National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 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-20 World Cup finals.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances[]

Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result (* = hosts)
 Brazil 18 16 0 1977 2015 Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
 Argentina 16 7 3 1979 2019 Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001*, 2005, 2007)
 Mexico 16 5 5 1977 2019 Runners-up (1977)
 United States 16 7 4 1981 2019 Fourth place (1989)
 Spain 15 6 0 1977 2013 Champions (1999)
 Uruguay 15 7 7 1977 2019 Runners-up (1997, 2013)
 Australia 15 8 0 1981 2013 Fourth place (1991, 1993*)
 South Korea 15 6 2 1979 2019 Runners-up (2019)
 Portugal 12 5 5 1979 2019 Champions (1989, 1991*)
 Nigeria 12 6 1 1983 2019 Runners-up (1989, 2005)
 Germany[1] 11 4 0 1981 2017 Champions (1981)
 England 11 3 0 1981 2017 Champions (2017)
 Japan 10 7 2 1979 2019 Runners-up (1999)
 Colombia 10 3 1 1985 2019 Third place (2003)
 Paraguay 9 4 0 1977 2013 Fourth place (2001)
 Costa Rica 9 4 0 1989 2017 Fourth place (2009)
 Saudi Arabia 9 3 2 1985 2019 Round 2 (2011, 2017)
 Russia[2] 8 4 0 1977 1995 Champions (1977)
 Egypt 8 3 0 1981 2013 Third place (2001)
 Canada 8 4 0 1979 2007 Quarterfinals (2003)
 Honduras 8 3 3 1977 2019 Round 1
 Ghana 7 3 0 1993 2015 Champions (2009)
 France 7 2 2 1977 2019 Champions (2013)
 Mali 7 3 1 1989 2019 Third place (1999, 2015)
 Italy 7 2 2 1977 2019 Third place (2017)
 Czech Republic[3] 6 2 0 1983 2009 Runners-up (2007)
 Chile 6 2 0 1987 2013 Third place (2007)
 Hungary 6 2 0 1977 2015 Third place (2009)
 Cameroon 6 2 0 1981 2011 Quarterfinals (1995)
 New Zealand 6 5 5 2007 2019 Round 2 (2015*, 2017, 2019)
 Panama 6 3 1 2003 2019 Round 2 (2019)
 Poland 5 3 1 1979 2019 Third place (1983)
 Republic of Ireland 5 2 0 1985 2003 Third place (1997)
 Austria 5 1 0 1977 2015 Fourth place (2007)
 China PR 5 2 0 1983 2005 Quarterfinals (1985)
 Ivory Coast 5 1 0 1977 2003 Round 2 (2003)
 Qatar 4 1 1 1981 2019 Runners-up (1981)
 Ukraine[2] 4 1 1 2001 2019 Champions (2019)
 Iraq 4 1 0 1977 2013 Fourth place (2013)
 Ecuador 4 2 2 2001 2019 Third place (2019)
 Netherlands 4 1 0 1983 2005 Quarterfinals (1983, 2001, 2005*)
 Uzbekistan[2] 4 2 0 2003 2015 Quarterfinals (2013, 2015)
 Syria 4 2 0 1989 2005 Quarterfinals (1991)
 South Africa 4 2 2 1997 2019 Round 2 (2009)
 Serbia[4] 3 1 0 1979 2015 Champions (1987, 2015)
 Morocco 3 1 0 1977 2005 Fourth place (2005)
 Senegal 3 3 3 2015 2019 Fourth place (2015)
 Scotland 3 1 0 1983 2007 Quarterfinals (1983, 1987)
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 1997 2009 Quarterfinals (2003*, 2009)
 Zambia 3 1 0 1999 2017 Quarterfinals (2017)
 Croatia[4] 3 2 0 1999 2013 Round 2 (1999, 2013)
 Turkey 3 1 0 1993 2013 Round 2 (2005, 2013*)
 Iran 3 1 0 1977 2017 Round 1
 North Korea 3 1 0 2007 2015 Round 1
 Norway 3 1 1 1989 2019 Round 1
 Venezuela 2 1 0 2009 2017 Runners-up (2017)
 East Germany 2 2 0 1987 1989 Third place (1987)
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 1985 1987 Quarterfinals (1985, 1987)
 Tunisia 2 1 0 1977 1985 Round 1
 Guinea 2 1 0 1979 2017 Round 1
 Indonesia 2 1 0 1979 2021 Round 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 0 1991 2009 Round 1
 Tahiti 2 1 1 2009 2019 Round 1
 Romania 1 1 0 1981 1981 Third place (1981)
 Algeria 1 1 0 1979 1979 Quarterfinals (1979)
 Belgium 1 1 0 1997 1997 Round 2 (1997)
 Angola 1 1 0 2001 2001 Round 2 (2001)
 Burkina Faso 1 1 0 2003 2003 Round 2 (2003)
 Slovakia[3] 1 1 0 2003 2003 Round 2 (2003)
 Congo 1 1 0 2007 2007 Round 2 (2007)
 Gambia 1 1 0 2007 2007 Round 2 (2007)
 Guatemala 1 1 0 2011 2011 Round 2 (2011)
 Greece 1 1 0 2013 2013 Round 2 (2013)
 Vanuatu 1 1 0 2017 2017 Round 1
 Vietnam 1 1 0 2017 2017 Round 1
 Bahrain 1 1 0 1987 1987 Round 1
 Togo 1 1 0 1987 1987 Round 1
 Sweden 1 1 0 1991 1991 Round 1
 Burundi 1 1 0 1995 1995 Round 1
 Malaysia 1 1 0 1997 1997 Round 1
 Kazakhstan[2] 1 1 0 1999 1999 Round 1
 Ethiopia 1 1 0 2001 2001 Round 1
 Finland 1 1 0 2001 2001 Round 1
 Jamaica 1 1 0 2001 2001 Round 1
 Benin 1 1 0 2005 2005 Round 1
  Switzerland 1 1 0 2005 2005 Round 1
 Jordan 1 1 0 2007 2007 Round 1
 Cuba 1 1 0 2013 2013 Round 1
 El Salvador 1 1 0 2013 2013 Round 1
 Fiji 1 1 0 2015 2015 Round 1
 Myanmar 1 1 0 2015 2015 Round 1
  • Sorted by appearances, best result, number of times that result was achieved, and first to achieve that result, in that order.
  • *: Tournament hosts.

Debut of national teams[]

Year Debutants
1977 (16)  Austria,  Brazil,  France,  Honduras,  Hungary,  Iran,  Iraq,  Italy,  Ivory Coast,  Mexico,  Morocco,  Paraguay,  Spain,  Tunisia,  Soviet Union,[2]  Uruguay
1979 (10)  Algeria,  Argentina,  Canada,  Guinea,  Indonesia,  Japan,  Poland,  Portugal,  South Korea,  Yugoslavia[4]
1981 (8)  Australia,  Cameroon,  Egypt,  England,  Qatar,  Romania,  United States,  West Germany[1]
1983 (5)  China PR,  ,[3]  Scotland,  Netherlands,  Nigeria
1985 (4)  Bulgaria,  Colombia,  Republic of Ireland,  Saudi Arabia
1987 (4)  Bahrain,  Chile,  ,  Togo
1989 (4)  Costa Rica,  Mali,  Norway,  Syria
1991 (2)  Sweden,  Trinidad and Tobago
1993 (2)  Ghana,  Turkey
1995 (1)  Burundi
1997 (4)  Belgium,  Malaysia,  South Africa,  United Arab Emirates
1999 (3)  Croatia,[4]  Kazakhstan,[2]  Zambia
2001 (6)  Angola,  Ecuador,  Ethiopia,  Finland,  Jamaica,  Ukraine[2]
2003 (4)  Burkina Faso,  Panama,  Slovakia,  Uzbekistan[2]
2005 (2)  Benin,   Switzerland
2007 (5)  Congo,  Gambia,  Jordan,  New Zealand,  North Korea
2009 (2)  Tahiti,  Venezuela
2011 (1)  Guatemala
2013 (3)  Cuba,  El Salvador,  Greece
2015 (3)  Fiji,  Myanmar,  Senegal
2017 (2)  Vanuatu,  Vietnam
2019 (0) None
2023 (0) TBD

Overall team records[]

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. 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. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[5]

As of 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Rank[6] Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Brazil 18 103 72 16 15 231 71 +160 232
2  Argentina 16 82 55 9 18 163 68 +95 174
3  Spain 15 72 43 13 16 150 77 +73 142
4  Uruguay 15 73 34 21 18 96 67 +29 123
5  Portugal 12 57 31 11 15 81 50 +31 104
6  United States 16 66 26 10 30 93 96 -3 88
7  Ghana 7 43 26 9 8 76 47 +29 87
8  Mexico 16 65 22 18 25 90 72 +18 84
9  Germany 11 47 24 9 14 91 51 +40 81
10  Nigeria 12 56 23 11 22 84 71 +13 80
11  South Korea 15 60 19 14 27 75 94 -20 71
12  Colombia 10 43 20 9 14 63 51 +12 69
13  France 7 35 20 6 9 69 43 +26 66
14  Australia 15 56 16 15 25 63 89 -26 63
15  Russia[2] 8 38 17 11 10 62 44 +18 62
16  Japan 10 43 15 12 16 57 56 +1 57
17  England 11 45 14 15 16 45 44 +1 57
18  Paraguay 9 36 13 10 13 46 47 -1 49
19  Italy 7 34 13 8 13 44 43 +1 47
20  Egypt 8 32 12 5 15 45 45 0 41
21  Chile 6 28 12 5 11 47 48 -1 41
22  Costa Rica 9 35 12 4 19 41 62 -21 40
23  Czech Republic[3] 6 26 9 10 7 34 31 +3 37
24  Mali 7 31 10 7 14 45 61 -16 37
25  Ukraine 4 19 10 6 3 36 17 +19 36
26  Serbia[4] 3 16 11 2 3 32 13 +19 35
27  Poland 5 23 9 4 10 36 28 +8 31
28  Republic of Ireland 5 21 8 5 8 30 27 +3 29
29  Netherlands 4 17 8 4 5 30 20 +10 28
30  Iraq 4 17 8 3 6 27 30 -3 27
31  Hungary 6 23 7 4 12 33 39 -6 25
32  Cameroon 6 21 7 4 10 28 36 -8 25
33  China PR 5 18 7 3 8 25 26 -1 24
34  Ecuador 4 18 6 5 7 19 18 +1 23
35  Senegal 3 16 6 5 5 18 20 -2 23
36  Venezuela 2 11 7 1 3 24 8 +16 22
37  Saudi Arabia 9 29 5 7 17 25 39 -14 22
38  Austria 5 20 4 6 10 10 33 -23 18
39  Zambia 3 12 5 2 5 22 23 -1 17
40  New Zealand 6 21 4 5 12 21 34 -13 17
41  United Arab Emirates 3 14 5 2 7 12 26 -14 17
42  Canada 8 27 4 5 18 16 50 -34 17
43  Syria 4 14 4 4 6 13 23 -10 16
44  Morocco 3 14 4 3 7 16 20 -4 15
45  Honduras 8 24 5 0 19 23 79 -56 15
46  Uzbekistan 4 16 4 2 10 20 30 -10 14
47  Romania 1 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 13
48  Scotland 3 11 3 3 5 12 15 -3 12
49  Croatia 3 11 3 3 5 12 18 -6 12
50  Turkey 3 11 3 2 6 11 21 -10 11
51  Bulgaria 2 8 3 2 3 8 9 -1 11
52  Qatar 4 15 3 2 10 9 26 -17 11
53  Ivory Coast 5 16 1 7 8 13 30 -17 10
54  Norway 3 9 2 1 6 17 15 +2 7
55  Burkina Faso 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 7
56  Iran 3 9 2 1 6 8 19 -11 7
57  South Africa 4 13 1 4 8 11 25 -15 7
58  Panama 6 19 1 4 14 11 38 -27 7
59  Slovakia 1 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
60  Gambia 1 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 6
61  Greece 1 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 5
62  Angola 1 4 1 2 1 3 4 -1 5
63  Algeria 1 4 1 2 1 2 6 -4 5
64  Congo 1 4 1 1 2 3 7 -4 4
65  Belgium 1 4 1 1 2 4 14 -10 4
66  Finland 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
67   Switzerland 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3
68  Sweden 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
69  El Salvador 1 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 3
70  Fiji 1 3 1 0 2 4 11 -7 3
71  Tunisia 2 6 1 0 5 3 13 -10 3
72  Guatemala 1 4 1 0 3 1 12 -11 3
73  North Korea 3 9 0 3 6 3 21 -18 3
74  Benin 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
75  Jordan 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1
76  Bahrain 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
77  Jamaica 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 1
78  Burundi 1 3 0 1 2 2 8 -6 1
79  Vietnam 1 3 0 1 2 0 6 -6 1
80  Trinidad and Tobago 2 6 0 1 5 2 18 -16 1
81  Guinea 2 6 0 1 5 1 19 -18 1
82  Ethiopia 1 3 0 0 3 4 8 -4 0
83  Malaysia 1 3 0 0 3 2 9 -7 0
84  Kazakhstan 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8 0
85  Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8 0
86  Vanuatu 1 3 0 0 3 4 13 -9 0
87  Cuba 1 3 0 0 3 1 10 -9 0
88  Myanmar 1 3 0 0 3 2 13 -11 0
89  Indonesia 2 3 0 0 3 0 16 -16 0
90  Tahiti 2 6 0 0 6 0 35 -35 0

Former countries

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
  (1977–1993) 7 3 1 3 10 10 0 7
 West Germany (1977–1989) 12 9 2 1 26 7 +19 29
 East Germany (1987-1989) 9 4 1 4 13 10 +3 13
 Soviet Union (1977–1991) 30 14 9 7 52 32 +20 37
 Yugoslavia (1977–1991) 9 6 1 2 22 9 +13 13
  (1995-2001) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  (2003-2005) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Comprehensive team results by tournament[]

Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarterfinals (1979-1995: first group stage, and since 1997: second group stage; final 8)
  • R2 — Round 2 (since 1997: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 — Round 1
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  • XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •    — Hosts
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		2023
Indonesia
(24) 		Total
 Algeria CAF × QF • • • × • × • • • • • • • • • • • × • • 1
 Angola CAF × × × • • × • × × • • • R2 • • • • • • • • • 1
 Argentina CONMEBOL • 1st R1 2nd • • QF R1 • 1st 1st R2 1st 4th 1st 1st • QF • R1 R1 R2 16
 Australia AFC[7] • QF R1 R1 R1 • 4th 4th QF R2 R1 R2 R2 R1 • R1 R1 R1 • • • 15
 Austria UEFA R1 • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • 4th • R1 • R2 • • 5
 Bahrain AFC • • × • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Belgium UEFA • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Benin CAF × × × × × × × • × × • × × × R1 × • • • • × • 1
 Brazil CONMEBOL 3rd • QF 1st 1st QF 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd QF QF QF 1st 3rd R2 2nd 1st • 2nd • • 18
 Bulgaria UEFA • • • • QF QF • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Burkina Faso CAF × × × × × × × × × • • × • R2 • • • • • • • • 1
 Burundi CAF × × × × × × × × × R1 × • × • × • • • × • • • 1
 Cameroon CAF × • R1 • • • • • R1 QF • R2 • • • • R1 R2 • • • • 6
 Canada CONCACAF • R1 • • R1 R1 • • • • R2 • R1 QF R1 R1 • • • • • • 8
 Chile CONMEBOL • • • • • 4th • • • R1 • • R1 • R2 3rd • • QF • • • 6
 China PR AFC × × • R1 QF • • • • • R1 • R2 • R2 • • • • • • • 5
 Colombia CONMEBOL • • • • QF R1 QF • R1 • • • • 3rd R2 • • QF R2 R2 • QF 10
 Congo CAF × × × × × × × × • × × • × × × R2 • • • • • • 1
 Costa Rica CONCACAF • • • • • • R1 • • R1 R1 R2 R2 • • R1 4th R2 • • R2 • 9
 Croatia UEFA • • • R2 • • • • • R1 R2 • • • 3
 Cuba CONCACAF • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • 1
 Czech Republic[3] UEFA • • • R1 • • R1 • • • • • QF R1 • 2nd R2 • • • • • 6
 East Germany UEFA • • • • • 3rd R1 • 2
 Ecuador CONMEBOL • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • • R2 • • R1 3rd 4
 Egypt CAF • • QF • • • • R1 • • • • 3rd R2 R1 • R2 R2 R1 • • • 8
 El Salvador CONCACAF • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • 1
 England UEFA • • 4th • R1 • • R1 3rd • R2 R1 • R1 • • R1 R2 R1 • 1st • 11
 Ethiopia CAF × • • × • • × • • • • • R1 • × • × × × • • • 1
 Fiji OFC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • 1
 Finland UEFA • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • 1
 France UEFA R1 • • • • • • • • • QF • QF • • • • 4th 1st • R2 R2 7
Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		2023
Indonesia
(24) 		Total
 Gambia CAF × × × • • × × • × × × × • × • R2 • • • • • • 1
 Germany UEFA • • 1st • • 2nd • • R1 R1 • R1 R2 R1 QF • QF • • QF R2 • 11
 Ghana CAF × × × × • • • • 2nd • 4th QF 2nd • • • 1st • 3rd R2 • • 7
 Greece UEFA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • 1
 Guatemala CONCACAF • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • • 1
 Guinea CAF • R1 • • • • • • × • • • × • • • • • • • R1 • 2
 Honduras CONCACAF R1 • • • • • • • • R1 • R1 • • R1 • R1 • • R1 R1 R1 8
 Hungary UEFA R1 R1 • • R1 • • • • • R1 • • • • • 3rd • • R2 • • 6
 Indonesia AFC × R1 • • • • × • • • • × • • • • • • • • × • Q 2
 Iran AFC R1 • × × × × • × • × • • R1 • • • • • • • R1 • 3
 Iraq AFC R1 • × • • • QF × × • × • R1 • • • • • 4th • • • 4
 Italy UEFA R1 • R1 • • QF • • • • • • • • QF • QF • • • 3rd 4th 7
 Ivory Coast CAF R1 × × R1 • • • R1 × • R1 • • R2 • • • • • • • • 5
 Jamaica CONCACAF • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • 1
 Japan AFC • R1 • • • • • • • QF QF 2nd R1 QF R2 R2 • • • • R2 R2 10
 Jordan AFC • • × × × × × × × × • × • • • R1 • • • • • • 1
 Kazakhstan UEFA[8] • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Malaysia AFC • • • • × • × • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Mali CAF × × × × × × R1 • • • • 3rd • R1 • • • R1 R1 3rd • QF 7
 Mexico CONCACAF 2nd R1 R1 R1 QF • × QF QF • R2 QF • R1 • QF • 3rd R2 R1 QF R1 16
 Morocco CAF R1 • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • 4th • • • • • • • 3
 Myanmar AFC × × × × × × × × × • × × • • • × • • • R1 • • 1
 Netherlands UEFA • • • QF • • • • • R1 • • QF • QF • • • • • • • 4
 New Zealand OFC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • R1 R1 R2 R2 R2 6
 Nigeria CAF × • • R1 3rd R1 2nd • • • • QF • • 2nd QF R2 QF R2 R2 • R2 12
 North Korea AFC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • R1 • R1 • • 3
 Norway UEFA • • • • • • R1 • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 3
 Panama CONCACAF • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 R1 R1 • R1 • R1 • R2 6
 Paraguay CONMEBOL R1 QF • • R1 • • • • • R1 R2 4th R2 • • R2 • R2 • • • 9
 Poland UEFA • 4th R1 3rd • • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • • • R2 5
 Portugal UEFA • QF • • • • 1st 1st R1 3rd • R2 • • • R2 • 2nd R2 QF QF R1 12
Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		2023
Indonesia
(24) 		Total
 Qatar AFC • • 2nd • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • R1 • R1 4
 Republic of Ireland UEFA • • • • R1 • • R1 • • 3rd R2 • R2 • • • • • • • • 5
 Romania UEFA • • 3rd • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Russia[2] UEFA 1st 2nd • R1 4th • QF 3rd QF QF • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
 Saudi Arabia AFC • • • • R1 R1 R1 • R1 • • R1 • R1 • • • R2 • • R2 R1 9
 Scotland UEFA • • • QF • QF • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • 3
 Senegal CAF × × × • × × • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4th R2 QF 3
 Serbia[4] UEFA • R1 • • • 1st • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1st • • 3
 Slovakia UEFA • • • • R2 • • • • • • • • 1
 South Africa CAF × × × × × × × × × • R1 • • • • • R2 • • • R1 R1 4
 South Korea AFC • R1 R1 4th • • • QF R1 • R1 R1 • R2 R1 R1 QF R2 QF • R2 2nd 15
 Spain UEFA R1 QF R1 • 2nd • R1 QF • 4th QF 1st • 2nd QF QF R2 QF QF • • • 15
 Sweden UEFA • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
  Switzerland UEFA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • 1
 Syria AFC R1 QF • R1 • • • • R2 • • • • • • • 4
 Tahiti OFC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • R1 2
 Togo CAF × × • • × R1 × × • • × • × • × • × • × • × • 1
 Trinidad and Tobago CONCACAF • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • 2
 Tunisia CAF R1 • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Turkey UEFA • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • R2 • • • R2 • • • 3
 Ukraine UEFA • • • • R2 • R2 • • • • R2 • 1st 4
 United Arab Emirates AFC • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • QF • • QF • • • • • 3
 United States CONCACAF • • R1 R1 • R1 4th • QF • R2 R2 R2 QF R2 QF R1 • R1 QF QF QF 16
 Uruguay CONMEBOL 4th 3rd QF QF • • • R1 QF • 2nd 4th • • • R2 R2 R1 2nd R2 4th R2 15
 Uzbekistan AFC • • • • • R1 • • R1 • QF QF • • 4
 Vanuatu OFC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • 1
 Venezuela CONMEBOL • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • 2nd • 2
 Vietnam AFC • • • • • • R1 • 1
 Zambia CAF × × × × • • × • × • • R1 • • • R2 • • • • QF • 3
Team Confederation 1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		2023
Indonesia
(24) 		Total

Teams that have finished in the top four[]

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 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)
 Serbia1 2 (1987, 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

Results of defending champions[]

Year Defending Champions Finish
1979  Soviet Union Runners-up
1981  Argentina Group Stage
1983  West Germany Did Not Qualify
1985  Brazil Champions
1987  Brazil Quarter-finals
1989  Yugoslavia Did Not Qualify
1991  Portugal Champions
1993  Portugal Group Stage
1995  Brazil Runners-up
1997  Argentina Champions
1999  Argentina Round of 16
2001  Spain Did Not Qualify
2003  Argentina Fourth Place
2005  Brazil Third Place
2007  Argentina Champions
2009  Argentina Did Not Qualify
2011  Ghana Did Not Qualify
2013  Brazil Did Not Qualify
2015  France Did Not Qualify
2017  Serbia Did Not Qualify
2019  England Did Not Qualify
2023  Ukraine TBD

Results of host nations[]

Year Host Nation Finish
1977  Tunisia Group Stage
1979  Japan Group Stage
1981  Australia Quarter-finals
1983  Mexico Group Stage
1985  Soviet Union Fourth Place
1987  Chile Fourth Place
1989  Saudi Arabia Group Stage
1991  Portugal Champions
1993  Australia Fourth Place
1995  Qatar Group Stage
1997  Malaysia Group Stage
1999  Nigeria Quarter-finals
2001  Argentina Champions
2003  United Arab Emirates Quarter-finals
2005  Netherlands Quarter-finals
2007  Canada Group Stage
2009  Egypt Quarter-finals
2011  Colombia Quarter-finals
2013  Turkey Round of 16
2015  New Zealand Round of 16
2017  South Korea Round of 16
2019  Poland Round of 16
2023  Indonesia TBD

Result of confederation[]

AFC[]

1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 74
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 24
Top 8 — 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 18
Top 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
Top 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1st 0
2nd Qatar Japan South Korea 3
3rd 0
4th South Korea Iraq 2

CAF[]

1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 71
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 4 2 3 34
Top 8 — 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 23
Top 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 13
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
1st Ghana 1
2nd Nigeria Ghana Ghana Nigeria 4
3rd Nigeria Mali Egypt Ghana Mali 5
4th Ghana Morocco Senegal 3

CONCACAF[]

1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 70
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 24
Top 8 — 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 19
Top 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Top 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1st 0
2nd Mexico 1
3rd Mexico 1
4th United States Costa Rica 2

CONMEBOL[]

1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 80
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 43
Top 8 — 3 0 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 44
Top 4 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 32
Top 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 19
1st Argentina Brazil Brazil Brazil Argentina Argentina Argentina Brazil Argentina Argentina Brazil 11
2nd Argentina Brazil Brazil Uruguay Brazil Uruguay Brazil Venezuela 8
3rd Brazil Uruguay Brazil Colombia Brazil Chile Ecuador 7
4th Uruguay Chile Uruguay Paraguay Argentina Uruguay 6

OFC[]

1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 22
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
Top 8 — 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th Australia Australia 2

UEFA[]

1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		Total
Teams 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 127
Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 6 6 5 4 57
Top 8 — 4 3 4 3 6 2 3 2 3 3 1 3 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 61
Top 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 32
Top 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 16
1st Soviet Union West Germany Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Portugal Portugal Spain France Serbia England Ukraine 10
2nd Soviet Union Spain West Germany Spain Czech Republic Portugal 6
3rd Romania Poland East Germany Soviet Union England Portugal Republic of Ireland Hungary Italy 9
4th Poland England Soviet Union Spain Austria France Italy 7

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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 c d e Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as successor team of Czechoslovakia.
  4. ^ a b c d e f The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.
  5. ^ "U20 World Cup » All-time league table". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  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. ^ Australia represented OFC before 2006.
  8. ^ Kazakhstan represented AFC before 2000.

References[]

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