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All the teams to have ever qualified for [[The World Cup]] are listed here.
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* '''Switzerland:''' Best results quarter-finals in 1934, 1938 and 1954 (at home), but going on a clean sheet in 2006 (being knocked out on penalty shootouts in the round of 16 by Ukraine) and upsetting future champions Spain in the first round of 2010 worthy of mention.
* '''Turkey:''' Two appearances; first round exit in 1954 (not without giving Korea a 7-0 plastering though), followed by surprise bronze medal in 2002 (bumping the same Korea off the podium). Their first appearance was supposed to be in 1950, but they withdrew.
* '''Wales:''' Asia/Africa qualifiers in 1958 ([[
* '''Yugoslavia:''' Semi-finalists in 1930 and 1962. A few other quarter-finals to celebrate including penalty loss to Argentina in 1990. Last appeared in 1998, during its own schism process.
** '''Croatia:''' Third place in first appearance in 1998, when it counted with many Yugoslav team veterans like Robert Prosinecki and Zvonimir Boban, as well as producing that tournament's Golden Boot, Davor Suker. Appeared unsuccessfully in 2002 and 2006.
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* '''Cameroon:''' First African quarter-finalists in 1990 but out in Round 1 in all other appearances (1982, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010). Oddly, they were flushed out in 1982 with three draws on group stage, and it only happened because Italy, with the same results, had narrowly edged them out in goal difference. Fielded the oldest player in the competition's history, 42-year-old Roger Milla, in 1994.
* '''Côte d'Ivoire:''' Knocked out of last two World Cups playing in nearly impossible groups to qualify from (Argentina and Netherlands were their main worried in 2006, while Brazil and Portugal were in their way in 2010).
* '''Egypt:''' Both appearances in Italy (1934 and 1990), both ended in first round, although their tiebreaker loss to Algeria to qualify for 2010 [
* '''Ghana:''' Reached Round 2 in Germany in 2006, and unfortunate to lose in quarter-finals to Uruguay in 2010.
* '''Morocco:''' Second Round in 1986 (having won a group with England and Portugal, by holding the former to a standstill and defeating the latter 3-1), in 3 other appearances (1970, 1994, 1998) not beyond the First.
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* '''New Zealand:''' Went out with 3 defeats in 1982, and with three draws in 2010.
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