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.

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

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
USSR
2–2 (aet)
9–8 (p)

Mexico

Brazil
4–0 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
16
2 1979
Details
 Japan File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
3–1
USSR
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
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 File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina

Poland
2–1 (aet)
Korea Republic
16
5 1985
Details
 Soviet Union
Brazil
1–0 (aet)
Spain

Nigeria
0–0 (aet)
3–1 (p)

USSR
16
6 1987
Details
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Yugoslavia
1–1 (aet)
5–4 (p)

West Germany

East Germany
2–2 (aet)
3–1 (p)
File:Flag of Chile.svg
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

USSR
1–1 (aet)
5–4 (p)

Australia
16
9 1993
Details
 Australia File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
2–1
Ghana

England
2–1
Australia
16
10 1995
Details
 Qatar File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–0 File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil

Portugal
3–2
Spain
16
11 1997
Details
 Malaysia File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–1 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay

Ireland
2–1
Ghana
24
12 1999
Details
 Nigeria
Spain
4–0
Japan

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
Ghana

Egypt
1–0 File:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
24
14 2003
Details
 United Arab Emirates File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1–0
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
Nigeria
File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
2–1
Morocco
24
16 2007
Details
 Canada File:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2–1
Czech Republic
File:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1–0
Austria
24
17 2009
Details
 Egypt
Ghana
0–0 (aet)
4–3 (p)
File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil

Hungary
1–1 (aet)
2–0 (p)

Costa Rica
24
18 2011
Details
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
3–2 (aet)
Portugal

Mexico
3–1
France
24
19 2013
Details
 Turkey
France
0–0 (aet)
4–1 (p)
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay

Ghana
3–0
Iraq
24
20 2015
Details
 New Zealand
Serbia
2–1 (aet) File:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil

Mali
3–1
Senegal
24
21 2017
Details
 South Korea
England
1–0 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg
Venezuela

Italy
0–0 (aet)
4–1 (p)
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
24
22 2019
Details
 Poland
Ukraine
3–1
Korea Republic
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg
Ecuador
1–0 (aet)
Italy
24
23 2021
Details
 Indonesia Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] 24
23 2023
Details
 Indonesia 24

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Awards

Golden Ball

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

Golden Boot

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 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Ramón Díaz 8 File:Flag of Argentina.svg 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 File:Flag of Argentina.svg 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 Yugoslavia Davor Šuker 6 File:Flag of Chile.svg 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 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Henry Zambrano 3 United States Chris Faklaris 3 Mexico Vicente Nieto 3 [11]
1995 Qatar Spain Joseba Etxeberria 7 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Caio 5 Portugal Dani 4 [12]
1997 Malaysia File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Saviola 11 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano 6 France Djibril Cissé 6 [15]
2003 United Arab Emirates United States Eddie Johnson 4 Japan Daisuke Sakata 4 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Cavenaghi 4 [16]
2005 Netherlands File:Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi 6 Spain Fernando Llorente 5 Ukraine Oleksandr Aliyev 5 [17]
2007 Canada File:Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Agüero 6 Spain Adrián 5 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Maxi Moralez 4 [18]
2009 Egypt Ghana Dominic Adiyiah 8 Hungary Vladimir Koman 5 Spain Aarón 4 [19]
2011 Colombia File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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

World Cup Golden Gloves Ref(s)
2009 Egypt Costa Rica Esteban Alvarado [19]
2011 Colombia Portugal Mika [20]
2013 Turkey File:Flag of Uruguay.svg 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

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  Korea Republic [6]
1985 USSR File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia [7]
1987 Chile  West Germany [8]
1989 Saudi Arabia  United States [9]
1991 Portugal  USSR [10]
1993 Australia  England [11]
1995 Qatar  Japan [12]
1997 Malaysia File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina [13]
1999 Nigeria  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  Japan [18]
2009 Egypt File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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, 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 ( 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]

FIFA U-20 World Cup Media

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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.