FIFA U-20 World Cup/import

The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The Championship has been awarded every two years since the first tournament in 1977 held in Tunisia.
In the nineteen tournaments held, only nine nations have won the title. Argentina is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Brazil with five titles. Portugal won two titles, while Ghana, Germany, Spain, France and formerly existing nations Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have won the title once each.
A corresponding event for women's teams, the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, began in 2002 with the name "FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship" and an age limit of 19. The age limit for the women's competition was changed to 20 beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, and the competition was renamed as a "World Cup" in 2007 in preparation for the 2008 event.
The 2013 tournament was played in Turkey and the next edition is scheduled to be played in New Zealand in June-July 2015.
==Qualification==
FIFA Coca-Cola Cup until 1997, features 24 teams in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champions, have to qualify in the six confederations Youth Championships. 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
OFC (Oceania) 	OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament
UEFA (Europe) 	UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
==Results==
===Summaries===
Year 	Host		Winners	Score 	Runners-up		Third place	Score 	Fourth place		Number of teams
1977 Details	 		 	2–2 a.e.t. (9–8 PSO)	 		 	4–0 	 		16
1979 Details	 		 	3–1 	 		 	1–1 a.e.t. (5–3 PSO)	 		16
1981 Details	 		 	4–0 	 		 	1–0 	 		16
1983 Details	 		 	1–0 	 		 	2–1 a.e.t. 	 		16
1985 Details	 		 	1–0 a.e.t. 	 		 	0–0 a.e.t. (3–1 PSO)	 		16
1987 Details	 		 	1–1 a.e.t] (5–4 PSO)	 		 	2–2 a.e.t. (3–1 PSO)	 		16
1989 Details	 		 	2–0 	 		 	2–0 	 		16
1991 Details	 		 	0–0 a.e.t. (4–2 PSO)	 		 	1–1 a.e.t. (5–4 PSO)	 		16
1993 Details	 		 	2–1 	 		 	2–1 	 		16
1995 Details	 		 	2–0 	 		 	3–2 	 		16
1997 Details	 		 	2–1 	 		 	2–1 	 		24
1999 Details	 		 	4–0 	 		 	1–0 	 		24
2001 Details	 		 	3–0 	 		 	1–0 	 		24
2003 Details	 		 	1–0 	 		 	2–1 	 		24
2005 Details	 		 	2–1 	 		 	2–1 	 		24
2007 Details	 		 	2–1 	 		 	1–0 	 		24
2009 Details	 		 	0–0 a.e.t. (4–3 PSO)	 		 	1–1 a.e.t. (2–0 PSO)	 		24
2011 Details	 		 	3–2 a.e.t. 	 		 	3–1 	 		24
2013 Details	 		 	0–0 a.e.t. (4–1 PSO)	 		 	3–0 	 		24
2015 Details	 		 	 	 		 	 	 		24
2017 Details	 		 	 	 		 	 	 		24
* Key:
** a.e.t. - after extra time
** PSO- match won on penalty shootout
===Performances by countries===
Below are the 32 nations that have reached at least the semifinal in the U-20 World Cup finals.
Team	Titles 	Runners-up 	Third place 	Fourth place
 	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)	1 (1983) 	 	1 (2003)
 	5 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011) 	3 (1991, 1995, 2009)	3 (1977, 1989, 2005)	
 	2 (1989, 1991) 	1 (2011) 	1 (1995) 	
 	1 (2009) 	2 (1993, 2001) 	1 (2013) 	1 (1997)
 	1 (1999) 	2 (1985, 2003) 	 	1 (1995)
 	1 (1977) 	1 (1979) 	1 (1991) 	1 (1985)
 	1 (19811) 	1 (19871) 	1 (19872) 	
 	1 (2013) 	 	 	1 (2011)
 	1 (1987) 	 	 	
 	 	2 (1997, 2013) 	1 (1979) 	2 (1977, 1999)
 	 	2 (1989, 2005) 	1 (1985) 	
 	 	1 (1977) 	1 (2011) 	
 	 	1 (2007) 	 	
 	 	1 (1999) 	 	
 	 	1 (1981) 	 	
 	 	 	1 (2007) 	1 (1987)
 	 	 	1 (1993) 	1 (1981)
 	 	 	1 (1983) 	1 (1979)
 	 	 	1 (2003) 	
 	 	 	1 (2001) 	
 	 	 	1 (2009) 	
 	 	 	1 (1997) 	
 	 	 	1 (1999) 	
 	 	 	1 (1981) 	
 	 	 	 	2 (1991, 1993)
 	 	 	 	1 (2013)
 	 	 	 	1 (2007)
 	 	 	 	1 (2009)
 	 	 	 	1 (1983)
 	 	 	 	1 (2005)
 	 	 	 	1 (2001)
 	 	 	 	1 (1989)
:1 = as West Germany
:2 = as East Germany
===Performances by continental zones===
All continents except Oceania had made the appearance in the final match of the tournament. To date, South America leads with eleven titles following by Europe with seven titles and Africa with one title. Teams from Asia and North America entered the final match three times, but were disappointed by either one of the two traditional football power continents. Fourth place remains as the best result ever for Oceania, which was achieved in 1993. Although some may argue as Australia is part of the AFC it's results now count for Asia
Confederation (continent) 	Performances
CONMEBOL (South America) 	11 titles, won by Argentina (6) and Brazil (5)
UEFA (Europe) 	7 titles, won by Portugal (2), Spain (1), Soviet Union (1), Germany (1), France (1) and Yugoslavia (1)
CAF (Africa) 	1 title, won by Ghana, Runners-up (Nigeria, 1989 and 2005)
AFC (Asia) 	Runners-up (Japan, 1999 and Qatar, 1981), Fourth-place (South Korea, 1983 and Iraq, 2013)
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	Runners-up Mexico, 1977, Third place Mexico, 2011, Fourth place (United States, 1989 and Costa Rica, 2009)
OFC (Oceania) 	Fourth-place (Australia, 1991 and 1993)
==Awards==
===Golden Ball===
The adidas Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll. Since the 2007 tournament, those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.
 
World Cup 	Golden Ball 	Silver Ball 	Bronze Ball
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 	Élber 	Paulo Torres
1993 Australia 	Adriano 	 	
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 	Maximiliano Moralez	Giovani dos Santos
2009 Egypt 	Dominic Adiyiah 	Alex Teixeira 	Giuliano
2011 Colombia 	Henrique 	Nélson Oliveira 	Jorge Enríquez
2013 Turkey 	Paul Pogba 	Nicolás López 	Clifford Aboagye
===Golden Shoe===
The adidas Golden Shoe is awarded to the topscorer of the tournament. If more than one players are equal by same goals, the players will be selected based by the most assists during the tournament.
World Cup 	Golden Shoe 	Goals	Silver Shoe 	Goals	Bronze Shoe 	Goals
1977 Tunisia 	Guina 	4 	Hussein Saeed 	3 	Luis Placencia 	3
1979 Japan 	Ramón Díaz 	8 	Diego Maradona 	6 	Romero 	4
1981 Australia 	Mark Koussas 	4 	Taher Amer 	4 	Ralf Loose 	4
1983 Mexico 	Geovani 	6 	Joachim Klemenz 	5 	Jorge Luis Gabrich 	4
1985 Soviet Union 	Sebastián Losada 	3 	Fernando 	3 	Müller 	3
1987 Chile 	Marcel Witeczek 	7 	Davor Šuker 	6 	Camilo Pino 	5
1989 Saudi Arabia 	Oleg Salenko 	5 	Mutiu Adepoju 	3 	Sonny Anderson 	3
1991 Portugal 	Sergei Sherbakov 	5 	Urzaiz 	4 	Pedro Pineda 	4
1993 Australia 	Henry Zambrano 	3 	Vicente Nieto 	3 	Chris Faklaris 	3
1995 Qatar 	Joseba Etxeberria 	7 	Dani 	4 	Caio 	4
1997 Malaysia 	Adaílton Martins Bolzan	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 López 	5 	Maximiliano Moralez	4
2009 Egypt 	Dominic Adiyiah 	8 	Vladimir Koman 	5 	Aarón Ñíguez 	4
2011 Colombia 	Henrique 	5 	Álvaro Vázquez 	5 	Alexandre Lacazette	5
2013 Turkey 	Ebenezer Assifuah 	6 	Bruma 	5 	Jesé Rodríguez 	5
===Golden Glove===
The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. 
World Cup 	Golden Glove
2009 Egypt 	Esteban Alvarado
2011 Colombia	Mika
2013 Turkey 	Guillermo de Amores
===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
1977 Tunisia 	
1979 Japan 	
1981 Australia 	
1983 Mexico 	
1985 Soviet Union 	
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 	
==Records and statistics==
==External links==
*Official website
*Tournament archive at fifa.com
*FIFA U-20 World Cup at rsssf
*Squad listings of winning teams at rsssf
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