which country has qualified for every world cup?
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As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 79 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. Brazil are the only team to have appeared in all 21 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 19, Italy in 18, Argentina in 17 and Mexico in 16. To date, eight nations have won the tournament.
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Only Mexico, Italy, France, Germany (West Germany until shortly after the 1990 World Cup) and Brazil have hosted the event on two occasions. ... Mexico becomes the first country to host three men's World Cups and its Estadio Azteca, should it be selected, will become the first stadium to stage three World Cup tournaments.
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Uruguay has competed in four Rugby World Cup tournaments: 1999, 2003, 2015 and 2019. ... They qualified for the World Cup again in 2003, and won their pool fixture against Georgia, 24–12. Uruguay's qualification for the 2007 World Cup started in Americas Round 3a, where they were pooled with Argentina and Chile.
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Vietnam participated in the country's first ever FIFA World Cup qualification in 1994 World Cup campaign for the first time as an unified nation, having participated in the 1974 qualification as South Vietnam.
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Australia, England and India have qualified for the World Cup 2019 semifinal while New Zealand, by virtue of its high Net Run Rate, is assured of a last-four finish. ... England thrashed New Zealand by 119 runs to qualify for the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1992.
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Romania have played in the first eight editions of the Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. They originally qualified for the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup to be played in 2019. ... The points deduction meant Romania did not qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
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The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious soccer competition in the world. Played every four years, the World Cup hosts the top 32 national teams in a month long tournament. The host country is selected by FIFA's Council.
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How many matches are played in the World Cup? 64 matches in total are played during the World Cup: 42 during the group stage, 8 during the knockout round (also known as the round of 16), 4 during the quarter finals, 2 in the semi-finals, 1 third-place match, and 1 final match.
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Republic of Ireland at the FIFA World Cup. The Republic of Ireland have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1990, 1994, and 2002. ... Ireland holds the record for getting furthest in the tournament without winning a match.
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Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won four World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014), three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996), and one Confederations Cup (2017).
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Iraq at the FIFA World Cup. Iraq have appeared once in the FIFA World Cup which was in 1986.
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17 countries have hosted the World Cup. Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, and Mexico have each hosted twice, while Uruguay, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, England, Argentina, Spain, the United States, Japan and South Korea (jointly), South Africa, and Russia have each hosted once.
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Germany and Spain are the most successful teams in the history of the tournament, winning three times each. France has won the competition twice (the only other team to have won the competition more than once), while Yugoslavia qualified for the final twice without success.
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New Zealand has reached the semi-finals final of the World Cup on four other occasions (1975, 1979, 1999 and 2007). Five nations have won the World Cup. Australia is the most successful, having won on four occasions.
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['Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Russia, Samoa.', 'New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Namibia, Canada.', 'England, France, Argentina, USA, Tonga.', 'Australia, Wales, Georgia, Fiji, Uruguay.']
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Japan has never won the Men's football World Cup. ... Japan's women's team has been more successful. They won the last Women's World Cup in 2011, beating the United States in an overtime shootout. They also got to the quarterfinals in 1995, and have qualified for the Women's World Cup being played this...
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Czechoslovakia have been one of the better performing national teams in the history of the World Cup, having ended twice as runners-up, in 1934 and in 1962. ... The Czech failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, having ended third in their continental qualifying group.