National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals.

1 Debut of national teams
2 Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
3 Teams that have finished in the top four
4 Results of host nations
5 Notes
6 References

Debut of national teams

Year	Debutants
1977	Austria Brazil Côte d'Ivoire France Honduras Hungary Iran Iraq Italy Mexico Morocco Paraguay Spain Tunisia Soviet Union^[1] Uruguay
1979	Algeria Argentina Canada Guinea Indonesia Japan South Korea Poland Portugal Yugoslavia^[2]
1981	Australia Cameroon Egypt England Qatar Romania United States West Germany^[3]
1983	China PR Czechoslovakia^[4] Scotland Netherlands Nigeria
1985	Bulgaria Colombia Republic of Ireland Saudi Arabia
1987	Chile Bahrain East Germany Togo
1989	Costa Rica Mali Norway Syria
1991	Sweden Trinidad and Tobago
1993	Ghana Russia^[1] Turkey
1995	Burundi
1997	Belgium Malaysia South Africa United Arab Emirates
1999	Croatia Kazakhstan Zambia
2001	Angola Czech Republic^[4] Ecuador Ethiopia Finland Jamaica Ukraine^[1]
2003	Burkina Faso Panama Slovakia^[4] Uzbekistan^[1]
2005	Benin Switzerland
2007	Congo Gambia Jordan New Zealand North Korea
2009	Tahiti Venezuela
2011	Guatemala

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals (1979-1995: first group stage, and since 1997: second group stage; final 8)
R2 — Round 2 (since 1997: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1
• — Did not qualify
— Did not enter / Withdrew
XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
— Hosts
q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Algeria		QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Angola											•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•
Argentina	•	1st	R1	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st	•	QF
Australia		•	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R2	R1	•	R1	R1
Austria	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R1
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Benin															R1	•	•	•
Brazil	3rd	•	QF	1st	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	1st	3rd	R2	2nd	1st
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Burkina Faso														R2	•	•	•	•
Burundi										R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cameroon		•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2
Canada	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	R2	R1	R1	•	•
China PR				R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•
Côte d'Ivoire	R1			R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•
Colombia	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF
Congo							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•
Costa Rica	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	•	•	R1	4th	R2
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Croatia									•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1
Czechoslovakia	(1977-1991) • See Czech Republic and Slovakia
Czech Republic	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	2nd	R2	•
East Germany	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	R1	•
Ecuador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2
Egypt		•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2
England	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R2
Ethiopia								•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•
France	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Gambia																R2	•	•
Germany	•	•	1st	•	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	QF	•	QF	•
Ghana					•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•
Guatemala	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2
Guinea		R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Honduras	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•
Hungary	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•
Indonesia		R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Iran	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•
Iraq	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•
Republic of Ireland	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	3rd	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Italy	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•
Jamaica	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		•	•	•
Japan	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2	•	•
Jordan									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•
Kazakhstan									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•
South Korea	•	R1	R1	4th	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R2	R1	R1	QF	R2
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Mali							R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1
Mexico	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF	•	•	QF	QF	•	R2	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	3rd
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Morocco	R1		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•
Netherlands	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•
New Zealand		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1
Nigeria		•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Panama	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1
Paraguay	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•
Poland	•	4th	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•
Portugal	•	QF	•	•	•	•	1st	1st	R1	3rd	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	2nd
Qatar	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Romania	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Russia	1st	2nd	•	R1	4th	•	QF	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Saudi Arabia	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	R2
Scotland	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•
Slovakia	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•
South Africa										•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•
Spain	R1	QF	R1	•	2nd	•	R1	QF	•	4th	QF	1st	•	2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•
Syria							R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Tahiti			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
Togo			•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Trinidad and Tobago			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
Tunisia	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•
Ukraine									•	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•
United States	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	4th	•	QF	•	R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	•
Uruguay	4th	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	2nd	4th	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1
Soviet Union	(1977-1991) • See Russia
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)
Uzbekistan									•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•
Venezuela	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•
Yugoslavia	•	R1	•	•	•	1st	•	•
West Germany	(1977-1991) • See Germany
Zambia									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•

Teams that have finished in the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Argentina	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001¹, 2005, 2007)	1 (1983)	—	1 (2003)
Brazil	4 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)	3 (1991, 1995, 2009)	3 (1977, 1989, 2005)	—
Portugal	2 (1989, 1991¹)	1 (2011)	1 (1995)	—
Ghana	1 (2009)	2 (1993, 2001)	—	1 (1987)
Spain	1 (1999)	2 (1985, 2003)	—	1 (1995)
Russia^[1]	1 (1977)	1 (1979)	1 (1991)	1 (1985¹)
Germany^[3]	1 (1981)	1 (1987)	—	—
Yugoslavia	1 (1987)	—	—	—
Nigeria	—	2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)	—
Uruguay	—	1 (1997)	1 (1979)	2 (1977, 1989)
Mexico	—	1 (1977)	1 (2011)	—
Czech Republic	—	1 (2007)	—	—
Japan	—	1 (1999)	—	—
Qatar	—	1 (1981)	—	—
England	—	—	1 (1993)	1 (1981)
Poland	—	—	1 (1983)	1 (1979)
Chile	—	—	1 (2007)	1 (1987¹)
Colombia	—	—	1 (2003)	—
Republic of Ireland	—	—	1 (1997)	—
Hungary	—	—	1 (2009)	—
Mali	—	—	1 (1999)	—
Australia	—	—	—	2 (1991, 1993)
France	—	—	—	1 (2011)
Austria	—	—	—	1 (2007)
Costa Rica	—	—	—	1 (2009)
South Korea	—	—	—	1 (1983)
Morocco	—	—	—	1 (2005)
Paraguay	—	—	—	1 (2001)
Romania	—	—	—	1 (1981)
United States	—	—	—	1 (1989)

1 = host

Results of host nations

Year	Host Nation	Finish
1977	Tunisia	Round 1
1979	Japan	Round 1
1981	Australia	Quarter-finals
1983	Mexico	Round 1
1985	Soviet Union	4th place
1987	Chile	4th place
1989	Saudi Arabia	Round 1
1991	Portugal	Champions
1993	Australia	4th place
1995	Qatar	Round 1
1997	Malaysia	Round 1
1999	Nigeria	Quarter-finals
2001	Argentina	Champions
2003	United Arab Emirates	Quarter-finals
2005	Netherlands	Quarter-finals
2007	Canada	Round 1
2009	Egypt	Quarter-finals
2011	Colombia	Quarter-finals

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
^ The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately.
^ ^a ^b FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
^ ^a ^b ^c Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor teams of Czechoslovakia.

References

FIFA U-20 World Cup History Section

International association football

FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · FIFA Ballon d'Or · Teams · Debuts · Competitions · Federations · Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations

North, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup

Europe	UEFA – European Championship

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup · IGA · Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games · Asian Games · CARIFTA Games · East Asian Games · Francophonie Games · IOIG · Lusophony Games · Mediterranean Games · Pan American Games · Pan Arab Games · Pacific Games · South Asian Games · Southeast Asian Games

See also International women's football.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 · Japan 1979 · Australia 1981 · Mexico 1983 · USSR 1985 · Chile 1987 · Saudi Arabia 1989 · Portugal 1991 · Australia 1993 · Qatar 1995 · Malaysia 1997 · Nigeria 1999 · Argentina 2001 · UAE 2003 · Netherlands 2005 · Canada 2007 · Egypt 2009 · Colombia 2011 · Turkey 2013 · New Zealand 2015

Qualification	AFC · CAF · CONCACAF · CONMEBOL · OFC · UEFA

Squads	1977 · 1979 · 1981 · 1983 · 1985 · 1987 · 1989 · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 1999 · 2001 · 2003 · 2005 · 2007 · 2009 · 2011

Team appearances