Ranking Top 10 East European World Cup Teams from 1950

1. HUNGARY 🇭🇺 1954 (2nd place at WC)
Record: W4, L1 GF 27 GA 10
Top Games: 8-3 vs GER 4-2 vs 4-2 vs URU
Ballon D’or: 4. Puskas, 6. Bozsik, 8. Koscis

2. POLAND 🇵🇱 1974 (3rd place at WC)
Record: W6, L1 GF 16 GA 5
Top Games: 3-2 vs ARG, 2-1 vs ITA, 1-0 vs BRA
Ballon D’or: 3. Deyna, 6. Lato, 8. Gadocha

3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 🇨🇿 1962 (2nd place at WC)
Record: W3, L2, D1 GF 7 GA 7
Top Games: 0-0 BRA, 1-0 HUN, 3-1 YUG
Ballon D’or: 1. Masopust, 15. Kvasniak, 19. Schrojf

4. CROATIA 🇭🇷 2018 (2nd place at WC)
Record: W4, L1, D1 GF 14 GA 9
Top Games: 3-0 vs ARG, 2-1 vs ENG, 2-2 vs RUS
Ballon D’or: 1. Modric, 19. Rakitic, 25. Mandzukic

5. CROATIA 🇭🇷 1998 (3rd place at WC)
Record: W5, L2 GF 11 GA 5
Top Games: 3-0 vs GER, 1-0 vs ROM, 2-1 vs NED
Ballon D’or: 2. Suker, 29. Boban, 29. Jarni

6. SOVIET UNION 1966 (4th place at WC)
Record: W4, L2 GF 10 GA 6
Top Games: 1-0 vs ITA, 2-1 vs CHI, 2-1 vs HUN
Ballon D’or 7. Yashin, 11. Voronin, 18. Chirasenko

7. BULGARIA 🇧🇬 1994 (4th place at WC)
Record: W3, L3, D1 GF 10 GA 11
Top Games: 2-0 vs ARG, 2-1 vs GER, 1-2 vs ITA
Ballon D’or: 1. Stoichkov, 13. Balakov, 13. Leczkov

8. ROMANIA 🇷🇴 1994 (Quarter Final at WC)
Record: W3, L1, D1 GF 10 GA 9
Top Games: 3-1 vs COL, 3-2 vs ARG, 2-2 vs SWE
Ballon D’or: 4. Hagi

9. POLAND 🇵🇱 1982 (3rd place at WC)
Record: W3, L1, D3 GF 11 GA 5
Top Games: 5-1 vs Peru, 3-0 vs BEL, 0-0 vs ITA
Ballon D’or: 3. Boniek

10. YUGOSLAVIA 1990 (Quarter Final at WC)
Record: W3, L1, D1 GF 8 GA 6
Top Games: 1-0 vs COL, 2-1 vs ESP, 0-0 vs ARG
Ballon D’or: 12. Stojkovic, 12. Prosinecki

EDIT: Ranking isn’t based fully on statistics or WC finish. Some teams (in my opinion) simply had more overall quality and/or harder opponents in the tournament. Let me know what you think ! 🙂