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Team history

Germany World Cup history

Germany have appeared in 20 men's World Cup tournaments from 1934 to 2022.

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Titles4
Finals8
Appearances20
Best finishWinners

Record

Tournament match record

Matches

112

W-D-L

72-17-23

Goals

232-130Goal difference 102

Goals per game

2.07

Timeline

Tournament-by-tournament performance

YearHostPerformanceMatchesGoalsGPG
2022QatarGroup stage36-52
2018RussiaGroup stage32-40.67
2014BrazilWinner718-42.57
2010South AfricaThird place716-52.29
2006GermanyThird place714-62
2002Korea,JapanRunner up714-32
1998FranceQuarter-finals58-61.6
1994United StatesQuarter-finals59-71.8
1990ItalyWinner715-52.14
1986MexicoRunner up78-71.14
1982SpainRunner up712-101.71
1978ArgentinaSecond group stage610-51.67
1974West GermanyWinner713-41.86
1970MexicoThird place617-102.83
1966EnglandRunner up615-62.5
1962ChileQuarter-finals44-21
1958SwedenFourth place612-142
1954SwitzerlandWinner625-144.17
1938FranceRound of 1623-51.5
1934ItalyThird place411-82.75
Historical data source

Summary statistics generated from the Fjelstul World Cup Database by Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Summary statistics generated from the original CSV dataset. Women's tournaments are excluded from this first release.