National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup

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This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals.

Debut of national teams[]

Year Debutants
1985  Argentina  Australia  Bolivia  Brazil  China PR  Congo  Costa Rica  Guinea  Hungary  Italy  Mexico  Nigeria  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  United States  West Germany[1]
1987  Canada  Ecuador  Egypt  France  Ivory Coast  South Korea  Soviet Union[2]
1989  Bahrain  Colombia  Cuba  East Germany  Ghana  Portugal  Scotland
1991  Spain  Sudan  United Arab Emirates  Uruguay
1993  Chile  [3]  Japan  Poland  Tunisia
1995  Oman
1997  Austria  Mali  New Zealand  Thailand
1999  Burkina Faso  Jamaica  Paraguay
2001  Croatia  Iran  Trinidad and Tobago
2003  Cameroon  Finland  Sierra Leone  Yemen
2005  Gambia  North Korea  Netherlands  Peru  Turkey
2007  Belgium  England  Haiti  Honduras  Syria  Tajikistan[2]  Togo
2009  Algeria  Malawi   Switzerland
2011  Denmark  Panama  Rwanda  Uzbekistan[2]
2013  Iraq  Morocco  Slovakia[3]  Sweden  Venezuela
2015  South Africa
2017  India  New Caledonia  Niger
2019  Angola  Senegal  Solomon Islands
2023 TBA

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup[]

Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarterfinals (1985-2005: first group stage, and since 2007: second group stage; final 8)
  • R2 — Round 2 (since 2007: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 — Round 1
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew
  •  X  — Disqualified
  • XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •    — Hosts
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
2023
Peru
(24)
 Algeria R1
 Angola × × × × × R2
 Argentina R1 QF 3rd R1 3rd QF 4th 3rd QF R2 R2 4th R1 R2
 Australia QF QF R1 QF QF QF 2nd QF R1 R1 R2 R2 R2
 Austria R1 R1
 Bahrain 4th R1
 Belgium R1 3rd
 Bolivia R1 R1
 Brazil 3rd R1 QF QF 2nd 1st 1st QF 1st 2nd R2 R1 4th QF QF 3rd 1st
 Burkina Faso R1 3rd R2 R1
 Cameroon R1 R1
 Canada R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1
 Chile 3rd R1 R2 R1 R2
 China PR QF R1 R1 R1 R1 QF
 Colombia R1 R1 4th R2 4th R2
 Congo R1 R1 R2
 Costa Rica R1 R1 R1 QF QF QF R2 R1 QF R1
 Croatia R1 R1 QF
 Cuba R1 R1
 Czech Republic QF R1
 Denmark R1
 East Germany QF
 Ecuador R1 QF R2 QF R2
 Egypt R1 QF ×
 England QF QF R1 1st
 Finland R1
 France QF 1st QF QF R2 R2 3rd
 Gambia R1 R1
 Germany 2nd QF R1 4th R1 3rd R2 3rd R2 QF
 Ghana R1 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd R1 4th QF
 Guinea 4th R1 R1 R1 R1 X
 Haiti R1 R1
 Honduras R1 R1 QF R1 R2
 Hungary QF R1
 India R1
 Iran R1 R2 R2 QF
 Iraq R1 R2
 Italy R1 4th R1 R1 R1 QF R2 QF
 Ivory Coast 3rd R1 R2 QF
 Jamaica R1 R1
 Japan QF R1 R1 R1 R1 QF R2 R2 R2
 Malawi R1
 Mali QF R1 QF 2nd 4th
 Mexico R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 QF QF 1st R2 1st 2nd 4th R2 2nd
 Morocco R2
 Netherlands 3rd R1 R1 4th
 New Caledonia R1
 New Zealand R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1
 Niger R2
 Nigeria 1st 2nd QF 1st QF 2nd R1 1st 2nd 1st 1st R2
 North Korea QF R2 R1 R2 R1
 Oman 4th QF R1
 Panama R2 R1
 Paraguay QF R1 R1 R2 QF
 Peru R1 QF Q
 Poland 4th R1
 Portugal 3rd QF QF
 Qatar R1 QF 4th R1 R1 QF R1
 Russia 1st R2 R2
 Rwanda R1
 Saudi Arabia QF R1 1st
 Scotland 2nd
 Senegal R2
 Sierra Leone R1
 Slovakia R2
 Solomon Islands R1
 South Africa R1
 South Korea QF R1 R1 QF R2 QF
 Spain 2nd R1 3rd R1 R1 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd QF
 Sudan R1
 Sweden 3rd
  Switzerland 1st
 Syria R2 R1
 Tajikistan R2 R1
 Thailand R1 R1
 Togo R1
 Trinidad and Tobago R1 R1
 Tunisia R1 R2 R2
 Turkey 4th QF R1
 United Arab Emirates R1 R2 R1
 United States R1 R1 R1 QF QF R1 R1 4th R1 QF QF R2 R2 R2 R1 QF R1
 Uruguay R1 QF R1 QF 2nd QF
 Uzbekistan QF R2
 Venezuela R1
 Yemen R1
    • Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.[4]

Teams that have finished in 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)
 Ivory Coast 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)
1 = includes results representing Soviet Union
2 = includes results representing West Germany

Overall team records[]

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.[5][circular reference]

As of 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Rank[6] Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Brazil 17 89 60 11 18 199 80 +119 191
2  Nigeria 12 67 48 11 8 159 52 +107 155
3  Mexico 14 65 33 11 21 115 86 +29 110
4  Spain 10 53 33 9 11 124 67 +57 108
5  Argentina 14 65 30 14 21 101 79 +22 104
6  Ghana 9 48 30 10 8 93 39 +54 100
7  Germany[7] 10 49 24 8 17 103 76 +27 80
8  United States 17 63 22 7 34 87 110 -24 76
9  France 7 35 22 6 7 92 41 +51 72
10  Australia 13 51 19 7 25 57 79 -22 64
11  Japan 9 33 13 6 14 48 45 +3 45
12  Italy 8 32 13 6 13 38 38 0 45
13  Mali 5 25 13 4 8 40 22 +18 43
14  Uruguay 6 27 12 4 11 45 33 +12 40
15  England 4 21 11 6 3 45 21 +24 39
16  Paraguay 5 19 11 2 6 46 36 +10 35
17  Colombia 6 27 9 7 11 43 41 +2 34
18  South Korea 6 24 10 3 11 29 36 -7 33
19  Costa Rica 10 36 7 8 21 30 59 -29 29
20  Ecuador 5 20 9 1 10 26 31 -5 28
21  Russia[8] 3 14 7 3 4 32 17 +15 24
22  Turkey 3 14 7 3 4 27 19 +8 24
23  Iran 4 16 7 3 6 23 19 +4 24
24  Qatar 7 26 6 6 14 23 45 -22 24
25  Ivory Coast 4 17 6 4 7 28 29 -1 22
26   Switzerland 1 7 7 0 0 18 7 +11 21
27  Saudi Arabia 3 13 5 6 2 18 11 +7 21
28  Chile 5 20 5 6 9 33 41 -8 21
29  Burkina Faso 4 16 5 4 7 18 21 -3 19
30  China PR 6 20 4 7 9 25 36 -11 19
31  Tunisia 3 11 6 0 5 16 17 -1 18
32  Portugal 3 14 5 3 6 27 33 -6 18
33  New Zealand 9 30 4 6 20 19 91 -72 18
34  Oman 3 13 5 2 6 19 21 -2 17
35  Uzbekistan 2 9 5 1 3 13 10 +3 16
36  Netherlands 3 12 5 1 6 18 19 -1 16
37  Belgium 2 10 5 1 4 12 14 -2 16
38  Guinea 5 18 3 7 4 20 30 -10 16
39  Croatia 3 11 4 2 5 10 18 -1 14
40  North Korea 5 18 3 5 10 16 35 -19 14
41  Poland 2 9 3 4 2 16 11 +5 13
42  Sweden 1 7 4 1 2 15 11 +4 13
43  Scotland 1 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12
44  Bahrain 2 9 3 2 4 9 13 -4 11
45  Czech Republic[9] 2 7 3 1 3 10 12 -2 10
46  Honduras 5 21 3 1 6 17 37 -20 10
47  Peru 2 8 2 3 3 4 7 -3 9
48  Egypt 2 7 2 2 3 9 8 +1 8
49  Hungary 2 7 2 2 3 11 12 -1 8
50  Congo 3 10 2 2 6 10 18 -8 8
51  Morocco 1 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7
52  Gambia 2 6 2 1 3 9 10 -1 7
53  Tajikistan 2 7 2 1 4 8 14 -6 7
54  Senegal 1 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 6
55   1 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
56  Angola 1 4 2 0 2 4 5 -1 6
57  Syria 2 7 1 2 4 5 13 -8 5
58  Slovakia 1 4 1 1 2 7 12 -5 4
59  Iraq 2 7 1 1 5 7 22 -15 4
60  United Arab Emirates 3 10 1 2 7 8 26 -18 4
61  Canada 7 18 0 4 17 10 60 -50 4
62  Sudan 1 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
63  Cameroon 2 6 0 3 3 8 13 -5 3
64  Niger 1 4 1 0 3 1 8 -7 3
65  Panama 2 6 1 0 5 4 13 -9 3
66  Finland 1 3 1 0 2 3 12 -9 3
67  Togo 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
68  Bolivia 2 6 0 2 4 8 15 -7 2
69  Sierra Leone 1 3 0 1 2 6 8 -2 1
70  South Africa 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
71  Rwanda 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3 1
72  Yemen 1 3 0 1 2 4 8 -4 1
73  Denmark 1 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 1
74  Haiti 1 6 0 1 5 6 16 -10 1
75  New Caledonia 1 3 0 1 2 2 13 -11 1
76  Jamaica 2 6 0 1 5 2 14 -12 1
77  Cuba 2 6 0 1 5 5 18 -13 1
78  Austria 2 6 0 1 5 5 20 -15 1
79  Algeria 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 0
80  Malawi 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 0
81  Venezuela 1 3 0 0 3 2 9 -7 0
82  India 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8 0
83  Trinidad and Tobago 2 6 0 0 6 3 23 -20 0
84  Solomon Islands 1 3 0 0 3 0 20 -20 0
85  Thailand 2 6 0 0 6 5 29 -24 0

Results of defending champions[]

Year Defending Champions Finish
1987  Nigeria Runners-up
1989  Soviet Union Did Not Qualify
1991  Saudi Arabia Did Not Qualify
1993  Ghana Runners-up
1995  Nigeria Quarter-finals
1997  Ghana Runners-up
1999  Brazil Champions
2001  Brazil Quarter-finals
2003  France Did Not Qualify
2005  Brazil Runners-up
2007  Mexico Did Not Qualify
2009  Nigeria Runners-up
2011   Switzerland Did Not Qualify
2013  Mexico Runners-up
2015  Nigeria Champions
2017  Nigeria Did Not Qualify
2019  England Did Not Qualify
2023  Brazil TBD

Results of host nations[]

Year Host Nation Finish
1985  China PR Quarter-finals
1987  Canada Round 1
1989  Scotland Runners-up
1991  Italy Round 1
1993  Japan Quarter-finals
1995  Ecuador Quarter-finals
1997  Egypt Quarter-finals
1999  New Zealand Round 1
2001  Trinidad and Tobago Round 1
2003  Finland Round 1
2005  Peru Round 1
2007  South Korea Round 1
2009  Nigeria Runners-up
2011  Mexico Champions
2013  United Arab Emirates Round 1
2015  Chile Round of 16
2017  India Round 1
2019  Brazil Champions
2023  Peru To be determined

Result of confederation[]

AFC[]

1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 63
Top 16 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 21
Top 8 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 18
Top 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Top 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1st Saudi Arabia 1
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th Bahrain Qatar Oman 3

CAF[]

1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 62
Top 16 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 19
Top 8 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 26
Top 4 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 19
Top 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 13
1st Nigeria Ghana Nigeria Ghana Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria 7
2nd Nigeria Ghana Ghana Nigeria Nigeria Mali 6
3rd Ivory Coast Ghana Burkina Faso 3
4th Guinea Ghana Mali 3

CONCACAF[]

1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 63
Top 16 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 15
Top 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 18
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
1st Mexico Mexico 2
2nd Mexico Mexico 2
3rd 0
4th United States Mexico 2

CONMEBOL[]

1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 64
Top 16 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 25
Top 8 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 34
Top 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 18
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
1st Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil 4
2nd Brazil Brazil Uruguay 3
3rd Brazil Argentina Chile Argentina Argentina Brazil 6
4th Argentina Colombia Colombia Brazil Argentina 5

OFC[]

1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
Total
Teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 20
Top 16 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
Top 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1st 0
2nd Australia 1
3rd 0
4th 0

UEFA[]

1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 72
Top 16 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 29
Top 8 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 4 4 3 1 2 3 4 40
Top 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 24
Top 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 10
1st Soviet Union France Switzerland England 4
2nd West Germany Scotland Spain Spain Spain Spain 6
3rd Portugal Spain Netherlands Germany Spain Germany Sweden Belgium France 9
4th Italy Poland Germany Turkey Netherlands 5

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
  2. ^ a b c The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  3. ^ a b Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor teams of Czechoslovakia.
  4. ^ "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ^ es:Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-17#Estadísticas
  6. ^ Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Note that this column does not represent any official rankings.
  7. ^ includes results representing West Germany.
  8. ^ includes results representing Soviet Union.
  9. ^ includes results representing Czechoslovakia.
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