FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Founded	1977
Region	Worldwide
Number of teams	24
Tournament information
Current champions	Ukraine (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Argentina (6 titles)
Current
Website	Official website

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. Until 2005 it was known as the FIFA World Youth Championship.

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
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-19 Championship
CAF (Africa)	African Youth Championship
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America)	South American Youth Championship
UEFA (Europe)	UEFA European U-19 Championship
OFC (Oceania)	OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament

Results

Summaries

FIFA World Youth Championship

#	Year	Hosts		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
				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

#	Year	Hosts		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
				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	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–1 (p)	Italy		24
—	2021 Details	Indonesia	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic								24
23	2023 Details	Indonesia										24

• Key:
  • a.e.t. – after extra time
  • pen. – match won on penalty shootout

External links

• Official website
• Tournament archive at fifa.com
• FIFA U-20 World Cup at rsssf
• Squad listings of winning teams at rsssf