This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international
association football,
futsal and
beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.
Results
For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:
* FIFA:
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
* IOC:
International Olympic Committee
Medals earned by athletes from defunct
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
s (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate
successor states. The
International Olympic Committee (IOC) does NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.
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The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.
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Association football, futsal and beach soccer
Men and women
*Defunct National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
s (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
†FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates and non International Olympic Committee (IOC) members.
‡ International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and non FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates.
Men
*Defunct National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
s (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
†FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates and non International Olympic Committee (IOC) members.
‡ International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and non FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates.
Association football
Men and women
*Defunct National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
s (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
†FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates and non International Olympic Committee (IOC) members.
‡ International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and non FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates.
Men
*Defunct National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
s (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
†FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates and non International Olympic Committee (IOC) members.
‡ International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and non FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates.
Women
†FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates and non International Olympic Committee (IOC) members.
Futsal
Beach soccer
†FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
affiliates and non International Olympic Committee (IOC) members.
See also
* FIFA World Rankings
* FIFA Women's World Rankings
* List of major achievements in sports by nation
The following articles list major achievements in team sports and individual sports by nation:
Team sport
*Sports (and forms of a sport) shown in bold are currently on the program of the Olympic Games.
†Sports (and forms of a sport) shown in ...
References
General
Official results
* Association football
** Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Archive
** Women's Olympic Football Tournament
** FIFA World Cup
** FIFA Women's World Cup
** FIFA Confederations Cup
* Futsal
** FIFA Futsal World Cup
* Beach soccer
** FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Specific
External links
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
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Association football
Achievements
International association football competition records and statistics
Achievements