FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics

Debut of national teams

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, Slovakia, Uzbekistan^[1]	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

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.^[5]

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^[1]	8	38	18	11	9	63	45	+18	65
15	Australia	15	56	17	14	25	63	89	–26	65
16	England	12	49	16	16	17	50	48	+2	64
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^[4]	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^[2]	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	Hungary	6	23	7	4	12	33	39	–6	25
33	Cameroon	6	21	7	4	10	28	36	–8	25
34	Senegal	4	19	6	7	6	20	23	–3	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	Honduras	9	27	5	1	21	27	86	–59	16
45	Morocco	3	14	4	3	7	16	20	–4	15
46	Syria	4	14	3	5	6	13	23	–10	14
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

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 (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)	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^[6]		•	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	•	•	•	•		1
Czech Republic^[4]	UEFA	•	•	•	R1	•	•	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		8
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)	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^[7]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	1
Italy	UEFA	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	3rd	4th	2nd		8
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^[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	•		16
Morocco	CAF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Myanmar	AFC	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
Netherlands	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
New Zealand	OFC		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2		7
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	•		3
Panama	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	R2	•		6
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 (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)	Total
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	•		9
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	•		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	•	•	•	•		15
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	•		4
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		17
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 (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)	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)
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)			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 (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)	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																									3
3rd																									0
4th																									3

CAF

	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)	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																									1
2nd																									4
3rd																									5
4th																									3

CONCACAF

	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)	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																									1
3rd																									1
4th																									2

CONMEBOL

	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)	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																									12
2nd																									8
3rd																									7
4th																									6

OFC

	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)	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																									2

UEFA

	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)	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																									10
2nd																									7
3rd																									10
4th																									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	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

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	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	Maxi 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

Golden Glove

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

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

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	^[9]
1979 Japan	Poland	^[10]
1981 Australia	Australia	^[11]
1983 Mexico	South Korea	^[12]
1985 USSR	Colombia	^[13]
1987 Chile	West Germany	^[14]
1989 Saudi Arabia	United States	^[15]
1991 Portugal	Soviet Union	^[16]
1993 Australia	England	^[17]
1995 Qatar	Japan	^[18]
1997 Malaysia	Argentina	^[19]
1999 Nigeria	Croatia	^[20]
2001 Argentina	Argentina	^[21]
2003 United Arab Emirates	Colombia	^[22]
2005 Netherlands	Colombia	^[23]
2007 Canada	Japan	^[24]
2009 Egypt	Brazil	^[25]
2011 Colombia	Nigeria	^[26]
2013 Turkey	Spain	^[27]
2015 New Zealand	Ukraine	^[28]
2017 South Korea	Mexico	^[29]
2019 Poland	Japan	^[30]
2023 Argentina	United States	^[31]
2025 Chile

Records and statistics

Most World Cup appearances: 19, Brazil,^[32] as of 2023
Most consecutive finals tournaments: 16, Brazil (1981–2011)
Most tournament wins (player): 2, three players:

Fernando Brassard ( Portugal; 1989 and 1991)
João Vieira Pinto ( Portugal; 1989 and 1991)
Sergio Agüero ( Argentina; 2005 and 2007)

Largest win margin in one match: 12 goals ( Norway 12–0 Honduras, 30 May 2019)^[33]
Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 9 goals (Erling Haaland for Norway against Honduras, 30 May 2019)^[33]

Notes

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