Year Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth 2008 North Korea 2-1 USA Germany 3-0 England 2010 South Korea 3-3 Japan [5-4 pen] Spain 1-0 North Korea 2012 France 1-1 North Korea [7-6 pen] Ghana 1-0 Germany 2014 Japan 2-0 Spain Italy 4-4 Venezuela [2-0 pen] 2016 North Korea 0-0 Japan [5-4 pen] Spain 4-0 Venezuela 2018 Spain 2-1 Mexico N.Zealand 2-1 Canada 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic 2022 Spain 1-0 Colombia Nigeria 3-3 Germany [3-2 pen] 2024 North Korea 1-1 Spain [4-3 pen] USA 3-0 England
All-Time Table Final Tournaments
Explanations
FT 1: number of final tournaments played
FT 2: consecutive final tournaments played (+) consecutive final tournaments missed (-)
G: Games
W: Wins
D: Draws
L: Losses
GD: goal difference
P2+ points according to 2 points/win
P%: success percentage
P3+: points according to 3 points/win
Country FT1 FT2 G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P3+
Japan 8 8 38 27 8 3 125 28 97 62:14 0,816 89
Spain 6 5 36 27 4 5 84 25 59 58:14 0,783 85
North Korea 7 1 37 22 10 5 76 34 42 54:20 0,729 76
Germany 7 -1 33 18 5 10 84 36 48 41:25 0,621 59
Nigeria 7 2 28 14 7 7 61 33 28 35:21 0,625 49
Ghana 6 -2 24 13 3 8 37 27 10 29:19 0,604 42
USA 6 4 25 12 5 8 59 30 29 29:21 0,580 41
Canada 7 -1 27 9 8 10 28 36 -8 26:28 0,481 35
Brazil 7 4 24 9 4 11 29 31 -2 22:26 0,458 31
Mexico 7 7 26 9 4 13 39 52 -13 22:30 0,423 31
Venezuela 3 -3 15 8 1 6 26 30 -4 17:13 0,566 25
South Korea 4 1 16 6 3 7 28 39 -11 15:17 0,468 21
England 3 1 16 5 4 7 20 31 -11 14:18 0,437 19
Columbia 6 3 21 4 6 11 20 31 -11 14:28 0,333 18
New Zealand 8 8 27 5 3 19 25 63 -38 13:41 0,240 18
France 3 -1 12 3 6 3 24 19 5 12:12 0,500 15
China 3 -1 9 3 1 5 11 14 -3 7:11 0,389 10
Italy 1 -4 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 6: 6 0,500 8
Ireland 1 -6 4 2 0 2 6 4 2 4: 4 0,500 6
Ecuador 1 1 4 2 0 2 6 9 -3 4: 4 0,500 6
Poland 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 4: 4 0,500 5
Denmark 1 -7 4 1 2 1 3 6 -3 4: 4 0,500 5
Tanzania 1 -1 4 1 1 2 3 9 -6 3: 5 0,375 4
Trinidad & Tobago 1 -6 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 2: 4 0,333 3
Morocco 1 -1 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 2: 4 0,333 3
Kenya 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 2: 4 0,333 3
Cameroon 2 -2 6 1 0 5 5 12 -7 2:10 0,167 3
Zambia 2 1 6 1 0 5 3 14 -11 2:10 0,167 3
Chile 2 -1 6 1 0 5 5 19 -14 2:10 0,167 3
Finland 1 -2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1: 5 0,167 1
Dominican Rep. 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1: 5 0,167 1
Uruguay 2 -2 6 0 1 5 4 22 -18 1:11 0,083 1
South Africa 2 -2 6 0 1 5 3 27 -24 1:11 0,083 1
Paraguay 3 -3 9 0 1 8 8 46 -38 1:17 0,055 1
Jordan 1 -4 3 0 0 3 1 15 -14 0: 6 0,000 0
Costa Rica 2 -4 6 0 0 6 2 14 -12 0:12 0,000 0
Azerbaijan 1 -5 3 0 0 3 0 16 -16 0: 6 0,000 0
India 1 -1 3 0 0 3 0 16 -16 0: 6 0,000 0
Gambia 1 -5 3 0 0 3 2 27 -25 0: 6 0,000 0
Only countries participating at the final tournament 2024
Country FT1 FT2 G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P3+
Japan 8 8 38 27 8 3 125 28 97 62:14 0,816 89
Spain 6 5 36 27 4 5 84 25 59 58:14 0,783 85
North Korea 7 1 37 22 10 5 76 34 42 54:20 0,729 76
Nigeria 7 2 28 14 7 7 61 33 28 35:21 0,625 49
USA 6 4 25 12 5 8 59 30 29 29:21 0,580 41
Brazil 7 4 24 9 4 11 29 31 -2 22:26 0,458 31
Mexico 7 7 26 9 4 13 39 52 -13 22:30 0,423 31
South Korea 4 1 16 6 3 7 28 39 -11 15:17 0,468 21
England 3 1 16 5 4 7 20 31 -11 14:18 0,437 19
Columbia 6 3 21 4 6 11 20 31 -11 14:28 0,333 18
New Zealand 8 8 27 5 3 19 25 63 -38 13:41 0,240 18
Ecuador 1 1 4 2 0 2 6 9 -3 4: 4 0,500 6
Poland 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 4: 4 0,500 5
Kenya 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 2: 4 0,333 3
Zambia 2 1 6 1 0 5 3 14 -11 2:10 0,167 3
Dominican Rep. 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1: 5 0,167 1
Final Placings Final Tournaments
Explanations
FT: Final Tournaments
QF: Quarterfinal
GS: Group Stage
Country FT 1 2 3 4 QF GS
North Korea 7 3 1 1 1 1
Spain 6 2 2 2
Japan 8 1 2 5
South Korea 4 1 1 2
France 3 1 2
USA 6 1 1 1 3
Mexico 7 1 2 4
Columbia 6 1 5
Germany 7 1 2 3 1
Nigeria 7 1 4 2
Ghana 6 1 3 2
New Zealand 8 1 7
Italy 1 1
England 3 2 1
Venezuela 3 2 1
Canada 7 1 3 3
Brazil 7 3 4
Ireland 1 1
Denmark 1 1
Tanzania 1 1
Ecuador 1 1
Poland 1 1
Paraguay 3 3
China 3 3
Costa Rica 2 2
Cameroon 2 2
South Africa 2 2
Uruguay 2 2
Chile 2 2
Zambia 2 2
Trinidad & Tobago 1 1
Azerbaijan 1 1
Gambia 1 1
Jordan 1 1
Finland 1 1
Morocco 1 1
India 1 1
Kenya 1 1
Dominican Rep. 1 1
Only countries participating at the final tournament 2024
Country FT 1 2 3 4 QF GS
North Korea 7 3 1 1 1 1
Spain 6 2 2 2
Japan 8 1 2 2 3
South Korea 4 1 1 2
USA 6 1 1 1 3
Mexico 7 1 2 4
Columbia 6 1 5
Nigeria 7 1 4 2
New Zealand 8 1 7
England 3 2 1
Brazil 7 3 4
Ecuador 1 1
Poland 1 1
Zambia 2 2
Kenya 1 1
Dominican Rep. 1 1
All-Time Table Qualifying and Final Stages (up to and including 2014)
Explanations
WC1: number of world championships played
WC2: consecutive world championships played (+)
consecutive world championships not played (-)
FT: Final Tournaments reached
QS: failed to qualify for final tournament
G: Games
W: Wins
D: Draws
L: Losses
GD: goal difference
P2+: points according to 2 points/win
P%: success percentage
P3+: points according to 3 points/win
Country WC1 WC2 FT QS G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P3+
Germany 4 4 4 0 48 33 7 8 143 33 110 73: 23 0,760 106
Japan 4 4 4 0 38 29 3 6 163 32 131 61: 15 0,803 90
North Korea 4 4 4 0 41 27 8 6 119 36 83 62: 20 0,756 89
Spain 4 4 2 2 37 26 7 4 129 23 106 59: 15 0,797 85
Brazil 4 4 3 1 35 25 2 8 115 41 74 52: 18 0,743 77
France 4 4 2 2 34 23 6 5 119 29 90 52: 16 0,765 75
USA 4 4 2 2 29 22 5 2 139 14 125 49: 9 0,845 71
Ghana 4 4 4 0 32 21 3 8 70 26 44 45: 19 0,703 66
Canada 4 4 4 0 35 19 7 9 75 30 45 45: 25 0,643 64
Nigeria 4 4 4 0 27 19 4 4 80 25 55 42: 12 0,778 61
Trinidad & Tobago 4 4 1 3 30 19 2 9 128 51 77 40: 20 0,667 59
Ireland 4 4 1 3 30 18 3 9 65 26 39 39: 21 0,650 57
Denmark 4 4 1 3 32 16 8 8 87 34 53 40: 24 0,625 56
England 4 4 1 3 31 17 4 10 73 34 39 38: 24 0,613 55
Sweden 4 4 0 4 24 16 4 4 100 20 80 36: 12 0,750 52
Norway 4 4 0 4 24 17 0 7 92 25 67 34: 14 0,708 51
South Korea 4 4 2 2 28 15 6 7 80 43 37 36: 20 0,643 51
Venezuela 4 4 2 2 30 16 3 11 66 59 7 35: 25 0,583 51
Columbia 4 4 3 1 34 15 5 14 64 49 15 35: 33 0,515 50
Italy 4 4 1 3 29 14 6 9 96 30 66 34: 24 0,586 48
Mexico 4 4 3 1 30 14 4 12 62 43 19 32: 28 0,533 46
Netherlands 4 4 0 4 23 14 3 6 42 17 25 31: 15 0,674 45
Jamaica 4 4 0 4 25 14 2 9 83 41 42 30: 20 0,600 44
Australia 4 4 0 4 23 14 1 8 106 27 79 29: 17 0,630 43
Switzerland 4 4 0 4 26 12 7 7 105 37 68 31: 21 0,596 43
Finland 4 4 0 4 24 13 2 9 70 36 34 28: 20 0,583 41
Paraguay 4 4 2 2 30 12 3 15 60 86 -26 27: 33 0,450 39
Austria 3 3 0 3 18 12 2 4 68 12 56 26: 10 0,722 38
China 4 4 2 2 25 11 5 9 71 32 39 27: 23 0,540 38
Island 4 4 0 4 21 11 3 7 58 28 30 25: 17 0,595 36
Scotland 4 4 0 4 21 11 3 7 54 29 25 25: 17 0,595 36
Belgium 4 4 0 4 24 10 6 8 55 26 29 26: 22 0,542 36
Poland 4 4 0 4 24 10 5 9 57 28 29 25: 23 0,521 35
Czech Rep. 4 4 0 4 21 10 4 7 74 27 47 24: 18 0,571 34
Thailand 4 4 0 4 27 10 4 13 63 87 -24 24: 30 0,444 34
Russia 4 4 0 4 18 10 1 7 45 26 19 21: 15 0,583 31
Argentina 4 4 0 4 22 9 4 9 35 39 -4 22: 22 0,500 31
Hungary 4 4 0 4 15 9 1 5 43 30 13 19: 11 0,633 28
Haiti 2 1 0 2 17 9 1 7 98 21 77 19: 15 0,559 28
Puerto Rico 2 1 0 2 12 9 0 3 33 15 18 18: 6 0,750 27
Taiwan 4 4 0 4 16 8 2 6 40 58 -18 18: 14 0,563 26
Costa Rica 4 4 2 2 22 7 2 13 44 48 -4 16: 28 0,364 23
Chile 4 4 1 3 24 6 5 13 29 54 -25 17: 31 0,354 23
Panama 2 -1 0 2 14 7 1 6 26 36 -10 15: 13 0,536 22
Myanmar 4 4 0 4 16 7 1 8 44 39 5 15: 17 0,469 22
New Zealand 4 4 4 0 18 7 1 10 76 31 45 15: 21 0,417 22
Uruguay 4 4 1 3 22 7 1 14 32 56 -24 15: 29 0,341 22
Vietnam 2 -1 0 2 10 6 1 3 47 15 32 13: 7 0,650 19
Zambia 3 2 1 2 13 6 1 6 24 28 -4 13: 13 0,500 19
Bermuda 3 2 0 3 11 6 0 5 19 16 3 12: 10 0,545 18
Dominican Rep. 3 3 0 3 13 5 3 5 49 27 22 13: 13 0,500 18
Serbia 3 3 0 3 15 5 3 7 34 37 -3 13: 17 0,433 18
Cayman Islands 2 -2 0 2 11 5 2 4 27 27 0 12: 10 0,545 17
El Salvador 4 4 0 4 14 5 1 8 20 40 -20 11: 17 0,393 16
South Africa 4 4 1 3 17 4 4 9 38 41 -3 12: 22 0,353 16
Wales 4 4 0 4 12 4 3 5 21 22 -1 11: 13 0,458 15
Romania 3 3 0 3 12 5 0 7 21 31 -10 10: 14 0,417 15
Ukraine 4 4 0 4 15 4 3 8 27 40 -13 11: 19 0,367 15
Bolivia 4 4 0 4 16 4 2 10 18 38 -20 10: 22 0,313 14
Iran 2 2 0 2 11 4 1 6 17 28 -11 9: 13 0,409 13
Bahamas 3 3 0 3 13 4 1 8 26 35 -9 9: 17 0,346 13
Guam 2 2 0 2 8 4 0 4 9 36 -27 8: 8 0,500 12
Portugal 1 1 0 1 9 3 3 3 8 13 -5 9: 9 0,500 12
Turkey 4 4 0 4 12 4 0 8 18 23 -5 8: 16 0,333 12
Belarus 4 4 0 4 15 4 0 11 18 62 -44 8: 22 0,267 12
Greece 4 4 0 4 15 3 2 10 12 38 -26 8: 22 0,267 11
Peru 4 4 0 4 16 3 2 11 14 43 -29 8: 24 0,250 11
Jordan 3 2 0 3 8 3 1 4 19 18 1 7: 9 0,438 10
Cameroon 2 -1 0 2 8 3 1 4 7 12 -5 7: 9 0,438 10
Slovenia 4 4 0 4 12 3 1 8 18 36 -18 7: 17 0,292 10
Ecuador 4 4 0 4 16 2 4 10 15 47 -32 8: 24 0,250 10
Papua-New Guinea 2 -1 0 2 6 3 0 3 8 21 -13 6: 6 0,500 9
Gambia 1 -1 1 0 7 3 0 4 9 31 -22 6: 8 0,429 9
Guatemala 3 2 0 3 10 3 0 7 25 36 -11 6: 14 0,300 9
Philippines 3 3 0 3 11 3 0 8 15 56 -41 6: 16 0,273 9
Faroe 4 4 0 4 12 3 0 9 12 53 -41 6: 18 0,250 9
Uzbekistan 2 1 0 2 8 2 2 4 11 17 -6 6: 10 0,375 8
Grenada 2 1 0 2 9 2 2 5 9 35 -26 6: 12 0,333 8
India 4 4 0 4 10 2 2 6 11 21 -10 6: 14 0,300 8
Antigua & Barbuda 3 2 0 3 11 2 2 7 9 40 -31 6: 16 0,273 8
Croatia 4 4 0 4 12 2 2 8 10 37 -27 6: 18 0,250 8
Northern Ireland 3 2 0 3 12 2 1 9 13 29 -16 5: 19 0,208 7
Latvia 4 4 0 4 12 2 1 9 7 60 -53 5: 19 0,208 7
Solomon Islands 1 -2 0 1 3 2 0 1 6 10 -4 4: 2 0,667 6
Dominica 1 -1 0 1 4 2 0 2 7 18 -11 4: 4 0,500 6
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 2 0 2 6 2 0 4 6 24 -18 4: 8 0,333 6
Azerbaijan 3 2 1 2 12 2 0 10 5 47 -42 4: 20 0,167 6
Israel 4 4 0 4 12 2 0 10 5 67 -62 4: 20 0,167 6
Slovakia 2 1 0 2 6 1 2 3 13 15 -2 4: 8 0,333 5
Surinam 1 -3 0 1 3 1 1 1 4 10 -6 3: 3 0,500 4
Guyana 2 2 0 2 8 1 1 6 3 55 -52 3: 13 0,188 4
US Virgin Islands 2 1 0 2 9 1 1 7 5 62 -57 3: 15 0,167 4
Moldavia 4 4 0 4 12 1 1 10 4 61 -57 3: 21 0,125 4
Macedonia 4 4 0 4 12 1 1 10 6 65 -59 3: 21 0,125 4
Bulgaria 4 4 0 4 12 1 1 10 5 64 -59 3: 21 0,125 4
Lithuania 4 4 0 4 12 1 1 10 7 83 -76 3: 21 0,125 4
Sierra Leone 1 -1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 2: 2 0,500 3
Cook Islands 1 -1 0 1 3 1 0 2 5 10 -5 2: 4 0,333 3
Anguilla 2 -1 0 2 4 1 0 3 3 12 -9 2: 6 0,250 3
Bahrain 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 1 29 -28 2: 6 0,250 3
Aruba 2 -1 0 2 5 1 0 4 4 31 -27 2: 8 0,200 3
Nicaragua 4 4 0 4 8 1 0 7 7 40 -33 2: 14 0,125 3
Kazakhstan 3 3 0 3 9 1 0 8 3 47 -44 2: 16 0,111 3
Singapore 3 -1 0 3 10 1 0 9 8 72 -64 2: 18 0,100 3
Curacao 1 -1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1: 3 0,250 1
Namibia 1 -1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 -5 1: 3 0,250 1
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 10 -9 1: 5 0,167 1
Tunisia 2 -1 0 2 6 0 1 5 2 16 -14 1: 11 0,083 1
St. Kitts/Nevis 3 2 0 3 10 0 1 9 1 57 -56 1: 19 0,050 1
Equatorial Guinea 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0: 4 0,000 0
Kenia 1 -1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 0: 4 0,000 0
Palestine 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 10 -10 0: 4 0,000 0
Zaire/Congo Kinshasa 1 -3 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 11 -11 0: 4 0,000 0
Guinea 1 -3 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 12 -12 0: 4 0,000 0
Maldives 1 -3 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 13 -13 0: 4 0,000 0
Belize 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 15 -15 0: 4 0,000 0
New Caledonia 1 -1 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 17 -16 0: 6 0,000 0
Cyprus 1 -3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 16 -16 0: 6 0,000 0
Montenegro 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 20 -19 0: 6 0,000 0
Ned. Antilles 1 -2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 24 -24 0: 6 0,000 0
Tonga 1 -2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 27 -27 0: 6 0,000 0
British Virgin Isl. 1 -2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 46 -46 0: 6 0,000 0
Hong Kong 2 1 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 27 -27 0: 8 0,000 0
East-Timor 1 -1 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 33 -33 0: 8 0,000 0
Botswana 3 3 0 3 6 0 0 6 5 37 -32 0: 12 0,000 0
Armenia 2 -2 0 2 6 0 0 6 1 95 -94 0: 12 0,000 0
Georgia 3 -1 0 3 9 0 0 9 1 109 -108 0: 18 0,000 0
Estonia 4 4 0 4 12 0 0 12 2 73 -71 0: 24 0,000 0
Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio
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