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. It was known as the **FIFA World Youth Championship** until 2005.

## Qualification

|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|

### Summaries

|rowspan=2 width=2%|Edition|rowspan=2 width=5%|Year|rowspan=2 width=8%|Hosts|colspan=3|Final|colspan=3|Third place match|rowspan=2 width=7%|Number of teams|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|1977 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–2** <small>**9–8** </small>|||**4–0**||16||
|2|1979 _Details_|align=left||****|**3–1**|||**1–1** <small>**5–3** </small>||16||
|3|1981 _Details_|align=left||****|**4–0**|||**1–0**||16||
|4|1983 _Details_|align=left||****|**1–0**|||**2–1**||16||
|5|1985 _Details_|align=left||****|**1–0**|||**0–0** <small>**3–1** </small>||16||
|6|1987 _Details_|align=left||****|**1–1** <small>**5–4** </small>|||**2–2** <small>**3–1** </small>||16||
|7|1989 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–0**|||**2–0**||16||
|8|1991 _Details_|align=left||****|**0–0** <small>**4–2** </small>|||**1–1** <small>**5–4** </small>||16||
|9|1993 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–1**|||**2–1**||16||
|10|1995 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–0**|||**3–2**||16||
|11|1997 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–1**|||**2–1**||24||
|12|1999 _Details_|align=left||****|**4–0**|||**1–0**||24||
|13|2001 _Details_|align=left||****|**3–0**|||**1–0**||24||
|14|2003 _Details_|align=left||****|**1–0**|||**2–1**||24||
|15|2005 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–1**|||**2–1**||24||

|16|2007 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–1**|||**1–0**||24|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17|2009 _Details_|align=left||****|**0–0** <small>**4–3** </small>|||**1–1** <small>**2–0** </small>||24|
|18|2011 _Details_|align=left||****|**3–2**|||**3–1**||24|
|19|2013 _Details_|align=left||****|**0–0** <small>**4–1** </small>|||**3–0**||24|
|20|2015 _Details_|align=left||****|**2–1**|||**3–1**||24|
|21|2017 _Details_|align=left||****|**1–0**|||**0–0** <small>**4–1** </small>||24|
|22|2019 _Details_|align=left||****|**3–1**|||**1–0**||24|
|23|2021 _Details_|align=left||colspan=3|_Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic_|colspan=3||24|||
|23|2023 _Details_|align=left||||||||24|
|}

### Golden Ball

|World Cup|Golden Ball|Silver Ball|Bronze Ball|Ref(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977 Tunisia|Volodymyr Bessonov|Júnior Brasília|Cléber||
|1979 Japan|Diego Maradona|Julio César Romero|Ramón Díaz||
|1981 Australia|Romulus Gabor|Michael Zorc|Roland Wohlfarth||
|1983 Mexico|Geovani|Roberto Zárate|Luis Islas||
|1985 Soviet Union|Paulo Silas|Gérson|Juan Carlos Unzué||
|1987 Chile|Robert Prosinečki|Zvonimir Boban|Marcel Witeczek||
|1989 Saudi Arabia|Bismarck|Kasey Keller|Christopher Nwosu||
|1991 Portugal|Emílio Peixe|Giovane Élber|Paulo Torres||
|1993 Australia|Adriano|_Not awarded_|_Not awarded_||
|1995 Qatar|Caio|Dani|Joaquín Irigoytía||
|1997 Malaysia|Nicolás Olivera|Marcelo Zalayeta|Pablo Aimar||
|1999 Nigeria|Seydou Keita|Pius Ikedia|Pablo Couñago||
|2001 Argentina|Javier Saviola|Andrés D'Alessandro|Djibril Cissé||
|2003 United Arab Emirates|Ismail Matar|Dudu|Dani Alves||
|2005 Netherlands|Lionel Messi|John Obi Mikel|Taye Taiwo||
|2007 Canada|Sergio Agüero|Maxi Moralez|Giovani dos Santos||
|2009 Egypt|Dominic Adiyiah|Alex Teixeira|Giuliano||
|2011 Colombia|Henrique Almeida|Nélson Oliveira|Jorge Enríquez||
|2013 Turkey|Paul Pogba|Nicolás López|Clifford Aboagye||
|2015 New Zealand|Adama Traoré|Danilo|Sergej Milinković-Savić||
|2017 South Korea|Dominic Solanke|Federico Valverde|Yangel Herrera||
|2019 Poland|Lee Kang-in|Serhiy Buletsa|Gonzalo Plata||
|2023 Indonesia|||||

### Golden Boot

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

### Golden Glove

|World Cup|Golden Gloves|Ref(s)|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2009 Egypt|Esteban Alvarado||
|2011 Colombia|Mika||
|2013 Turkey|Guillermo de Amores||
|2015 New Zealand|Predrag Rajković||
|2017 South Korea|Freddie Woodman||
|2019 Poland|Andriy Lunin||
|2021 Indonesia|||

### FIFA Fair Play Award

_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|||
|1979 Japan|||
|1981 Australia|||
|1983 Mexico|||
|1985 USSR|||
|1987 Chile|||
|1989 Saudi Arabia|||
|1991 Portugal|||
|1993 Australia|||
|1995 Qatar|||
|1997 Malaysia|||
|1999 Nigeria|||
|2001 Argentina|||
|2003 United Arab Emirates|||
|2005 Netherlands|||
|2007 Canada|||
|2009 Egypt|||
|2011 Colombia|||
|2013 Turkey|||
|2015 New Zealand|||
|2017 South Korea|||
|2019 Poland|||
|2023 Indonesia|||

- **Key**:
    - _a.e.t. – after extra time_
    - _pen. – match won on penalty shootout_

## Records

- Most World Cup appearances: 18,
- Most consecutive finals tournaments: 16,  (1981–2011).
- Most wins (players): 2, three players:

- Fernando Brassard (; 1989 and 1991)
- João Vieira Pinto (; 1989 and 1991)
- Sergio Agüero (; 2005 and 2007)
- Largest win margin in one match: 12 goals ( 12–0 , 2019)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 9 goals (Haaland for  against , 2019)

## Other websites

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

## 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup Updates

The 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Chile. Several teams have already qualified through their respective continental championships. For example, Saudi Arabia secured qualification by defeating China 1–0 in the quarterfinals of the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. Meanwhile, defending champions Uruguay failed to qualify after finishing fifth in the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.

The official emblem for the tournament was unveiled on 5 February 2025. It draws inspiration from Chile’s distinctive landscape, including the Andes Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and the national colors. The tournament mascot, "Vito" — a viscacha native to the region — was introduced on 24 May 2025 to represent the country’s natural heritage and youthful spirit.

The official draw for the tournament is set to take place in Santiago on 29 May 2025. It will determine the group stage pairings for the 24 qualified teams. All matches will be held in selected cities across Chile, with final confirmation of venues expected soon.

- Sources: FIFA.com, ESPN, Geo News*

## Infobox (football tournament)

- **name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **region**: International (FIFA)
- **number of teams**: 24
- **website**: [https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/ www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/]
- **current**: 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup


## Infobox (infobox)

- **bodyclass**: hlist nowraplinks
- **headerstyle**: border-top:1px solid #aaa
- **header1**: Tournaments
- **data2**: *1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1977
*1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979
*1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1981
*1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1983
*1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1985
*1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1987
*1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1989
*1991 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1991
*1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1993
*1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1995
*1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1997
*1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1999
*2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2001
*2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2003
*2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2005
*2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2007
*2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2009
*2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2011
*2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2013
*2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2015
*2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2017
*2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2019
*_2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2021_