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
Belarus Davis Cup team Belarus Davis Cup team The Belarus Davis Cup team represents Belarus in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Belarus Tennis Association. In 2007, Belarus competed in the World Group for the 4th successive year. Until then it was the only team that had never been relegated from the World Group. However, Belarus lost in the 2007 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Peru and therefore was relegated from the World Group. Belarus competed in its first Davis Cup in 1994, but at least one Belarusian player (Sergey Leonyuk) had previously represented the Soviet Union. "Rankings as of