Football Trophy Drought Tracker

TrophyDrought tracks every national team's wait for its next major international trophy. See the time since each team's last World Cup or continental title, counted live to the second.

Longest droughts

Ranked by time since last trophy

South Korea
1960 AFC Asian Cup66y 0m 2

Ethiopia
1962 Africa Cup of Nations64y 9m 3

Bolivia
1963 Copa America63y 6m 4

Israel
1964 AFC Asian Cup62y 4m 5

England
1966 FIFA World Cup60y 2m 6

Guatemala
1967 CONCACAF Championship59y 7m 7

Sudan
1970 Africa Cup of Nations56y 8m 8

Congo
1972 Africa Cup of Nations54y 7m 9

Haiti
1973 CONCACAF Championship52y 10m 10

DR Congo
1974 Africa Cup of Nations52y 7m 11

Peru
1975 Copa America50y 11m 12

Iran
1976 AFC Asian Cup50y 4m 13

Czech Republic
UEFA Euro 197650y 4m 14

Paraguay
1979 Copa America46y 10m 15

Kuwait
1980 AFC Asian Cup46y 0m 16

Honduras
1981 CONCACAF Championship44y 11m 17

Ghana
1982 Africa Cup of Nations44y 7m 18

Netherlands
UEFA Euro 198838y 3m 19

Costa Rica
1989 CONCACAF Championship36y 11m 20

Denmark
UEFA Euro 199234y 3m 21

South Africa
1996 Africa Cup of Nations30y 8m 22

Saudi Arabia
1996 AFC Asian Cup29y 10m 23

Canada
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup26y 7m 24

Colombia
2001 Copa America25y 2m 25

Tunisia
2004 Africa Cup of Nations22y 8m 26

Greece
UEFA Euro 200422y 3m 27

Iraq
2007 AFC Asian Cup19y 2m 28

Egypt
2010 Africa Cup of Nations16y 8m 29

Japan
2011 AFC Asian Cup15y 8m 30

Uruguay
2011 Copa America15y 2m 31

Zambia
2012 Africa Cup of Nations14y 8m 32

Tahiti
2012 OFC Nations Cup14y 4m 33

Nigeria
2013 Africa Cup of Nations13y 8m 34

Germany
2014 FIFA World Cup12y 3m 35

Australia
2015 AFC Asian Cup11y 8m 36

Chile
2016 Copa America Centenario10y 3m 37

Portugal
UEFA Euro 201610y 3m 38

Cameroon
2017 Africa Cup of Nations9y 8m 39

France
2018 FIFA World Cup8y 3m 40

Brazil
2019 Copa America7y 3m 41

Algeria
2019 Africa Cup of Nations7y 3m 42

Italy
UEFA Euro 20205y 3m 43

United States
2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup5y 2m 44

Senegal
2021 Africa Cup of Nations4y 8m 45

Qatar
2023 AFC Asian Cup2y 8m 46

Ivory Coast
2023 Africa Cup of Nations2y 8m 47

New Zealand
2024 OFC Nations Cup2y 3m 48

Argentina
2024 Copa America2y 3m 49

Mexico
2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup1y 3m 50

Morocco
2025 Africa Cup of Nations0y 9m 51

Spain
2026 FIFA World Cup0y 3m

Records & sourcesHow we count trophies

Competition-specific counting notes and official sources.

AFCON 2025 record: Senegal won 1–0 after extra time on the field on 18 January 2026. CAF recorded a 3–0 forfeit win for Morocco on 17 March. This site follows that CAF ruling: Morocco 2 AFCON titles, Senegal 1. Senegal appealed to CAS; a final CAS award has not been verified in the linked official material. Morocco's counter uses the final's date, not the later ruling date. CAF ruling · CAS appeal · CAS hearing note.

Drought Battle

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Trophy-winning countries

51 trophy-winning countries

1966 FIFA World Cup

2024 Copa America

2018 FIFA World Cup

2014 FIFA World Cup

2019 Copa America

2026 FIFA World Cup

2011 Copa America

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

2021 Africa Cup of Nations

2025 Africa Cup of Nations

1982 Africa Cup of Nations

2016 Copa America Centenario

2001 Copa America

2010 Africa Cup of Nations

2017 Africa Cup of Nations

2023 Africa Cup of Nations

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

2004 Africa Cup of Nations

1996 Africa Cup of Nations

1996 AFC Asian Cup

1960 AFC Asian Cup

2023 AFC Asian Cup

2011 AFC Asian Cup

2007 AFC Asian Cup

2015 AFC Asian Cup

2012 Africa Cup of Nations

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1989 CONCACAF Championship

1981 CONCACAF Championship

1967 CONCACAF Championship

1973 CONCACAF Championship

1979 Copa America

1975 Copa America

1963 Copa America

1974 Africa Cup of Nations

1972 Africa Cup of Nations

1962 Africa Cup of Nations

1970 Africa Cup of Nations

1964 AFC Asian Cup

1980 AFC Asian Cup

1976 AFC Asian Cup

2024 OFC Nations Cup

2012 OFC Nations Cup

Rankings by confederation

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