France at the FIFA World Cup France at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of France's results at the FIFA World Cup. France was one of the four European teams that participated at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and have appeared in 15 FIFA World Cups, tied for the sixth most of any country. The national team is one of eight to have won the FIFA World Cup title and one of only six to have done so more than once. The French team won its first World Cup title in 1998. The tournament was played on home soil and France defeated Brazil
National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup This article lists the performances of each of the 36 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the World Cup finals. A total of 36 national teams have qualified for at least one Women's World Cup tournament. The 2007 Women's World Cup is the only World Cup for either sex in which every competing team had appeared in at least one of previously held tournaments. For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of qualified teams in each tournament (in parentheses) are shown. As