South Korea national under-20 football team

The **South Korea national under-20 football team** represents South Korea in the under-20 international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and their best result is runners-up at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. They hosted the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. They have won the AFC U-20 Asian Cup 12 times.

## Competitive record

Champions  Runners-up  Third place Tournament played on home soil

### FIFA U-20 World Cup

|colspan="9"|FIFA U-20 World Cup record||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|1979|Group stage|3|1|1|1|1|3|Squad|
|1981|Group stage|3|1|0|2|4|5|Squad|
|1983|Fourth place|6|3|0|3|8|9|Squad|
|1985|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|1987|||||||||
|1989|||||||||
|1991|Quarter-finals|4|1|1|2|3|7|Squad|
|1993|Group stage|3|0|3|0|4|4|Squad|
|1995|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|1997|Group stage|3|0|1|2|5|14|Squad|
|1999|Group stage|3|1|0|2|5|6|Squad|
|2001|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|2003|Round of 16|4|1|0|3|3|5|Squad|
|2005|Group stage|3|1|0|2|3|5|Squad|
|2007|Group stage|3|0|2|1|4|5|Squad|
|2009|Quarter-finals|5|2|1|2|9|6|Squad|
|2011|Round of 16|4|1|1|2|3|4|Squad|
|2013|Quarter-finals|5|1|3|1|8|8|Squad|
|2015|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|2017|Round of 16|4|2|0|2|6|5|Squad|
|2019|Runners-up|7|4|1|2|9|8|Squad|
|2023|Fourth place|7|3|2|2|10|10|Squad|
|2025|_To be determined_||||||||

### AFC U-20 Asian Cup

|colspan="8"|AFC U-20 Asian Cup record|style="width:1px" rowspan="45"||colspan="6"|Qualification record|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1959|Champions|4|4|0|0|8|3|colspan="6" rowspan="20"|_Not held_|||||
|1960|Champions|4|4|0|0|16|4|||||||
|1961|Fourth place|5|1|3|1|9|6|||||||
|1962|Runners-up|5|3|1|1|14|2|||||||
|1963|Champions|6|4|2|0|16|6|||||||
|1964|Fourth place|4|2|0|2|4|9|||||||
|1965|Group stage|4|1|0|3|4|5|||||||
|1966|Quarter-finals|3|1|1|1|5|2|||||||
|1967|Group stage|3|1|1|1|8|7|||||||
|1968|Third place|7|5|2|0|18|4|||||||
|1969|Quarter-finals|4|2|0|2|9|4|||||||
|1970|Third place|6|4|0|2|11|3|||||||
|1971|Runners-up|6|2|3|1|8|5|||||||
|1972|Runners-up|6|4|1|1|8|3|||||||
|1973|Third place|6|3|2|1|5|1|||||||
|1974|Third place|6|5|0|1|11|7|||||||
|1975|_Did not enter_|||||||||||||
|1976|Third place|6|3|1|2|8|4|||||||
|1977|Quarter-finals|4|1|3|0|3|0|||||||
|1978|Champions|6|3|3|0|12|3|||||||
|1980|Champions|4|3|1|0|9|3|6|6|0|0|23|4|
|1982|Champions|3|2|1|0|7|2|6|4|0|2|25|9|
|1985|_Did not qualify_|5|3|2|0|10|1|||||||
|1986|Group stage|3|1|1|1|9|2|1|1|0|0|4|2|
|1988|Group stage|3|1|1|1|3|2|2|2|0|0|11|0|
|1990|Champions|5|2|3|0|3|1|4|3|1|0|11|1|
|1992|Runners-up|6|4|0|2|18|10|2|1|0|1|2|2|
|1994|Group stage|4|1|2|1|7|6|3|3|0|0|12|0|
|1996|Champions|6|6|0|0|18|3|colspan="6"|_Qualified as hosts_|||||
|1998|Champions|6|4|2|0|12|6|3|3|0|0|16|2|
|2000|Group stage|4|2|1|1|11|3|4|4|0|0|40|3|
|2002|Champions|6|5|1|0|13|1|2|2|0|0|26|0|
|2004|Champions|6|3|2|1|11|7|2|2|0|0|22|0|
|2006|Third place|6|5|1|0|19|3|2|2|0|0|15|0|
|2008|Semi-finals|5|3|0|2|7|3|4|4|0|0|39|1|
|2010|Semi-finals|5|3|1|1|6|4|5|4|0|1|18|3|
|2012|Champions|6|4|2|0|11|4|4|3|0|1|25|1|
|2014|Group stage|3|1|1|1|7|2|3|2|0|1|11|4|
|2016|Group stage|3|2|0|1|6|4|4|4|0|0|26|4|
|2018|Runners-up|6|4|1|1|12|6|4|4|0|0|22|0|
|~~2020~~|_Cancelled_|3|3|0|0|18|1|||||||
|2023|Semi-finals|5|3|2|0|9|1|3|3|0|0|19|2|

### Other competitions

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|2008 AFF U-19 Youth Championship|bgcolor="silver"|Runners-up|4|2|2|0|2|0||||||||
|2010 AFF U-19 Youth Championship|bgcolor="#c96"|Third place|4|0|3|1|2|3||||||||

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Korea Republic U-20
- **badge size**: 145
- **fifa trigramme**: KOR
- **nickname**: _Taegeuk Warriors_
_The Red Devils_
_Tiger of Asia_
- **association**: Korea Football Association
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
- **sub-confederation**: East Asian Football Federation, EAFF (East Asia)
- **coach**: Kim Eun-jung (footballer), Kim Eun-jung
- **first game**: 2–0
(Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya, Malaya; 19 April 1959)
- **largest win**: 28–0

- **largest loss**: 10–3
(Kuching, Malaysia; 22 June 1997)
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 15
- **regional cup first**: 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979
- **regional cup best**: Runners-up (2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2019)
- **2ndregional name**: AFC U-20 Asian Cup
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 38
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1959 AFC Youth Championship, 1959
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champions (1959 AFC Youth Championship, 1959, 1960 AFC Youth Championship, 1960, 1963 AFC Youth Championship, 1963, 1978 AFC Youth Championship, 1978, 1980 AFC Youth Championship, 1980, 1982 AFC Youth Championship, 1982, 1990 AFC Youth Championship, 1990, 1996 AFC Youth Championship, 1996, 1998 AFC Youth Championship, 1998, 2002 AFC Youth Championship, 2002, 2004 AFC Youth Championship, 2004, 2012 AFC U-19 Championship, 2012)