Debut of Teams
Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by FIFA.
| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico Paraguay, Peru, Romania, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia |
13 |
| 1934 | Austria, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland | 10 |
| 1938 | Cuba, Dutch East Indies, Norway, Poland | 4 |
| 1950 | England | 1/2 |
| 1954 | South Korea, Scotland, Turkey, ( West Germany) | 4 |
| 1958 | Northern Ireland, Soviet Union, Wales | 3 |
| 1962 | Bulgaria, Colombia | 2 |
| 1966 | North Korea, Portugal | 2 |
| 1970 | El Salvador, Israel, Morocco | 3 |
| 1974 | Australia, East Germany, Haiti, Zaire | 4 |
| 1978 | Iran, Tunisia | 2 |
| 1982 | Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand | 5 |
| 1986 | Canada, Denmark, Iraq | 3 |
| 1990 | Costa Rica, Republic of Ireland, United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| 1994 | Greece, Nigeria, ( Russia), Saudi Arabia | 4 |
| 1998 | Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, South Africa, ( Yugoslavia) | 5 |
| 2002 | China PR, Ecuador, Senegal, Slovenia | 4 |
| 2006 | Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, ( Czech Republic), Ghana, ( Serbia and Montenegro), Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine | 8 |
| 2010 | ( Serbia), ( Slovakia) | 2 |
| 2014 | ||
| Total | 76* |
*This total number of teams which have participated in the World Cup uses FIFA's view on successor teams (e.g., Russia is a successor of USSR and not a separate team).
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