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Which National Teams Have Participated in the FIFA World Cup?
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Brazil at the World Cup World map showing FIFA World Cup participation by country since 1930, shaded in blues and gray to indicate number of appearances, with most frequent participants in darkest blue.
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Brazil at the World Cup
Brazil at the World Cup Brazilian fans cheering at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup at Arena Corinthians in SĆ£o Paulo, Brazil, June 12, 2014. Brazil is the only country to qualify for every edition of the World Cup since the tournament's inauguration in 1930.

Which National Teams Have Participated in the FIFA World Cup?

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Will Gosner is an associate editor covering general interest topics, including film, television, and sports. He has a B.A. from the University of Chicago. He joined Britannica in 2014.
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Since the inaugural World Cup, held in 1930 in Uruguay, about 88 different menā€™s national teams have participated at least once in the quadrennial football (soccer) tournament. Some teams have made only one appearanceā€”that list includes Cuba (1938), China (2002), and Angola (2006), among others. What About the Womenā€™s World Cup? The first FIFA Womenā€™s World Cup was held in 1991. It initially featured 12 teams, and the field expanded to 16 teams in 1999, 24 teams...

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