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

Debut of national teams

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. Cum.
1977  Austria,  Brazil,  France,  Honduras,  Hungary,  Iran,  Iraq,  Italy,  Ivory Coast,  Mexico,  Morocco,  Paraguay,  Spain,  Tunisia,  Soviet Union,  Uruguay 16 16
1979  Algeria,  Argentina,  Canada,  Guinea,  Indonesia,  Japan,  Poland,  Portugal,  South Korea,  Yugoslavia 10 26
1981  Australia,  Cameroon,  Egypt,  England,  Qatar,  Romania,  United States,  West Germany 8 34
1983  China,  Czechoslovakia,  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,  Kazakhstan,  Zambia 3 63
2001  Angola,  Ecuador,  Ethiopia,  Finland,  Jamaica,  Ukraine 6 69  Czech Republic
2003  Burkina Faso,  Panama,  Slovakia,  Uzbekistan 4 73
2005  Benin,   Switzerland 2 75
2007  Congo,  Gambia,  Jordan,  New Zealand,  North Korea 5 80
2009  Tahiti,  Venezuela 2 82
2011  Guatemala 1 83
2013  Cuba,  El Salvador,  Greece 3 86
2015  Fiji,  Myanmar,  Senegal 3 89  Serbia
2017  Vanuatu,  Vietnam 2 91
2019 None 0 91
2023  Dominican Republic,  Israel 2 93
2025  New Caledonia 1 94

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Brazil 19 108 75 16 17 247 78 +169 241
2  Argentina 17 86 58 9 19 173 71 +102 183
3  Spain 15 72 43 13 16 150 77 +73 142
4  Uruguay 16 80 40 21 19 108 70 +38 141
5  Portugal 12 57 31 11 15 81 50 +31 104
6  United States 17 71 30 10 31 103 98 +5 100
7  Nigeria 13 61 26 11 24 90 75 +15 89
8  Ghana 7 43 26 9 8 76 47 +29 87
9  Mexico 16 65 22 18 25 90 72 +18 84
10  South Korea 16 67 22 16 29 85 104 –19 82
11  Germany 11 47 24 9 14 91 51 +40 81
12  Colombia 11 48 23 10 15 74 58 +16 79
13  France 8 38 21 6 11 74 48 +26 69
14  Russia 8 38 18 11 9 63 45 +18 65
15  England 12 49 16 16 17 50 48 +2 64
16  Australia 15 56 16 15 25 63 89 –26 63
17  Italy 8 41 18 8 15 57 51 +6 62
18  Japan 11 46 16 12 18 60 60 0 60
19  Paraguay 9 36 13 10 13 46 47 –1 49
20  Egypt 8 32 12 5 15 45 45 0 41
21  Chile 6 28 12 5 11 47 48 –1 41
22  Costa Rica 9 35 12 4 19 41 62 –21 40
23  Czech Republic 6 26 9 10 7 34 31 +3 37
24  Mali 7 31 10 7 14 45 61 –16 37
25  Ukraine 4 19 10 6 3 36 17 +19 36
26  Serbia 3 16 11 2 3 32 13 +19 35
27  Poland 5 23 9 4 10 36 28 +8 31
28  Ecuador 5 22 8 5 9 32 23 +9 29
29  Republic of Ireland 5 21 8 5 8 30 27 +3 29
30  Netherlands 4 17 8 4 5 30 20 +10 28
31  Iraq 5 20 8 4 8 27 37 –10 28
32  Senegal 4 19 6 7 6 20 23 –3 25
33  Hungary 6 23 7 4 12 33 39 –6 25
34  Cameroon 6 21 7 4 10 28 36 –8 25
35  China 5 18 7 3 8 25 26 –1 24
36  Venezuela 2 11 7 1 3 24 8 +16 22
37  Saudi Arabia 9 29 5 7 17 25 39 –14 22
38  New Zealand 7 25 5 6 14 24 45 –21 21
39  Uzbekistan 5 20 5 3 12 25 35 –10 18
40  Austria 5 20 4 6 10 10 33 –23 18
41  Zambia 3 12 5 2 5 22 23 –1 17
42  United Arab Emirates 3 14 5 2 7 12 26 –14 17
43  Canada 8 27 4 5 18 16 50 –34 17
44  Syria 4 14 4 4 6 13 23 –10 16
45  Honduras 9 27 5 1 21 27 86 –59 16
46  Morocco 3 14 4 3 7 16 20 –4 15
47  Israel 1 7 4 1 2 11 8 +3 13
48  Romania 1 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 13
49  Gambia 2 8 4 1 3 8 9 –1 13
50  Scotland 3 11 3 3 5 12 15 –3 12
51  Croatia 3 11 3 3 5 12 18 –6 12
52  Turkey 3 11 3 2 6 11 21 –10 11
53  Bulgaria 2 8 3 2 3 8 9 –1 11
54  Qatar 4 15 3 2 10 9 26 –17 11
55  Ivory Coast 5 16 1 7 8 13 30 –17 10
56  Slovakia 2 8 3 0 5 12 13 -1 9
57  Norway 3 9 2 1 6 17 15 +2 7
58  Burkina Faso 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 7
59  Iran 3 9 2 1 6 8 19 –11 7
60  South Africa 4 13 1 4 8 11 25 –14 7
61  Panama 6 19 1 4 14 11 38 –27 7
62  Tunisia 3 10 2 0 8 7 19 –12 6
63  Greece 1 4 1 2 1 4 5 –1 5
64  Angola 1 4 1 2 1 3 4 –1 5
65  Algeria 1 4 1 2 1 2 6 –4 5
66  Congo 1 4 1 1 2 3 7 –4 4
67  Belgium 1 4 1 1 2 4 14 –10 4
68  Sweden 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 –2 3
69  Finland 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 –2 3
70   Switzerland 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 –3 3
71  El Salvador 1 3 1 0 2 2 7 –5 3
72  Guatemala 2 7 1 0 6 1 18 –17 3
73  North Korea 3 9 0 3 6 3 21 –18 3
74  Fiji 2 6 1 0 5 4 27 –23 3
75  Benin 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 –1 2
76  Jordan 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 –3 1
77  Bahrain 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 –3 1
78  Jamaica 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 –5 1
79  Burundi 1 3 0 1 2 2 8 –6 1
80  Vietnam 1 3 0 1 2 0 6 –6 1
81  Trinidad and Tobago 2 6 0 1 5 2 18 –16 1
82  Guinea 2 6 0 1 5 1 19 –18 1
83  Ethiopia 1 3 0 0 3 4 8 –4 0
84  Malaysia 1 3 0 0 3 2 9 –7 0
85  Kazakhstan 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 –8 0
85  Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 –8 0
87  Vanuatu 1 3 0 0 3 4 13 –9 0
88  Cuba 1 3 0 0 3 1 10 –9 0
89  Dominican Republic 1 3 0 0 3 1 11 –10 0
90  Myanmar 1 3 0 0 3 2 13 –11 0
91  Indonesia 1 3 0 0 3 0 16 –16 0
92  Tahiti 2 6 0 0 6 0 35 –35 0
93  New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Former countries

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

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarter-finals
  • R2 — Round 2 (since 1997; round of 16)
  • R1 — Round 1 (group stage)
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  • XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •    — Hosts
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(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 17
 Australia AFC × × QF R1 R1 R1 × 4th 4th QF R2 R1 R2 R2 R1 R1 R1 R1 15
 Austria UEFA R1 R1 4th R1 R2 5
 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 19
 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 Q 7
 China AFC × × R1 QF R1 R2 R2 5
 Colombia CONMEBOL QF R1 QF R1 3rd R2 QF R2 R2 QF QF 11
 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 Q 2
 Czech Republic 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 8
 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
 Finland UEFA R1 1
 France UEFA R1 QF QF 4th 1st R2 R2 R1 Q 9
Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Total
 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
 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 × 3rd 1
 Italy UEFA R1 R1 QF QF QF 3rd 4th 2nd Q 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 11
 Jordan AFC × × × × × × × × × R1 1
 Kazakhstan UEFA 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 Q 17
 Morocco CAF R1 R2 4th 3
 Myanmar AFC × × × × × × × × × × × × R1 1
 Netherlands UEFA QF R1 QF QF 4
 New Caledonia OFC × × × × × × × × × × × × Q 1
 New Zealand OFC × × × × × R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R2 R2 Q 8
 Nigeria CAF × R1 3rd R1 2nd QF 2nd QF R2 QF R2 R2 R2 QF 13
 North Korea AFC R1 R1 R1 × 3
 Norway UEFA R1 R1 R1 Q 4
 Panama CONCACAF R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 Q 7
 Paraguay CONMEBOL R1 QF R1 R1 R2 4th R2 R2 R2 9
 Poland UEFA 4th R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Portugal UEFA QF 1st 1st R1 3rd R2 R2 2nd R2 QF QF R1 12
Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Total
 Qatar AFC 2nd R1 R1 R1 4
 Republic of Ireland UEFA R1 R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Romania UEFA 3rd 1
 Russia UEFA 1st 2nd R1 4th QF 3rd QF QF × × 8
 Saudi Arabia AFC R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R1 9
 Scotland UEFA QF QF R1 3
 Senegal CAF × × × × × 4th R2 QF R1 4
 Serbia UEFA R1 1st 1st 3
 Slovakia UEFA R2 R2 2
 South Africa CAF × × × × × × × × × R1 R2 R1 R1 4
 South Korea AFC R1 R1 4th QF R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 QF R2 QF R2 2nd 4th 16
 Spain UEFA R1 QF R1 2nd R1 QF 4th QF 1st 2nd QF QF R2 QF QF Q 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 Q 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 Q 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 5
 Vanuatu OFC × × × × × × × × × × R1 1
 Venezuela CONMEBOL R2 2nd 2
 Vietnam AFC R1 1
 Zambia CAF × × × × × × R1 R2 QF 3
Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Total

Teams that have finished in the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Argentina 6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007) 1 (1983) 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)
 Serbia 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)
 Russia 1 (1977) 1 (1979) 1 (1991) 1 (1985)
 Germany 1 (1981) 1 (1987)
 England 1 (2017) 1 (1993) 1 (1981)
 France 1 (2013) 1 (2011)
 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)
 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)
 Colombia 1 (2003)
 Hungary 1 (2009)
 Ecuador 1 (2019)
 Israel 1 (2023)
 Australia 2 (1991, 1993)
 United States 1 (1989)
 Paraguay 1 (2001)
 Morocco 1 (2005)
 Austria 1 (2007)
 Costa Rica 1 (2009)
 Iraq 1 (2013)
 Senegal 1 (2015)
1 = includes results representing Yugoslavia
2 = includes results representing Soviet Union
3 = includes results representing West Germany

Results of defending champions

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 to be determined

Results of host nations

Year Host nation Finish
1977  Tunisia Group stage
1979  Japan Group stage
1981  Australia Quarter-finals
1983  Mexico Group stage
1985  Soviet Union Fourth place
1987  Chile Fourth place
1989  Saudi Arabia Group stage
1991  Portugal Champions
1993  Australia Fourth place
1995  Qatar Group stage
1997  Malaysia Group stage
1999  Nigeria Quarter-finals
2001  Argentina Champions
2003  United Arab Emirates Quarter-finals
2005  Netherlands Quarter-finals
2007  Canada Group stage
2009  Egypt Quarter-finals
2011  Colombia Quarter-finals
2013  Turkey Round of 16
2015  New Zealand Round of 16
2017  South Korea Round of 16
2019  Poland Round of 16
2023  Argentina Round of 16
2025  Chile to be determined

Results of confederations

AFC

1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(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 82
Top 16 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 26
Top 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 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 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 3
1st 0
2nd Qatar Japan South Korea 3
3rd 0
4th South Korea Iraq South Korea 3

CAF

1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Total
Teams 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 79
Top 16 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 4 2 3 3 39
Top 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 24
Top 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 13
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1st Ghana 1
2nd Nigeria Ghana Ghana Nigeria 4
3rd Nigeria Mali Egypt Ghana Mali 5
4th Ghana Morocco Senegal 3

CONCACAF

1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Total
Teams 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 78
Top 16 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 25
Top 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 19
Top 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Top 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1st 0
2nd Mexico 1
3rd Mexico 1
4th United States Costa Rica 2

CONMEBOL

1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 90
Top 16 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 5 48
Top 8 3 0 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 47
Top 4 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 33
Top 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 20
1st Argentina Brazil Brazil Brazil Argentina Argentina Argentina Brazil Argentina Argentina Brazil Uruguay 12
2nd Argentina Brazil Brazil Uruguay Brazil Uruguay Brazil Venezuela 8
3rd Brazil Uruguay Brazil Colombia Brazil Chile Ecuador 7
4th Uruguay Chile Uruguay Paraguay Argentina Uruguay 6

OFC

1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Total
Teams 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 26
Top 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Top 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th Australia Australia 2

UEFA

1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(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 5 143
Top 16 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 6 6 5 4 4 61
Top 8 4 3 4 3 6 2 3 2 3 3 1 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 63
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 34
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 17
1st Soviet Union West Germany Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Portugal Portugal Spain France Serbia England Ukraine 10
2nd Soviet Union Spain West Germany Spain Czech Republic Portugal Italy 7
3rd Romania Poland East Germany Soviet Union England Portugal Republic of Ireland Hungary Italy Israel 10
4th Poland England Soviet Union Spain Austria France Italy 7

Awards

At the end of each FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.

There are four awards:

  • the Golden Ball (commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player assigned by members of the media;
  • the Golden Boot (commercially termed "adidas Golden Boot" for best scorer;
  • the Golden Glove Award (commercially termed "adidas Golden Glove" for the best goalkeeper assigned since 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup;
  • the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team that advanced to the second round with the best record of fair play;

Golden Ball

The Adidas Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll. Since the 2007 tournament, those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.

World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia Soviet Union Volodymyr Bessonov Brazil Júnior Brasília Brazil Cléber
1979 Japan Argentina Diego Maradona Paraguay Julio César Romero Argentina Ramón Díaz
1981 Australia Romania Romulus Gabor West Germany Michael Zorc West Germany Roland Wohlfarth
1983 Mexico Brazil Geovani Argentina Roberto Oscar Zárate Argentina Luis Islas
1985 Soviet Union Brazil Paulo Silas Brazil Gérson Spain Juan Carlos Unzué
1987 Chile Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Boban West Germany Marcel Witeczek
1989 Saudi Arabia Brazil Bismarck United States Kasey Keller Nigeria Christopher Nwosu
1991 Portugal Portugal Emílio Peixe Brazil Giovane Élber Portugal Paulo Torres
1993 Australia Brazil Adriano Not awarded Not awarded
1995 Qatar Brazil Caio Portugal Dani Argentina Joaquín Irigoytía
1997 Malaysia Uruguay Nicolás Olivera Uruguay Marcelo Zalayeta Argentina Pablo Aimar
1999 Nigeria Mali Seydou Keita Nigeria Pius Ikedia Spain Pablo Couñago
2001 Argentina Argentina Javier Saviola Argentina Andrés D'Alessandro France Djibril Cissé
2003 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar Brazil Dudu Brazil Dani Alves
2005 Netherlands Argentina Lionel Messi Nigeria John Obi Mikel Nigeria Taye Taiwo
2007 Canada Argentina Sergio Agüero Argentina Maxi Moralez Mexico Giovani dos Santos
2009 Egypt Ghana Dominic Adiyiah Brazil Alex Teixeira Brazil Giuliano
2011 Colombia Brazil Henrique Almeida Portugal Nélson Oliveira Mexico Jorge Enríquez
2013 Turkey France Paul Pogba Uruguay Nicolás López Ghana Clifford Aboagye
2015 New Zealand Mali Adama Traoré Brazil Danilo Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić
2017 South Korea England Dominic Solanke Uruguay Federico Valverde Venezuela Yangel Herrera
2019 Poland South Korea Lee Kang-in Ukraine Serhiy Buletsa Ecuador Gonzalo Plata
2023 Argentina Italy Cesare Casadei Uruguay Alan Matturro South Korea Lee Seung-won
2025 Chile

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot (known commercially as the Adidas Golden Shoe) is awarded to the top goalscorer of the tournament. If more than one players are equal by same goals, the players will be selected based by the most assists made and, if still tied, less playing minutes recorded during the tournament.

World Cup Golden Boot Goals Silver Boot Goals Bronze Boot Goals Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia Brazil Guina 4 Iraq Hussein Saeed 3 Mexico Luis Plascencia 3
1979 Japan Argentina Ramón Díaz 8 Argentina Diego Maradona 6 Poland Andrzej Palasz 5
1981 Australia Australia Mark Koussas 4 Egypt Taher Amer 4 West Germany Ralf Loose 4
1983 Mexico Brazil Geovani 6 Poland Joachim Klemenz 5 Argentina Jorge Luis Gabrich 4
1985 Soviet Union Spain Sebastián Losada 3 Spain Fernando 3 Nigeria Odiaka Monday 3
1987 Chile West Germany Marcel Witeczek 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Davor Šuker 6 Chile Camilo Pino 5
1989 Saudi Arabia Soviet Union Oleg Salenko 5 Brazil Marcelo Henrique 3 Nigeria Christopher Ohen 3
1991 Portugal Soviet Union Sergei Sherbakov 5 Spain Ismael Urzaiz 4 Mexico Pedro Pineda 4
1993 Australia Colombia Henry Zambrano 3 United States Chris Faklaris 3 Mexico Vicente Nieto 3
1995 Qatar Spain Joseba Etxeberria 7 Brazil Caio 5 Portugal Dani 4
1997 Malaysia Brazil Adaílton 10 France David Trezeguet 5 Australia Kostas Salapasidis 4
1999 Nigeria Spain Pablo Couñago 5 Mali Mahamadou Dissa 5 United States Taylor Twellman 4
2001 Argentina Argentina Javier Saviola 11 Brazil Adriano 6 France Djibril Cissé 6
2003 United Arab Emirates United States Eddie Johnson 4 Japan Daisuke Sakata 4 Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi 4
2005 Netherlands Argentina Lionel Messi 6 Spain Fernando Llorente 5 Ukraine Oleksandr Aliyev 5
2007 Canada Argentina Sergio Agüero 6 Spain Adrián 5 Argentina Maxi Moralez 4
2009 Egypt Ghana Dominic Adiyiah 8 Hungary Vladimir Koman 5 Spain Aarón 4
2011 Colombia Brazil Henrique Almeida 5 Spain Álvaro Vázquez 5 France Alexandre Lacazette 5
2013 Turkey Ghana Ebenezer Assifuah 6 Portugal Bruma 5 Spain Jesé 5
2015 New Zealand Ukraine Viktor Kovalenko 5 Hungary Bence Mervo 5 Germany Marc Stendera 4
2017 South Korea Italy Riccardo Orsolini 5 United States Josh Sargent 4 France Jean-Kévin Augustin 4
2019 Poland Norway Erling Haaland 9 Ukraine Danylo Sikan 4 Senegal Amadou Sagna 4
2023 Argentina Italy Cesare Casadei 7 Brazil Marcos Leonardo 5 Colombia Óscar Cortés 4
2025 Chile

Golden Glove

The Golden Glove is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

World Cup Golden Gloves Ref(s)
2009 Egypt Costa Rica Esteban Alvarado
2011 Colombia Portugal Mika
2013 Turkey Uruguay Guillermo de Amores
2015 New Zealand Serbia Predrag Rajković
2017 South Korea England Freddie Woodman
2019 Poland Ukraine Andriy Lunin
2023 Argentina Italy Sebastiano Desplanches
2025 Chile

FIFA Fair Play Award

FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team who has the best fair play record during the tournament with the criteria set by FIFA Fair Play Committee.

Tournament FIFA Fair Play Award Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia  Brazil
1979 Japan  Poland
1981 Australia  Australia
1983 Mexico  South Korea
1985 USSR  Colombia
1987 Chile  West Germany
1989 Saudi Arabia  United States
1991 Portugal  Soviet Union
1993 Australia  England
1995 Qatar  Japan
1997 Malaysia  Argentina
1999 Nigeria  Croatia
2001 Argentina  Argentina
2003 United Arab Emirates  Colombia
2005 Netherlands  Colombia
2007 Canada  Japan
2009 Egypt  Brazil
2011 Colombia  Nigeria
2013 Turkey  Spain
2015 New Zealand  Ukraine
2017 South Korea  Mexico
2019 Poland  Japan
2023 Argentina  United States
2025 Chile

Records and statistics

Most World Cup appearances
19,  Brazil, as of 2023
Most consecutive finals tournaments
16,  Brazil (19812011)
Most tournament wins (player)
2, three players:
Largest win margin in one match
12 goals ( Norway 12–0  Honduras, 30 May 2019)
Most goals scored in a match by a single player
9 goals (Erling Haaland for  Norway against  Honduras, 30 May 2019)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were once Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  2. ^ The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991. All the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.
  3. FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977–1991) to Germany.
  4. ^ Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as successor team of Czechoslovakia.
  5. "U20 World Cup » All-time league table". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. Australia represented OFC before 2006.
  7. From 1974 to 1992, Israel was not affiliated with any confederation. Starting from 1992, Israel represented UEFA.
  8. Kazakhstan represented AFC before 2000.
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References

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