FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1977	Austria, Brazil, France, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Morocco, Paraguay, Spain, Tunisia, Soviet Union,^[1] Uruguay	16	16
1979	Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Yugoslavia^[2]	10	26
1981	Australia, Cameroon, Egypt, England, Qatar, Romania, United States, West Germany^[3]	8	34
1983	China, Czechoslovakia,^[4] Scotland, Netherlands, Nigeria	5	39
1985	Bulgaria, Colombia, Republic of Ireland, Saudi Arabia	4	43
1987	Bahrain, Chile, East Germany, Togo	4	47
1989	Costa Rica, Mali, Norway, Syria	4	51
1991	Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago	2	53
1993	Ghana, Turkey	2	55	Russia
1995	Burundi	1	56
1997	Belgium, Malaysia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates	4	60
1999	Croatia,^[2] Kazakhstan,^[1] Zambia	3	63
2001	Angola, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, Jamaica, Ukraine^[1]	6	69	Czech Republic
2003	Burkina Faso, Panama, Uzbekistan^[1]	3	72	Slovakia
2005	Benin, Switzerland	2	74
2007	Congo, Gambia, Jordan, New Zealand, North Korea	5	79
2009	Tahiti, Venezuela	2	81
2011	Guatemala	1	82
2013	Cuba, El Salvador, Greece	3	85
2015	Fiji, Myanmar, Senegal	3	88	Serbia
2017	Vanuatu, Vietnam	2	90
2019	None	0	90
2023	Dominican Republic, Israel	2	92
2025	New Caledonia	1	93
2027	Azerbaijan	1	94
2029	Armenia, Georgia	2	96

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Brazil	20	111	75	17	19	250	83	+167	242
2	Argentina	18	93	64	9	20	188	75	+113	201
3	Spain	16	77	45	14	18	156	84	+72	149
4	Uruguay	16	80	40	21	19	108	70	+38	141
5	United States	18	76	33	10	33	120	104	+16	109
6	Portugal	12	57	31	11	15	81	50	+31	104
7	Colombia	12	55	27	12	16	83	63	+20	93
8	Nigeria	14	65	27	12	26	94	83	+11	93
9	Mexico	17	70	24	20	26	99	79	+20	92
10	Ghana	7	43	26	9	8	76	47	+29	87
11	South Korea	17	71	23	17	31	89	109	–20	86
12	France	9	45	25	7	13	86	55	+31	82
13	Germany	11	47	24	9	14	91	51	+40	81
14	Italy	9	45	19	9	17	60	57	+3	66
15	Australia	16	59	17	15	27	67	95	–28	66
16	Japan	12	50	19	12	19	67	61	+6	69
17	Russia^[1]	8	38	18	11	9	63	45	+18	65
18	England	12	49	16	16	17	50	48	+2	64
19	Paraguay	10	40	14	11	15	50	52	–2	53
20	Egypt	9	35	13	5	17	48	50	-2	44
21	Chile	7	32	13	5	14	51	57	–6	44
22	Ukraine	5	23	12	7	4	41	21	+20	43
23	Costa Rica	9	35	12	4	19	41	62	–21	40
24	Czech Republic^[4]	6	26	9	10	7	34	31	+3	37
25	Mali	7	31	10	7	14	45	61	–16	37
26	Serbia^[2]	3	16	11	2	3	32	13	+19	35
27	Poland	5	23	9	4	10	36	28	+8	31
28	Morocco	4	21	9	4	8	28	25	+3	31
29	Ecuador	5	22	8	5	9	32	23	+9	29
30	Republic of Ireland	5	21	8	5	8	30	27	+3	29
31	Netherlands	4	17	8	4	5	30	20	+10	28
32	Iraq	5	20	8	4	8	27	37	–10	28
33	Senegal	4	19	6	7	6	20	23	–3	25
34	Hungary	6	23	7	4	12	33	39	–6	25
35	Cameroon	6	21	7	4	10	28	36	–8	25
36	China	5	18	7	3	8	25	26	–1	24
37	New Zealand	8	28	6	6	16	27	51	–24	24
38	Saudi Arabia	10	32	5	8	19	28	44	–16	23
39	Venezuela	2	11	7	1	3	24	8	+16	22
40	Uzbekistan	5	20	5	3	12	25	35	–10	18
41	Austria	5	20	4	6	10	10	33	–23	18
42	Zambia	3	12	5	2	5	22	23	–1	17
43	United Arab Emirates	3	14	5	2	7	12	26	–14	17
44	Canada	8	27	4	5	18	16	50	–34	17
45	Syria	4	14	4	4	6	13	23	–10	16
46	Honduras	9	27	5	1	21	27	86	–59	16
47	Norway	4	14	4	3	7	21	18	+3	15
48	East Germany	2	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	13
49	Israel	1	7	4	1	2	11	8	+3	13
50	Romania	1	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	13
51	Gambia	2	8	4	1	3	8	9	–1	13
52	South Africa	5	17	3	4	10	20	31	–11	13
53	Scotland	3	11	3	3	5	12	15	–3	12
54	Croatia	3	11	3	3	5	12	18	–6	12
55	Bulgaria	2	8	3	2	3	8	9	–1	11
56	Turkey	3	11	3	2	6	11	21	–10	11
57	Qatar	4	15	3	2	10	9	26	–17	11
58	Ivory Coast	5	16	1	7	8	13	30	–17	10
59	Slovakia	2	8	3	0	5	12	13	-1	9
60	Panama	7	22	1	5	16	15	44	–29	8
61	Burkina Faso	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7
62	Iran	3	9	2	1	6	8	19	–11	7
63	Tunisia	3	10	2	0	8	7	19	–12	6
64	Greece	1	4	1	2	1	4	5	–1	5
65	Angola	1	4	1	2	1	3	4	–1	5
66	Algeria	1	4	1	2	1	2	6	–4	5
67	Congo	1	4	1	1	2	3	7	–4	4
68	Belgium	1	4	1	1	2	4	14	–10	4
69	Sweden	1	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3
70	Finland	1	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3
71	Switzerland	1	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
72	El Salvador	1	3	1	0	2	2	7	–5	3
73	Guatemala	2	7	1	0	6	1	18	–17	3
74	North Korea	3	9	0	3	6	3	21	–18	3
75	Fiji	2	6	1	0	5	4	27	–23	3
76	Benin	1	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
77	Jordan	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1
78	Bahrain	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1
79	Jamaica	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1
80	Burundi	1	3	0	1	2	2	8	–6	1
81	Vietnam	1	3	0	1	2	0	6	–6	1
82	Trinidad and Tobago	2	6	0	1	5	2	18	–16	1
83	Guinea	2	6	0	1	5	1	19	–18	1
84	Cuba	2	6	0	1	5	5	18	–13	1
85	Ethiopia	1	3	0	0	3	4	8	–4	0
86	Malaysia	1	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0
87	Kazakhstan	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0
88	Togo	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0
89	Vanuatu	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	–9	0
90	Dominican Republic	1	3	0	0	3	1	11	–10	0
91	Myanmar	1	3	0	0	3	2	13	–11	0
92	Indonesia	1	3	0	0	3	0	16	–16	0
93	New Caledonia	1	0	0	0	3	1	20	–19	0
94	Tahiti	2	6	0	0	6	0	35	–35	0
95	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Czechoslovakia (1977–1993)	7	3	1	3	10	10	0	7
West Germany (1977–1989)	12	9	2	1	26	7	+19	29
East Germany (1987–1989)	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	13
Soviet Union (1977–1991)	30	14	9	7	52	32	+20	37
Yugoslavia (1977–1991)	9	6	1	2	22	9	+13	13

Team	Confederation	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	2029 (24)	Total
Algeria	CAF	×	QF	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•			1
Angola	CAF	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Argentina	CONMEBOL	•	1st	R1	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st	•	QF	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	2nd			18
Armenia	UEFA									×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	1
Australia	AFC^[6]	×	×	QF	R1	R1	R1	×	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R2	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R1			16
Austria	UEFA	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•		5
Azerbaijan	UEFA									×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q		1
Bahrain	AFC	•	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Belgium	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Benin	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•			1
Brazil	CONMEBOL	3rd	•	QF	1st	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	1st	3rd	R2	2nd	1st	•	2nd	•	•	QF	R1			20
Bulgaria	UEFA	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Burkina Faso	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Burundi	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•			1
Cameroon	CAF	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•			6
Canada	CONCACAF	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			8
Chile	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R2			7
China	AFC	×	×	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			5
Colombia	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF	R2	R2	•	QF	QF	3rd			12
Congo	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×			1
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	•	•	R1	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	•	•			9
Croatia	UEFA									•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•			3
Cuba	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1			2
Czech Republic^[4]	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	2nd	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		6
Dominican Republic	CONCACAF	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
East Germany	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	R1	•																			2
Ecuador	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R1	3rd	R2	•			5
Egypt	CAF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	R1			9
El Salvador	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•			1
England	UEFA	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R2	R1	•	1st	•	R2	•	•		12
Ethiopia	CAF	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•			1
Fiji	OFC	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•			2
Team	Confederation	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	2029 (24)	Total
Finland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
France	UEFA	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th	1st	•	R2	R2	R1	4th	•		9
Gambia	CAF	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•			2
Germany	UEFA	•	•	1st	•	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	QF	•	QF	•	•	QF	R2	•	•	•			11
Ghana	CAF	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•	•	•	•			7
Georgia	UEFA									×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	1
Greece	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Guatemala	CONCACAF	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	×	•	R1	•			2
Guinea	CAF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•			2
Honduras	CONCACAF	R1	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	•			9
Hungary	UEFA	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•		6
Indonesia	AFC	×	R1	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•			1
Iran	AFC	R1	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•			3
Iraq	AFC	R1	•	×	•	•	•	QF	×	×	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•			5
Israel	UEFA^[7]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•		1
Italy	UEFA	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	3rd	4th	2nd	R2			9
Ivory Coast	CAF	R1	×	×	R1	•	•	•	R1	×	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			5
Jamaica	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Japan	AFC	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	R2			12
Jordan	AFC	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Kazakhstan	UEFA^[8]									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Malaysia	AFC	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Mali	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd	•	QF	•	•			7
Mexico	CONCACAF	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF	•	×	QF	QF	•	R2	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	3rd	R2	R1	QF	R1	•	QF			17
Morocco	CAF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st			4
Myanmar	AFC	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•			1
Netherlands	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4
New Caledonia	OFC	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1			1
New Zealand	OFC	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2	R1			8
Nigeria	CAF	×	•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•	R2	QF	R2			14
North Korea	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	×	•			3
Norway	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	•		4
Panama	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	R2	•	R1			7
Team	Confederation	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	2029 (24)	Total
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2			10
Poland	UEFA	•	4th	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•		5
Portugal	UEFA	•	QF	•	•	•	•	1st	1st	R1	3rd	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	2nd	R2	QF	QF	R1	•	•	•		12
Qatar	AFC	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•			4
Republic of Ireland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	3rd	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Romania	UEFA	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Russia^[1]	UEFA	1st	2nd	•	R1	4th	•	QF	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×		8
Saudi Arabia	AFC	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	R1	•	R1			10
Scotland	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Senegal	CAF	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2	QF	R1	•			4
Serbia^[2]	UEFA	•	R1	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•			3
Slovakia	UEFA										•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•		2
South Africa	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	R2			5
South Korea	AFC	•	R1	R1	4th	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R2	R1	R1	QF	R2	QF	•	R2	2nd	4th	R2			17
Spain	UEFA	R1	QF	R1	•	2nd	•	R1	QF	•	4th	QF	1st	•	2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	QF			16
Sweden	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Switzerland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Syria	AFC							R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			4
Tahiti	OFC	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	R1	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•			2
Togo	CAF	×	×	•	•	×	R1	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•			1
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Tunisia	CAF	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•			3
Turkey	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Ukraine	UEFA									•	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	1st	•	R2			5
United Arab Emirates	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			3
United States	CONCACAF	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	4th	•	QF	•	R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	•	R1	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF			18
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	4th	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	2nd	4th	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	2nd	R2	4th	R2	1st	•			16
Uzbekistan	AFC									•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF	QF	•	•	R2	•	Q		6
Vanuatu	OFC	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•			1
Venezuela	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•			2
Vietnam	AFC															•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•			1
Zambia	CAF	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•			3
Team	Confederation	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	2029 (24)	Total

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Argentina	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)	2 (1983, 2025)		1 (2003)
Brazil	5 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)	4 (1991, 1995, 2009, 2015)	3 (1977, 1989, 2005)
Portugal	2 (1989, 1991)	1 (2011)	1 (1995)
Serbia¹	2 (1987, 2015)
Uruguay	1 (2023)	2 (1997, 2013)	1 (1979)	3 (1977, 1999, 2017)
Ghana	1 (2009)	2 (1993, 2001)	1 (2013)	1 (1997)
Spain	1 (1999)	2 (1985, 2003)		1 (1995)
Russia²	1 (1977)	1 (1979)	1 (1991)	1 (1985)
Germany³	1 (1981)	1 (1987)
England	1 (2017)		1 (1993)	1 (1981)
France	1 (2013)			2 (2011, 2025)
Morocco	1 (2025)			1 (2005)
Ukraine	1 (2019)
Nigeria		2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)
Italy		1 (2023)	1 (2017)	1 (2019)
Mexico		1 (1977)	1 (2011)
South Korea		1 (2019)		2 (1983, 2023)
Qatar		1 (1981)
Japan		1 (1999)
Czech Republic		1 (2007)
Venezuela		1 (2017)
Mali			2 (1999, 2015)
Colombia			2 (2003, 2025)
Poland			1 (1983)	1 (1979)
Chile			1 (2007)	1 (1987)
Romania			1 (1981)
East Germany			1 (1987)
Republic of Ireland			1 (1997)
Egypt			1 (2001)
Hungary			1 (2009)
Ecuador			1 (2019)
Israel			1 (2023)
Australia				2 (1991, 1993)
United States				1 (1989)
Paraguay				1 (2001)
Austria				1 (2007)
Costa Rica				1 (2009)
Iraq				1 (2013)
Senegal				1 (2015)

FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics

Debut of national teams

Overall team records

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Teams that have finished in the top four

Results of defending champions

Results of host nations

Results of confederations

Overview

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

UEFA

Awards

Golden Ball

Golden Boot

Golden Glove

FIFA Fair Play Award

Records and statistics

See also

Notes

References

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Year	Defending champions	Finished
1979	Soviet Union	Runners-up
1981	Argentina	Group stage
1983	West Germany	Did not qualify
1985	Brazil	Champions
1987	Brazil	Quarter-finals
1989	Yugoslavia	Did not qualify
1991	Portugal	Champions
1993	Portugal	Group stage
1995	Brazil	Runners-up
1997	Argentina	Champions
1999	Argentina	Round of 16
2001	Spain	Did not qualify
2003	Argentina	Fourth place
2005	Brazil	Third place
2007	Argentina	Champions
2009	Argentina	Did not qualify
2011	Ghana	Did not qualify
2013	Brazil	Did not qualify
2015	France	Did not qualify
2017	Serbia	Did not qualify
2019	England	Did not qualify
2023	Ukraine	Did not qualify
2025	Uruguay	Did not qualify
2027	Morocco

	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	2029 (24)	Total
Teams	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	91
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	3	1	3	2	2	2			28
Top 8	—	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	1	0			19
Top 4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0			6
Top 2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			3
1st																											0
2nd																											3
3rd																											0
4th																											3

	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	2029 (24)	Total
Teams	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	154
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	4	5	3	5	5	5	4	6	6	5	4	4	5			66
Top 8	—	4	3	4	3	6	2	3	2	3	3	1	3	1	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3			66
Top 4	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1			35
Top 2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0			17
1st																											10
2nd																											7
3rd																											10
4th																											8

World Cup	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball	Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia	Volodymyr Bessonov	Júnior Brasília	Cléber	^[9]
1979 Japan	Diego Maradona	Julio César Romero	Ramón Díaz	^[10]
1981 Australia	Romulus Gabor	Michael Zorc	Roland Wohlfarth	^[11]
1983 Mexico	Geovani	Roberto Oscar Zárate	Luis Islas	^[12]
1985 Soviet Union	Paulo Silas	Gérson	Juan Carlos Unzué	^[13]
1987 Chile	Robert Prosinečki	Zvonimir Boban	Marcel Witeczek	^[14]
1989 Saudi Arabia	Bismarck	Kasey Keller	Christopher Nwosu	^[15]
1991 Portugal	Emílio Peixe	Giovane Élber	Paulo Torres	^[16]
1993 Australia	Adriano	Not awarded	Not awarded	^[17]
1995 Qatar	Caio	Dani	Joaquín Irigoytía	^[18]
1997 Malaysia	Nicolás Olivera	Marcelo Zalayeta	Pablo Aimar	^[19]
1999 Nigeria	Seydou Keita	Pius Ikedia	Pablo Couñago	^[20]
2001 Argentina	Javier Saviola	Andrés D'Alessandro	Djibril Cissé	^[21]
2003 United Arab Emirates	Ismail Matar	Dudu	Dani Alves	^[22]
2005 Netherlands	Lionel Messi	John Obi Mikel	Taye Taiwo	^[23]
2007 Canada	Sergio Agüero	Maxi Moralez	Giovani dos Santos	^[24]
2009 Egypt	Dominic Adiyiah	Alex Teixeira	Giuliano	^[25]
2011 Colombia	Henrique Almeida	Nélson Oliveira	Jorge Enríquez	^[26]
2013 Turkey	Paul Pogba	Nicolás López	Clifford Aboagye	^[27]
2015 New Zealand	Adama Traoré	Danilo	Sergej Milinković-Savić	^[28]
2017 South Korea	Dominic Solanke	Federico Valverde	Yangel Herrera	^[29]
2019 Poland	Lee Kang-in	Serhiy Buletsa	Gonzalo Plata	^[30]
2023 Argentina	Cesare Casadei	Alan Matturro	Lee Seung-won	^[31]
2025 Chile	Othmane Maamma	Yassir Zabiri	Milton Delgado	^[32]
2027 Azerbaijan/Uzbekistan
2029 Armenia/Georgia

World Cup	Golden Boot	Goals	Silver Boot	Goals	Bronze Boot	Goals	Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia	Guina	4	Hussein Saeed	3	Luis Plascencia	3	^[9]
1979 Japan	Ramón Díaz	8	Diego Maradona	6	Andrzej Palasz	5	^[10]
1981 Australia	Mark Koussas	4	Taher Amer	4	Ralf Loose	4	^[11]
1983 Mexico	Geovani	6	Joachim Klemenz	5	Jorge Luis Gabrich	4	^[12]
1985 Soviet Union	Sebastián Losada	3	Fernando	3	Odiaka Monday	3	^[13]
1987 Chile	Marcel Witeczek	7	Davor Šuker	6	Camilo Pino	5	^[14]
1989 Saudi Arabia	Oleg Salenko	5	Marcelo Henrique	3	Christopher Ohen	3	^[15]
1991 Portugal	Sergei Sherbakov	5	Ismael Urzaiz	4	Pedro Pineda	4	^[16]
1993 Australia	Henry Zambrano	3	Chris Faklaris	3	Vicente Nieto	3	^[17]
1995 Qatar	Joseba Etxeberria	7	Caio	5	Dani	4	^[18]
1997 Malaysia	Adaílton	10	David Trezeguet	5	Kostas Salapasidis	4	^[19]
1999 Nigeria	Pablo Couñago	5	Mahamadou Dissa	5	Taylor Twellman	4	^[20]
2001 Argentina	Javier Saviola	11	Adriano	6	Djibril Cissé	6	^[21]
2003 United Arab Emirates	Eddie Johnson	4	Daisuke Sakata	4	Fernando Cavenaghi	4	^[22]
2005 Netherlands	Lionel Messi	6	Fernando Llorente	5	Oleksandr Aliyev	5	^[23]
2007 Canada	Sergio Agüero	6	Adrián	5	Maximiliano Moralez	4	^[24]
2009 Egypt	Dominic Adiyiah	8	Vladimir Koman	5	Aarón	4	^[25]
2011 Colombia	Henrique Almeida	5	Álvaro Vázquez	5	Alexandre Lacazette	5	^[26]
2013 Turkey	Ebenezer Assifuah	6	Bruma	5	Jesé	5	^[27]
2015 New Zealand	Viktor Kovalenko	5	Bence Mervo	5	Marc Stendera	4	^[28]
2017 South Korea	Riccardo Orsolini	5	Josh Sargent	4	Jean-Kévin Augustin	4	^[29]
2019 Poland	Erling Haaland	9	Danylo Sikan	4	Amadou Sagna	4	^[30]
2023 Argentina	Cesare Casadei	7	Marcos Leonardo	5	Óscar Cortés	4	^[31]
2025 Chile	Benjamin Cremaschi	5	Néiser Villarreal	5	Lucas Michal	5	^[32]
2027 Azerbaijan/Uzbekistan
2029 Armenia/Georgia

World Cup	Golden Gloves	Ref(s)
2009 Egypt	Esteban Alvarado	^[25]
2011 Colombia	Mika	^[26]
2013 Turkey	Guillermo de Amores	^[27]
2015 New Zealand	Predrag Rajković	^[28]
2017 South Korea	Freddie Woodman	^[29]
2019 Poland	Andriy Lunin	^[30]
2023 Argentina	Sebastiano Desplanches	^[31]
2025 Chile	Santino Barbi	^[32]
2027 Azerbaijan/Uzbekistan
2029 Armenia/Georgia