National Teams with the Most Finals Played in the World Cup
Full list of national soccer teams that played finals in the World Cup, ordered from those who played the most to those who played at least one final.
* Note: in 1950 the champion was not defined with a final match. That year is not included in the statistics shown on this page.
Which national team has played in the most finals?
Germany is the national team with the most finals played in the history of the World Cup with 8 appearances in definitions with final game format. That means that it has been present in the 38.1% of a total of 21 finals.
Of its 8 finals played, Germany won 4 and lost 4.
Most Finals Played
8 finals
Germany
A total of 13 national teams at least once played the final of of the World Cup in one of the 21 editions that were decided with this format. Of them, 8 national teams did it 2 or more times and 4 did it in 5 opportunities or more. Here you can see the full list of these national teams ordered by finals played.
National Teams with the Most Finals Played - Full List
| National Team | Finals Played | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Won | Finals Lost | % of Finals Won | ||
| 1. | | Germany | 8 | 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2014 | 38.1% | 4 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 2. |  | Brazil | 6 | 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 1998, 2002 | 28.6% | 5 | 1 | 83.3% |
 | Italy | 6 | 1934, 1938, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 | 28.6% | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | |
 | Argentina | 6 | 1930, 1978, 1986, 1990, 2014, 2022 | 28.6% | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 5. |  | France | 4 | 1998, 2006, 2018, 2022 | 19.0% | 2 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 6. |  | Netherlands | 3 | 1974, 1978, 2010 | 14.3% | - | 3 | 0.0% |
| 7. |  | Czech Republic | 2 | 1934, 1962 | 9.5% | - | 2 | 0.0% |
 | Hungary | 2 | 1938, 1954 | 9.5% | - | 2 | 0.0% | |
