FIFA World Cup Participants 1930 - 2018 Annotations: 1930 without qualification and third place match. 1974-1982 second phase was played as a second group stage (in graph between round of 16 and Quarter-Finals). Year Venue Qualifying Group Stage Second Groupe Stage Round of 16 Quarter-Finals Final Pool Semi-Finals Third Place Final 1930 Uruguay X X X 1934 Italy X X X X X X 1938 France X X X X X X 1950 Brazil X X X 1954 Switzerland X X X X X X 1958 Sweden X X X X X X 1962 Chile X X X X X X 1966 England X X X X X X 1970 Mexico X X X X X X 1974 Germany X X X X X 1978 Argentina X X X X X 1982 Spain X X X X X X 1986 Mexico X X X X X X X 1990 Italy X X X X X X X 1994 United States X X X X X X X 1998 France X X X X X X X 2002 Korea Japan X X X X X X X 2006 Germany X X X X X X X 2010 South Africa X X X X X X X 2014 Brazil X X X X X X X 2018 Russia X X X X X X X