Team Appearances
| Team | 1974 | 1976 | 1978 | 1981 | 1983 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 9th | 7th | 9th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 12 | |
| Australia | - | - | - | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 9 | |
| Austria | 8th | 9th | - | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Belgium | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Canada | - | - | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 10th | 10th | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Czechoslovakia# | - | - | 9th | - | - | - | - | Defunct | 1 | |||||
| China | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 7th | 11th | 3rd | 10th | 8th | 6 | |
| England | - | - | - | - | 5th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 8 | |
| France | 7th | 6th | - | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Germany^ | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 4th | 12 | |
| India | 4th | - | 7th | - | 11th | - | - | - | 12th | - | 11th | 9th | 6 | |
| Ireland | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | - | 11th | - | 15th | - | - | 3 | |
| Italy | - | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Japan | - | - | 6th | 7th | - | - | 11th | - | - | 10th | 5th | 11th | 6 | |
| Korea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 6th | 6 | |
| Mexico | 10th | 7th | - | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Netherlands | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 13 |
| New Zealand | - | - | - | - | 7th | 4th | 7th | - | 6th | 11th | - | 7th | 6 | |
| Nigeria | - | 11th | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Russia | Part of the Soviet Union | 12th | - | 16th | - | - | 2 | |||||||
| Scotland | - | - | - | - | 8th | 10th | - | - | 10th | 12th | - | - | 4 | |
| South Africa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 13th | 12th | 10th | 4 | |
| Soviet Union# | - | - | - | 3rd | 10th | 8th | - | Defunct | 3 | |||||
| Spain | 6th | 5th | 8th | 10th | - | 11th | 5th | 8th | - | 8th | 4th | 12th | 10 | |
| Switzerland | 9th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Ukraine | Part of the Soviet Union | - | - | 14th | - | - | 1 | |||||||
| United States | - | - | - | - | 6th | 9th | 12th | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 6th | - | 7 | |
| Wales | - | - | - | - | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 155 |
- ^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1974 and 1990
- # = states that have since split into two or more independent nations
Argentina, Germany and the Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 28 teams have competed in at least one World Cup.
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