FIFA U-20 World Cup

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FIFA U-20 World Cup
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams24
Current champions Ukraine (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Argentina (6 titles)
Websitewww.fifa.com/u20worldcup/
2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup is an football world championship for male players under the age of 20. It is organized by FIFA. The competition has been staged every two years since the first tournament in 1977.[1] It was known as the FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005.

Qualification[change | change source]

Confederation Championship
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[change | change source]

Summaries[change | change source]

Edition 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 (aet)
9–8 (p)

Mexico

Brazil
4–0
Uruguay
16
2 1979
Details
 Japan
Argentina
3–1
Soviet Union

Uruguay
1–1 (aet)
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 (aet)
South Korea
16
5 1985
Details
 Soviet Union
Brazil
1–0 (aet)
Spain

Nigeria
0–0 (aet)
3–1 (p)

Soviet Union
16
6 1987
Details
 Chile
Yugoslavia
1–1 (aet)
5–4 (p)

West Germany

East Germany
2–2 (aet)
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 (aet)
4–2 (p)

Brazil

Soviet Union
1–1 (aet)
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
16 2007
Details
 Canada
Argentina
2–1
Czech Republic

Chile
1–0
Austria
24
17 2009
Details
 Egypt
Ghana
0–0 (aet)
4–3 (p)

Brazil

Hungary
1–1 (aet)
2–0 (p)

Costa Rica
24
18 2011
Details
 Colombia
Brazil
3–2 (aet)
Portugal

Mexico
3–1
France
24
19 2013
Details
 Turkey
France
0–0 (aet)
4–1 (p)

Uruguay

Ghana
3–0
Iraq
24
20 2015
Details
 New Zealand
Serbia
2–1 (aet)
Brazil

Mali
3–1
Senegal
24
21 2017
Details
 South Korea
England
1–0
Venezuela

Italy
0–0 (aet)
4–1 (p)

Uruguay
24
22 2019
Details
 Poland
Ukraine
3–1
South Korea

Ecuador
1–0 (aet)
Italy
24
23 2021
Details
 Indonesia Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] 24
23 2023
Details
 Indonesia 24

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Awards[change | change source]

Golden Ball[change | change source]

World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia Soviet Union Volodymyr Bessonov Brazil Júnior Brasília Brazil Cléber [3]
1979 Japan Argentina Diego Maradona Paraguay Julio César Romero Argentina Ramón Díaz [4]
1981 Australia Romania Romulus Gabor West Germany Michael Zorc West Germany Roland Wohlfarth [5]
1983 Mexico Brazil Geovani Argentina Roberto Zárate Argentina Luis Islas [6]
1985 Soviet Union Brazil Paulo Silas Brazil Gérson Spain Juan Carlos Unzué [7]
1987 Chile Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Boban West Germany Marcel Witeczek [8]
1989 Saudi Arabia Brazil Bismarck United States Kasey Keller Nigeria Christopher Nwosu [9]
1991 Portugal Portugal Emílio Peixe Brazil Giovane Élber Portugal Paulo Torres [10]
1993 Australia Brazil Adriano Not awarded Not awarded [11]
1995 Qatar Brazil Caio Portugal Dani Argentina Joaquín Irigoytía [12]
1997 Malaysia Uruguay Nicolás Olivera Uruguay Marcelo Zalayeta Argentina Pablo Aimar [13]
1999 Nigeria Mali Seydou Keita Nigeria Pius Ikedia Spain Pablo Couñago [14]
2001 Argentina Argentina Javier Saviola Argentina Andrés D'Alessandro France Djibril Cissé [15]
2003 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar Brazil Dudu Brazil Dani Alves [16]
2005 Netherlands Argentina Lionel Messi Nigeria John Obi Mikel Nigeria Taye Taiwo [17]
2007 Canada Argentina Sergio Agüero Argentina Maxi Moralez Mexico Giovani dos Santos [18]
2009 Egypt Ghana Dominic Adiyiah Brazil Alex Teixeira Brazil Giuliano [19]
2011 Colombia Brazil Henrique Almeida Portugal Nélson Oliveira Mexico Jorge Enríquez [20]
2013 Turkey France Paul Pogba Uruguay Nicolás López Ghana Clifford Aboagye [21]
2015 New Zealand Mali Adama Traoré Brazil Danilo Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić [22]
2017 South Korea England Dominic Solanke Uruguay Federico Valverde Venezuela Yangel Herrera [23]
2019 Poland South Korea Lee Kang-in Ukraine Serhiy Buletsa Ecuador Gonzalo Plata [24]
2023 Indonesia

Golden Boot[change | change source]

World Cup Golden Boot Goals Silver Boot Goals Bronze Boot Goals Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia Brazil Guina 4 Iraq Hussein Saeed 3 Mexico Luis Placencia 3 [3]
1979 Japan Argentina Ramón Díaz 8 Argentina Diego Maradona 6 Poland Andrzej Palasz 5 [4]
1981 Australia Australia Mark Koussas 4 Egypt Taher Abouzaid 4 West Germany Ralf Loose 4 [5]
1983 Mexico Brazil Geovani 6 Poland Joachim Klemenz 5 Argentina Jorge Luis Gabrich 4 [6]
1985 Soviet Union Spain Sebastián Losada 3 Spain Fernando 3 Nigeria Odiaka Monday 3 [7]
1987 Chile West Germany Marcel Witeczek 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Davor Šuker 6 Chile Camilo Pino 5 [8]
1989 Saudi Arabia Soviet Union Oleg Salenko 5 Brazil Marcelo Henrique 3 Nigeria Christopher Ohen 3 [9]
1991 Portugal Soviet Union Sergei Sherbakov 5 Spain Ismael Urzaiz 4 Mexico Pedro Pineda 4 [10]
1993 Australia Colombia Henry Zambrano 3 United States Chris Faklaris 3 Mexico Vicente Nieto 3 [11]
1995 Qatar Spain Joseba Etxeberria 7 Brazil Caio 5 Portugal Dani 4 [12]
1997 Malaysia Brazil Adaílton 10 France David Trezeguet 5 Australia Kostas Salapasidis 4 [13]
1999 Nigeria Spain Pablo Couñago 5 Mali Mahamadou Dissa 5 United States Taylor Twellman 4 [14]
2001 Argentina Argentina Javier Saviola 11 Brazil Adriano 6 France Djibril Cissé 6 [15]
2003 United Arab Emirates United States Eddie Johnson 4 Japan Daisuke Sakata 4 Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi 4 [16]
2005 Netherlands Argentina Lionel Messi 6 Spain Fernando Llorente 5 Ukraine Oleksandr Aliyev 5 [17]
2007 Canada Argentina Sergio Agüero 6 Spain Adrián 5 Argentina Maxi Moralez 4 [18]
2009 Egypt Ghana Dominic Adiyiah 8 Hungary Vladimir Koman 5 Spain Aarón 4 [19]
2011 Colombia Brazil Henrique Almeida 5 Spain Álvaro Vázquez 5 France Alexandre Lacazette 5 [20]
2013 Turkey Ghana Ebenezer Assifuah 6 Portugal Bruma 5 Spain Jesé 5 [21]
2015 New Zealand Ukraine Viktor Kovalenko 5 Hungary Bence Mervo 5 Germany Marc Stendera 4 [22]
2017 South Korea Italy Riccardo Orsolini 5 United States Josh Sargent 4 France Jean-Kévin Augustin 4 [23]
2019 Poland Norway Erling Haaland 9 Ukraine Danylo Sikan 4 Senegal Amadou Sagna 4 [24]
2023 Indonesia

Golden Glove[change | change source]

World Cup Golden Gloves Ref(s)
2009 Egypt Costa Rica Esteban Alvarado [19]
2011 Colombia Portugal Mika [20]
2013 Turkey Uruguay Guillermo de Amores [21]
2015 New Zealand Serbia Predrag Rajković [22]
2017 South Korea England Freddie Woodman [23]
2019 Poland Ukraine Andriy Lunin [24]
2021 Indonesia

FIFA Fair Play Award[change | change source]

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 [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]
2023 Indonesia
  • Key:
    • a.e.t. – after extra time
    • pen. – match won on penalty shootout

Records[change | change source]

Most World Cup appearances
18,  Brazil[25]
Most consecutive finals tournaments
16,  Brazil (19812011).
Most wins (players)
2, three players:
Largest win margin in one match
12 goals ( Norway 12–0  Honduras, 2019)[26]
Most goals scored in a match by a single player
9 goals (Haaland for  Norway against  Honduras, 2019)[26]

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