FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

FIFA U-16 World Championship

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of Teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1985 Details	China		Nigeria	2–0	West Germany		Brazil	4–1	Guinea		16
2	1987 Details	Canada		USSR	1–1 (aet) (4–2 p)	Nigeria		Côte d'Ivoire	2–1 (aet)	Italy		16
3	1989 Details	Scotland		Saudi Arabia	2–2 (aet) (5–4 p)	Scotland		Portugal	3–0	Bahrain		16

FIFA U-17 World Championship

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of Teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
4	1991 Details	Italy		Ghana	1–0	Spain		Argentina	1–1 (aet) (4–1 p)	Qatar		16
5	1993 Details	Japan		Nigeria	2–1	Ghana		Chile	1–1 (aet) (4–2 p)	Poland		16
6	1995 Details	Ecuador		Ghana	3–2	Brazil		Argentina	2–0	Oman		16
7	1997 Details	Egypt		Brazil	2–1	Ghana		Spain	2–1	Germany		16
8	1999 Details	New Zealand		Brazil	0–0 (aet) (8–7 p)	Australia		Ghana	2–0	United States		16
9	2001 Details	Trinidad and Tobago		France	3–0	Nigeria		Burkina Faso	2–0	Argentina		16
10	2003 Details	Finland		Brazil	1–0	Spain		Argentina	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)	Colombia		16
11	2005 Details	Peru		Mexico	3–0	Brazil		Netherlands	2–1	Turkey		16

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of Teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
12	2007 Details	South Korea		Nigeria	0–0 (aet) (3–0 p)	Spain		Germany	2–1	Ghana		24
13	2009 Details	Nigeria		Switzerland	1–0	Nigeria		Spain	1–0	Colombia		24
14	2011 Details	Mexico		Mexico	2–0	Uruguay		Germany	4–3	Brazil		24
15	2013 Details	United Arab Emirates		Nigeria	3–0	Mexico		Sweden	4–1	Argentina		24
16	2015 Details	Chile		Nigeria	2–0	Mali		Belgium	3–2	Mexico		24
17	2017 Details	India		England	5–2	Spain		Brazil	2–0	Mali		24
18	2019 Details	Brazil		Brazil	2–1	Mexico		France	4–1	Netherlands		24
—	2021	Peru		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic								24
19	2023 Details	Peru										24

Notes:

• a.e.t. - after extra time
• p - match won on penalty shootout

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Nigeria	5 (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)	3 (1987, 2001, 2009)
Brazil	4 (1997, 1999, 2003, 2019)	2 (1995, 2005)	2 (1985, 2017)	1 (2011)
Ghana	2 (1991, 1995)	2 (1993, 1997)	1 (1999)	1 (2007)
Mexico	2 (2005, 2011)	2 (2013, 2019)		1 (2015)
France	1 (2001)		1 (2019)
Russia1	1 (1987)
Saudi Arabia	1 (1989)
Switzerland	1 (2009)
England	1 (2017)
Spain		4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)	2 (1997, 2009)
Germany2		1 (1985)	2 (2007, 2011)	1 (1997)
Mali		1 (2015)		1 (2017)
Scotland		1 (1989)
Australia		1 (1999)
Uruguay		1 (2011)
Argentina			3 (1991, 1995, 2003)	2 (2001, 2013)
Netherlands			1 (2005)	1 (2019)
Côte d'Ivoire			1 (1987)
Portugal			1 (1989)
Chile			1 (1993)
Burkina Faso			1 (2001)
Sweden			1 (2013)
Belgium			1 (2015)
Colombia				2 (2003, 2009)
Guinea				1 (1985)
Italy				1 (1987)
Bahrain				1 (1989)
Qatar				1 (1991)
Poland				1 (1993)
Oman				1 (1995)
United States				1 (1999)
Turkey				1 (2005)

¹includes results representing Soviet Union

²includes results representing West Germany

FIFA U-17 World Cup Media

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  Map of the best results for each country