World national teams on August 30th, 1959

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AFC - The Asian Football Confederation18 teams

Afghanistan
Burma
Cambodia
Ceylon
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Japan
Malaya
Pakistan
Philippines
Republic of China
Singapore
South Korea
South Vietnam
Thailand

CAF - Confédération Africaine de Football3 teams

Ethiopia
Sudan
United Arab Republic

CCCF - Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol9 teams

Costa Rica
Cuba
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama

CONMEBOL - Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol10 teams

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela

NAFC - North American Football Confederation3 teams

Canada
Mexico
United States

UEFA - Union of European Football Associations30 teams

Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
East Germany
England
Finland
France
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Scotland
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales
West Germany
Yugoslavia

Other FIFA members14 teams

China
Cyprus
Dutch Guiana
Ghana
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Malta
New Zealand
North Korea
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Syria
Turkey

Unaffiliated teams54 teams

Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Australia
Barbados
Belgian Congo
British Guiana
Cameroon
Dahomey
Dominica
Faroe Islands
Fiji
FLN
French Congo
French Guiana
French Somaliland
Gambia
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guinea
Jamaica
Kenya
Libya
Macau
Madagascar
Martinique
Mauritius
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Nigeria
North Vietnam
Northern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Palestine
Portuguese Guinea
Puerto Rico
Reunion
Ruanda-Urundi
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Southern Rhodesia
Tahiti
Tanganyika
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Ubangi-Shari
Uganda
Zanzibar

Defunct national teams1 team

Saar

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