South American nations at the FIFA World Cup

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. CONMEBOL countries have hosted the finals five times.

	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 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2[a]	4	4	2	4	2	3	5	5	4	2				37
Top 8	—	0	1	—	2	1	2	2	3	2	3		2	1	1	2	1	2	4	3	2	2				36
Top 4	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1				23
Top 2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1				15
1st																										10
2nd																										5
3rd																										3
4th																										5

Team	No.	Years	Best result
Brazil	22	1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	1st
Argentina	18	1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	1st
Uruguay	14	1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	1st
Chile	9	1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010, 2014	3rd
Paraguay	8	1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010	QF
Colombia	6	1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014, 2018	QF
Peru	5	1930, 1970, 1978, 1982, 2018	QF
Ecuador	4	2002, 2006, 2014, 2022	R2
Bolivia	3	1930, 1950, 1994	R1

Team	No.	Top four finishes
Brazil	11	1938, 1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014
Argentina	6	1930, 1978, 1986, 1990, 2014, 2022
Uruguay	5	1930, 1950, 1954, 1970, 2010
Chile	1	1962

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.^[1][2][3] 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

Team	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	Qual. Comp.
Argentina	2nd	R1 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	R2 16th	1st	TBD	Q	TBD	18	19
Bolivia	R1 12th			R1 13th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3	19
Brazil	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	QF 6th	QF 7th	TBD	TBD	TBD	22	22
Chile	R1 5th	×		R1 9th	•	•	3rd	R1 13th	•	R1 11th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	×	R2 16th	•	•	R2 10th	R2 9th	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	9	19
Colombia	—		×			•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 14th	R1 19th	R1 21st	•	•	•	QF 5th	R2 9th	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	6	17
Ecuador				×			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	R2 12th	•	R1 17th	•	R1 18th	TBD	TBD	TBD	4	16
Paraguay	R1 9th			R1 11th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	•	•	R2 14th	R2 16th	R1 18th	QF 8th	•	•	•	TBD	Q	TBD	8	20
Peru	R1 10th		×	×	×	•	•	•	QF 7th	•	QF 8th	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	5	18
Uruguay	1st			1st	4th	•	R1 12th	QF 7th	4th	R1 13th	•	•	R2 16th	R2 16th	•	•	R1 26th	•	4th	R2 12th	QF 5th	R1 20th	TBD	Q	TBD	14	20

Legend

Team	Champions	Final	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Second round
Brazil	5	7[4]	11[5]	16	11
Argentina	3	6	6	10	10
Uruguay	2	2[4]	5[6]	5	5
Chile	0	0	1	1	3
Peru	0	0	0	2	0
Paraguay	0	0	0	1	4
Colombia	0	0	0	1	3
Ecuador	0	0	0	0	1

• Quarter-finals = knockout round of 8: 1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present; second group stage, top 8: 1974–1978
• Second round = second group stage, top 12: 1982; knockout round of 16: 1986–present

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.

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	22	114	76	19	19	237	108	+129	247
Argentina	18	88	47	17	24	152	102	+51	158
Uruguay	14	59	25	13	21	89	76	+13	88
Chile	9	33	11	7	15	40	49	−9	40
Paraguay	8	27	7	10	10	30	38	−8	31
Colombia	6	22	9	3	10	32	30	+2	30
Peru	5	18	5	3	10	21	33	−12	18
Ecuador	4	13	5	2	6	14	14	0	17
Bolivia	3	6	0	1	5	1	20	−19	1

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* hosts)
Brazil	22	22	22	1930	2022	Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Argentina	18	13	13	1930	2022	Champions (1978*, 1986, 2022)
Uruguay	14	4	4	1930	2022	Champions (1930*, 1950)
Chile	9	2	0	1930	2014	Third place (1962*)
Paraguay	8	4	0	1930	2010	Quarter-finals (2010)
Colombia	6	3	0	1962	2018	Quarter-finals (2014)
Peru	5	2	0	1930	2018	Quarter-finals (1970, 1978)
Ecuador	4	2	1	2002	2022	Round of 16 (2006)
Bolivia	3	1	0	1930	1994	Group stage

Year	Debutants	Total
1930	Argentina,  Brazil,  Bolivia,  Chile,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Uruguay	7
1962	Colombia	1
2002	Ecuador	1
Total		9

Venezuela is the only one of the ten active FIFA and CONMEBOL members that have never qualified for the final tournament.^[7][8][9]

Country	Number of Qualifying attempts	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
Venezuela	14	—					×		•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD

Legend

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.

Year	Hosts	No.	E	SA	W	Finalists	WCQ	Stage	Results	Coach
1930	Uruguay	13	13	7	0	Argentina	0	Final (Runners-up)	won 1–0  France, won 6–3  Mexico, won 3–1  Chile SF: won 6–1  United States F: lost 2–4  Uruguay	Francisco Olazar & Juan José Tramutola
						Bolivia	0	Group stage	lost 0–4  Yugoslavia, lost 0–4  Brazil	Ulises Saucedo
						Brazil	0	Group stage	lost 1–2  Yugoslavia, won 4–0  Bolivia	Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues
						Chile	0	Group stage	won 3–0  Mexico, won 1–0  France, lost 1–3  Argentina	György Orth
						Paraguay	0	Group stage	lost 0–3  United States, won 1–0  Belgium	José Durand Laguna
						Peru	0	Group stage	lost 1–3  Romania, lost 0–1  Uruguay	Francisco Bru
						Uruguay	0	Final (Champions)	won 1–0  Peru, won 4–0  Romania SF: won 6–1  Yugoslavia F: won 4–2  Argentina	Alberto Suppici
1934	Italy	16	32	4	2[10]	Argentina	0	Round of 16	lost 2–3  Sweden	Felipe Pascucci
						Brazil	0	Round of 16	lost 1–3  Spain	Luiz Vinhaes
1938	France	15	37	3	2[11]	Brazil	0	Semi-finals (3rd place)	won 6–5 (a.e.t.)  Poland QF: won 1–1 (a.e.t.) replay match 2–1  Czechoslovakia SF: lost 1–2  Italy 3PP: won 4–2  Sweden	Adhemar Pimenta
1950	Brazil	13	34	8	3[12]	Bolivia	0	First round	lost 0–8  Uruguay	Mario Pretto
						Brazil	0	Final round (Runners-up)	won 4–0  Mexico, drew 2–2   Switzerland, won 2–0  Yugoslavia FR: won 7–1  Sweden, won 6–1  Spain, lost 1–2  Uruguay	Flávio Costa
						Chile	0	First round	lost 0–2  England, lost 0–2  Spain, won 5–2  United States	Arturo Bucciardi
						Paraguay	0	First round	drew 2–2  Sweden, lost 0–2  Italy	Manuel Fleitas Solich
						Uruguay	0	Final round (Champions)	won 8–0  Bolivia FR: drew 2–2  Spain, won 3–2  Sweden, won 2–1  Brazil	Juan López Fontana
1954	Switzerland	16	37	5	1[13]	Brazil	4	Quarter-finals	won 5–0  Mexico, drew 1–1 (a.e.t.)  Yugoslavia QF: lost 2–4  Hungary	Zezé Moreira
						Uruguay	0	Semi-finals (4th place)	won 2–0  Czechoslovakia, won 7–0  Scotland QF: won 4–2  England SF: lost 2–4 (a.e.t.)  Hungary 3PP: lost 1–3  Austria	Juan López Fontana
1958	Sweden	16	55	9	1[14]	Argentina	4	Group stage	lost 1–3  West Germany, won 3–1  Northern Ireland, lost 1–6  Czechoslovakia	Guillermo Stábile
						Brazil	2	Final (Champions)	won 3–0  Austria, drew 0–0  England, won 2–0  Soviet Union QF: won 1–0  Wales SF: won 5–2  France F: won 5–2  Sweden	Vicente Feola
						Paraguay	4	Group stage	lost 3–7  France, won 3–2  Scotland, drew 3–3  Yugoslavia	Aurelio González
1962	Chile	16	56	7	0	Argentina	2	Group stage	won 1–0  Bulgaria, lost 1–3  England, drew 0–0  Hungary	Juan Carlos Lorenzo
						Brazil	0	Final (Champions)	won 2–0  Mexico, drew 0–0  Czechoslovakia, won 2–1  Spain QF: won 3–1  England SF: won 4–2  Chile F: won 3–1  Czechoslovakia	Aymoré Moreira
						Chile	0	Semi-finals (3rd place)	won 3–1   Switzerland, won 2–0  Italy, lost 0–2  West Germany QF: won 2–1  Soviet Union, SF: lost 2–4  Brazil, 3PP: won 1–0  Yugoslavia	Fernando Riera
						Colombia	2	Group stage	lost 1–2  Uruguay, drew 4–4  Soviet Union, lost 0–5  Yugoslavia	Adolfo Pedernera
						Uruguay	2	Group stage	won 2–1  Colombia, lost 1–3  Yugoslavia, lost 1–2  Soviet Union	Juan Carlos Corazzo
1966	England	16	74	10	0	Argentina	4	Quarter-finals	won 2–1  Spain, drew 0–0  West Germany, won 2–0   Switzerland QF: lost 0–1  England	Juan Carlos Lorenzo
						Brazil	0	Group stage	won 2–0  Bulgaria, lost 1–3  Hungary, lost 1–3  Portugal	Vicente Feola
						Chile	5	Group stage	lost 0–2  Italy, drew 1–1  North Korea, lost 1–2  Soviet Union	Luis Alamos
						Uruguay	4	Quarter-finals	drew 0–0  England, won 2–1  France, drew 0–0  Mexico QF: lost 0–4  West Germany	Ondino Viera
1970	Mexico	16	75	10	0	Brazil	6	Final (Champions)	won 4–1  Czechoslovakia, won 1–0  England, won 3–2  Romania QF: won 4–2  Peru, SF: won 3–1  Uruguay F: won 4–1  Italy	Mário Zagallo
						Peru	4	Quarter-finals	won 3–2  Bulgaria, won 3–0  Morocco, lost 1–3  West Germany QF: lost 2–4  Brazil	Didi
						Uruguay	4	Semi-finals (4th place)	won 2–0  Israel, drew 0–0  Italy, lost 0–1  Sweden QF: won 1–0 (a.e.t.)  Soviet Union, SF: lost 2–4  Brazil 3PP: lost 0–1  West Germany	Juan Hohberg
1974	West Germany	16	99	10	1[14]	Argentina	4	Second round	lost 2–3  Poland, drew 1–1  Italy, won 4–1  Haiti R2: lost 0–4  Netherlands, lost 1–2  Brazil, drew 1–1  East Germany	Vladislao Cap
						Brazil	0	3rd place play-off (4th place)	drew 0–0  Yugoslavia, drew 0–0  Scotland, won 3–0  Zaire R2: won 1–0  East Germany, won 2–1  Argentina, lost 0–2  Netherlands 3PP: lost 0–1  Poland	Mário Zagallo
						Chile	4	First round	lost 0–1  West Germany, drew 1–1  East Germany, drew 0–0  Australia	Luis Alamos
						Uruguay	4	First round	lost 0–2  Netherlands, drew 1–1  Bulgaria, lost 0–3  Sweden	Roberto Porta
1978	Argentina	16	107	10	0	Argentina	0	Final (Champions)	won 2–1  Hungary, won 2–1  France, lost 0–1  Italy R2: won 2–0  Poland, drew 0–0  Brazil, won 6–0  Peru F: won 3–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands	César Luis Menotti
						Brazil	6	3rd place play-off (3rd place)	drew 1–1  Sweden, drew 0–0  Spain, won 1–0  Austria R2: won 3–0  Peru, drew 0–0  Argentina, won 3–1  Poland 3PP: won 2–1  Italy	Cláudio Coutinho
						Peru	6	Second round	won 3–1  Scotland, drew 0–0  Netherlands, won 4–1  Iran R2: lost 0–3  Brazil, lost 0–1  Poland, lost 0–6  Argentina	Marcos Calderón
1982	Spain	24	109	10	0	Argentina	0	Second round	lost 0–1  Belgium, won 4–1  Hungary, won 2–0  El Salvador R2: lost 1–2  Italy, lost 1–3  Brazil	César Luis Menotti
						Brazil	4	Second round	won 2–1  Soviet Union, won 4–1  Scotland, won 4–0  New Zealand R2: won 3–1  Argentina, lost 2–3  Italy	Telê Santana
						Chile	4	First round	lost 0–1  Austria, lost 1–4  West Germany, lost 2–3  Algeria	Luis Santibáñez
						Peru	4	First round	drew 0–0  Cameroon, drew 1–1  Italy, lost 1–5  Poland	Tim
1986	Mexico	24	121	10	0	Argentina	6	Final (Champions)	won 3–1  South Korea, drew 1–1  Italy, won 2–0  Bulgaria R16: won 1–0  Uruguay QF: won 2–1  England SF: won 2–0  Belgium F: won 3–2  West Germany	Carlos Bilardo
						Brazil	4	Quarter-finals	won 1–0  Spain, won 1–0  Algeria, won 3–0  Northern Ireland R16: won 4–0  Poland, QF: lost 1–1 (3–4 p)  France	Telê Santana
						Paraguay	8	Round of 16	won 1–0  Iraq, drew 1–1  Mexico, drew 2–2  Mexico R16: lost 0–3  England	Cayetano Ré
						Uruguay	4	Round of 16	drew 1–1  West Germany, lost 1–6  Denmark, drew 0–0  Scotland R16: lost 0–1  Argentina	Omar Borrás
1990	Italy	24	116	10	0	Argentina	0	Final (Runners-up)	lost 0–1  Cameroon, won 2–0  Soviet Union, drew 1–1  Romania R16: won 1–0  Brazil QF: won 0–0 (3–2 p)  Yugoslavia SF: won 1–1 (3–2 p)  Italy F: lost 0–1  West Germany	Carlos Bilardo
						Brazil	4	Round of 16	won 2–1  Sweden, won 1–0  Costa Rica, won 1–0  Scotland R16: lost 0–1  Argentina	Sebastião Lazaroni
						Colombia	6	Round of 16	won 2–0  United Arab Emirates, lost 0–1  Yugoslavia, drew 1–1  West Germany R16: lost 1–2 (a.e.t.)  Cameroon	Francisco Maturana
						Uruguay	4	Round of 16	drew 0–0  Spain, lost 1–3  Belgium, won 1–0  South Korea R16: lost 0–2  Italy	Óscar Tabárez
1994	United States of America	24	147	9	1[15]	Argentina	8	Round of 16	won 4–0  Greece, won 2–1  Nigeria, lost 0–2  Bulgaria R16: lost 2–3  Romania	Alfio Basile
						Bolivia	8	Group stage	lost 0–1  Germany, drew 0–0  South Korea, lost 1–3  Spain	Xabier Azkargorta
						Brazil	8	Final (Champions)	won 2–0  Russia, won 3–0  Cameroon, drew 1–1  Sweden R16: won 1–0  United States QF: won 3–2  Netherlands SF: won 1–0  Sweden F: won 0–0 (3–2 p)  Italy	Carlos Alberto Parreira
						Colombia	6	Group stage	lost 1–3  Romania, lost 1–2  United States, won 2–0   Switzerland	Francisco Maturana
1998	France	32	174	10	0	Argentina	16	Quarter-finals	won 1–0  Japan, won 5–0  Jamaica, won 1–0  Croatia R16: won 2–2 (4–3 p)  England QF: lost 1–2  Netherlands	Daniel Passarella
						Brazil	0	Final (Runners-up)	won 2–1  Scotland, won 3–0  Morocco, lost 1–2  Norway R16: won 4–1  Chile QF: won 3–2  Denmark SF: won 1–1 (4–2 p)  Netherlands F: lost 0–3  France	Mário Zagallo
						Chile	16	Round of 16	drew 2–2  Italy, drew 1–1  Austria, drew 1–1  Cameroon R16: lost 1–4  Brazil	Nelson Acosta
						Colombia	16	Group stage	lost 0–1  Romania, won 1–0  Tunisia, lost 0–2  England	Hernán Darío Gómez
						Paraguay	16	Round of 16	drew 0–0  Bulgaria, drew 0–0  Spain, won 3–1  Nigeria R16: lost 0–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)  France	Paulo César Carpegiani
2002	South Korea & Japan	32	199	10	0	Argentina	18	Group stage	won 1–0  Nigeria, lost 0–1  England, drew 1–1  Sweden	Marcelo Bielsa
						Brazil	18	Final (Champions)	won 2–1  Turkey, won 4–0  China, won 5–2  Costa Rica R16: won 2–0  Belgium QF: won 2–1  England SF: won 1–0  Turkey F: won 2–0  Germany	Luiz Felipe Scolari
						Ecuador	18	Group stage	lost 0–2  Italy, lost 1–2  Mexico, won 1–0  Croatia	Hernán Darío Gómez
						Paraguay	18	Round of 16	drew 2–2  South Africa, lost 1–3  Spain, won 3–1  Slovenia R16: lost 0–1  Germany	Cesare Maldini
						Uruguay	20	Group stage	lost 1–2  Denmark, drew 0–0  France, drew 3–3  Senegal	Víctor Púa
2006	Germany	32	197	10	0	Argentina	18	Quarter-finals	won 2–1  Ivory Coast, won 6–1  Serbia and Montenegro, drew 0–0  Netherlands R16: won 2–1 (a.e.t.)  Mexico QF: lost 1–1 (2–4 p)  Germany	José Pékerman
						Brazil	18	Quarter-finals	won 1–0  Croatia, won 2–0  Australia, won 4–1  Japan R16: won 3–0  Ghana QF: lost 0–1  France	Carlos Alberto Parreira
						Ecuador	18	Round of 16	won 2–0  Poland, won 3–0  Costa Rica, lost 0–3  Germany R16: lost 0–1  England	Luis Fernando Suárez