FIFA Youth (U-20) World Cup Finals 1977-2025
Details of all the bi-annual FIFA Youth (U-20) World Cup Finals and third place play-off matches from 1977 to 2025 together with the Order of Merit. The 2025 Finals is taking place in Argentina Chile.
| Host Nation | Year | # | Final Winner | Final Score | Final Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Play-Off Third | Play-Off Score | 3rd Place | Play-Off 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 |
| England | 1–0 |
| Venzuela |
| Italy | 0-0 a.e.t (4-1 pens) |
| Ururguay |
| Poland | 2019 | 22 |
| Ukraine | 3–1 |
| South Korea |
| Ecuador | 1–0 a.e.t |
| Italy |
| Argentina | 2023 | 23 |
| Uruguay | 1–0 |
| Italy |
| Israel | 3–1 |
| South Korea |
| <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-56127" src="https://www.myfootballfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Chile-Flag.png" width="50" height="32" /> | Chile | 2025 | 24 | ||||||||||
FIFA World Cup U-20 Order of Merit
| FIFA Youth (U-20) World Cup Order of Merit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| Argentina |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brazil |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Portugal |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uruguay |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Spain |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ghana |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany (West) |
| 1 | 1 | ||
England |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| Yugoslavia |
| 1 | |||
| Serbia |
| 1 | |||
| Venezuela |
| 1 | |||
| Ukraine |
| 1 | |||
| Nigeria |
| 2 | 1 | ||
| Mexico |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| Italy |
| 1 | 2 | ||
| South Korea |
| 1 | 2 | ||
| Czech Republic |
| 1 | |||
| Japan |
| 1 | |||
| Qatar |
| 1 | |||
| Mali |
| 2 | |||
| Chile |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| England |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Colombia |
| 1 | |||
| East Germany |
| 1 | |||
| Ecuador |
| 1 | |||
| Egypt |
| 1 | |||
Israel |
| 1 | |||
| Poland |
| 1 | |||
| Republic of Ireland |
| 1 | |||
| Romania |
| 1 | |||
| Hungary |
| 1 | |||
| Australia |
| 2 | |||
| Austria |
| 1 | |||
| Costa Rica |
| 1 | |||
| Iraq |
| 1 | |||
| Morocco |
| 1 | |||
| Paraguay |
| 1 | |||
| Poland |
| 1 | |||
| United States |
| 1 | |||
| Senegal |
| 1 | |||
| Totals | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | |
FIFA World Cup Under-20 Awards
