FIBA Basketball World Cup records

FIBA Basketball World Cup records are the records attained throughout the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

General performances

Performances of host countries

Map of countries' best results

From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round (group stages). As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight); however, from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round.

However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (14%, 3 of 18), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 22% (6 of 21); furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal (Turkey with a silver medal in 2010).

Year	Host country	When hosting		Better when hosting?	When not hosting
		Performance	Stage		Performance	Stage
1950	Argentina	Champions	Final round (1st of 6)	Yes	Runner-up	Final
1954	Brazil	Runner-up	Final round (2nd of 8)	No	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1959	Chile	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)	No	Third place	Final round (3rd of 6)
1963	Brazil	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	No	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1967	Uruguay	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	No	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1970	Yugoslavia	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	No	Champions	Final
1974	Puerto Rico	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 8)	No	Fourth place	Semifinals
1978	Philippines	Eighth place	Final round (8th of 8)	No	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1982	Colombia	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	Not applicable — only appearance is when they hosted
1986	Spain	Fifth place	5th-place playoffs	No	Champions	Final
1990	Argentina	Eighth place	Second round (4th of 4)	No	Runner-up	Final
1994	Canada	Seventh place	5th-place playoffs	No	Third place	Final round (3rd of 8)
1998	Greece	Fourth place	Semifinals	No	Runner-up	Final
2002	United States	Sixth place	Quarterfinals	No	Champions	Final
2006	Japan	Seventeenth place	Preliminary round (5th of 6)	No	11th place	Classification round (4th of 6)
2010	Turkey	Runner-up	Final	Yes	Sixth place	Quarterfinals
2014	Spain	Fifth place	Quarterfinals	No	Champions	Final
2019	China	Twenty-fourth place	Preliminary round (3rd of 4)	No	Eighth place	7th place classification game
2023	Philippines	Twenty-fourth place	Preliminary round (4th of 4)	No	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
	Indonesia	Non-participating host		—	Never qualified
	Japan	Nineteenth place	Preliminary round (3rd of 4)	No	Eleventh place	Classification round (4th of 6)
2027	Qatar	[to be determined]	[to be determined]	[to be determined]	Twenty-first place	Preliminary round (6th of 6)

By top four finishes

Rank	Nation	Number of appearances	Years in semifinals
1.	United States	15	(1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2023)
2.	Yugoslavia /  FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	10	(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002)
3.	Brazil	8	(1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986)
	Soviet Union	8	(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
5.	Argentina	4	(1950, 2002, 2006, 2019)
6.	France	3	(1954, 2014, 2019)
	Greece	3	(1994, 1998, 2006)
	Spain	3	(1982, 2006, 2019)
	Serbia	3	(2010, 2014, 2023)
9.	Chile	2	(1950, 1959)
	Italy	2	(1970, 1978)
	Lithuania	2	(2010, 2014)
	Russia	2	(1994, 1998)
	Germany	2	(2002, 2023)
14.	Philippines	1	(1954)
	Formosa	1	(1959)
	Cuba	1	(1974)
	Puerto Rico	1	(1990)
	Croatia	1	(1994)
	New Zealand	1	(2002)
	Turkey	1	(2010)
	Australia	1	(2019)
	Canada	1	(2023)

Most Valuable Players

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup Most Valuable Player

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Year	MVP	National Team
1950	Oscar Furlong	Argentina
1954	Kirby Minter	United States
1959	Amaury Pasos	Brazil
1963	Wlamir Marques	Brazil
1967	Ivo Daneu	Yugoslavia
1970	Sergei Belov	Soviet Union
1974	Dragan Kićanović	Yugoslavia
1978	Dražen Dalipagić	Yugoslavia
1982	Rolando Frazer	Panama
1986	Dražen Petrović	Yugoslavia
1990	Toni Kukoč	Yugoslavia
1994	Shaquille O'Neal	United States
1998	Dejan Bodiroga	FR Yugoslavia
2002	Dirk Nowitzki	Germany
2006	Pau Gasol	Spain
2010	Kevin Durant	United States
2014	Kyrie Irving	United States
2019	Ricky Rubio	Spain
2023	Dennis Schröder	Germany

Top scorer by tournament

Points per game

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup Top Scorer

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Year	Player	Scoring Average
1950	Álvaro Salvadores	13.8
1954	Oscar Moglia	18.7
1959	James T. L. Chen	20.1
1963	Ricardo Duarte	23.1
1967	Mieczysław Łopatka	19.7
1970	Shin Dong-pa	32.6
1974	Arturo Guerrero	27.0
1978	Kamil Brabenec	26.9
1982	Rolando Frazer	24.4
1986	Nikos Galis	33.7
1990	Oscar Schmidt	34.6
1994	Andrew Gaze	23.9
1998	Alberto Herreros	17.9
2002	Dirk Nowitzki	24.0
2006	Yao Ming	25.3
2010	Luis Scola	27.1
2014	J. J. Barea	22.0
2019	Ra Gun-ah	23.0
2023	Luka Dončić	27.0

Total points scored

Year Player Total Points Scored 1950 Rufino Bernedo 86 1954 Oscar Moglia 168 1959 Jerry Vayda 162 1963 Ricardo Duarte 163 1967 Bohdan Likszo 180 1970 Shin Dong-pa 261 1974 Wayne Brabender 207 1978 Dražen Dalipagić 202 1982 Dragan Kićanović 190 1986 Nikos Galis 337 1986 Oscar Schmidt 281 1990 Oscar Schmidt 277 1994 Andrew Gaze 191 1998 Alberto Herreros 161 2002 Dirk Nowitzki 216 2006 Dirk Nowitzki 209 2010 Luis Scola 244 2014 Pau Gasol 140 2019 Bogdan Bogdanović 183 2023 Luka Dončić 216

FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

All-time top cumulative points scorers

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#	Player	Games Played	Points Scored	Scoring Average
1.	Oscar Schmidt	34	906	26.7
2.	Luis Scola	41	716	17.5
3.	Andrew Gaze	29	594	20.5
4.	Dražen Dalipagić	35	563	16.1
5.	José Rafael Ortiz	33	511	15.5
6.	Marcel De Souza	37	494	13.6
7.	Dragan Kićanović	25	491	19.7
8.	Pau Gasol	24	482	20.1
9.	Ubiratan Pereira Maciel	41	474	11.6
10.	Panagiotis Giannakis	26	469	18.0
11.	Juan Carlos Navarro	33	462	14.0
12.	Kirk Penney	27	447	16.6
13.	Bogdan Bogdanović	25	444	17.8
14.	Wlamir Marques	31	437	10.7
15.	Amaury Pasos	33	434	13.2
	Antonello Riva	18		24.1

All time highest scoring averages

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#	Player	Games Played	Points Scored	Scoring Average
1.	Nikos Galis	10	337	33.7
2.	Shin Dong-pa	8	261	32.6
3.	Luka Dončić	8	216	27.0
4.	Oscar Schmidt	34	906	26.7
5.	Zhang Weiping	7	177	25.3
6.	Ed Palubinskas		172	24.6
7.	Antonello Riva	18	434	24.1
8.	Dirk Nowitzki		425	23.6
9.	Wilfredo Ruiz Bruno	7	164	23.4
10.	Ra Gun-ah	5	115	23.0

• Player must have played at least 5 games to appear in this statistic

Games with most overtimes

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Year	Round	Rivals	Extra Periods	Ref.
2006	Preliminary Round	Angola 103–108  Germany	3	[8][9]
2019	Semi-finals	Spain 95–88  Australia	2	[10][11]
1970	Preliminary Round	Brazil 94–93  Italy		[12][13]
2002	Eighth-Final Round	Puerto Rico 89–87  Angola		[14][15]
2010	Preliminary Round	Serbia 81–82  Germany		[16][17]
1967	Classification Round	Puerto Rico 79–86  Japan		[18][19]
1950	Classification Round	Yugoslavia 43–46  Peru		[20][21]

Age records

Oldest

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# Player Year Birthdate Age * 1. Eduardo Mingas 2019 (1979-01-29) 29 January 1979 (age 46) 40 years, 214 days 2. Marcelo Huertas / / 2023 (1983-05-25) 25 May 1983 (age 41) 40 years, 92 days 3. Zaid Abbas / / 2023 (1983-11-21) 21 November 1983 (age 41) 39 years, 277 days 4. Alex Garcia 2019 (1980-03-04) 4 March 1980 (age 45) 39 years, 180 days 5. Marcelinho Machado 2014 (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975 (age 50) 39 years, 140 days 6. Luis Scola 2019 (1980-04-30) 30 April 1980 (age 44) 39 years, 123 days 7. Fidel Mendonça / / 2023 (1984-07-07) 7 July 1984 (age 40) 39 years, 49 days 8. José Rafael Ortiz 2002 (1963-10-25) 25 October 1963 (age 61) 38 years, 308 days 9. Moon Tae-jong 2014 (1975-12-01) 1 December 1975 (age 49) 38 years, 272 days 10. Miguel Lutonda 2010 (1971-12-24) 24 December 1971 (age 53) 38 years, 247 days 11. João Gomes / / 2023 (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 40) 38 years, 201 days 12. Víctor David Díaz 2006 (1968-02-04) 4 February 1968 (age 57) 38 years, 196 days 13. Mohamed Koné 2019 (1981-03-24) 24 March 1981 (age 44) 38 years, 160 days 14. Reggie Moore 2019 (1981-03-31) 31 March 1981 (age 44) 38 years, 153 days 15. Rudy Fernández / / 2023 (1985-04-04) 4 April 1985 (age 40) 38 years, 143 days 16. Hamed Haddadi / / 2023 (1985-05-19) 19 May 1985 (age 39) 38 years, 98 days 17. Daniel Santiago 2014 (1976-06-24) 24 June 1976 (age 48) 38 years, 67 days

Youngest [24] # Player Year Birthdate Age * 1. Georges Lath 1986 (1970-04-15) 15 April 1970 (age 55) 16 years, 81 days 2. Guo Ailun 2010 (1993-11-14) 14 November 1993 (age 31) 16 years, 287 days 3. Khaman Maluach // 2023 (2006-09-14) 14 September 2006 (age 18) 16 years, 345 days 4. David Dias 1986 (1969-04-21) 21 April 1969 (age 56) 17 years, 75 days 5. Chen Jianghua 2006 (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 36) 17 years, 160 days 6. Tiago Splitter 2002 (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 40) 17 years, 240 days 7. Roy Samaha 2002 (1984-09-12) 12 September 1984 (age 40) 17 years, 351 days

*describes age on first day of the tournament

Game score records

Biggest game score

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#	Year	Round	Rivals	Team score
1.	1978	Preliminary Round	Brazil 154 - 97  China	154
2.	1990	Preliminary Round	United States 146 - 67  Korea	146
3.	1982	Final Round	Colombia 76 - 143  Soviet Union	143
4.	1974	Preliminary Round	Soviet Union 140 - 48  Central African Republic	140
5.	1990	Preliminary Round	Brazil 138 - 95  China	138

Lowest game score

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#	Year	Round	Rivals	Team score
1.	1950	Final Round	Egypt 19 - 38  Brazil	19
2.	1950	Repass Round I	Chile 40 - 24  Yugoslavia	24
3.	1950	Preliminary Round I	Peru 33 - 27  Yugoslavia	27
	1950	Final Round	France 27 - 59  Brazil
5.	1950	Final Round	Egypt 31 - 28  France	28
	1954	Final Round	United States 72 - 28  Formosa

Biggest margin

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#	Year	Round	Rivals	Margin points
1.	1974	Preliminary Round	Soviet Union 140 - 48  Central African Republic	92
2.	1986	Preliminary Round	Canada 128 - 38  Malaysia	90
3.	1990	Preliminary Round	United States 146 - 67  Korea	79
4.	1986	Preliminary Round	Yugoslavia 131 - 61  Malaysia	70
5.	1982	Final Round	Colombia 76 - 143  Soviet Union	67

Top scorers in a single game

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Player	Points Scored	Opponent	Year
Hur Jae	54	Egypt	1990
Nikos Galis	53	Panama	1986
Oscar Schmidt	52	Australia	1990
Jordi Villacampa	48	Venezuela	1990
Dirk Nowitzki	47	Angola	2006
Dražen Petrović		Netherlands	1986
Lee Chung-Hee	45	Brazil	1986
Kamil Brabenec	44	Puerto Rico	1978
Ricardo Duarte	42	Japan	1963
Arturo Guerrero		Central African Republic	1974

Players with the most tournaments and games played

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Player	Number of World Cups	Games Played	Years played	Ref.
Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel	5	41	1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978	[30][31][32]
Luis Scola			2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019	[33][34]
Marcel De Souza		37	1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990	[35][36][37][38]
Rudy Fernández			2006, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023	[39][40][41]
Phil Smyth		36	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	[42][43]
Jerome Mincy			1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	[44][45]
Alex Garcia		32	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019	[46]
Daniel Santiago		30	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	[47]
Anderson Varejão		29	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019	[48][49]
Marcelo Huertas		28	2006, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023	[50][51][52][53]
Leandro Barbosa		27	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019	[48]
Marcelinho Machado		25	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	[54]
Eduardo Mingas		23	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019	[55][56]
Dražen Dalipagić	4	35	1974, 1978, 1982, 1986	[57]
Alexander Belostenny			1978, 1982, 1986, 1990	[58]
Oscar Schmidt		34	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990	[59]
Rubén Wolkowyski			1994, 1998, 2002, 2006	[60]
Amaury Pasos		33	1954, 1959, 1963, 1967	[61][62]
Andrés Jiménez Fernández			1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	[63][64][65]
José Rafael Ortiz			1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	[66][67]
Juan Carlos Navarro			2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	[68]
Marcelo Milanesio		32	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	[69]
Fabricio Oberto			1998, 2002, 2006, 2010	[70][71]
Marc Gasol			2006, 2010, 2014, 2019	[72][73]
Wlamir Marques		31	1954, 1959, 1963, 1970	[74][75]
Sergei Belov			1967, 1970, 1974, 1978	[76][77]
Ray Borner		29	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	[78]
Andrew Gaze			1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	[79]
João José Vianna			1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	[80]
Krešimir Ćosić		28	1967, 1970, 1974, 1978	[81][82]
Kirk Penney		27	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	[83][84]
Tiago Splitter		26	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	[85][86]
Felipe Reyes		23	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	[87]
Hamed Haddadi		19	2010, 2014, 2019, 2023	[88][89]

Top medalists

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Player	Gold Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	Total Medals
Krešimir Ćosić	2 (1970, 1978)	2 (1967, 1974)	0	4
Wlamir Marques	2 (1959, 1963)	2 (1954, 1970)	0	4
Amaury Pasos	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1954)	1 (1967)	4
Sergei Belov	2 (1967, 1974)	1 (1978)	1 (1970)	4
Carmo de Souza	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1970)	0	3
/ Vlade Divac	2 (1990, 2002)	0	1 (1986)	3
Jatyr Schall	2 (1959, 1963)	0	1 (1967)	3
Modestas Paulauskas	2 (1967, 1974)	0	1 (1970)	3
Priit Tomson	2 (1967, 1974)	0	1 (1970)	3
Dejan Bodiroga	2 (1998, 2002)	0	0	2
Stephen Curry	2 (2010, 2014)	0	0	2
Predrag Drobnjak	2 (1998, 2002)	0	0	2
Rudy Fernández	2 (2006, 2019)	0	0	2
Marc Gasol	2 (2006, 2019)	0	0	2
Rudy Gay	2 (2010, 2014)	0	0	2
Derrick Rose	2 (2010, 2014)	0	0	2
Dejan Tomašević	2 (1998, 2002)	0	0	2
Waldemar Blatskauskas	2 (1959, 1963)	0	0	2

Players with the most total medals won

Player	Gold Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	Total Medals
Krešimir Ćosić	2 (1970, 1978)	2 (1967, 1974)	0	4
Wlamir Marques	2 (1959, 1963)	2 (1954, 1970)	0	4
Amaury Pasos	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1954)	1 (1967)	4
Sergei Belov	2 (1967, 1974)	1 (1978)	1 (1970)	4
Alexander Belostenny	1 (1982)	3 (1978, 1986, 1990)	0	4
Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel	1 (1963)	1 (1970)	2 (1967, 1978)	4
Dražen Dalipagić	1 (1978)	1 (1974)	2 (1982, 1986)	4

Highest attendance

Rank	Year	Date	Venue	Round	Match	Attendance	Source
1	// 2023	25 August 2023	Philippine Arena, Bocaue	Preliminary round	Philippines v Dominican Republic	38,115	[91]
2	1994	14 August 1994	SkyDome, Toronto	Final	United States v Russia	32,616	[91]

All-time team records

  FIBA Africa,   FIBA Americas,   FIBA Asia,   FIBA Europe,   FIBA Oceania

Team	Games played	Wins	Losses	Winning percentage	Points for	Points against	Point differential	Best finish
United States	166	134	32	.807	14,764	12,055	+2,709	5${\displaystyle \times }$winners
Brazil	145	87	58	.600	11,733	10,921	+812	2${\displaystyle \times }$winners
Yugoslavia*	78	58	20	.744	6,591	5,845	+746	5${\displaystyle \times }$winners
Argentina	112	65	47	.580	8,998	8,537	+461	1${\displaystyle \times }$winners
Soviet Union*	80	66	14	.825	7,141	5,657	+1,484	3${\displaystyle \times }$winners
Spain	105	74	31	.705	8,946	7,868	+1,078	2${\displaystyle \times }$winners
Canada	115	45	70	.391	9,130	9,220	−90	Third place
Puerto Rico	103	43	60	.417	8,112	8,382	−270	Final round
Germany	44	29	15	.659	3,665	3,424	+241	1${\displaystyle \times }$winners
Italy	82	47	35	.573	6,607	6,307	+300	Final round
Australia	93	44	49	.473	7,541	7,652	−111	Fourth place
Greece	66	38	28	.576	5,234	5,102	+132	Runners-up
China	70	18	52	.257	5,733	6,678	−945	Round of 16
Uruguay	50	17	33	.340	3,309	3,690	−381	Final round
France	68	37	31	.544	4,620	4,618	+2	Third place
Russia	39	25	14	.641	3,083	2,936	+147	Runners-up
Cuba	35	18	17	.514	2,772	2,751	+21	Final round
Angola	56	16	40	.286	4,166	4,680	−514	Round of 16
South Korea	51	10	41	.196	4,016	4,902	−886	Preliminary round
Czechoslovakia*	30	17	13	.567	2,713	2,618	+95	Final round
Lithuania	49	33	16	.673	3,975	3,637	+338	Third place
Philippines	45	14	31	.311	3,351	3,914	−563	Third place
Egypt	47	8	39	.170	3,103	3,867	−764	Final round
Serbia	58	40	18	.690	5,045	4,306	+739	Runners-up
Mexico	40	19	21	.475	2,988	3,085	−97	Final round
Turkey	38	24	14	.632	3,005	2,883	+122	Runners-up
New Zealand	42	17	25	.405	3,323	3,640	−317	Fourth place
Peru	27	10	17	.370	1,565	1,671	−106	Final round
Panama	25	9	16	.360	2,089	2,232	−143	Preliminary round
Japan	36	8	28	.222	2,440	2,914	−474	Preliminary round
Chile	19	9	10	.474	1,025	1,069	−44	Third place
Israel	19	7	12	.368	1,262	1,440	−178	Final round
Chinese Taipei	18	7	11	.389	982	1,077	−95	Fourth place
Croatia	20	12	8	.600	1,637	1,449	+188	Third place
Slovenia	30	17	13	.567	2,500	2,480	+20	Seventh place
Venezuela	28	8	20	.286	2,222	2,467	−245	Preliminary round
Senegal	28	4	24	.143	1,919	2,330	−411	Round of 16
Ivory Coast	27	2	25	.074	1,910	2,419	−509	Preliminary round
Lebanon	20	5	15	.250	1,460	1,869	−409	Preliminary round
Nigeria	16	7	9	.438	1,225	1,195	+30	Round of 16
Paraguay	13	3	10	.231	733	953	−220	Preliminary round
Bulgaria	9	5	4	.556	532	510	+22	Final round
Poland	17	8	9	.471	1,285	1,320	−35	Final round
Dominican Republic	23	9	14	.391	1,782	1,954	−172	Round of 16
Netherlands	5	2	3	.400	422	405	+17	Preliminary round
Ecuador	5	2	3	.400	222	232	−10	Preliminary round
West Germany*	5	2	3	.400	382	397	−15	Preliminary round
Iran	20	4	16	.200	1,345	1,564	−219	Preliminary round
Ukraine	5	2	3	.400	344	369	−25	Preliminary round
Finland	10	3	7	.300	767	857	−90	Preliminary round
Jordan	15	1	14	.067	1,082	1,403	−321	Preliminary round
Tunisia	10	3	7	.300	677	793	−116	Preliminary round
Georgia	5	2	3	.400	379	407	–28	Preliminary round
Latvia	8	6	2	.600	714	636	+78	Fifth place
South Sudan	5	3	2	.600	456	431	+25	Preliminary round
Czech Republic	8	4	4	.500	662	651	+11	Sixth place
Montenegro	10	4	6	.400	767	796	–29	Preliminary round
Algeria	5	1	4	.200	395	476	−81	Preliminary round
Cape Verde	5	1	4	.200	366	432	–66	Preliminary round
Qatar	5	0	5	.000	310	456	−146	Preliminary round
Malaysia	5	0	5	.000	313	539	−226	Preliminary round
Colombia	6	0	6	.000	473	656	−183	Preliminary round
Central African Republic	7	0	7	.000	477	757	−280	Preliminary round
Total	1,213 games				190,781 points

*Defunct country

• Source:^[92]
• Update after 2023 World Cup