FIFA U-20 World Cup

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FIFA U-20 World Cup
Founded1977; 46 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
Tournaments

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 (1981–2011).
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]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ CBC.ca
  2. ↑ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup™ and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. 24 December 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship USSR 1985 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "FIFA U20 World Cup Egypt 2009 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 "Mali's magician Traore nets top honour". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 "Solanke takes home top honour". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 June 2017.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 "Lee, Lunin headline award winners at Poland 2019". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  25. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Final". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019: Erling Haaland scores record triple hat-trick as Norway thrash Honduras 12-0". Fox Sports Asia. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

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