National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup a group stage, with the final 16 progressing to knockout stages to decide the winner. As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 79 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. Brazil are the only team to have appeared in all 21 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 19, Italy in 18, Argentina in 17 and Mexico in 16. To date, eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are France. The most successful nation in the competition are currently Brazil, who have won the cup on five occasions. Five
National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.(~1993) National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals. For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw