FIFA U-20 World Cup
| Founded | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Region | International (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 24 |
| Current champions | Ukraine (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Argentina (6 titles) |
| Website | www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/ |
| 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup | |
| Tournaments | |
|---|---|
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
| 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
Summaries
| Edition | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 1977 Details |
Tunisia | Soviet Union |
2–2 (aet) 9–8 (p) |
Mexico |
Brazil |
4–0 | Uruguay |
16 |
| 2 | 1979 Details |
Japan | Argentina |
3–1 | Soviet Union |
Uruguay |
1–1 (aet) 5–3 (p) |
Poland |
16 |
| 3 | 1981 Details |
Australia | West Germany |
4–0 | Qatar |
Romania |
1–0 | England |
16 |
| 4 | 1983 Details |
Mexico | Brazil |
1–0 | Argentina |
Poland |
2–1 (aet) | South Korea |
16 |
| 5 | 1985 Details |
Soviet Union | Brazil |
1–0 (aet) | Spain |
Nigeria |
0–0 (aet) 3–1 (p) |
Soviet Union |
16 |
| 6 | 1987 Details |
Chile | Yugoslavia |
1–1 (aet) 5–4 (p) |
West Germany |
East Germany |
2–2 (aet) 3–1 (p) |
Chile |
16 |
| 7 | 1989 Details |
Saudi Arabia | Portugal |
2–0 | Nigeria |
Brazil |
2–0 | United States |
16 |
| 8 | 1991 Details |
Portugal | Portugal |
0–0 (aet) 4–2 (p) |
Brazil |
Soviet Union |
1–1 (aet) 5–4 (p) |
Australia |
16 |
| 9 | 1993 Details |
Australia | Brazil |
2–1 | Ghana |
England |
2–1 | Australia |
16 |
| 10 | 1995 Details |
Qatar | Argentina |
2–0 | Brazil |
Portugal |
3–2 | Spain |
16 |
| 11 | 1997 Details |
Malaysia | Argentina |
2–1 | Uruguay |
Republic of Ireland |
2–1 | Ghana |
24 |
| 12 | 1999 Details |
Nigeria | Spain |
4–0 | Japan |
Mali |
1–0 | Uruguay |
24 |
| 13 | 2001 Details |
Argentina | Argentina |
3–0 | Ghana |
Egypt |
1–0 | Paraguay |
24 |
| 14 | 2003 Details |
United Arab Emirates | Brazil |
1–0 | Spain |
Colombia |
2–1 | Argentina |
24 |
| 15 | 2005 Details |
Netherlands | Argentina |
2–1 | Nigeria |
Brazil |
2–1 | Morocco |
24 |
| 16 | 2007 Details |
Canada | Argentina |
2–1 | Czech Republic |
Chile |
1–0 | Austria |
24 |
| 17 | 2009 Details |
Egypt | Ghana |
0–0 (aet) 4–3 (p) |
Brazil |
Hungary |
1–1 (aet) 2–0 (p) |
Costa Rica |
24 |
| 18 | 2011 Details |
Colombia | Brazil |
3–2 (aet) | Portugal |
Mexico |
3–1 | France |
24 |
| 19 | 2013 Details |
Turkey | France |
0–0 (aet) 4–1 (p) |
Uruguay |
Ghana |
3–0 | Iraq |
24 |
| 20 | 2015 Details |
New Zealand | Serbia |
2–1 (aet) | Brazil |
Mali |
3–1 | Senegal |
24 |
| 21 | 2017 Details |
South Korea | England |
1–0 | Venezuela |
Italy |
0–0 (aet) 4–1 (p) |
Uruguay |
24 |
| 22 | 2019 Details |
Poland | Ukraine |
3–1 | South Korea |
Ecuador |
1–0 (aet) | Italy |
24 |
| 23 | 2021 Details |
Indonesia | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] | 24 | |||||
| 23 | 2023 Details |
Indonesia | 24 | ||||||
|}
Awards
Golden Ball
| World Cup | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Tunisia | Volodymyr Bessonov | Júnior Brasília | Cléber | [3] |
| 1979 Japan | Diego Maradona | Julio César Romero | Ramón Díaz | [4] |
| 1981 Australia | Romulus Gabor | Michael Zorc | Roland Wohlfarth | [5] |
| 1983 Mexico | Geovani | Roberto Zárate | Luis Islas | [6] |
| 1985 Soviet Union | Paulo Silas | Gérson | Juan Carlos Unzué | [7] |
| 1987 Chile | Robert Prosinečki | Zvonimir Boban | Marcel Witeczek | [8] |
| 1989 Saudi Arabia | Bismarck | Kasey Keller | Christopher Nwosu | [9] |
| 1991 Portugal | Emílio Peixe | Giovane Élber | Paulo Torres | [10] |
| 1993 Australia | Adriano | Not awarded | Not awarded | [11] |
| 1995 Qatar | Caio | Dani | Joaquín Irigoytía | [12] |
| 1997 Malaysia | Nicolás Olivera | Marcelo Zalayeta | Pablo Aimar | [13] |
| 1999 Nigeria | Seydou Keita | Pius Ikedia | Pablo Couñago | [14] |
| 2001 Argentina | Javier Saviola | Andrés D'Alessandro | Djibril Cissé | [15] |
| 2003 United Arab Emirates | Ismail Matar | Dudu | Dani Alves | [16] |
| 2005 Netherlands | Lionel Messi | John Obi Mikel | Taye Taiwo | [17] |
| 2007 Canada | Sergio Agüero | Maxi Moralez | Giovani dos Santos | [18] |
| 2009 Egypt | Dominic Adiyiah | Alex Teixeira | Giuliano | [19] |
| 2011 Colombia | Henrique Almeida | Nélson Oliveira | Jorge Enríquez | [20] |
| 2013 Turkey | Paul Pogba | Nicolás López | Clifford Aboagye | [21] |
| 2015 New Zealand | Adama Traoré | Danilo | Sergej Milinković-Savić | [22] |
| 2017 South Korea | Dominic Solanke | Federico Valverde | Yangel Herrera | [23] |
| 2019 Poland | Lee Kang-in | Serhiy Buletsa | Gonzalo Plata | [24] |
| 2023 Indonesia |
Golden Boot
| World Cup | Golden Boot | Goals | Silver Boot | Goals | Bronze Boot | Goals | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Tunisia | Guina | 4 | Hussein Saeed | 3 | Luis Placencia | 3 | [3] |
| 1979 Japan | Ramón Díaz | 8 | Diego Maradona | 6 | Andrzej Palasz | 5 | [4] |
| 1981 Australia | Mark Koussas | 4 | Taher Abouzaid | 4 | Ralf Loose | 4 | [5] |
| 1983 Mexico | Geovani | 6 | Joachim Klemenz | 5 | Jorge Luis Gabrich | 4 | [6] |
| 1985 Soviet Union | Sebastián Losada | 3 | Fernando | 3 | Odiaka Monday | 3 | [7] |
| 1987 Chile | Marcel Witeczek | 7 | Davor Šuker | 6 | Camilo Pino | 5 | [8] |
| 1989 Saudi Arabia | Oleg Salenko | 5 | Marcelo Henrique | 3 | Christopher Ohen | 3 | [9] |
| 1991 Portugal | Sergei Sherbakov | 5 | Ismael Urzaiz | 4 | Pedro Pineda | 4 | [10] |
| 1993 Australia | Henry Zambrano | 3 | Chris Faklaris | 3 | Vicente Nieto | 3 | [11] |
| 1995 Qatar | Joseba Etxeberria | 7 | Caio | 5 | Dani | 4 | [12] |
| 1997 Malaysia | Adaílton | 10 | David Trezeguet | 5 | Kostas Salapasidis | 4 | [13] |
| 1999 Nigeria | Pablo Couñago | 5 | Mahamadou Dissa | 5 | Taylor Twellman | 4 | [14] |
| 2001 Argentina | Javier Saviola | 11 | Adriano | 6 | Djibril Cissé | 6 | [15] |
| 2003 United Arab Emirates | Eddie Johnson | 4 | Daisuke Sakata | 4 | Fernando Cavenaghi | 4 | [16] |
| 2005 Netherlands | Lionel Messi | 6 | Fernando Llorente | 5 | Oleksandr Aliyev | 5 | [17] |
| 2007 Canada | Sergio Agüero | 6 | Adrián | 5 | Maxi Moralez | 4 | [18] |
| 2009 Egypt | Dominic Adiyiah | 8 | Vladimir Koman | 5 | Aarón | 4 | [19] |
| 2011 Colombia | Henrique Almeida | 5 | Álvaro Vázquez | 5 | Alexandre Lacazette | 5 | [20] |
| 2013 Turkey | Ebenezer Assifuah | 6 | Bruma | 5 | Jesé | 5 | [21] |
| 2015 New Zealand | Viktor Kovalenko | 5 | Bence Mervo | 5 | Marc Stendera | 4 | [22] |
| 2017 South Korea | Riccardo Orsolini | 5 | Josh Sargent | 4 | Jean-Kévin Augustin | 4 | [23] |
| 2019 Poland | Erling Haaland | 9 | Danylo Sikan | 4 | Amadou Sagna | 4 | [24] |
| 2023 Indonesia |
Golden Glove
| World Cup | Golden Gloves | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 Egypt | Esteban Alvarado | [19] |
| 2011 Colombia | Mika | [20] |
| 2013 Turkey | Guillermo de Amores | [21] |
| 2015 New Zealand | Predrag Rajković | [22] |
| 2017 South Korea | Freddie Woodman | [23] |
| 2019 Poland | Andriy Lunin | [24] |
| 2021 Indonesia |
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 | [3] |
| 1979 Japan | Poland | [4] |
| 1981 Australia | Australia | [5] |
| 1983 Mexico | South Korea | [6] |
| 1985 USSR | Colombia | [7] |
| 1987 Chile | West Germany | [8] |
| 1989 Saudi Arabia | United States | [9] |
| 1991 Portugal | Soviet Union | [10] |
| 1993 Australia | England | [11] |
| 1995 Qatar | Japan | [12] |
| 1997 Malaysia | Argentina | [13] |
| 1999 Nigeria | Croatia | [14] |
| 2001 Argentina | Argentina | [15] |
| 2003 United Arab Emirates | Colombia | [16] |
| 2005 Netherlands | Colombia | [17] |
| 2007 Canada | Japan | [18] |
| 2009 Egypt | Brazil | [19] |
| 2011 Colombia | Nigeria | [20] |
| 2013 Turkey | Spain | [21] |
| 2015 New Zealand | Ukraine | [22] |
| 2017 South Korea | Mexico | [23] |
| 2019 Poland | Japan | [24] |
| 2023 Indonesia |
- Key:
- a.e.t. – after extra time
- pen. – match won on penalty shootout
Records
- Most World Cup appearances
- 18, Brazil[25]
- Most consecutive finals tournaments
- 16, Brazil (1981–2011).
- Most wins (players)
- 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, 2019)[26]
- Most goals scored in a match by a single player
- 9 goals (Haaland for Norway against Honduras, 2019)[26]
References
- ↑ CBC.ca
- ↑ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup™ and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. 24 December 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship USSR 1985 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "FIFA U20 World Cup Egypt 2009 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 "Mali's magician Traore nets top honour". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 "Solanke takes home top honour". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 June 2017.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 "Lee, Lunin headline award winners at Poland 2019". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Final". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019: Erling Haaland scores record triple hat-trick as Norway thrash Honduras 12-0". Fox Sports Asia. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com (in English)
- Tournament archive Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine at fifa.com (in English)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup at rsssf (in English)
- Squad listings of winning teams at rsssf (in English)
2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup Updates
The 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Chile. Several teams have already qualified through their respective continental championships. For example, Saudi Arabia secured qualification by defeating China 1–0 in the quarterfinals of the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. Meanwhile, defending champions Uruguay failed to qualify after finishing fifth in the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.
The official emblem for the tournament was unveiled on 5 February 2025. It draws inspiration from Chile’s distinctive landscape, including the Andes Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and the national colors. The tournament mascot, "Vito" — a viscacha native to the region — was introduced on 24 May 2025 to represent the country’s natural heritage and youthful spirit.
The official draw for the tournament is set to take place in Santiago on 29 May 2025. It will determine the group stage pairings for the 24 qualified teams. All matches will be held in selected cities across Chile, with final confirmation of venues expected soon.
- Sources: [FIFA.com](https://www.fifa.com), [ESPN](https://www.espn.com), [Geo News](https://www.geosuper.tv)*