Incremental Improvements

This is a Wikipedia user page.
This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Incremental_Improvements.

I've made occasional anonymous minor edits to Wikipedia for a while; these edits have generally been either grammatical fixes or removal of graffiti. I have now decided to create an account and log in before making these minor edits. My current plans are to make only such minor edits, hence my choice of moniker. (Of course, by the time I created an account, someone had already removed the relevant piece of graffiti.)

I like the idea of Wikipedia, but for the foreseeable future, I don't think I'll have the time to write articles, undertake major revisions of articles, or the like. If that's what you're doing, though, I wish you the best of luck!

I saw the aurora borealis during the March 1989 geomagnetic storm, but I was young and foolish and thought I'd get plenty of other chances to see it. So far, that has never been the case.

Here, for fun, is a sortable table of World Cup results by country. It's only useful to put confederations together at a glance.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1
q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
— Hosts
— Not affiliated to FIFA
% — Success rate of reaching the World Cup Finals (only counting the times the team entered the tournament)

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.^[1] The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), 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.^[2]

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	Confederation	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage
Algeria	CAF	Part of France^[3]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th		4/12	33.3
Angola	CAF	Part of Portugal											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	1/9	11.1
Argentina	CONMEBOL	2nd	R1 T-9th	×	×	×	R1 13th	R1 10th	QF 5th	•	R2 8th	1st	R2 11th	1st	2nd	R2 10th	QF 6th	R1 18th	QF 6th	QF 5th	2nd		16/17	94.1
Australia	AFC								•	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 16th	R1 21st	R1 30th		4/13	30.7
Austria	UEFA	×	4th	••^[4]	×	3rd	R1 15th	×	•	•	•	R2 7th	R2 8th	•	R1 T-18th	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•		7/17	41.2
Belgium	UEFA	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 13th	×	R1 12th	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	R2 10th	4th	R2 11th	R2 11th	R1 19th	R2 14th	•	•	QF 6th		12/19	63.2
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	R1 12th	×	×	R1 13th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	3/17	17.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA	Part of Yugoslavia^[5]														×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th		1/5	20.0
Brazil	CONMEBOL	R1 6th	R1 14th	3rd	2nd	QF 5th	1st	1st	R1 11th	1st	4th	3rd	R2 5th	QF 5th	R2 9th	1st	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 6th	4th	q	21/21	100.0
Bulgaria	UEFA	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 15th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 12th	•	•	R2 15th	•	4th	R1 29th	•	•	•	•		7/18	38.9
Cameroon	CAF	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd		7/12	58.3
Canada	CONCACAF	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/14	7.1
Chile	CONMEBOL	R1 5th	×	×	R1 9th	•	•	3rd	R1 T-13th	•	R1 11th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	×	R2 16th	•	•	R2 10th	R2 9th		9/17	52.9
China	AFC	Republic of China			×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Colombia	CONMEBOL			×	×	×	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 14th	R1 19th	R1 21st	•	•	•	QF 5th		5/15	33.3
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R1 19th	R1 31st	•	QF 8th		4/15	26.7
Croatia	UEFA	Part of Yugoslavia^[5]														×	3rd	R1 23rd	R1 22nd	•	R1 19th		4/5	80.0
Cuba	CONCACAF		•	QF 8th	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/13	7.7
Czech Republic^[6]	UEFA	×	2nd	QF 5th	×	R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•		9/18	50.0
Czechoslovakia	UEFA	see Czech Republic (1930–1994)^[6]
Denmark	UEFA	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	•	•	QF 8th	R2 10th	•	R1 24th	•		4/14	28.6
DR Congo^[7]	CAF	Part of Belgium							×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Dutch East Indies	AFC	see Indonesia (1930–1938)^[8]
East Germany^[9]	UEFA	Part of Germany			×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 6th	•	•	•	•	Part of Germany							1/9	11.1
Ecuador	CONMEBOL	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	R2 12th	•	R1 17th		3/14	21.4
Egypt	CAF	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•		2/13	15.4
Team	Confederation	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage
El Salvador	CONCACAF			×	×	×	×	×	×	R1 16th	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2/13	15.4
England	UEFA	×	×	×	R1 8th	QF 6th	R1 11th	QF 8th	1st	QF 8th	•	•	R2 6th	QF 8th	4th	•	R2 9th	QF 6th	QF 7th	R2 13th	R1 26th		14/17	82.4
France	UEFA	R1 7th	R1 T-9th	QF 6th	••	R1 11th	3rd	•	R1 T-13th	•	•	R1 12th	4th	3rd	•	•	1st	R1 28th	2nd	R1 29th	QF 7th		14/20	70.0
Germany^[9]	UEFA	×	3rd	R1 10th	×	1st	4th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	1st	R2 6th	2nd	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st		18/18	100.0
Ghana	CAF	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th		3/12	25.0
Greece	UEFA	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R2 13th		3/18	16.7
Haiti	CONCACAF		•	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	R1 15th	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/14	7.1
Honduras	CONCACAF					×	×	•	•	•	•	×	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 30th	R1 31st		3/13	20.1
Hungary	UEFA	×	QF 6th	2nd	×	2nd	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 15th	R1 14th	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		9/18	50.0
Indonesia^[8]	AFC	×	×	R1 15th	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	1/13	7.7
India	AFC				••	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	0/10	0.0
Iran	AFC				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	R1 20th	•	R1 T-25th	•	R1 28th		4/9	44.4
Iraq	AFC				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Israel^[10]	UEFA	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/19	5.3
Italy	UEFA	×	1st	1st	R1 7th	R1 10th	•	R1 9th	R1 9th	2nd	R1 10th	4th	1st	R2 12th	3rd	2nd	QF 5th	R2 15th	1st	R1 26th	R1 22nd		18/19	94.7
Ivory Coast	CAF	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st		3/10	30.0
Jamaica	CONCACAF	Part of the United Kingdom						×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	1/12	8.3
Japan	AFC	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	R2 9th	R1 T-28th	R2 9th	R1 29th		5/14	35.7
Kuwait	AFC							×	×	×	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/12	8.3
Mexico	CONCACAF	R1 13th	•	×	R1 12th	R1 13th	R1 16th	R1 11th	R1 12th	QF 6th	•	R1 16th	•	QF 6th	×	R2 13th	R2 13th	R2 11th	R2 15th	R2 14th	R2 10th		15/18	83.3
Morocco	CAF	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•		4/13	30.8
Netherlands	UEFA	×	R1 T-9th	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	R2 15th	QF 7th	4th	•	R2 11th	2nd	3rd		10/17	58.8
New Zealand	OFC				×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd	•		2/12	16.7
Nigeria	CAF	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th		5/13	38.5
North Korea	AFC	Part of Japan					×	×	QF 8th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	R1 32nd	•	•	2/10	20.0
Northern Ireland	UEFA	×	×	×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3/17	17.6
Norway	UEFA	×	×	R1 12th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 15th	•	•	•	•		3/17	17.6
Team	Confederation	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	R1 9th	×	×	R1 11th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R2 14th	R2 16th	R1 18th	QF 8th	•		8/18	44.4
Peru	CONMEBOL	R1 10th	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	QF 7th	•	R2 8th	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4/16	25.0
Poland	UEFA	×	•	R1 11th	×	×	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 14th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R1 21st	•	•		7/17	41.2
Portugal	UEFA	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	•	•	R1 21st	4th	R2 11th	R1 18th		6/19	31.6
Republic of Ireland^[11]	UEFA	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	R2 16th	•	R2 12th	•	•	•		3/19	15.8
Romania	UEFA	R1 8th	R1 12th	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	QF 6th	R2 11th	•	•	•	•		7/19	36.8
Russia^[12]	UEFA	×	×	×	×	×	QF 7th	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th	•	•	R2 7th	R2 10th	R1 17th	R1 18th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	R1 24th	q	10/15	66.7
Saudi Arabia	AFC						×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th	•	•		4/10	40.0
Scotland	UEFA	×	×	×	••	R1 15th	R1 14th	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 19th	R1 T-18th	•	R1 27th	•	•	•	•		8/17	47.1
Senegal	CAF	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•		1/10	10.0
Serbia^[5]	UEFA	4th^[13]	•	•	R1 5th	QF 7th	QF 5th	4th	•	•	R2 7th	•	R1 16th	•	QF 5th	×	R2 10th	•	R1 32nd	R1 23rd	•		11/19	57.9
Serbia and Montenegro	UEFA	see Serbia (2006)^[5]
Slovakia	UEFA	Part of Czechoslovakia^[6]															•	•	•	R2 16th	•		1/5	20.0
Slovenia	UEFA	Part of Yugoslavia^[5]														×	•	R1 30th	•	R1 18th	•		2/5	40.0
South Africa	CAF					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•		3/6	50.0
South Korea	AFC	Part of Japan			×	R1 16th	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	R1 22nd	R1 20th	R1 30th	4th	R1 17th	R2 15th	R1 27th		9/14	64.3
Soviet Union	UEFA	see Russia (1930–1990)^[12]
Spain	UEFA	×	QF 5th	×	4th	•	•	R1 12th	R1 10th	•	•	R1 10th	R2 12th	QF 7th	R2 10th	QF 8th	R1 17th	QF 5th	R2 9th	1st	R1 23rd		14/18	77.8
Sweden	UEFA	×	QF 8th	4th	3rd	•	2nd	•	•	R1 9th	R2 5th	R1 13th	•	•	R1 21st	3rd	•	R2 13th	R2 14th	•	•		11/19	57.9
Switzerland	UEFA	×	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 6th	QF 8th	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th	•	•	R2 10th	R1 19th	R2 11th		10/19	52.6
Togo	CAF	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•	1/10	10.0
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF	Part of the United Kingdom							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	•	•		1/13	7.7
Tunisia	CAF	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•		4/13	30.8
Turkey	UEFA	×	×	×	••	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•		2/16	12.5
Ukraine	UEFA	Part of Soviet Union^[12]														×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•		1/5	20.0
United Arab Emirates	AFC										×	×	×	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/8	12.5
United States	CONCACAF	3rd^[13]	R1 16th	×	R1 10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R2 14th	R1 32nd	QF 8th	R1 T-25th	R2 12th	R2 15th		10/19	52.6
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1st	×	×	1st	4th	•	R1 13th	QF 7th	4th	R1 13th	•	•	R2 16th	R2 16th	•	•	R1 26th	•	4th	R2 12th		12/18	66.7
Wales	UEFA	×	×	×	•	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/17	5.9
West Germany	UEFA	see Germany (1950–1990)^[9]
Yugoslavia	UEFA	see Serbia (1930 for Kingdom of Yugoslavia; 1950-1990 for SFR Yugoslavia; 1994–2002 for FR Yugoslavia)^[5]
Zaire	CAF	see Congo DR (1974–1994)^[7]
Team	Confederation	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	Total participations	Qualifying percentage

^ "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2006. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help)
^ Seeding of national teams (PDF). Accessed 8 June 2006.
^ Cite error: The named reference Algeria was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cite error: The named reference Yugoslavia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference Czechoslovakia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Zaire was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Indonesia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference Germany was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Israel competed as Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) in 1934 and in 1938, with a team consisting exclusively of Jewish and British footballers from the Palestine Mandate.
^ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference USSR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

[1] "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2006. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help)

[2] Seeding of national teams (PDF). Accessed 8 June 2006.

[Algeria-3] Cite error: The named reference Algeria was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.

[Yugoslavia-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cite error: The named reference Yugoslavia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Czechoslovakia-6] Cite error: The named reference Czechoslovakia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Zaire-7] Cite error: The named reference Zaire was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Indonesia-8] Cite error: The named reference Indonesia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Germany-9] Cite error: The named reference Germany was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[10] Israel competed as Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) in 1934 and in 1938, with a team consisting exclusively of Jewish and British footballers from the Palestine Mandate.

[Republic_of_Ireland-11] Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.

[USSR-12] Cite error: The named reference USSR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[wc1930-13] There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]