FIFA U-20 World Cup awards
At the end of each FIFA U-20 World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.
Awards[]
There are four awards:
- the Golden Ball (commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player assigned by members of the media;
- the Golden Boot (commercially termed "adidas Golden Boot" for best scorer;
- the Golden Glove Award (commercially termed "adidas Golden Glove" for the best goalkeeper assigned since 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup;
- the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team that advanced to the second round with the best record of fair play;
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) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1977 Tunisia | Volodymyr Bessonov | Júnior Brasília | [1] | |
1979 Japan | Diego Maradona | Julio César Romero | Ramón Díaz | [2] |
1981 Australia | Romulus Gabor | Michael Zorc | Roland Wohlfarth | [3] |
1983 Mexico | Geovani | Roberto Zárate | Luis Islas | [4] |
1985 Soviet Union | Paulo Silas | Gérson | Juan Carlos Unzué | [5] |
1987 Chile | Robert Prosinečki | Zvonimir Boban | Marcel Witeczek | [6] |
1989 Saudi Arabia | Bismarck | Kasey Keller | [7] | |
1991 Portugal | Emílio Peixe | Giovane Élber | Paulo Torres | [8] |
1993 Australia | Adriano | Not awarded | Not awarded | [9] |
1995 Qatar | Caio | Dani | Joaquín Irigoytía | [10] |
1997 Malaysia | Nicolás Olivera | Marcelo Zalayeta | Pablo Aimar | [11] |
1999 Nigeria | Seydou Keita | Pius Ikedia | Pablo Couñago | [12] |
2001 Argentina | Javier Saviola | Andrés D'Alessandro | Djibril Cissé | [13] |
2003 United Arab Emirates | Ismail Matar | Dudu | Dani Alves | [14] |
2005 Netherlands | Lionel Messi | John Obi Mikel | Taye Taiwo | [15] |
2007 Canada | Sergio Agüero | Maxi Moralez | Giovani dos Santos | [16] |
2009 Egypt | Dominic Adiyiah | Alex Teixeira | Giuliano | [17] |
2011 Colombia | Henrique Almeida | Nélson Oliveira | Jorge Enríquez | [18] |
2013 Turkey | Paul Pogba | Nicolás López | Clifford Aboagye | [19] |
2015 New Zealand | Adama Traoré | Danilo | Sergej Milinković-Savić | [20] |
2017 South Korea | Dominic Solanke | Federico Valverde | Yangel Herrera | [21] |
2019 Poland | Lee Kang-in | Serhiy Buletsa | Gonzalo Plata | [22] |
2021 Indonesia | Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[23] |
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) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 Tunisia | Guina | 4 | Hussein Saeed | 3 | 3 | [1] | |
1979 Japan | Ramón Díaz | 8 | Diego Maradona | 6 | Andrzej Palasz | 5 | [2] |
1981 Australia | Mark Koussas | 4 | Taher Amer | 4 | Ralf Loose | 4 | [3] |
1983 Mexico | Geovani | 6 | 5 | Jorge Luis Gabrich | 4 | [4] | |
1985 Soviet Union | Sebastián Losada | 3 | Fernando | 3 | 3 | [5] | |
1987 Chile | Marcel Witeczek | 7 | Davor Šuker | 6 | Camilo Pino | 5 | [6] |
1989 Saudi Arabia | Oleg Salenko | 5 | Marcelo Henrique | 3 | Christopher Ohen | 3 | [7] |
1991 Portugal | Sergei Sherbakov | 5 | Ismael Urzaiz | 4 | Pedro Pineda | 4 | [8] |
1993 Australia | Henry Zambrano | 3 | 3 | Vicente Nieto | 3 | [9] | |
1995 Qatar | Joseba Etxeberria | 7 | Caio | 5 | Dani | 4 | [10] |
1997 Malaysia | Adaílton | 10 | David Trezeguet | 5 | Kostas Salapasidis | 4 | [11] |
1999 Nigeria | Pablo Couñago | 5 | Mahamadou Dissa | 5 | Taylor Twellman | 4 | [12] |
2001 Argentina | Javier Saviola | 11 | Adriano | 6 | Djibril Cissé | 6 | [13] |
2003 United Arab Emirates | Eddie Johnson | 4 | Daisuke Sakata | 4 | Fernando Cavenaghi | 4 | [14] |
2005 Netherlands | Lionel Messi | 6 | Fernando Llorente | 5 | Oleksandr Aliyev | 5 | [15] |
2007 Canada | Sergio Agüero | 6 | Adrián | 5 | Maxi Moralez | 4 | [16] |
2009 Egypt | Dominic Adiyiah | 8 | Vladimir Koman | 5 | Aarón | 4 | [17] |
2011 Colombia | Henrique Almeida | 5 | Álvaro Vázquez | 5 | Alexandre Lacazette | 5 | [18] |
2013 Turkey | Ebenezer Assifuah | 6 | Bruma | 5 | Jesé | 5 | [19] |
2015 New Zealand | Viktor Kovalenko | 5 | Bence Mervo | 5 | Marc Stendera | 4 | [20] |
2017 South Korea | Riccardo Orsolini | 5 | Josh Sargent | 4 | Jean-Kévin Augustin | 4 | [21] |
2019 Poland | Erling Haaland | 9 | Danylo Sikan | 4 | Amadou Sagna | 4 | [22] |
2021 Indonesia | Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[23] |
Golden Glove[]
The Golden Glove is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
World Cup | Golden Gloves | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|
2009 Egypt | Esteban Alvarado | [17] |
2011 Colombia | Mika | [18] |
2013 Turkey | Guillermo de Amores | [19] |
2015 New Zealand | Predrag Rajković | [20] |
2017 South Korea | Freddie Woodman | [21] |
2019 Poland | Andriy Lunin | [22] |
2021 Indonesia | Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[23] |
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 | [1] |
1979 Japan | Poland | [2] |
1981 Australia | Australia | [3] |
1983 Mexico | South Korea | [4] |
1985 USSR | Colombia | [5] |
1987 Chile | West Germany | [6] |
1989 Saudi Arabia | United States | [7] |
1991 Portugal | Soviet Union | [8] |
1993 Australia | England | [9] |
1995 Qatar | Japan | [10] |
1997 Malaysia | Argentina | [11] |
1999 Nigeria | Croatia | [12] |
2001 Argentina | Argentina | [13] |
2003 United Arab Emirates | Colombia | [14] |
2005 Netherlands | Colombia | [15] |
2007 Canada | Japan | [16] |
2009 Egypt | Brazil | [17] |
2011 Colombia | Nigeria | [18] |
2013 Turkey | Spain | [19] |
2015 New Zealand | Ukraine | [20] |
2017 South Korea | Mexico | [21] |
2019 Poland | Japan | [22] |
2021 Indonesia | Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[23] |
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External links[]
- FIFA awards
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