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FIFA U-20 World Cup
Founded1977; 49 years ago (1977)
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams24
Current championsFile:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (1st title)
Most successful team(s)File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (6 titles)
Websitewww.fifa.com/u20worldcup/
File:Soccerball current event.svg 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup is an football world championship for male players under the age of 20. It is organized by FIFA. The competition has been staged every two years since the first tournament in 1977.[1] It was known as the FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005.

Qualification[change]

Confederation Championship
AFC (Asia) AFC U-20 Asian Cup
CAF (Africa) African Youth Championship
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America) South American Youth Football Championship
UEFA (Europe) UEFA European U-19 Championship
OFC (Oceania) OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament

Results[change]

Summaries[change]

Edition Year Hosts Final Third place match Number of teams
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1977
Details
File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
2–2 (aet)
9–8 (p)
File:Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg
Brazil
4–0 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
16
2 1979
Details
File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
3–1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
1–1 (aet)
5–3 (p)
File:Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1928-1939).svg
Poland
16
3 1981
Details
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
4–0 File:Flag of Qatar.svg
Qatar
File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg
Romania
1–0 File:Flag of England.svg
England
16
4 1983
Details
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg
Brazil
1–0 File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
File:Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
2–1 (aet) File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg
South Korea
16
5 1985
Details
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg
Brazil
1–0 (aet) File:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
0–0 (aet)
3–1 (p)
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
16
6 1987
Details
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile File:Flag of Yugoslavia.svg
Yugoslavia
1–1 (aet)
5–4 (p)
File:Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
File:Flag of East Germany.svg
East Germany
2–2 (aet)
3–1 (p)
File:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
16
7 1989
Details
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
2–0 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg
Brazil
2–0 File:Flag of the United States.svg
United States
16
8 1991
Details
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
0–0 (aet)
4–2 (p)
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg
Brazil
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
1–1 (aet)
5–4 (p)
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
16
9 1993
Details
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
2–1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
File:Flag of England.svg
England
2–1 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
16
10 1995
Details
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–0 File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
File:Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
3–2 File:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
16
11 1997
Details
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–1 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
File:Flag of Ireland.svg
Republic of Ireland
2–1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
24
12 1999
Details
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria File:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
4–0 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
File:Flag of Mali.svg
Mali
1–0 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
24
13 2001
Details
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
3–0 File:Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
File:Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
1–0 File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg
Paraguay
24
14 2003
Details
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1–0 File:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
File:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
2–1 File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
24
15 2005
Details
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–1 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
2–1 File:Flag of Morocco.svg
Morocco
24
16 2007
Details
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–1 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
File:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1–0 File:Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
24
17 2009
Details
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt File:Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
0–0 (aet)
4–3 (p)
File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
File:Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
1–1 (aet)
2–0 (p)
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
24
18 2011
Details
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
3–2 (aet) File:Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
File:Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
3–1 File:Flag of France.svg
France
24
19 2013
Details
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of France.svg
France
0–0 (aet)
4–1 (p)
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
File:Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
3–0 File:Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraq
24
20 2015
Details
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Serbia.svg
Serbia
2–1 (aet) File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
File:Flag of Mali.svg
Mali
3–1 File:Flag of Senegal.svg
Senegal
24
21 2017
Details
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of England.svg
England
1–0 File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg
Venezuela
File:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
0–0 (aet)
4–1 (p)
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
24
22 2019
Details
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
3–1 File:Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg
Ecuador
1–0 (aet) File:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
24
23 2021
Details
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] 24
23 2023
Details
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 24

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Awards[change]

Golden Ball[change]

World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia Soviet Union Volodymyr Bessonov Brazil Júnior Brasília Brazil Cléber [3]
1979 Japan Argentina Diego Maradona Paraguay Julio César Romero Argentina Ramón Díaz [4]
1981 Australia Romania Romulus Gabor West Germany Michael Zorc West Germany Roland Wohlfarth [5]
1983 Mexico Brazil Geovani Argentina Roberto Zárate Argentina Luis Islas [6]
1985 Soviet Union Brazil Paulo Silas Brazil Gérson Spain Juan Carlos Unzué [7]
1987 Chile Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Boban West Germany Marcel Witeczek [8]
1989 Saudi Arabia Brazil Bismarck United States Kasey Keller Nigeria Christopher Nwosu [9]
1991 Portugal Portugal Emílio Peixe Brazil Giovane Élber Portugal Paulo Torres [10]
1993 Australia Brazil Adriano Not awarded Not awarded [11]
1995 Qatar Brazil Caio Portugal Dani Argentina Joaquín Irigoytía [12]
1997 Malaysia Uruguay Nicolás Olivera Uruguay Marcelo Zalayeta Argentina Pablo Aimar [13]
1999 Nigeria Mali Seydou Keita Nigeria Pius Ikedia Spain Pablo Couñago [14]
2001 Argentina Argentina Javier Saviola Argentina Andrés D'Alessandro France Djibril Cissé [15]
2003 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar Brazil Dudu Brazil Dani Alves [16]
2005 Netherlands Argentina Lionel Messi Nigeria John Obi Mikel Nigeria Taye Taiwo [17]
2007 Canada Argentina Sergio Agüero Argentina Maxi Moralez Mexico Giovani dos Santos [18]
2009 Egypt Ghana Dominic Adiyiah Brazil Alex Teixeira Brazil Giuliano [19]
2011 Colombia Brazil Henrique Almeida Portugal Nélson Oliveira Mexico Jorge Enríquez [20]
2013 Turkey France Paul Pogba Uruguay Nicolás López Ghana Clifford Aboagye [21]
2015 New Zealand Mali Adama Traoré Brazil Danilo Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić [22]
2017 South Korea England Dominic Solanke Uruguay Federico Valverde Venezuela Yangel Herrera [23]
2019 Poland South Korea Lee Kang-in Ukraine Serhiy Buletsa Ecuador Gonzalo Plata [24]
2023 Indonesia

Golden Boot[change]

World Cup Golden Boot Goals Silver Boot Goals Bronze Boot Goals Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia Brazil Guina 4 Iraq Hussein Saeed 3 Mexico Luis Placencia 3 [3]
1979 Japan Argentina Ramón Díaz 8 Argentina Diego Maradona 6 Poland Andrzej Palasz 5 [4]
1981 Australia Australia Mark Koussas 4 Egypt Taher Abouzaid 4 West Germany Ralf Loose 4 [5]
1983 Mexico Brazil Geovani 6 Poland Joachim Klemenz 5 Argentina Jorge Luis Gabrich 4 [6]
1985 Soviet Union Spain Sebastián Losada 3 Spain Fernando 3 Nigeria Odiaka Monday 3 [7]
1987 Chile West Germany Marcel Witeczek 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Davor Šuker 6 Chile Camilo Pino 5 [8]
1989 Saudi Arabia Soviet Union Oleg Salenko 5 Brazil Marcelo Henrique 3 Nigeria Christopher Ohen 3 [9]
1991 Portugal Soviet Union Sergei Sherbakov 5 Spain Ismael Urzaiz 4 Mexico Pedro Pineda 4 [10]
1993 Australia Colombia Henry Zambrano 3 United States Chris Faklaris 3 Mexico Vicente Nieto 3 [11]
1995 Qatar Spain Joseba Etxeberria 7 Brazil Caio 5 Portugal Dani 4 [12]
1997 Malaysia Brazil Adaílton 10 France David Trezeguet 5 Australia Kostas Salapasidis 4 [13]
1999 Nigeria Spain Pablo Couñago 5 Mali Mahamadou Dissa 5 United States Taylor Twellman 4 [14]
2001 Argentina Argentina Javier Saviola 11 Brazil Adriano 6 France Djibril Cissé 6 [15]
2003 United Arab Emirates United States Eddie Johnson 4 Japan Daisuke Sakata 4 Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi 4 [16]
2005 Netherlands Argentina Lionel Messi 6 Spain Fernando Llorente 5 Ukraine Oleksandr Aliyev 5 [17]
2007 Canada Argentina Sergio Agüero 6 Spain Adrián 5 Argentina Maxi Moralez 4 [18]
2009 Egypt Ghana Dominic Adiyiah 8 Hungary Vladimir Koman 5 Spain Aarón 4 [19]
2011 Colombia Brazil Henrique Almeida 5 Spain Álvaro Vázquez 5 France Alexandre Lacazette 5 [20]
2013 Turkey Ghana Ebenezer Assifuah 6 Portugal Bruma 5 Spain Jesé 5 [21]
2015 New Zealand Ukraine Viktor Kovalenko 5 Hungary Bence Mervo 5 Germany Marc Stendera 4 [22]
2017 South Korea Italy Riccardo Orsolini 5 United States Josh Sargent 4 France Jean-Kévin Augustin 4 [23]
2019 Poland Norway Erling Haaland 9 Ukraine Danylo Sikan 4 Senegal Amadou Sagna 4 [24]
2023 Indonesia

Golden Glove[change]

World Cup Golden Gloves Ref(s)
2009 Egypt Costa Rica Esteban Alvarado [19]
2011 Colombia Portugal Mika [20]
2013 Turkey Uruguay Guillermo de Amores [21]
2015 New Zealand Serbia Predrag Rajković [22]
2017 South Korea England Freddie Woodman [23]
2019 Poland Ukraine Andriy Lunin [24]
2021 Indonesia

FIFA Fair Play Award[change]

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 File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil [3]
1979 Japan File:Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1928-1939).svg Poland [4]
1981 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia [5]
1983 Mexico File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea [6]
1985 USSR File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia [7]
1987 Chile File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany [8]
1989 Saudi Arabia File:Flag of the United States.svg United States [9]
1991 Portugal File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union [10]
1993 Australia File:Flag of England.svg England [11]
1995 Qatar File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan [12]
1997 Malaysia File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina [13]
1999 Nigeria File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia [14]
2001 Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina [15]
2003 United Arab Emirates File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia [16]
2005 Netherlands File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia [17]
2007 Canada File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan [18]
2009 Egypt File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil [19]
2011 Colombia File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria [20]
2013 Turkey File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain [21]
2015 New Zealand File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine [22]
2017 South Korea File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico [23]
2019 Poland File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan [24]
2023 Indonesia
  • Key:
    • a.e.t. – after extra time
    • pen. – match won on penalty shootout

Records[change]

Most World Cup appearances
18, File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil[25]
Most consecutive finals tournaments
16, File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (19812011).
Most wins (players)
2, three players:
Largest win margin in one match
12 goals (File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 12–0 File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras, 2019)[26]
Most goals scored in a match by a single player
9 goals (Haaland for File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway against File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras, 2019)[26]

References[change]

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