List of national teams with no FIFA World Cup appearances
This is a list of national football teams with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup final tournament. Teams are listed alphabetically by confederation. Only FIFA affiliates are listed.
In tables below all qualification tournaments where the national team played at least one game are counted as attempts to qualify even if the team subsequently withdrew. Withdrawals before the start of the qualification are excluded.
AFC countries
Country |
Qualifying attempts |
|---|---|
Number of |
First |
2 |
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
1 |
|
9 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
7 |
|
10 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
5 |
|
11 |
|
4 |
|
9 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
6 |
CAF countries
Country |
Qualifying attempts |
|---|---|
Number of |
First |
5 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
9 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
9 |
|
4 |
|
9 |
|
4 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
8 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
4 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
10 |
|
8 |
CONCACAF countries
Country |
Qualifying attempts |
|---|---|
Number of |
First |
2 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
12 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
13 |
|
4 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
11 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
CONMEBOL countries
Country |
Qualifying attempts |
|---|---|
Number of |
First |
10 |
OFC countries
Country |
Qualifying attempts |
|---|---|
Number of |
First |
3 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
UEFA countries
Country |
Qualifying attempts |
|---|---|
Number of |
First |
9 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
12 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
16 |
|
3 |
|
10 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
6 |
|
17 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
Former countries
Country |
Qualifying attempts |
|---|---|
Number of |
First |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
See also
- List of FIFA World Cup national team droughts
- National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
sg:List of national teams with no FIFA World Cup appearances