FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Founded	1977 (1977)
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	24
Current champions	England (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Argentina (6 titles)
Website	U-20 World Cup
2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship for male players under the age of 20, organised by FIFA. The competition has been staged every two years since the first tournament in 1977 held in Tunisia.^[1] Until 2005 it was known as the FIFA World Youth Championship.

In the twenty-one tournaments held, ten different nations have won the title. Argentina is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Brazil with five titles. Portugal and Serbia have both won two titles (with the latter winning once as Yugoslavia), while Ghana, Germany, Spain, France, England and Russia (as the USSR) 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.

Qualification

24 teams appear in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champions, have to qualify in the youth championships of the six confederations. The host country automatically qualifies.

Results

Summaries

FIFA World Youth Championship

Year	Hosts		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1977 Details	Tunisia		Soviet Union	2–2 (a.e.t.) 9–8 (pen.)	Mexico		Brazil	4–0	Uruguay		16
1979 Details	Japan		Argentina	3–1	Soviet Union		Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–3 (pen.)	Poland		16
1981 Details	Australia		West Germany	4–0	Qatar		Romania	1–0	England		16
1983 Details	Mexico		Brazil	1–0	Argentina		Poland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea		16
1985 Details	Soviet Union		Brazil	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain		Nigeria	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–1 (pen.)	Soviet Union		16
1987 Details	Chile		Yugoslavia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.)	West Germany		East Germany	2–2 (a.e.t.) 3–1 (pen.)	Chile		16
1989 Details	Saudi Arabia		Portugal	2–0	Nigeria		Brazil	2–0	United States		16
1991 Details	Portugal		Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (pen.)	Brazil		Soviet Union	1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.)	Australia		16
1993 Details	Australia		Brazil	2–1	Ghana		England	2–1	Australia		16
1995 Details	Qatar		Argentina	2–0	Brazil		Portugal	3–2	Spain		16
1997 Details	Malaysia		Argentina	2–1	Uruguay		Republic of Ireland	2–1	Ghana		24
1999 Details	Nigeria		Spain	4–0	Japan		Mali	1–0	Uruguay		24
2001 Details	Argentina		Argentina	3–0	Ghana		Egypt	1–0	Paraguay		24
2003 Details	UAE		Brazil	1–0	Spain		Colombia	2–1	Argentina		24
2005 Details	Netherlands		Argentina	2–1	Nigeria		Brazil	2–1	Morocco		24

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Hosts		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2007 Details	Canada		Argentina	2–1	Czech Republic		Chile	1–0	Austria		24
2009 Details	Egypt		Ghana	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (pen.)	Brazil		Hungary	1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–0 (pen.)	Costa Rica		24
2011 Details	Colombia		Brazil	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Portugal		Mexico	3–1	France		24
2013 Details	Turkey		France	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–1 (pen.)	Uruguay		Ghana	3–0	Iraq		24
2015 Details	New Zealand		Serbia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil		Mali	3–1	Senegal		24
2017 Details	South Korea		England	1–0	Venezuela		Italy	0–0 4–1 (pen.)	Uruguay		24

• Key:
  • a.e.t. – after extra time
  • pen. – match won on penalty shootout

Performances by countries

Below are the 36 nations that have reached at least the semifinal in the U-20 World Cup finals.

Rank	Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
1	Argentina	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)	1 (1983)		1 (2003)
2	Brazil	5 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)	4 (1991, 1995, 2009, 2015)	3 (1977, 1989, 2005)
3	Portugal	2 (1989, 1991)	1 (2011)	1 (1995)
4	Serbia/ Yugoslavia	2 (19871, 2015)
5	Ghana	1 (2009)	2 (1993, 2001)	1 (2013)	1 (1997)
6	Spain	1 (1999)	2 (1985, 2003)		1 (1995)
7	Soviet Union	1 (1977)	1 (1979)	1 (1991)	1 (1985)
8	West Germany	1 (1981)	1 (1987)
9	England	1 (2017)		1 (1993)	1 (1981)
10	France	1 (2013)			1 (2011)
11	Uruguay		2 (1997, 2013)	1 (1979)	3 (1977, 1999, 2017)
12	Nigeria		2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)
13	Mexico		1 (1977)	1 (2011)
14	Qatar		1 (1981)
	Japan		1 (1999)
	Czech Republic		1 (2007)
	Venezuela		1 (2017)
18	Mali			2 (1999, 2015)
19	Poland			1 (1983)	1 (1979)
	Chile			1 (2007)	1 (1987)
21	Romania			1 (1981)
	East Germany			1 (1987)
	Republic of Ireland			1 (1997)
	Egypt			1 (2001)
	Colombia			1 (2003)
	Hungary			1 (2009)
	Italy			1 (2017)
28	Australia				2 (1991, 1993)
29	South Korea				1 (1983)
	United States				1 (1989)
	Paraguay				1 (2001)
	Morocco				1 (2005)
	Austria				1 (2007)
	Costa Rica				1 (2009)
	Iraq				1 (2013)
	Senegal				1 (2015)

¹ As Yugoslavia.

Performances by continental zones

All continental confederations except for the OFC (Oceania) have made an appearance in the final match of the tournament. To date, CONMEBOL (South America) leads with eleven titles, followed by UEFA (Europe) with nine titles and CAF (Africa) with one title. Teams from the AFC (Asia) and CONCACAF (North America, Central America, Caribbean) have made the tournament final three times, but were defeated by strong UEFA sides. No current OFC member has ever made the semifinals. Australia reached the semifinals as an OFC member in 1991 and 1993, finishing fourth on both occasions, but the country joined the AFC in 2006.

1 = 1 as Yugoslavia (1987)

2 = as part of OFC (currently in AFC since 2006).

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	Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia	Volodymyr Bessonov	Júnior Brasília	Cléber	[2]
1979 Japan	Diego Maradona	Julio César Romero	Ramón Díaz	[3]
1981 Australia	Romulus Gabor	Michael Zorc	Roland Wohlfarth	[4]
1983 Mexico	Geovani	Roberto Zárate	Luis Islas	[5]
1985 Soviet Union	Paulo Silas	Gérson	Juan Carlos Unzué	[6]
1987 Chile	Robert Prosinečki	Zvonimir Boban	Marcel Witeczek	[7]
1989 Saudi Arabia	Bismarck	Kasey Keller	Christopher Nwosu	[8]
1991 Portugal	Emílio Peixe	Giovane Élber	Paulo Torres	[9]
1993 Australia	Adriano			[10]
1995 Qatar	Caio	Dani	Joaquín Irigoytía	[11]
1997 Malaysia	Nicolás Olivera	Marcelo Zalayeta	Pablo Aimar	[12]
1999 Nigeria	Seydou Keita	Pius Ikedia	Pablo Couñago	[13]
2001 Argentina	Javier Saviola	Andrés D'Alessandro	Djibril Cissé	[14]
2003 United Arab Emirates	Ismail Matar	Dudu	Dani Alves	[15]
2005 Netherlands	Lionel Messi	John Obi Mikel	Taye Taiwo	[16]
2007 Canada	Sergio Agüero	Maxi Moralez	Giovani dos Santos	[17]
2009 Egypt	Dominic Adiyiah	Alex Teixeira	Giuliano	[18]
2011 Colombia	Henrique Almeida	Nélson Oliveira	Jorge Enríquez	[19]
2013 Turkey	Paul Pogba	Nicolás López	Clifford Aboagye	[20]
2015 New Zealand	Adama Traoré	Danilo	Sergej Milinković-Savić	[21]
2017 South Korea	Dominic Solanke	Federico Valverde	Yangel Herrera	[22]

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	Ref(s)
1977 Tunisia	Guina	4	Hussein Saeed	3	Luis Placencia	3	[2]
1979 Japan	Ramón Díaz	8	Diego Maradona	6	Andrzej Palasz	5	[3]
1981 Australia	Mark Koussas	4	Taher Amer	4	Ralf Loose	4	[4]
1983 Mexico	Geovani	6	Joachim Klemenz	5	Jorge Luis Gabrich	4	[5]
1985 Soviet Union	Sebastián Losada	3	Fernando	3	Odiaka Monday	3	[6]
1987 Chile	Marcel Witeczek	7	Davor Šuker	6	Camilo Pino	5	[7]
1989 Saudi Arabia	Oleg Salenko	5	Marcelo	3	Christopher Ohen	3	[8]
1991 Portugal	Sergei Sherbakov	5	Ismael Urzaiz	4	Pedro Pineda	4	[9]
1993 Australia	Henry Zambrano	3	Chris Faklaris	3	Vicente Nieto	3	[10]
1995 Qatar	Joseba Etxeberria	7	Dani	4	Caio	4	[11]
1997 Malaysia	Adaílton Martins Bolzan	10	David Trezeguet	5	Kostas Salapasidis	4	[12]
1999 Nigeria	Pablo Couñago	5	Mahamadou Dissa	5	Taylor Twellman	4	[13]
2001 Argentina	Javier Saviola	11	Adriano	6	Djibril Cissé	6	[14]
2003 United Arab Emirates	Eddie Johnson	4	Daisuke Sakata	4	Fernando Cavenaghi	4	[15]
2005 Netherlands	Lionel Messi	6	Fernando Llorente	5	Oleksandr Aliyev	5	[16]
2007 Canada	Sergio Agüero	6	Adrián	5	Maxi Moralez	4	[17]
2009 Egypt	Dominic Adiyiah	8	Vladimir Koman	5	Aarón	4	[18]
2011 Colombia	Henrique Almeida	5	Álvaro Vázquez	5	Alexandre Lacazette	5	[19]
2013 Turkey	Ebenezer Assifuah	6	Bruma	5	Jesé	5	[20]
2015 New Zealand	Viktor Kovalenko	5	Bence Mervo	5	Marc Stendera	4	[21]
2017 South Korea	Riccardo Orsolini	5	Josh Sargent	4	Jean-Kévin Augustin	4	[22]

Golden Glove

The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

World Cup	Golden Glove	Ref(s)
2009 Egypt	Esteban Alvarado	[18]
2011 Colombia	Mika	[19]
2013 Turkey	Guillermo de Amores	[20]
2015 New Zealand	Predrag Rajković	[21]
2017 South Korea	Freddie Woodman	[22]

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	Brazil	[2]
1979 Japan	Poland	[3]
1981 Australia	Australia	[4]
1983 Mexico	South Korea	[5]
1985 USSR	Colombia	[6]
1987 Chile	West Germany	[7]
1989 Saudi Arabia	United States	[8]
1991 Portugal	Soviet Union	[9]
1993 Australia	England	[10]
1995 Qatar	Japan	[11]
1997 Malaysia	Argentina	[12]
1999 Nigeria	Croatia	[13]
2001 Argentina	Argentina	[14]
2003 United Arab Emirates	Colombia	[15]
2005 Netherlands	Colombia	[16]
2007 Canada	Japan	[17]
2009 Egypt	Brazil	[18]
2011 Colombia	Nigeria	[19]
2013 Turkey	Spain	[20]
2015 New Zealand	Ukraine	[21]
2017 South Korea	Mexico	[22]

Records and statistics

Most World Cup appearances

18,  Brazil (every tournament except 1979, 2013 and 2017).^[23]

Most consecutive finals tournaments

16,  Brazil (1981–2011).

Most wins (players)

2, three players:

• Fernando Brassard ( Portugal, 1989, 1991)
  
• João Vieira Pinto ( Portugal, 1989, 1991)
  
• Sergio Agüero ( Argentina, 2005, 2007)

See also

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup

References

External links

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

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline of association football Comparison of association football and futsal
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Regional (CFU, UNCAF)
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football

World football championships
Football at the Summer Olympics Football at the Youth Olympics
Men	National FIFA World Cup FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup Club FIFA Club World Cup (Intercontinental Cup)
Women	National FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Club FIFA Women's Club World Cup (International Women's Club Championship)
Variants	FIFA Futsal World Cup FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup FIFA Interactive World Cup