FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when it was hosted by Tunisia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> under the tournament name of FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2007 the name was changed to its present form. FIFA bills the men's Under-20 World Cup as "the tournament of tomorrow's superstars."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba are previous winners of the official player of the tournament award, and Erling Haaland was the top scorer at the 2019 edition. The reigning champions are Morocco, which won their first title at the 2025 tournament in Chile.

History

In the twenty-three editions of the tournament held, twelve nations have won the title. Argentina U20 is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Brazil U20 with five titles. Portugal U20 and Serbia U20 have both won two titles (with the latter winning once as Yugoslavia U20), while Ghana U20, Germany U20, Spain U20, France U20, England U20, Ukraine U20, Russia U20 (as the USSR U20), Uruguay U20, and Morocco U20 have won the title once each.

A corresponding event for women's teams, the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, began in 2002 with the name "FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship" and an age limit of 19. The age limit for the women's competition was changed to 20 beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, and the competition was renamed as a "World Cup" in 2007 in preparation for the 2008 event. The next edition is planned to be held in 2027 in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.

Qualification

24 national teams appear in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champion, have to qualify in the youth championships of the six confederations. The host country automatically qualifies.

Confederation	Championship
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-20 Asian Cup
CAF (Africa)	U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America)	CONMEBOL Sub 20
UEFA (Europe)	UEFA European Under-19 Championship
OFC (Oceania)	OFC U-19 Men's Championship

Results

Template:Abbr	Year	Host	Final			Third place game			Template:Abbr
			Template:Gold01 Champions	Score	Template:Silver02 Runners-up	Template:Bronze03 Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1977	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–2 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	4–0	Template:Fbu-big	16
2	1979	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	3–1	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	16
3	1981	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	4–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	16
4	1983	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	2–1 Template:Aet	Template:Fbu-big	16
5	1985	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	1–0 Template:Aet	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	0–0 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	16
6	1987	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	16
7	1989	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	2–0	Template:Fbu-big	16
8	1991	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	0–0 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	16
9	1993	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	16
10	1995	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	3–2	Template:Fbu-big	16
11	1997	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	24
12	1999	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	4–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	24
13	2001	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	3–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	24
14	2003	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	24
15	2005	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	24
16	2007	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–1	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	24
17	2009	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	0–0 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	24
18	2011	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	3–2 Template:Aet	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	3–1	Template:Fbu-big	24
19	2013	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	0–0 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	3–0	Template:Fbu-big	24
20	2015	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–1 Template:Aet	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	3–1	Template:Fbu-big	24
21	2017	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	0–0 Template:Aet Template:Pso	Template:Fbu-big	24
22	2019	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	3–1	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–0 Template:Aet	Template:Fbu-big	24
23	2023	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	3–1	Template:Fbu-big	24
24	2025	Template:Flag	Template:Fbu-big	2–0	Template:Fbu-big	Template:Fbu-big	1–0	Template:Fbu-big	24
25	2027	Template:Flag Template:Flag							24

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Template:Fbu	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)	2 (1983, 2025)		1 (2003)
Template:Fbu	5 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)	4 (1991, 1995, 2009, 2015)	3 (1977, 1989, 2005)
Template:Fbu	2 (1989, 1991)	1 (2011)	1 (1995)
Template:Fbu1	2 (1987, 2015)
Template:Fbu	1 (2023)	2 (1997, 2013)	1 (1979)	3 (1977, 1999, 2017)
Template:Fbu	1 (2009)	2 (1993, 2001)	1 (2013)	1 (1997)
Template:Fbu	1 (1999)	2 (1985, 2003)		1 (1995)
Template:Fbu2	1 (1977)	1 (1979)	1 (1991)	1 (1985)
Template:Fbu3	1 (1981)	1 (1987)
Template:Fbu	1 (2017)		1 (1993)	1 (1981)
Template:Fbu	1 (2013)			2 (2011, 2025)
Template:Fbu	1 (2025)			1 (2005)
Template:Fbu	1 (2019)
Template:Fbu		2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)
Template:Fbu		1 (2023)	1 (2017)	1 (2019)
Template:Fbu		1 (1977)	1 (2011)
Template:Fbu		1 (2019)		2 (1983, 2023)
Template:Fbu		1 (1981)
Template:Fbu		1 (1999)
Template:Fbu		1 (2007)
Template:Fbu		1 (2017)
Template:Fbu			2 (1999, 2015)
Template:Fbu			2 (2003, 2025)
Template:Fbu			1 (1983)	1 (1979)
Template:Fbu			1 (2007)	1 (1987)
Template:Fbu			1 (1981)
Template:Fbu			1 (1987)
Template:Fbu			1 (1997)
Template:Fbu			1 (2001)
Template:Fbu			1 (2009)
Template:Fbu			1 (2019)
Template:Fbu			1 (2023)
Template:Fbu				2 (1991, 1993)
Template:Fbu				1 (1989)
Template:Fbu				1 (2001)
Template:Fbu				1 (2007)
Template:Fbu				1 (2009)
Template:Fbu				1 (2013)
Template:Fbu				1 (2015)

1 = includes results representing Yugoslavia

2 = includes results representing USSR

3 = includes results representing West Germany

Performances by continental zones (as of 2025)

Map of the best results for each country

All continental confederations except for the OFC (Oceania) have made an appearance in the final match of the tournament. To date, CONMEBOL (South America) leads with twelve titles, followed by UEFA (Europe) with ten titles and CAF (Africa) with two titles. Teams from the AFC (Asia) and CONCACAF (North America, Central America, Caribbean) have made the final four times, but were defeated by strong UEFA sides. No current OFC member has ever made the semi-finals; Australia reached the last four as an OFC member in 1991 and 1993, finishing fourth on both occasions, before the country joined the AFC in 2006.

Confederation (continent)	Performances
	Winners	Runners-up	Third	Fourth
CONMEBOL (South America)	12 titles: Argentina (6), Brazil (5), Uruguay (1)	9 times: Brazil (4), Uruguay (2), Argentina (2), Venezuela (1)	8 times: Brazil (3), Chile (1), Colombia (2), Ecuador (1), Uruguay (1)	6 times: Uruguay (3), Argentina (1), Chile (1), Paraguay (1)
UEFA (Europe)	10 titles: Portugal (2), Serbia1 (2), England (1), France (1), West Germany (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), USSR (1)	7 times: Spain (2), Czech Republic (1), West Germany (1), Italy (1), Portugal (1), USSR (1)	10 times: England (1), East Germany (1), Hungary (1), Rep. of Ireland (1), Israel (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), USSR (1)	8 times: Austria (1), England (1), France (2), Italy (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), USSR (1)
CAF (Africa)	2 titles: Ghana (1), Morocco (1)	4 times: Ghana (2), Nigeria (2)	5 times: Mali (2), Egypt (1), Ghana (1), Nigeria (1)	3 times: Ghana (1), Morocco (1), Senegal (1)
AFC (Asia)	None	3 times: Japan (1), Qatar (1), South Korea (1)	None	3 times: South Korea (2), Iraq (1)
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	None	1 time: Mexico (1)	1 time: Mexico (1)	2 times: Costa Rica (1), United States (1)
OFC (Oceania)	None	None	None	2 times: Australia2 (2)

1 = as Yugoslavia (1987).

2 = as part of OFC (currently in AFC since 2006).

Awards

The following awards are now presented:

• The Golden Ball is awarded to the most valuable player of the tournament;
• The Golden Boot is awarded to the top goalscorer of the tournament;
• The Golden Glove is awarded to the most valuable goalkeeper of the tournament;
• The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is presented to the team with the best disciplinary record in the tournament.

Tournament	Golden Ball	Golden Boot	Goals	Golden Glove	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Template:Flagicon 1977 Tunisia	Template:Fbuicon Vladimir Bessonov	Template:Flagicon Guina	4	Not awarded	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1979 Japan	Template:Flagicon Diego Maradona	Template:Flagicon Ramón Díaz	8		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1981 Australia	Template:Flagicon Romulus Gabor	Template:Flagicon Mark Koussas	4		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1983 Mexico	Template:Flagicon Geovani	Template:Flagicon Geovani	6		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1985 Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Paulo Silas	Template:Flagicon Sebastián Losada	3		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1987 Chile	Template:Flagicon Robert Prosinečki	Template:Flagicon Marcel Witeczek	7		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1989 Saudi Arabia	Template:Flagicon Bismarck	Template:Flagicon Oleg Salenko	5		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1991 Portugal	Template:Flagicon Emílio Peixe	Template:Flagicon Sergei Sherbakov	5		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1993 Australia	Template:Flagicon Adriano	Template:Flagicon Henry Zambrano	3		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1995 Qatar	Template:Flagicon Caio	Template:Flagicon Joseba Etxeberria	7		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1997 Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Olivera	Template:Flagicon Adaílton	10		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 1999 Nigeria	Template:Flagicon Seydou Keita	Template:Flagicon Pablo Couñago	5		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2001 Argentina	Template:Flagicon Javier Saviola	Template:Flagicon Javier Saviola	11		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2003 United Arab Emirates	Template:Flagicon Ismail Matar	Template:Flagicon Eddie Johnson	4		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2005 Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi	6		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2007 Canada	Template:Flagicon Sergio Agüero	Template:Flagicon Sergio Agüero	6		Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2009 Egypt	Template:Flagicon Dominic Adiyiah	Template:Flagicon Dominic Adiyiah	8	Template:Flagicon Esteban Alvarado	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2011 Colombia	Template:Flagicon Henrique Almeida	Template:Flagicon Henrique Almeida	5	Template:Flagicon Mika	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2013 Turkey	Template:Flagicon Paul Pogba	Template:Flagicon Ebenezer Assifuah	6	Template:Flagicon Guillermo de Amores	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2015 New Zealand	Template:Flagicon Adama Traoré	Template:Flagicon Viktor Kovalenko	5	Template:Flagicon Predrag Rajković	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2017 South Korea	Template:Fbuicon Dominic Solanke	Template:Fbuicon Riccardo Orsolini	5	Template:Fbuicon Freddie Woodman	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2019 Poland	Template:Fbuicon Lee Kang-in	Template:Fbuicon Erling Haaland	9	Template:Fbuicon Andriy Lunin	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2023 Argentina	Template:Fbuicon Cesare Casadei	Template:Fbuicon Cesare Casadei	7	Template:Fbuicon Sebastiano Desplanches	Template:Fbu
Template:Flagicon 2025 Chile	Template:Fbuicon Othmane Maamma	Template:Fbuicon Benjamin Cremaschi	5	Template:Fbuicon Santino Barbi	Template:Fbu
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2027 Azerbaijan & Uzbekistan

Records and statistics

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See also

• List of association football competitions
• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics
• Toulon Tournament
• Granatkin Memorial

External links

• Template:Official website
• Tournament archive at Fifa.com Template:In lang
• World Youth Cup (U-20) Overview at the RSSSF Template:In lang

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