FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Debut of national teams Year Debuting teams Successor teams Teams 1977 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were once Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR. 16 16 1979 , , , , , , , , , The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991. All the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia. 10 26 1981 , , , , , , , FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977–1991) to Germany. 8 34 1983 , ,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 team of Czechoslovakia. , , 5 39 1985 , , , 4 43 1987 , , , 4 47 1989 , , , 4 51 1991 , 2 53 1993 , 2 55 1995 1 561997 , , , 4 601999 , , 3 632001 , , , , , 6 69 2003 , , 3 72 2005 , 2 742007 , , , , 5 792009 , 2 812011 1 822013 , , 3 852015 , , 3 88 2017 , 2 902019 None 0 902023 , 2 922025 1 932027 1 942029 , 2 96

Overall team records In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. .

RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGAGDPoints12011175171925083+167242218936492018875+1132013167745141815684+721494168040 211910870+38141518763310 33120104+16109612573111158150+31104712552712168363+2093814652712269483+1193917702420269979+20921074326987647+298711177123173189 109–208612945257138655+3182131147249149151+408114945199176057+3661516591715276795–28661612501912196761+66917838181196345+18651812491616175048+2641910401411155052–25320935135174850-24421732135145157–6442252312744121+204323935124194162–21402462691073431+33725731107144561–16372631611233213+19352752394103628+831284219482825+331 295228593223+929305218583027+329314178453020+1028325208482737–1028334196762023–3253462374123339–6253562174102836–825365187382526–1243782866162751–242438103258192844–162339211713248+16224052053122535–10184152046101033–2318423125252223–117433145271226–14174482745181650–3417454144461323–10164692751212786–5916474144372118+31548294141310+3134917412118+313501641163+313512841389–1135251734102031–1113533113351215–312543113351218–612552832389–111563113261121–1011574153210926–1711585161781330–171059283051213-196072215161544–298611421121+176239216819–11763310208719–126641412145–15651412134–15661412126–45671411237–446814112414–104691310246–23701310224–23711310225–33721310227–537327106118–1737439036321–1837526105427–233761302123–12771301236–31781301214–31791301216–51801301228–61811301206–618226015218–1618326015119–1818426015518–131851300348–40861300329–70871300319–80881300319–808913003413–909013003111–1009113003213–1109213003016–1609310003120–1909426006035–350

Former countries

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPoints 7313101007 12921267+1929 94141310+313 3014975232+2037 9612229+1313

Comprehensive team results by tournament Legend — Champions — Runners-up — Third place — Fourth place QF — Quarter-finals R2 — Round 2 (since 1997; round of 16) R1 — Round 1 (group stage) — Did not qualify — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned — Country did not exist or national team was inactive — Hosts Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

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Teams that have finished in the top four TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)2 (1983, 2025)1 (2003)5 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)4 (1991, 1995, 2009, 2015)3 (1977, 1989, 2005)2 (1989, 1991)1 (2011)1 (1995)12 (1987, 2015)1 (2023)2 (1997, 2013)1 (1979)3 (1977, 1999, 2017)1 (2009)2 (1993, 2001)1 (2013)1 (1997)1 (1999)2 (1985, 2003)1 (1995)21 (1977)1 (1979)1 (1991)1 (1985)31 (1981)1 (1987)1 (2017)1 (1993)1 (1981)1 (2013)2 (2011, 2025)1 (2025)1 (2005)1 (2019)2 (1989, 2005)1 (1985)1 (2023)1 (2017)1 (2019)1 (1977)1 (2011)1 (2019)2 (1983, 2023)1 (1981)1 (1999)1 (2007)1 (2017)2 (1999, 2015)2 (2003, 2025)1 (1983)1 (1979)1 (2007)1 (1987)1 (1981)1 (1987)1 (1997)1 (2001)1 (2009)1 (2019)1 (2023)2 (1991, 1993)1 (1989)1 (2001)1 (2007)1 (2009)1 (2013)1 (2015)

1 = includes results representing Yugoslavia 2 = includes results representing Soviet Union 3 = includes results representing West Germany

Results of defending champions Year Defending champions Finished 1979 Runners-up 1981 Group stage 1983 Did not qualify 1985 Champions 1987 Quarter-finals 1989 Did not qualify 1991 Champions 1993 Group stage 1995 Runners-up 1997 Champions 1999 Round of 16 2001 Did not qualify 2003 Fourth place 2005 Third place 2007 Champions 2009 Did not qualify 2011 Did not qualify 2013 Did not qualify 2015 Did not qualify 2017 Did not qualify 2019 Did not qualify 2023 Did not qualify 2025 Did not qualify 2027

Results of host nations Year Host nation Finish 1977 Group stage 1979 Group stage 1981 Quarter-finals 1983 Group stage 1985 Fourth place 1987 Fourth place 1989 Group stage 1991 Champions 1993 Fourth place 1995 Group stage 1997 Group stage 1999 Quarter-finals 2001 Champions 2003 Quarter-finals 2005 Quarter-finals 2007 Group stage 2009 Quarter-finals 2011 Quarter-finals 2013 Round of 16 2015 Round of 16 2017 Round of 16 2019 Round of 16 2023 Round of 16 2025 Round of 162027 2029

Results of confederations — Hosting confederation

Overview Confederation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Top 8 Top 16 CONMEBOL 12 9 8 6 49 52 UEFA 10 7 10 8 66 66 CAF 2 4 5 3 25 42 AFC 0 3 0 3 19 28 CONCACAF 0 1 1 2 21 27 OFC 0 0 0 2 4 6

AFC 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)2013(24)2015(24)2017(24)2019(24)2023(24)2025(24)2027(24)2029(24) Total Teams 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 91 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 28 Top 8 — 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 19 Top 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 Top 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31st 02nd 33rd 04th 3

CAF 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)2013(24)2015(24)2017(24)2019(24)2023(24)2025(24)2027(24)2029(24) Total Teams 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 87 Top 16 — — — — — — — — — — 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 42 Top 8 — 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 25 Top 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 14 Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 61st 22nd 43rd 54th 3

CONCACAF