Team appearances

Team appearances

Participating nations

Team	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	Total
Argentina	10th	9th	11th	8th	12th	6th	9th	7th	-	6th	10th	7th	11
Australia	8th	-	5th	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	11
Belarus	-							12th	-	-	-	-	1
Belgium	-	8th	-	14th	-	-	-	11th	-	14th	-	-	4
Canada	-	-	-	11th	-	10th	11th	-	8th	-	-	11th	5
Cuba	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	1
England	-	6th	6th	7th	8th	2nd	5th	6th	6th	7th	5th	4th	11
France	7th	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Germany^	5th	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	12
Ghana	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
India	3rd	2nd	1st	6th	5th	12th	10th	5th	9th	10th	11th	8th	12
Ireland	-	-	-	12th	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Italy	-	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Japan	9th	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	9th	-	4
Kenya	4th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	7th	4th	4th	6th	5
Malaysia	-	11th	4th	10th	10th	-	-	-	11th	8th	-	-	6
Netherlands	6th	1st	9th	2nd	4th	7th	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	7th	3rd	12
New Zealand	-	7th	7th	-	7th	9th	-	-	10th	9th	8th	9th	8
Pakistan	1st	4th	2nd	1st	1st	11th	2nd	1st	5th	5th	6th	12th	12
Poland	-	-	10th	9th	8th	8th	-	-	12th	15th	-	-	6
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	13th	12th	10th	4
Soviet Union#	-	-	-	-	6th	4th	6th	-					3
Spain	2nd	5th	8th	5th	11th	5th	8th	9th	2nd	11th	3rd	5th	12
Total	10	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	148

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1971 and 1990

# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations

Germany, India, the Netherlands and Pakistan are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 24 teams have competed in at least one World Cup.