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		File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	1–1 (aet) (4–1 p)	Qatar		16
5	1993 Details	Japan		Nigeria	2–1	Ghana		File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	1–1 (aet) (4–2 p)	Poland		16
6	1995 Details	Ecuador		Ghana	3–2	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil		File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	2–0	Oman		16
7	1997 Details	Egypt		File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	2–1	Ghana		Spain	2–1	Germany		16
8	1999 Details	New Zealand		File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina		16
10	2003 Details	Finland		File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	1–0	Spain		File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia		16
11	2005 Details	Peru		Mexico	3–0	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil		File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia		24
14	2011 Details	Mexico		Mexico	2–0	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay		Germany	4–3	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil		24
15	2013 Details	United Arab Emirates		Nigeria	3–0	Mexico		Sweden	4–1	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina		24
16	2015 Details	Chile		Nigeria	2–0	Mali		File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	3–2	Mexico		24
17	2017 Details	India		England	5–2	Spain		File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	2–0	Mali		24
18	2019 Details	Brazil		File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	2–1	Mexico		France	4–1	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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