FIFA U-20 World Cup
Founded | 1977 |
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Region | International (FIFA) |
Number of teams | 24 (finals) |
Current champions | Ukraine (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Argentina (6 titles) |
Website | www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/ |
2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
Tournaments | |
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The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship for male players under the age of 20, organised by FIFA. The competition has been staged every two years since the first tournament in 1977 held in Tunisia.[1] Until 2005 it was known as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The current champion is Ukraine which won its first title at the 2019 tournament in Poland.
History[]
In the twenty-two tournaments held, eleven different nations have won the title. Argentina is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Brazil with five titles. Portugal and Serbia have both won two titles (with the latter winning once as Yugoslavia), while Ghana, Germany, Spain, France, England, Ukraine and Russia (as the USSR) 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 will be held in 2023 in Indonesia, after the planned 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup competition was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualification[]
24 teams appear in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champions, have to qualify in the youth championships of the six confederations. The host country automatically qualifies.
Confederation | Championship |
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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[]
FIFA World Youth Championship[]
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of Teams | |||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
1 | 1977 Details |
Tunisia | Soviet Union |
2–2 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p) |
Mexico |
Brazil |
4–0 | Uruguay |
16 | |||
2 | 1979 Details |
Japan | Argentina |
3–1 | Soviet Union |
Uruguay |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (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 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
16 | |||
5 | 1985 Details |
Soviet Union | Brazil |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
Nigeria |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) |
Soviet Union |
16 | |||
6 | 1987 Details |
Chile | Yugoslavia |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) |
West Germany |
East Germany |
2–2 (a.e.t.) (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 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
Brazil |
Soviet Union |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (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 |
FIFA U-20 World Cup[]
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of Teams | |||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
16 | 2007 Details |
Canada | Argentina |
2–1 | Czech Republic |
Chile |
1–0 | Austria |
24 | |||
17 | 2009 Details |
Egypt | Ghana |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
Brazil |
Hungary |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p) |
Costa Rica |
24 | |||
18 | 2011 Details |
Colombia | Brazil |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | Portugal |
Mexico |
3–1 | France |
24 | |||
19 | 2013 Details |
Turkey | France |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) |
Uruguay |
Ghana |
3–0 | Iraq |
24 | |||
20 | 2015 Details |
New Zealand | Serbia |
2–1 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
Mali |
3–1 | Senegal |
24 | |||
21 | 2017 Details |
South Korea | England |
1–0 | Venezuela |
Italy |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) |
Uruguay |
24 | |||
22 | 2019 Details |
Poland | Ukraine |
3–1 | South Korea |
Ecuador |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
24 | |||
— | 2021 Details |
Indonesia | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] | 24 | ||||||||
23 | 2023 Details |
Indonesia | 24 |
- Key:
- a.e.t. – after extra time
- pen. – match won on penalty shootout
Teams reaching the top four[]
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Argentina | 6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007) | 1 (1983) | 1 (2003) | |
Brazil | 5 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011) | 4 (1991, 1995, 2009, 2015) | 3 (1977, 1989, 2005) | |
Portugal | 2 (1989, 1991) | 1 (2011) | 1 (1995) | |
Serbia | 1 2015) | |||
Ghana | 1 (2009) | 2 (1993, 2001) | 1 (2013) | 1 (1997) |
Spain | 1 (1999) | 2 (1985, 2003) | 1 (1995) | |
Russia2 | 1 (1977) | 1 (1979) | 1 (1991) | 1 (1985) |
Germany3 | 1 (1981) | 1 (1987) | ||
England | 1 (2017) | 1 (1993) | 1 (1981) | |
France | 1 (2013) | 1 (2011) | ||
Ukraine | 1 (2019) | |||
Uruguay | 2 (1997, 2013) | 1 (1979) | 3 (1977, 1999, 2017) | |
Nigeria | 2 (1989, 2005) | 1 (1985) | ||
Mexico | 1 (1977) | 1 (2011) | ||
South Korea | 1 (2019) | 1 (1983) | ||
Qatar | 1 (1981) | |||
Japan | 1 (1999) | |||
Czech Republic | 1 (2007) | |||
Venezuela | 1 (2017) | |||
Mali | 2 (1999, 2015) | |||
Poland | 1 (1983) | 1 (1979) | ||
Chile | 1 (2007) | 1 (1987) | ||
Italy | 1 (2017) | 1 (2019) | ||
Romania | 1 (1981) | |||
East Germany | 1 (1987) | |||
Republic of Ireland | 1 (1997) | |||
Egypt | 1 (2001) | |||
Colombia | 1 (2003) | |||
Hungary | 1 (2009) | |||
Ecuador | 1 (2019) | |||
Australia | 2 (1991, 1993) | |||
United States | 1 (1989) | |||
Paraguay | 1 (2001) | |||
Morocco | 1 (2005) | |||
Austria | 1 (2007) | |||
Costa Rica | 1 (2009) | |||
Iraq | 1 (2013) | |||
Senegal | 1 (2015) |
- 1 = includes results representing Yugoslavia
- 2 = includes results representing Soviet Union
- 3 = includes results representing West Germany
Performances by continental zones[]
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 eleven titles, followed by UEFA (Europe) with ten titles and CAF (Africa) with one title. Teams from the AFC (Asia) and CONCACAF (North America, Central America, Caribbean) have made the tournament final four times, but were defeated by strong UEFA sides. No current OFC member has ever made the semifinals; Australia reached the semifinals as an OFC member in 1991 and 1993, finishing fourth on both occasions, before the country joined the AFC in 2006.
Confederation (continent) | Performances | |||
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Winners | Runners-up | Third | Fourth | |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 11 titles: Argentina (6), Brazil (5) | 8 times: Brazil (4), Uruguay (2), Argentina (1), Venezuela (1) | 7 times: Brazil (3), Chile (1), Colombia (1), 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) | 6 times: Spain (2), Czech Republic (1), West Germany (1), Portugal (1), USSR (1) | 9 times: England (1), East Germany (1), Hungary (1), Rep. of Ireland (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), USSR (1) | 7 times: Austria (1), England (1), France (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), USSR (1) |
CAF (Africa) | 1 title: Ghana (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 | 2 times: Iraq (1), South Korea (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[]
Golden Ball[]
The Adidas Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll. Since the 2007 tournament, those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.
World Cup | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | Ref(s) |
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1977 Tunisia | Volodymyr Bessonov | Júnior Brasília | [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 | [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 | Mikel John Obi | 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] |
Cancelled | ||||
2023 Indonesia |
Golden Boot[]
The Golden Boot (known commercially as the Adidas Golden Shoe) is awarded to the top goalscorer of the tournament. If more than one players are equal by same goals, the players will be selected based by the most assists made and, if still tied, less playing minutes recorded during the tournament.
World Cup | Golden Boot | Goals | Silver Boot | Goals | Bronze Boot | Goals | Ref(s) |
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1977 Tunisia | Guina | 4 | Hussein Saeed | 3 | 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 | 5 | Jorge Luis Gabrich | 4 | [6] | |
1985 Soviet Union | Sebastián Losada | 3 | Fernando | 3 | 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 | 3 | 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] |
Cancelled | |||||||
2023 Indonesia |
Golden Glove[]
The Golden Glove is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
World Cup | Golden Gloves | Ref(s) |
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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] |
Cancelled | ||
2023 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) |
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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] |
Cancelled | ||
2023 Indonesia |
Records and statistics[]
- Most World Cup appearances
- 18, Brazil[25]
- Most consecutive finals tournaments
- 16, Brazil (1981–2011)
- Most tournament wins (player)
- 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, 30 May 2019)[26]
- Most goals scored in a match by a single player
- 9 goals (Erling Haaland for Norway against Honduras, 30 May 2019)[26]
See also[]
- List of association football competitions
- National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup
- FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Toulon Tournament
- Granatkin Memorial
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