Which teams have qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar?

Created: 11/27/2022, 3:18 p.m

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32 teams are fighting for the title at the 2022 World Cup – from A for Argentina to D for Germany and W for Wales.

All participants at a glance.

Munich – The 22nd World Cup will take place in Qatar from November 20th to December 18th, 2022.

A good four weeks later, the final of one of the most controversial football World Cups of all time takes place.

A total of 32 teams will compete in 64 matches for the FIFA World Cup title.

For the last time, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be a final with 32 teams.

Because from the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the USA, Mexico and Canada, a total of 48 teams will take part in the world's largest football tournament.

France is currently the defending champion.

The DFB team starts in Qatar in the group phase, which is divided into eight World Cup groups, on November 23 against Japan.

Football World Cup 2022 - all 32 participants in alphabetical order

Argentina:

• Nickname: La Albiceleste (The Sky Blues)

• Trainer: Lionel Scaloni

• greatest success: World Champion 1978, 1986

• Record goalscorer: Lionel Messi (86 goals as of 09/02/22)

• Record player: Lionel Messi (162 games, as of 09/02/22)

• Most valuable player: Lautaro Martinez (€75m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 3rd place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 12-0 v Ecuador (1942)

• Highest defeat: 3x 1:6 (last against Spain 1993)

• World Cup participations: 18 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Australia:

• Nickname: Socceroos

• Coach: Graham Arnold

• Biggest success: Asian Champion 2015

• Record goalscorer: Tim Cahill (50 goals)

• Record player: Marc Schwarzer (109 internationals)

• Most valuable player: Ryan/Souttar/Mooy (€5m each as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 39th place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 31-0 over American Samoa (2001)

• Heaviest defeat: 8-0 v South African Union (1955)

• World Cup participations: 6 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Belgium:

• Nickname: Red Devils

• Coach: Roberto Martinez

• Greatest success: 3rd place at the 2018 World Championships

• Record goalscorer: Romelu Lukaku (68 goals as of 09/02/22)

• Record player: Jan Vertonghen (139 games, as of 09/02/22)

• Most valuable player: Jan Vertonghen (139 games as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 2nd place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 9-0 v San Marino (10/10/19)

• Highest defeat: 1:9 against England (05/11/1927)

• World Cup participations: 14 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Brazil:

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• Nickname: Selecao

• Trainer: Tite (since 2016)

• greatest success: World Champion 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002

• Record goalscorer: Pele (77 goals)

• Record player: Cafu (142 appearances)

• Most valuable player: Vinicius Junior (€100m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 1st place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 10-1 v Bolivia (1949)

• Highest defeat: 1:7 against Germany (2014)

• World Cup participations: 22 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Costa Rica:

• Nickname: Los Ticos

• Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez

• Greatest success: North and Central American Champion 1963, 1969, 1989

• Record goalscorer: Rolando Fonseca (47 goals)

• Record player: Celso Borges (151 appearances, as of 02.09.22)

• Most valuable player: Keylor Navas (€8m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 34th place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 12-0 over Puerto Rico (1946)

• Highest loss: 0-7 v Mexico (1975)

• World Cup participations: 6 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Denmark:

• Nickname: Danish Dynamite

• Trainer: Kasper Hjulmand

• greatest success: European Champion 1992

• Record goalscorer: Poul Nielsen, Jon Dahl Tomasson (52 goals each)

• Record player: Peter Schmeichel (129 games)

• Most valuable player: Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg (€40m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 10th place (as of 09/02/22

• Biggest win: 17-1 v France (1908)

• Highest defeat: 0-8 against Germany (1937)

• World Cup participations: 6 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Germany:

• Coach: Hans-Dieter Flick (since 2021)

• greatest success: 4x world champion (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)

• Record goalscorer: Miroslav Klose (71 goals)

• Record player: Lothar Matthäus (150 appearances)

• Most valuable player: Joshua Kimmich (€80m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 11th place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 16-0 over Russia (1912)

• Highest defeat: 0-9 against England (1909)

• World Cup participations: 20 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Ecuador:

• Nickname: La Tri ("The Three Colored Ones")

• Coach: Gustavo Alfaro

• Greatest success: 2 x 4th place in the Copa America (1959, 1993)

• Record goalscorer: Enner Valencia (35 goals, as of 02.09.22)

• Record player: Ivan Hurtado (168 games)

• Most valuable player: Pervis Estupiñan (€20m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 44th place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 6-0 (over Peru)

• Highest loss: 0:12 (vs Argentina)

• World Cup participations: 4 (incl. World Cup 2022)

England:

• Nickname: Three Lions

• Trainer: Gareth Southgate

• greatest success: World Champion 1966

• Record goalscorer: Wayne Rooney (53 goals)

• Record player: Peter Shilton (125 appearances)

• Most valuable player: Kane/Foden (both €90m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 5th place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 13-0 over Ireland (1882)

• Heaviest defeat: 7-1 v Hungary (1954)

• World Cup participations: 16 (incl. World Cup 2022)

France:

• Nickname: Les Bleus, Equipe Tricolore

• Trainer: Didier Deschamps

• biggest success: World Champion 1998, 2018vvvvv

• Record goalscorer: Thierry Henry (51 goals)

• Record player: Lilian Thuram (142 appearances)

• Most valuable player: Kylian Mbappe (€160m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 4th place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 10-0 v Azerbaijan (1995)

• Highest defeat: 1:17 against Denmark (1908)

• World Cup participations: 16 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Ghana:

• Nickname: The Black Stars

• Trainer: Otto Addo

• Greatest success: African champions 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982

• Record goalscorer: Asamoah Gyan (51 goals)

• Record player: Asamoah Gyan (109 games)

• Most valuable player: Thomas Partey (€38m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 60th place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 13-0 v Kenya (1965)

• Heaviest defeat: 8-2 v Brazil (1996)

• World Cup participations: 4 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Iran:

• Nickname: Team Melli

• Coach: Carlos Queiroz

• Greatest success: Asian champion 1968 – 1976

• Record goalscorer: Ali Daei (108 goals)

• Record player: Javad Nekounam (149 games)

• Most valuable player: Sardar Azmoun (€22m as of 09/02/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 23rd place (as of 09/02/22)

• Biggest win: 19-0 over Guam (2000)

• Heaviest defeat: 6-1 v Turkey (1950)

• World Cup participations: 6 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Japan:

• Nickname: Samurai Blue

• Trainer: Hajime Moriyasu

• Greatest success: Asian champion 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011

• Record goalscorer: Kunishige Kamamoto (75 goals)

• Record player: Yasuhito Endo (152 games)

• Most valuable player: Takehiro Tomiyasu (€25m as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 24th place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 15-0 v Philippines (1967)

• Heaviest defeat: 2:15 against the Philippines (1917)

• World Cup participations: 7 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Cameroon:

• Nickname: The Indomitable Lions

• Trainer: Rigobert Song

• Greatest success: African champions 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017

• Record goalscorer: Samuel Eto'o (56 goals)

• Record player: Rigobert Song (137 games)

• Most valuable player: Andre Zambo Anguissa (€30m as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 38th place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 9-0 v Chad (1965)

• Heaviest defeat: 6-1 v Russia (1994)

• World Cup participations: 8 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Canada:

• Nickname: The Canucks, Les Rouges (The Reds)

• Coach: John Herdman

• Greatest success: North & Central America Champion 1985, 2000

• Record goalscorer: Cyle Larin (24 goals as of 04/19/2022)

• Record player: Atiba Hutchinson (97 games, as of 09/06/22)

• Most valuable player: Alphonso Davies (€70m, as of 04/19/2022)

• FIFA World Ranking: 43rd place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 11-0 v Cayman Islands (2021)

• Highest loss: 8-0 v Mexico (1993)

• World Cup participations: 2 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Qatar:

• Nickname: al-Anabbi (The Wine Reds)

• Trainer: Felix Sanchez

• biggest success: Asian champion 2019

• Record goalscorer: Mubarak Mustafa Fazli Noorallah (41 goals)

• Record player: Hassan Al-Haydos (160 games, as of 06/09/22)

• Most valuable player: Akram Afif (€5.50m as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 49th place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 15-0 v Bhutan (2015)

• Highest defeat: 0-9 v Kuwait (1973)

• World Cup participations: 1 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Croatia:

• Nicknames: Kockasti (The Checkered Ones), Vatreni (The Fiery Ones)

• Coach: Zlatko Dalic

• greatest success: Vice World Champion 2018

• Record goalscorer: Davor Suker (45 goals)

• Record player: Luka Modric (152 games, as of 06.09.22)

• Most valuable player: Mateo Kovacic (€45m, as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 15th place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 10-0 v San Marino (2016)

• Highest defeat: 0-6 v Spain (2018)

• World Cup participations: 7 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Morocco:

• Nickname: The Lions of Atlas

• Trainer: Walid Regragui

• greatest success: African champion 1976

• Record goalscorer: Ahmed Faras (29 goals)

• Record player: Noureddine Naybet (115 games)

• Most valuable player: Achraf Hakimi (€65m as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 22nd place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 13-1 v Saudi Arabia (1961)

• Highest defeat: 0-6 v Hungary (1964)

• World Cup participations: 6 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Mexico:

• Nickname: El Tri

• Trainer: Gerardo “Tata” Martino

• greatest success: 11x North & Central America champions

• Record goalscorer: Chicharito (52 goals)

• Record player: Claudio Suárez (177 internationals)

• Most valuable player: Hirving Lozano (€30m as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 12th place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 13-0 v Bahamas (1987)

• Heaviest defeat: 8-0 v England (1961)

• World Cup participations: 17 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Netherlands:

• Nickname: Orange

• Trainer: Louis van Gaal

• greatest success: European Champion 1988

• Record goalscorer: Robin van Persie (50 goals)

• Record player: Wesley Sneijder (134 games)

• Most valuable player: Matthijs de Ligt (€70m as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 8th place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 11-0 over San Marino

• Heaviest defeat: 2:12 against England

• World Cup participations: 11 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Poland:

• Nickname: The White-Reds

• Coach: Czeslaw Michniewicz

• Greatest success: 3rd place at World Championships 1974, 1982

• Record goalscorer: Robert Lewandowski (76 goals, as of 06.09.22)

• Record player: Robert Lewandowski (132 games, as of 06.09.22)

• Most valuable player: Robert Lewandowski (€45m, as of 06/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 26th place (as of 06.09.22)

• Biggest win: 10-0 v San Marino (2009)

• Highest defeat: 0-9 v Denmark (1948)

• World Cup participations: 9 (incl. World Cup 2022)

Portugal:

• Nickname: Selecao

• Trainer: Fernando Santos

• biggest success: European Champion 2016

• Record goalscorer: Cristiano Ronaldo (117 goals as of 09/07/22)

• Record player: Cristiano Ronaldo (189 international matches, as of 07.09.22)

• Most valuable player: Bruno Fernandes (€85m as of 07/09/22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 9th place (as of 07.09.22)

• Biggest win: 8-0 over Liechtenstein & Kuwait (last in 2003)

• Höchste Niederlage: 0:10 gegen England (1947)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 8 (inkl. WM 2022)

Saudi-Arabien:

• Spitzname: Falken
• Trainer: Hervé Renard
• größter Erfolg: Asienmeister (1984, 1988, 1996)
• Rekordtorschütze: Madschid Abdullah (67 Tore)
• Rekordspieler: Mohammed ad-Da’ayya‘ (178 Spiele)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Sultan Al-Ghannam (€ 3,50 Mio., Stand: 07.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 53. Platz (Stand: 07.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 10:0 gegen Osttimor (2015)
• Höchste Niederlage: 0:13 (gegen VAE 1961)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 6 (inkl. WM 2022)

Schweiz:

• Spitzname: Nati
• Trainer: Murat Yakin
• größter Erfolg: Silbermedaille Olympia 1924
• Rekordtorschütze: Alex Frei (42 Treffer)
• Rekordspieler: Heinz Hermann (118 Länderspiele)
• Wertvollster Spieler: M. Akanji (30 Mio. €, Stand: 07.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 16. Platz (Stand: 07.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 9:0 über Litauen (1924)
• Höchste Niederlage: 0:9 gegen England & Ungarn (1909 & 1911)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 12 (inkl. WM 2022)

Senegal:

• Spitzname: Löwen der Teranga
• Trainer: Aliou Cissé
• größter Erfolg: Afrikameister 2022
• Rekordtorschütze: Henri Camara (29 Tore)
• Rekordspieler: Henri Camara (99 Spiele)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Sadio Mané (€ 70 Mio., Stand: 07.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 18. Platz (Stand: 07.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 10:1 gegen Mauretanien (1972)
• Höchste Niederlage: 0:5 gegen Guinea 1966
• WM-Teilnahmen: 4 (inkl. WM 2022)

Serbien:

• Spitzname: Beli Orlovi (die weißen Adler)
• Trainer: Dragan Stojkovic
• größter Erfolg: Vorrunde WM 2010 & 2018
• Rekordtorschütze: Aleksandar Mitrovic (46 Tore, Stand: 07.09.22)
• Rekordspieler: Branislav Ivanovic (105 Spiele)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (€ 85 Mio., Stand: 07.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 25. Platz (Stand: 07.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 3 x 6:1 (zuletzt 2012 über Wales)
• Höchste Niederlage: 0:5 gegen die Ukraine (2019)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 3 (inkl. WM 2022)

Spanien:

• Spitzname: Furija Roja
• Trainer: Luis Enrique
• größter Erfolg: Weltmeister 2010
• Rekordtorschütze: David Villa (59 Tore)
• Rekordspieler: Sergio Ramos (180 Einsätze, Stand: 06.09.22)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Pedri (80 Mio. €, Stand: 06.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 6. Platz (Stand: 06.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 13:0 gegen Bulgarien (1933)
• Höchste Niederlage: u.a. 1:7 gegen England (1931)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 16 (inkl. WM 2022)

Südkorea:

• Spitzname: Tigers of Asia, Red Devils
• Trainer: Paulo Bento
• größter Erfolg: Asienmeister 1956 & 1960
• Rekordtorschütze: Cha Bum-kun (58 Tore)
• Rekordspieler: Hong Myung-bo (136 Länderspiele)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Heung-min Son (75 Mio. €, Stand: 06.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 28. Platz (Stand: 06.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 16:0 gegen Nepal (2003)
• Höchste Niederlage: 0:12 gegen Schweden (1948)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 11 (inkl. WM 2022)

Tunesien:

• Spitzname: Die Adler von Karthago
• Trainer: Jalel Kadri
• größter Erfolg: Afrikameister 2004
• Rekordtorschütze: Issam Jemaa (36 Tore)
• Rekordspieler: Radhi Jaidi (105 Spiele)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Ellyes Skhiri (€ 13 Mio., Stand: 07.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 30. Platz (Stand: 07.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 8:1 gegen Dschibuti (2015)
• Höchste Niederlage: 1:10 gegen Ungarn (1960)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 6 (inkl. WM 2022)

Uruguay:

• Spitzname: La Celeste
• Trainer: Diego Alonso
• größter Erfolg: Weltmeister 1930, 1950
• Rekordtorschütze: Luis Suarez (68 Tore, Stand: 07.09.22)
• Rekordspieler: Diego Godin (159 Länderspiele, Stand: 07.09.22)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Federico Valverde (70 Mio. €, Stand: 07.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 13. Platz (Stand: 07.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 9:0 über Bolivien (1927)
• Höchste Niederlage: 0:6 gegen Argentinien (1902)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 14 (inkl. WM 2022)

USA:

• Spitzname: Yanks, Nats, The Stars and Stripes
• Trainer: Gregg Berhalter
• größter Erfolg: 6 x Nord- & Zentralamerika-Meister
• Rekordtorschütze: Dempsey/Donovan (beide 57 Tore)
• Rekordspieler: Cobi Jones (164 Spiele)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Christian Pulisic (€ 42 Mio., Stand: 07.09.22)
• FIFA-Weltrangliste: 14. Platz (Stand: 07.09.22)
• Höchster Sieg: 8:0 gegen Barbados (2008)
• Höchste Niederlage: 0:11 gegen Norwegen (1948)
• WM-Teilnahmen: 11 (inkl. WM 2022)

Wales:

• Spitzname: The Dragons
• Trainer: Robert Page
• größter Erfolg: EM-Halbfinale 2016
• Rekordtorschütze: Gareth Bale (39 Tore, Stand: 07.09.22)
• Rekordspieler: Chris Gunter (108 Länderspiele, Stand: 07.09.22)
• Wertvollster Spieler: Ben Davies (20 Mio. €, Stand: 07.09.22)

• FIFA World Ranking: 19th place (as of 07.09.22)

• Biggest win: 11-0 v Ireland (1888)

• Highest defeat: 0-9 v Scotland (1878)

• World Cup participations: 2 (incl. World Cup 2022)