Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Uruguay, USA, Yugoslavia

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Uruguay, USA, Yugoslavia

Format

1. 13 teams (no preliminary competition, teams entered by invitation)
   
2. Three pools of three teams, one pool of four teams (winner of each pool progressed to the semi-final knock-out stage)
   
3. Semi-finals
   
4. Final
   

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA

Austria, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

Format

1. 16 teams qualifying by preliminary competition (host also had to qualify!)
   
2. First round (knock-out stage), eight teams proceed to second round (in case of a draw the game was replayed)
   
3. Second round (knock-out stage), four teams proceed to semi-finals (in case of a draw the game was replayed)
   
4. Semi-finals
   
5. Third-place game
   
6. Final
   

Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dutch East Indies, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland

Cuba, Dutch East Indies, Norway, Poland

Format

1. 14 teams qualifying by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified - only 15 finally entered, giving Sweden a bye to the second round
   
3. First round (knock-out stage), eight teams proceeded to second round (in case of a draw the game was replayed)
   
4. Second round (knock-out stage), four teams proceeded to semi-finals (in case of a draw the game was replayed)
   
5. Semi-finals
   
6. Third-place game
   
7. Final
   

Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, England, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, USA, Yugoslavia
- Scotland, Turkey and India qualified but declined to participate in the final competition.

England

Format

1. 11 teams qualifying by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Two pools of four teams, one pool of three teams, one pool of two teams
   
4. Winner of each pool progressed to final pool where all the teams played each other once
   
5. First of the pool was the World Cup winner
   

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, West Germany, Yugoslavia

Scotland, South Korea, Turkey

Format

1. 14 teams qualifying by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Four first round pools, (with two seeded teams per pool) winner and second placed team of each pool progressed to the quarter finals
   
4. Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
   
5. Semi-finals
   
6. Final
   

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Hungary, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Scotland, Sweden, Wales, USSR, West Germany, Yugoslavia

Northern Ireland, USSR, Wales

Format

1. 14 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Four first round pools, winner and second place of each pool progressed to the quarter finals (in a case of equal points a play-off game was played to decide)
   
4. Quarter finals (knock-out stage)
   
5. Semi-finals
   
6. Third-place game
   
7. Final
   

Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, England, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay, USSR, West Germany, Yugoslavia

Bulgaria, Colombia

Format

1. 14 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Four groups of four teams (first two teams progressed to quarterfinals - separated for the first time by goal-average)
   
4. Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
   
5. Semi-finals
   
6. Third-place game
   
7. Final
   

Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, North Korea, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay, USSR, West Germany

North Korea, Portugal

Format

1. 14 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Four groups of four teams (first two teams progressed to quarterfinals- separated by goal-average)
   
4. Quarter finals (knock-out stage)
   
5. Semi-finals
   
6. Third-place game
   
7. Final
   

Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, EI Salvador, England, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Romania, Sweden, Uruguay, USSR, West Germany

EI Salvador, Israel, Morocco

Format

1. 14 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Four groups of four teams (first two teams progressed to quarterfinals- separated by goal-average)
   
4. Quarter finals (knock-out stage)
   
5. Semi-finals
   
6. Third-place game
   
7. Final
   

Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, EI Salvador, England, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Romania, Sweden, Uruguay, USSR, West Germany

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, East Germany, Haiti, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Uruguay, West Germany, Yugoslavia, Zaire

Australia, East Germany, Haiti, Zaire

Format

1. 14 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Four groups of four teams (first two teams progressed into two quarter-final groups - separated by goal-difference)
   
4. Two quarter-final groups (with the winners becoming the finalists and the runners-up meeting in a third-place game)
   
5. Third-place game
   
6. Final
   

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, France, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, West Germany

Iran, Tunisia

Format

1. 14 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Four groups of four teams (first two teams progressed into two quarter-final groups - separated by goal-difference)
   
4. Two quarter-final groups (with the winners becoming the finalists and the runners-up meeting in a third-place game)
   
5. Third-place game
   
6. Final
   

Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Czechoslovakia, EI Salvador, England, France, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Spain, USSR, West Germany, Yugoslavia

Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand

Format

1. 22 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Six groups of four (top two teams progressing in to four further groups of three)
   
4. Four groups of three (group winners progressing to a semi-final knock-out stage)
   
5. Semi-finals
   
6. Third-place game
   
7. Final
   

Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Uruguay, USSR, West Germany

Canada, Denmark, Iraq

Format

1. 22 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Six groups of four teams (top two in each group qualified for the knock-out stage in the second round, together with the four best third-placed teams, the final matches in each group were played simultaneously)
   
4. Second round (knock-out stage, winners proceeding to quarter-finals - in a case of a draw after extra time penalty shoot-outs were used to decide)
   
5. Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
   
6. Semi-finals
   
7. Third-place game
   
8. Final
   

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, England, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, United States, USSR, West Germany, Yugoslavia.

Costa Rica, Ireland, United Arab Emirates.

Format

1. 22 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Six groups of four teams (top two in each group qualified for the knock-out stage in the second round, together with the four best third-placed teams, the final matches in each group were played simultaneously)
   
4. Second round (knock-out stage, winners proceeding to quarter-finals - in a case of a draw after extra time penalty shoot-outs were used to decide)
   
5. Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
   
6. Semi-finals
   
7. Third-place game
   
8. Final
   

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia

Format

1. 22 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Six groups of four teams (top two in each group qualified for the knock-out stage in the second round, together with the four best third-placed teams, the final matches in each group were played simultaneously)
   
4. Second round (knock-out stage, winners proceeding to quarter-finals - in a case of a draw after extra time penalty shoot-outs were used to decide)
   
5. Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
   
6. Semi-finals
   
7. Third-place game
   
8. Final
   

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia, United States, Yugoslavia

Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, South Africa

Format

1. 30 teams qualified by preliminary competition
   
2. Host and World Cup holders automatically qualified
   
3. Eight groups of four teams (top two in each group qualified for the knock-out stage in the second round)
   
4. Second round (knock-out stage, winners proceeding to quarter-finals - in a case of a draw after extra time penalty shoot-outs were used to decide)
   
5. Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
   
6. Semi-finals
   
7. Third-place game
   
8. Final
   

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, China PR, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ireland Republic, Italy, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uruguay

China PR, Ecuador, Senegal, Slovenia

Format

1. 29 teams will qualify by preliminary competition
   
2. Hosts and World Cup holders automatically qualify
   
3. Eight groups of four teams (top two in each group advance to the knock-out stage in the second round)
   
4. Second round (knock-out stage, winners proceeding to quarter-finals - in a case of a draw after extra time penalty shoot-outs are used to decide)
   
5. Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)
   
6. Semi-finals
   
7. Third-place game
   
8. Final