प्रत्येक विश्वचषक स्पर्धेत एक तरी राष्ट्रीय फुटबॉल संघाने प्रथमतः स्पर्धेत भाग घेतलेला आहे.

गुणांकन फिफाच्या मानांकनानुसार. The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in १९३०), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw.

Performance by confederation
प्रत्येक स्पर्धेतील कामगिरी
Ranking of teams by number of appearances
राष्ट्रीय संघांचे पदार्पण