FIFA U-20 World Cup from 1977 to 2017  
          Final 3rd Place Play-Off  
  Host Nation Year # Winner Score Runner-Up Third Score Fourth  
     Tunisia 1977 1   Soviet Union 2–2 a.e.t (9-8 pens)   Mexico   Brazil 4–0   Uruguay  
     Japan 1979 2   Argentina 3–1   Soviet Union   Uruguay 1–1 a.e.t (5-3 pens)   Poland  
     Australia 1981 3   West Germany 4–0   Qatar   Romania 1–0   England  
     Mexico 1983 4   Brazil 1–0   Argentina   Poland 2–1 a.e.t.   South Korea  
     Soviet Union 1985 5   Brazil 1–0 a.e.t.   Spain   Nigeria 0–0 a.e.t (3-1 pens)   Soviet Union  
     Chile 1987 6   Yugoslavia 1–1 a.e.t (5-4 pens)   West Germany   East Germany 2–2 a.e.t (3-1 pens)   Chile  
     Saudi Arabia 1989 7   Portugal 2–0   Nigeria   Brazil 2–0   United States  
     Portugal 1991 8   Portugal 0–0 a.e.t (4-2 pens)   Brazil   Soviet Union 1–1 a.e.t (5-4 pens)   Australia  
     Australia 1993 9   Brazil 2–1   Ghana   England 2–1   Australia  
     Qatar 1995 10   Argentina 2–0   Brazil   Portugal 3–2   Spain  
     Malaysia 1997 11   Argentina 2–1   Uruguay   Republic of Ireland 2–1   Ghana  
     Nigeria 1999 12   Spain 4–0   Japan   Mali 1–0   Uruguay  
     Argentina 2001 13   Argentina 3–0   Ghana   Egypt 1–0   Paraguay  
     UAE 2003 14   Brazil 1–0   Spain   Colombia 2–1   Argentina  
     Netherlands 2005 15   Argentina 2–1   Nigeria   Brazil 2–1   Morocco  
     Canada 2007 16   Argentina 2–1   Czech Republic   Chile 1–0   Austria  
     Egypt 2009 17   Ghana 0–0 a.e.t (4-3 pens)   Brazil   Hungary 1–1 a.e.t (2-0 pens)   Costa Rica  
     Colombia 2011 18   Brazil 3–2 a.e.t.   Portugal   Mexico 3–1   France  
     Turkey 2013 19   France 0–0 a.e.t (4-1 pens)   Uruguay   Ghana 3–0   Iraq  
     New Zealand 2015 20   Serbia 2–1 a.e.t   Brazil   Mali 3–1   Senegal  
    South Korea 2017 21