Nine of ten members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) have competed in the men's FIFA World Cup finals. National association football teams from CONMEBOL have won the tournament ten times, including Brazil's record five championships, Argentina's three and Uruguay's two. CONMEBOL countries have hosted the finals five times.
Overview 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) 2022 (32) 2026 (48) 2030 (48) 2034 (48) Total Teams 92 Top 32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 5 5 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — — 2 4 4 2 4 2 3 5 5 4 2 4 41 Top 8 — 0 1 — 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 2 2 1 37 Top 4 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 24 Top 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 16 1st 10 2nd 6 3rd 3 4th 5
Team No. Years Best result 23 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st 19 1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st 15 1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st 9 1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010, 2014 3rd 9 1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2026 QF 7 1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014, 2018, 2026 QF 5 2002, 2006, 2014, 2022, 2026 R16 5 1930, 1970, 1978, 1982, 2018 QF 3 1930, 1950, 1994 GS
Results
Tournament standings
Team Champions Final Semi-finals Quarter-finals Round of 16 Round of 32 5 7 11 16 12 1 3 7 7 11 11 1 2 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Team results by tournament
The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA. 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.
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
+FIFA World Cup results of CONMEBOL members Team1930(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)2022(32)2026(48)2030(48)2034(48)TotalQual.Comp. 2nd R16 ×× GS GS QF • GS2 1st GS2 1st 2nd R16 QF GS QF QF 2nd R16 1st 2nd Q TBD 19 20 GS GS ו•••••••• GS ••••••••TBDTBD 3 21 GS R16 3rd 2nd QF 1st 1st GS 1st 4th 3rd GS2 QF R16 1st 2nd 1st QF QF 4th QF QF R16 TBDTBD 23 23 GS × GS ••3rd GS • GS1 • GS1 ••× R16 •• R16 R16 •••TBDTBD 9 20 colspan=2 × • GS •••••• R16 GS GS •••QF R16 • R16 TBDTBD 7 18 × •••••••••• GS R16 • GS • GS R32 TBDTBD 5 17 GS GS • GS •••••• R16 •• R16 R16 GS QF ••• R16 Q TBD 9 21 GS ××ו••QF •GS2 GS1 •••••••• GS ••TBDTBD 5 19 1st 1st 4th • GS QF 4th GS1 •• R16 R16 •• GS •4th R16 QF GS GS Q TBD 15 21
Legend
1stChampions2ndRunners-up3rdThird place4thFourth placeQFQuarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, 1986–present)R16Knockout round of 16 (1934–1938, 1986–present)R32Knockout round of 32 (2026–present)GSGroup stage (1930, 1950–1970, 1986–present)GS1First group stage (1974–1982)GS2Second group stage (1974–1982)
QQualified for upcoming tournamentTBDTo be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament)••Qualified but withdrew•Did not qualify•×Withdrew or disqualified during qualification (after playing matches)×Withdrew before qualification / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFAHostsDid not enterstyle="width:10px" Not a FIFA member
Overall team records As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.
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Appearances
Ranking of teams by number of appearances TeamAppearancesRecord streakActive streakDebutMost recentBest result (* hosts) 23 23 23 1930 2026 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 19 14 14 1930 2026 (1978*, 1986, 2022) 15 5 5 1930 2026 (1930*, 1950) 9 4 1 1930 2026 (2010) 9 2 0 1930 2014 (1962*) 7 3 1 1962 2026 (2014) 5 2 2 2002 2026 (2006) 5 2 0 1930 2018 (1970, 1978) 3 1 0 1930 1994
Team debuts Year Debutants Total 1930 , , , , , , 7 1962 1 2002 1 Total 9
Not qualified Venezuela is the only one of the ten active FIFA and CONMEBOL members that have never qualified for the final tournament.
Country Number of qualifyingattempts 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030 2034 15 colspan=4 × ••×•••••••••••••TBDTBD
Legend TBDTo be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament)•Did not qualify×Withdrew before qualification / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFADid not enterstyle="width:10px" Not a FIFA member
Summary of performance For each World Cup, the number of countries in the finals (No.), the number of entries from around the world including any rejections and withdrawals (E), the number of South American entries (SA), how many of those South American entries withdrew before or during qualification or were rejected by FIFA (W), the South American representatives at the World Cup finals, the number of World Cup qualifiers each South American representative had played to get to the finals (WCQ), the furthest stage they reached, their results, and their coaches.