzania
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | away goals | Sudan | ||||||
1990[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| West Germany
|
1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | — | — |
| Italy
|
3rd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | qualified automatically | penalties | Argentina | |||||
| England
|
4th | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | penalties | West Germany |
| Yugoslavia
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | penalties | Argentina |
| Brazil
|
R16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | regular time | Argentina |
| Belgium
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | extra time | England |
| Netherlands
|
R16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | regular time | West Germany |
| Sweden
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | points | Costa Rica |
 South Korea
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | points | Uruguay |
 Honduras
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | away goals | Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||
1994[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
 Brazil
|
1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | — | — |
 Saudi Arabia
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 7 | regular time | Sweden |
| Colombia
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | points | United States |
 Greece
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | points | Bulgaria and Argentina |
 Tunisia
|
did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | points | Morocco | ||||||
 Syria
|
did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | goal difference | Iran | ||||||
1998[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| France
|
1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | qualified automatically | — | — | |||||
| Italy
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | penalties | France |
| Germany
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | regular time | Croatia |
 Romania
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | regular time | Croatia |
| Norway
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | regular time | Italy |
| Belgium
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | points | Mexico |
 Spain
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | points | Paraguay |
| Morocco
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | points | Norway |
| Cameroon
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | points | Chile |
| Tunisia
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | points | England |
 Australia
|
did not qualify | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | away goals | Iran | ||||||
 Angola
|
did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | points | Cameroon | ||||||
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | away goals | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||
 Burundi
|
withdrew during qualifying | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | withdrawal | Sierra Leone | ||||||
2002[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Brazil
|
1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 17 | — | — |
| Spain
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | penalties | South Korea |
 Republic of Ireland
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 6 | penalties | Spain |
 Denmark
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | regular time | England |
| Sweden
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | golden goal | Senegal |
| Italy
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | golden goal | South Korea |
 South Africa
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | goals scored | Paraguay |
 Portugal
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 7 | points | United States |
 Croatia
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | points | Italy |
| Tunisia
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | points | Belgium |
 Slovenia
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 11 | points | Paraguay |
 Kazakhstan
|
did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | goal difference | Iraq | ||||||
 Bermuda
|
did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | away goals | Antigua and Barbuda | ||||||
2006[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
 Italy
|
1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | — | — |
| France
|
2nd | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | penalties | Italy |
| Portugal
|
4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 5 | regular time | France |
| Argentina
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | penalties | Germany |
| England
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | penalties | Portugal |
| Switzerland
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 11 | penalties | Ukraine |
| Spain
|
R16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 5 | regular time | France |
| Netherlands
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | regular time | Portugal |
| Croatia
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | points | Australia |
| Saudi Arabia
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | points | Ukraine |
 Serbia and Montenegro
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | points | Netherlands |
| Morocco
|
did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 7 | points | Tunisia | ||||||
| Israel
|
did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 10 | goal difference | Switzerland | ||||||
 Cuba
|
did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | away goals | Costa Rica | ||||||
2010[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Spain
|
1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | — | — |
| Netherlands
|
2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | extra time | Spain |
| Germany
|
3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | regular time | Spain |
 South Korea
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 7 | regular time | Uruguay |
 New Zealand
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | points | Slovakia |
 Ivory Coast
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 6 | points | Portugal |
| Italy
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | points | Slovakia |
 Nigeria
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | points | South Korea |
 British Virgin Islands
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | away goals | Bahamas | ||||||
2014[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Germany
|
1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | — | — |
| Netherlands
|
3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5 | penalties | Argentina |
 Costa Rica
|
QF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 12 | penalties | Netherlands |
| Belgium
|
QF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | regular time | Argentina |
| Switzerland
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | extra time | Argentina |
| Nigeria
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | regular time | France |
| Ivory Coast
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | points | Greece |
| Italy
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | points | Uruguay |
| Spain
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | points | Chile |
| England
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 4 | points | Uruguay |
 Bahamas
|
withdrew during qualifying | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | withdrawal | — | ||||||
2018[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| France
|
1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | — | — |
| Belgium
|
3rd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | regular time | France |
| England
|
4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | extra time | Croatia |
| Spain
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | penalties | Russia |
| Denmark
|
R16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | penalties | Croatia |
 Senegal
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | fair play | Japan |
 Iran
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 5 | points | Portugal |
| Germany
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | points | Mexico |
| Tunisia
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | points | England |
 Guyana
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | away goals | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||
 Cayman Islands
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | away goals | Belize | ||||||
| Cuba
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | away goals | Curaçao | ||||||
 Lesotho
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | away goals | Comoros | ||||||
2022[edit]
| Team | Final tournament | Qualifying procedure | How the team was eliminated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Lost by | Lost to | |
| Argentina
|
1st | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 8 | — | — |
| France
|
2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | penalties | Argentina |
| Morocco
|
4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | regular time | France |
| England
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3 | regular time | France |
| Netherlands
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 | penalties | Argentina |
| Brazil
|
QF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 5 | penalties | Croatia |
| Switzerland
|
R16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | regular time | Portugal |
| Belgium
|
GS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | points | Croatia |
 Serbia
|
GS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | points | Switzerland |
 Burkina Faso
|
did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | goal difference | Algeria | ||||||
 Guatemala
|
did not qualify | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | goals scored | Curaçao | ||||||
 Montserrat
|
did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | points | El Salvador | ||||||
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | points | Saint Kitts and Nevis | ||||||
| Burundi
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | penalties | Tanzania | ||||||
| Lesotho
|
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | away goals | Ethiopia | ||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ Laws of the game 2014/2015, p. 137: "The kicks from the penalty mark are not part of the match"
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 PortalNotes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. | |
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