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

Qualification

ConfederationChampionshipAFC (Asia)AFC U-20 Asian CupCAF (Africa)African Youth ChampionshipCONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)CONCACAF Under-20 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)South American Youth Football ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)UEFA European U-19 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament

Results
Summaries

EditionYearHostsFinalThird place matchNumber of teams ChampionsScore Runners-up Third placeScore Fourth place11977  Details 2–2   9–8 4–01621979  Details 3–11–1   5–3 1631981  Details 4–01–01641983  Details 1–02–1 1651985  Details 1–0 0–0   3–1 1661987  Details 1–1   5–4 2–2   3–1 1671989  Details 2–02–01681991  Details 0–0   4–2 1–1   5–4 1691993  Details 2–12–116101995  Details 2–03–216111997  Details 2–12–124121999  Details 4–01–024132001  Details 3–01–024142003  Details 1–02–124152005  Details 2–12–124

162007  Details 2–11–024172009  Details 0–0   4–3 1–1   2–0 24182011  Details 3–2 3–124192013  Details 0–0   4–1 3–024202015  Details 2–1 3–124212017  Details 1–00–0   4–1 24222019 Details 3–11–0 24232021 DetailsCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic24232023 Details24
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Awards
Golden Ball
World CupGolden BallSilver BallBronze BallRef(s)1977 Tunisia Volodymyr Bessonov Júnior Brasília Cléber1979 Japan Diego Maradona Julio César Romero Ramón Díaz1981 Australia Romulus Gabor Michael Zorc Roland Wohlfarth1983 Mexico Geovani Roberto Zárate Luis Islas1985 Soviet Union Paulo Silas Gérson Juan Carlos Unzué1987 Chile Robert Prosinečki Zvonimir Boban Marcel Witeczek1989 Saudi Arabia Bismarck Kasey Keller Christopher Nwosu1991 Portugal Emílio Peixe Giovane Élber Paulo Torres1993 Australia AdrianoNot awardedNot awarded1995 Qatar Caio Dani Joaquín Irigoytía1997 Malaysia Nicolás Olivera Marcelo Zalayeta Pablo Aimar1999 Nigeria Seydou Keita Pius Ikedia Pablo Couñago2001 Argentina Javier Saviola Andrés D'Alessandro Djibril Cissé2003 United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar Dudu Dani Alves2005 Netherlands Lionel Messi John Obi Mikel Taye Taiwo2007 Canada Sergio Agüero Maxi Moralez Giovani dos Santos2009 Egypt Dominic Adiyiah Alex Teixeira Giuliano2011 Colombia Henrique Almeida Nélson Oliveira Jorge Enríquez2013 Turkey Paul Pogba Nicolás López Clifford Aboagye2015 New Zealand Adama Traoré Danilo Sergej Milinković-Savić2017 South Korea Dominic Solanke Federico Valverde Yangel Herrera2019 Poland Lee Kang-in Serhiy Buletsa Gonzalo Plata2023 Indonesia

Golden Boot
World CupGolden BootGoalsSilver BootGoalsBronze BootGoalsRef(s)1977 Tunisia Guina4 Hussein Saeed3 Luis Placencia31979 Japan Ramón Díaz8 Diego Maradona6 Andrzej Palasz51981 Australia Mark Koussas4 Taher Abouzaid4 Ralf Loose41983 Mexico Geovani6 Joachim Klemenz5 Jorge Luis Gabrich41985 Soviet Union Sebastián Losada3 Fernando3 Odiaka Monday31987 Chile Marcel Witeczek7 Davor Šuker6 Camilo Pino51989 Saudi Arabia Oleg Salenko5 Marcelo Henrique3 Christopher Ohen31991 Portugal Sergei Sherbakov5 Ismael Urzaiz4  Pedro Pineda41993 Australia Henry Zambrano3 Chris Faklaris3 Vicente Nieto31995 Qatar Joseba Etxeberria7 Caio5 Dani41997 Malaysia Adaílton10 David Trezeguet5 Kostas Salapasidis41999 Nigeria Pablo Couñago5 Mahamadou Dissa5 Taylor Twellman42001 Argentina Javier Saviola11 Adriano6 Djibril Cissé62003 United Arab Emirates Eddie Johnson4 Daisuke Sakata4 Fernando Cavenaghi42005 Netherlands Lionel Messi6 Fernando Llorente5 Oleksandr Aliyev52007 Canada Sergio Agüero6 Adrián5 Maxi Moralez42009 Egypt Dominic Adiyiah8 Vladimir Koman5 Aarón42011 Colombia Henrique Almeida5 Álvaro Vázquez5 Alexandre Lacazette52013 Turkey Ebenezer Assifuah6 Bruma5 Jesé52015 New Zealand Viktor Kovalenko5 Bence Mervo5 Marc Stendera42017 South Korea Riccardo Orsolini5 Josh Sargent4 Jean-Kévin Augustin42019 Poland Erling Haaland9 Danylo Sikan4 Amadou Sagna42023 Indonesia

Golden Glove
World CupGolden GlovesRef(s)2009 Egypt Esteban Alvarado2011 Colombia Mika2013 Turkey Guillermo de Amores2015 New Zealand Predrag Rajković2017 South Korea Freddie Woodman 2019 Poland Andriy Lunin2021 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.

TournamentFIFA Fair Play AwardRef(s)1977 Tunisia1979 Japan1981 Australia1983 Mexico1985 USSR1987 Chile1989 Saudi Arabia1991 Portugal1993 Australia1995 Qatar1997 Malaysia1999 Nigeria2001 Argentina2003 United Arab Emirates2005 Netherlands2007 Canada2009 Egypt2011 Colombia2013 Turkey2015 New Zealand2017 South Korea2019 Poland2023 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)

References

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 


Category:1977 in association football
 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](https://www.fifa.com), [ESPN](https://www.espn.com), [Geo News](https://www.geosuper.tv)*