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FIFA World Cup All-Time Table

Name the 10 countries who have the best all-time performance at the men's FIFA World Cup.
Source: Wikipedia
Based on points earned. Teams are given 3 points for every win and 1 point for every draw.
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Last updated: December 20, 2022
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First submittedJuly 15, 2018
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Points
Team
247
Brazil
225
Germany / West Germany
158
Argentina
156
Italy
131
France
Points
Team
118
England
110
Spain
104
Netherlands
88
Uruguay
73
Belgium
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Level 55
Jul 16, 2018
Sweden sneak in thanks to a few good World Cups in 1958,1994 and 2018!
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Level 82
Jul 19, 2018
They'd finish higher in the rankings if this counted women as athletes.
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Level 58
Jul 19, 2018
If grandma were a man, her name would be Stan...
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Level 72
Jul 19, 2018
You don't care. There's a difference. Besides, show of hands, who here cares about konos' opinion? No one? Oh well...
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Level 74
Jul 19, 2018
The most watched soccer game of all time in the United States was the 2015 Women's World Cup final, USA versus Japan.
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Level 44
Jul 19, 2018
@wheikes

Doesn't that say more about (the lack of) quality of preference among US soccer viewers?

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Level 43
Jul 20, 2018
@riverdale No, it says that we are sick of watching the men's team lose horribly and and want to watch someone with a little skill for once.
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Level 24
Jul 20, 2018
Let's just pretend that this comment line never existed, okay?
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Level 32
Jul 25, 2018
All that says to me is the USA isn't interested in sport unless they always win it
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Level 35
Jul 27, 2018
You guys are good at roasting the crap out of nichster...and each other. ;)
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Level 51
Aug 7, 2018
Look, you can *believe* that the Womens' World Cup should be equal with the Mens'. You should. But in terms of international viewership, media attention, star players, historical importance and knowledge, and national recognition and acknowledgment, the Mens' WC unfortunately heavily outclasses the Womens'. I'm all for the MLS growing bigger and entering the Big Four, but right now, despite it being a perfectly good league, it doesn't have enough recognition.
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Level 59
Dec 16, 2020
It's Men's and Women's
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Level 47
Mar 20, 2022
Yeah, even as a man, I prefer my state (Nebraska's) women sports and the USA women soccer team. I don't even like soccer, and they're still entertaining. The Nebraska men have ruined my childhood and I only watch them when I'm having a good day. Then after I watch those games for absolutely no reason, I end up having a bad day. BECAUSE WE LOST TO FREAKING MICHIGAN BY 2 POINTS! sorry, but what i'm saying is that the women sports that I've seen generally do better than the men.
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Level 54
Dec 29, 2022
you guys call goals points?
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Level 58
Jul 25, 2018
Being Swedish I was just randomly guessing European countries since I couldn't come up with any others, and I was SO surprised when I typed in Sweden and got it right. I would have never expected us to be this high.
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Level 78
Dec 19, 2020
I ran out of Western European countries to type and guessed Sweden.
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Level 77
Oct 7, 2019
They had quite a good run in '50 and '74, as well.
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Level 19
Dec 16, 2020
In 2018 they haven't even managed to get out from group
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Level 64
Dec 16, 2020
They reached the quarter finals.
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Level 24
Feb 17, 2022
Yes. They had a pretty tough group to be fair, with them, Mexico, Germany and South Korea in the group. In the round of 16, they beat Switzerland in a boring 1-0 with a 66 minute deflected shot from Emil Fosberg. They lost to England in the quarters so thanks to the Swedish national team for getting my national team into the semi-finals :)
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Level 55
Dec 25, 2022
Sweden drop out! Belgium get just 4 points and sneak into the top 10 thanks to their golden generation as well as a good run in 1986.
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Level 63
Jul 19, 2018
See, you don't need to win. Enough 2nd places get you above a two-time winner.
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Level 58
Jul 19, 2018
The only 2 nations on this list who havent won are the bottom two
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Level 60
Jul 19, 2018
Not exactely

Netherlands never won but is before Uruguay who has won twice.

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Level 68
Jul 19, 2018
Correct. The order in Answer Stats is not correct for these two...
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Level 67
Jul 19, 2018
@schnuederlue the order isn't incorrect. The teams aren't ranked anything to do with number of trophies, if that was the case then Uruguay would be above England and Spain. It's just ranked by the overall number of games they have won or drawn in the competition - 3 points given per every win and 1 point per draw. Netherlands have finished runners up 3 times, and reached the last 4 a further two occasions, so there's a lot of games won there despite never lifting the cup.
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Level 70
Jul 19, 2018
10/10 !!
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Level 67
Jul 19, 2018
Got the first 9 straight away, took me 4 guesses to guess the final team. Tried Mexico, Portugal and Belgium before them.
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Level 44
Jul 19, 2018
Fun quiz got 10/10
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Level 33
Jul 19, 2018
Well. Germany is almost first, now that's kind of awkward.But I mean, we always had a great team...Almost every single world cup. I guess most nations go through a phase where they're suddenly not that good anymore. We should drop some old players like Müller, Özil or Khedira and form a new generation. Tobias Werner, Leon Goretzka or Julian Brand were all good this world cup. Especially Werner seems to be a talent. Maybe 2022 or 2026 we'll be back in business.
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Level 70
Jul 19, 2018
I'm pretty sure you means Timo Werner, Tobias Werner is a different guy...
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Level 62
Sep 17, 2021
Germany would keep missing if they have Werner.
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Level 73
Dec 23, 2022
Hm...maybe 2026. I guess you guys are indeed passing through that phase when you've described. Two consecutive WC heavily upseting results.
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Level 64
Dec 25, 2022
Well, there's every chance 2026 might be Germany's year...
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Level 64
Jul 19, 2018
100%!!! YES!
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Level 62
Feb 16, 2019
got it with only 1 second left, I didn't expect sweden to be in here
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Level 48
Mar 25, 2019
USA remains undefeated in the Super Bowl
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Level 68
Sep 30, 2020
And yet, interestingly, they're just 3 out of 5 in the IFAF World Championship of American Football.
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Level ∞
Oct 29, 2020
Which I guess shows you that no one takes that event seriously.
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Level 55
Dec 16, 2020
Like most American sports then.
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Level 68
Dec 16, 2020
I have actually been to the "Casque de diamant" (the diamond helmet), which is the "French Superbowl". Tickets are free, and you don't need to pre-book them. That year it was played at one of the smaller stadiums in Paris, and still, only one small section of the stands were open (opposite of TV cameras - apparently, you could watch it on France's numer 12 or 13 sports channel), and even then, they were half-empty. At half-time, some 15-year old cheerleaders came to throw a few handful of Haribo's into the stands. The game ended 10-0, with like five completed passes total, and a victory for the Thonon-les-Bains Black Panthers against the La Courneuve Flash (yes - this is even more hilarious when you know that Thonon-les-Bains is a thermal baths resort on lake Geneva, aka. the whitest place on Earth). So, to answer your question: clearly almost nobody cares about American football in France!
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Level 68
Dec 16, 2020
Well, I do (go Saints! WhoDat!), but I just do it to be edgy and unique.
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Level 47
Mar 20, 2022
the what?
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Level 82
Dec 16, 2020
Also remain the most dominant squad in the world in soccer/football in history, and would be at or near the top of this quiz, if you don't assume that half the population of Earth doesn't count due to their gender.
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Level 68
Dec 16, 2020
You're such a feminist, whenever it's convenient!
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Level 54
Dec 17, 2020
I'm all for taking women's sports seriously in their own right. Absolutely. But no, they shouldn't be held equally with men's sports in all-time achievements lists like you seem to be suggesting. I mean, the USWNT lost to a boys' junior high team (just an MLS farm club too, not a national level U-15 team). It's very different levels of competition. You don't list college football national championships next to Super Bowls in the same category. And if you wanted to list women's world cup tables, that would rightfully be its own separate quiz.

Source, in case anyone accuses me of pulling this anecdote out of my rear: https://usatodayhss.com/2017/the-fc-dallas-u-15-academy-team-beat-the-u-s-women-s-national-team-5-2

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Level 54
Dec 17, 2020
Also, why are you only going to bat for women's teams? What about all the U-17/U-15? Shouldn't their world cups count too? People who are under the age of 17 don't count as humans, is that what you're saying? ;)
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Level 76
Mar 21, 2021
Touché.
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Level 82
Dec 25, 2022
gandalf: you're always a hypocrite, whether its convenient or not. So in a way, you are consistent.

So am I (consistent)... in that I believe women are people and female athletes should count especially when the quiz doesn't even specify that it's about men's athletics (as it didn't, when I made these comments originally). If, in your mind, that makes me some kind of radical feminist... well... that says a lot more about you than it says about me.

I am not, and never have been, a jingoist, a biased partisan, or even a patriot. That's you, projecting again. My ego could not possibly be more detached from any particular country's performance in athletic events, and I hold those who feel differently in fairly abject contempt. I was as happy to see Japan's women's team beat America's in the World Cup final as I was to see my niece's volleyball team win their elementary school championship. I feel good for those girls, but it doesn't affect me personally who wins.

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Level 82
Dec 25, 2022
Koult: you and I both know that that's quite a bit different. The subject of the quiz is about titles earned at the World Cup. Originally there was no caveat specifying it was only about the men's world cup. I commented to 1. draw attention to this obvious sexism, as there are adult human able-bodied professional athletes winning world cup titles not included on this quiz, and 2. highlight the achievements of some female athletes.

The fact that some people have such a huge problem with this is pretty sad. So is trying to suggest that treating female athletics the same as male is equivalent to treating children as the same as professional athletes.

I have less of a problem with the quiz as it exists now, with the simple addition of a caveat, than some people commenting here apparently have with the existence of women's sports. I'd describe in more detail what this says about some of the commenters, but my remarks would be censored if I did I'm sure.

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Level 82
Dec 25, 2022
and.... just to drive this point home (that gandalf is, as always, and very obviously, projecting)... the first comment I made on this quiz above (one of only two short comments, originally) isn't even about the USA... but about Sweden. I don't have Swedish citizenship. Don't have any Swedish ancestors I'm aware of. I've never lived in Sweden. I don't even particularly like Sweden. .... but I still think that their female athletes should be acknowledged.

You never, ever do this... but would you like to perhaps take this opportunity to acknowledge that you are obviously wrong, gandalf? It's pretty definitive, in this case.

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Level 14
Jul 13, 2020
this quiz got me to level 15 so this is my first comment :D
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Level 75
Dec 16, 2020
And still level 15 after 5 months? Step it up dude!
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Level 47
Mar 20, 2022
Man be quiet and let him enjoy it
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Level 63
Sep 28, 2023
Three years later and he progressed to level 14
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Level 58
Dec 25, 2022
how did you go a level down? you're at 14 now
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Level 63
Sep 28, 2023
Reset of quizzes probably
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Level 51
Dec 16, 2020
nice
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Level 65
Dec 16, 2020
Fun quiz. Got Sweden with four seconds left, so 100% first try.
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Level 54
Dec 16, 2020
10 out of 10. Horray!
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Level 60
May 20, 2021
when you type uk and forget that it is actually england here
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Level 17
Nov 25, 2022
10/10 first try
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Level 15
Dec 7, 2022
Lets go 10/10
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Level 50
Dec 20, 2022
Still can’t forget about that 7-1 game, Germany victory
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Level 85
Dec 20, 2022
I have to agree with kalbahamut's comment on women's soccer and their inclusion. One can argue skill level but it's just as entertaining. As someone who grew up watching hockey in the 70s and 80s, I cringe at the behaviour of male soccer players. Despite Messi and the Argentine sheer talent, the propensity to fall as soon as they were touched in the box (first penalty in the final) or whine and complain for every call. Not to mention the poor sportsmanship in the Dutch game. I'd rather watch a US-Canada women's game; very rarely will you see a dive or begging and pleading with the ref. Despite an intense North American rivalry, no one kicks the ball at the opposing teams bench because they didn't like what was said at a press conference. I did enjoy watching the Canadian men play Mexico in Edmonton in below zero temperatures with snow on the sidelines. Very distinct home field advantage.
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Level 82
Dec 25, 2022
I didn't actually say anything about the quiz being wrong or arguing that women should be included.

I made 2 comments. The first one, responding to someone saying that Sweden "snuck on" the rankings, merely pointed out that Sweden would be ranked higher if they included women, as Sweden's women's team has been very successful. The 2nd comment, in response to a joke aimed at America's relative lack of success in (non-American) football, pointed out that America's women's team is the most successful in history, of any gender.

I'm fine with there being a quiz about male athletics. I take issue with quizzes that treat male athletics as if they are the automatic default and that women's athletics don't count. That's all.

That said I do think the quiz would be better if it included women. But I understand disagreeing with that POV.

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Level 82
Dec 25, 2022
I didn't say that they should be playing together. Are you that delusional that this is what you read into my comment?
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Level 82
Dec 25, 2022
and agree that men's football is a pretty pathetic spectacle.
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Level 68
Dec 25, 2022
Merry Christmas everyone! Peace on earth and good will to all people and all that...
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Level 66
Dec 27, 2022
Belgium surprises me.
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Level 28
Jan 17, 2023
furthermore proof against the bandwagon argentina fans saying that argentina is better than brasil
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Level 74
Jul 19, 2023
kalbahamut did nothing wrong