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.

Debut of national teams

Year	Debutants
1977 (16)	Austria Brazil France Honduras Hungary Iran Iraq Italy Ivory Coast Mexico Morocco Paraguay Spain Tunisia Soviet Union^[1] Uruguay
1979 (10)	Algeria Argentina Canada Guinea Indonesia Japan Poland Portugal South Korea Yugoslavia^[2]
1981 (8)	Australia Cameroon Egypt England Qatar Romania United States West Germany^[3]
1983 (5)	China PR Czechoslovakia^[4] Scotland Netherlands Nigeria
1985 (4)	Bulgaria Colombia Republic of Ireland Saudi Arabia
1987 (4)	Bahrain Chile East Germany Togo
1989 (4)	Costa Rica Mali Norway Syria
1991 (2)	Sweden Trinidad and Tobago
1993 (3)	Ghana Russia^[1] Turkey
1995 (1)	Burundi
1997 (4)	Belgium Malaysia South Africa United Arab Emirates
1999 (3)	Croatia^[2] Kazakhstan^[1] Zambia
2001 (7)	Angola Czech Republic^[4] Ecuador Ethiopia Finland Jamaica Ukraine^[1]
2003 (4)	Burkina Faso Panama Slovakia Uzbekistan^[1]
2005 (2)	Benin Switzerland
2007 (5)	Congo Gambia Jordan New Zealand North Korea
2009 (2)	Tahiti Venezuela
2011 (1)	Guatemala
2013 (3)	Cuba El Salvador Greece
2015 (4)	Fiji Myanmar Senegal Serbia^[2]
2017 (2)	Vanuatu Vietnam

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)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)
Algeria		QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Angola				•	•		•			•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Argentina	•	1st	R1	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st	•	QF	•	R1
Australia		•	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R2	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•
Austria	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	R2	•
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Benin								•							R1	•	•	•	•	•	•
Brazil	3rd	•	QF	1st	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	1st	3rd	R2	2nd	1st	•	2nd
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Burkina Faso										•			•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Burundi										R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cameroon		•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•
Canada	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	•	•	•
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•	QF	•
China PR				R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•
Colombia	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF	R2	R2
Congo							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•
Costa Rica	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	•	•	R1	4th	R2	•	•
Croatia									•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•
Cuba	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
Czech Republic	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	2nd	R2	•	•	•	•
East Germany	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	R1	•
Ecuador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•
Egypt		•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•
El Salvador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
England	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R2	R1	•	q
Ethiopia								•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Fiji		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
France	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th	1st	•	q
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)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)
Gambia																R2	•	•	•	•	•
Germany	•	•	1st	•	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	QF	•	QF	•	•	QF	q
Ghana					•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•
Greece	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•
Guatemala	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•
Guinea		R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Honduras	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1
Hungary	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	R2	•
Indonesia		R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Iran	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q
Iraq	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•
Italy	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	q
Ivory Coast	R1			R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Jamaica	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		•	•	•	•	•
Japan	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2	•	•	•	•	q
Jordan	•	•							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•
Kazakhstan									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Mali							R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd
Mexico	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF	•	•	QF	QF	•	R2	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	3rd	R2	R1
Morocco	R1		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•
Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
Netherlands	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•
New Zealand		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R2	q
Nigeria		•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Panama	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•
Paraguay	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	R2	•
Poland	•	4th	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•
Portugal	•	QF	•	•	•	•	1st	1st	R1	3rd	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	2nd	R2	QF	q
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)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)
Qatar	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
Republic of Ireland	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	3rd	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Romania	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Russia	1st	2nd	•	R1	4th	•	QF	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Saudi Arabia	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	q
Scotland	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th
Serbia	•	R1	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•
Slovakia										•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
South Africa										•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•
South Korea	•	R1	R1	4th	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R2	R1	R1	QF	R2	QF	•	q
Spain	R1	QF	R1	•	2nd	•	R1	QF	•	4th	QF	1st	•	2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF	QF	•	•
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•
Syria							R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•
Tahiti			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•
Togo			•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Trinidad and Tobago			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•
Tunisia	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	•
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•
Ukraine									•	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•
United States	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	4th	•	QF	•	R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	•	R1	QF
Uruguay	4th	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	2nd	4th	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	2nd	R2
Uzbekistan									•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF	QF
Vanuatu	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q
Venezuela	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•
Vietnam															•	•	•	•	•	•	q
Zambia									•	•	•	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)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Brazil	18	16	1	1977	2015	1.5 !Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
Australia	15	8	0	1981	2013	4.8 !Fourth place (1991, 1993*)
Spain	15	6	0	1977	2013	1.9 !Champions (1999)
United States	14	7	2	1981	2015	4.9 !Fourth place (1989)
Argentina	14	7	1	1979	2015	1.4 !Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001*, 2005, 2007)
Mexico	14	5	3	1977	2015	2.9 !Runners-up (1977)
South Korea	13	6	0	1979	2013	4.9 !Fourth place (1983)
Uruguay	13	5	5	1977	2015	2.8 !Runners-up (1997, 2013)
Nigeria	11	6	6	1983	2015	2.8 !Runners-up (1989, 2005)
Portugal	10	4	3	1979	2015	1.8 !Champions (1989, 1991*)
Germany^[3]	10	4	1	1981	2015	1.9 !Champions (1981)
England	10	3	0	1981	2013	3.9 !Third place (1993)
Paraguay	9	4	0	1977	2013	4.9 !Fourth place (2001)
Colombia	9	3	3	1985	2015	3.9 !Third place (2003)
Japan	8	7	0	1979	2007	2.9 !Runners-up (1999)
Russia^[1]	8	4	0	1977	1995	1.9 !Champions (1977)
Canada	8	4	0	1979	2007	5.9 !Quarterfinals (2003)
Costa Rica	8	4	0	1987	2011	4.9 !Fourth place (2009)
Egypt	8	3	0	1981	2013	3.9 !Third place (2001)
Ghana	7	3	2	1993	2015	1.9 !Champions (2009)
Saudi Arabia	7	3	0	1985	2011	6.9 !Round 2 (2011)
Mali	6	3	3	1989	2015	3.8 !Third place (1999, 2015)
Hungary	6	2	1	1977	2015	3.9 !Third place (2009)
Chile	6	2	0	1987	2013	3.9 !Third place (2007)
Czech Republic^[4]	6	2	0	1983	2009	2.9 !Runners-up (2007)
Cameroon	6	2	0	1981	2011	5.9 !Quarterfinals (1995)
Honduras	6	1	1	1977	2015	7.9 !Round 1
France	5	2	0	1977	2013	1.9 !Champions (2013)
China PR	5	2	0	1983	2005	5.9 !Quarterfinals (1985)
Republic of Ireland	5	2	0	1985	2003	3.9 !Third place (1997)
Austria	5	1	1	1977	2015	4.9 !Fourth place (2007)
Italy	5	1	0	1977	2009	5.7 !Quarterfinals (1987, 2005, 2009)
Ivory Coast	5	1	0	1977	2003	6.9 !Round 2 (2003)
New Zealand	4	3	3	2007	2015	6.9 !Round 2 (2015*)
Panama	4	3	1	2003	2015	7.9 !Round 1
Poland	4	3	0	1979	2007	3.9 !Third place (1983)
Uzbekistan^[1]	4	2	2	2003	2015	5.8 !Quarterfinals (2013, 2015)
Syria	4	2	0	1989	2005	5.9 !Quarterfinals (1991)
Iraq	4	1	0	1977	2013	4.9 !Fourth place (2013)
Netherlands	4	1	0	1983	2005	5.7 !Quarterfinals (1983, 2001, 2005*)
Croatia^[2]	3	2	0	1999	2013	6.8 !Round 2 (1999, 2013)
Serbia^[2]	3	1	1	1979	2015	1.8 !Champions (1987, 2015)
Qatar	3	1	1	1981	2015	2.9 !Runners-up (1981)
Ukraine^[1]	3	1	1	2001	2015	6.7 !Round 2 (2001, 2005, 2015)
North Korea	3	1	1	2007	2015	7.9 !Round 1
Morocco	3	1	0	1977	2005	4.9 !Fourth place (2005)
Scotland	3	1	0	1983	2007	5.8 !Quarterfinals (1983, 1987)
Turkey	3	1	0	1993	2013	6.8 !Round 2 (2005, 2013*)
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	1997	2009	5.8 !Quarterfinals (2003*, 2009)
Bulgaria	2	2	0	1985	1987	5.8 !Quarterfinals (1985, 1987)
East Germany	2	2	0	1987	1989	3.9 !Third place (1987)
Tunisia	2	1	0	1977	1985	7.9 !Round 1
Iran	2	1	0	1977	2001	7.9 !Round 1
Norway	2	1	0	1989	1993	7.9 !Round 1
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	0	1991	2009	7.9 !Round 1
South Africa	2	1	0	1997	2009	6.9 !Round 2 (2009)
Zambia	2	1	0	1999	2007	6.9 !Round 2 (2007)
Ecuador	2	1	0	2001	2011	6.8 !Round 2 (2001, 2011)
Senegal	1	1	1	2015	2015	4.9 !Fourth place (2015)
Algeria	1	1	0	1979	1979	5.9 !Quarterfinals (1979)
Guinea	1	1	0	1979	1979	7.9 !Round 1
Indonesia	1	1	0	1979	1979	7.9 !Round 1
Romania	1	1	0	1981	1981	3.9 !Third place (1981)
Bahrain	1	1	0	1987	1987	7.9 !Round 1
Togo	1	1	0	1987	1987	7.9 !Round 1
Sweden	1	1	0	1991	1991	7.9 !Round 1
Burundi	1	1	0	1995	1995	7.9 !Round 1
Belgium	1	1	0	1997	1997	6.9 !Round 2 (1997)
Malaysia	1	1	0	1997	1997	7.9 !Round 1
Kazakhstan^[1]	1	1	0	1999	1999	7.9 !Round 1
Angola	1	1	0	2001	2001	6.9 !Round 2 (2001)
Ethiopia	1	1	0	2001	2001	7.9 !Round 1
Finland	1	1	0	2001	2001	7.9 !Round 1
Jamaica	1	1	0	2001	2001	7.9 !Round 1
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	2003	2003	6.9 !Round 2 (2003)
Slovakia^[4]	1	1	0	2003	2003	6.9 !Round 2 (2003)
Benin	1	1	0	2005	2005	7.9 !Round 1
Switzerland	1	1	0	2005	2005	7.9 !Round 1
Congo	1	1	0	2007	2007	6.9 !Round 2 (2007)
Gambia	1	1	0	2007	2007	6.9 !Round 2 (2007)
Jordan	1	1	0	2007	2007	7.9 !Round 1
Tahiti	1	1	0	2009	2009	7.9 !Round 1
Venezuela	1	1	0	2009	2009	6.9 !Round 2 (2009)
Guatemala	1	1	0	2011	2011	6.9 !Round 2 (2011)
Cuba	1	1	0	2013	2013	7.9 !Round 1
El Salvador	1	1	0	2013	2013	7.9 !Round 1
Greece	1	1	0	2013	2013	6.9 !Round 2 (2013)
Fiji	1	1	1	2015	2015	7.9 !Round 1
Myanmar	1	1	1	2015	2015	7.9 !Round 1

Overall team records

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. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.(1995~) 2 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.(~1993)^[5]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points	Avg. Pts.
Brazil	96	68	14	14	216	66	+150	186	1.94
Argentina	75	52	8	15	147	57	+90	151	2.01
Spain	72	43	13	16	150	77	+73	134	1.86
Uruguay	58	27	15	16	78	57	+21	82	1.41
Ghana	39	24	8	7	71	41	+30	77	1.97
Mexico	57	20	17	20	85	62	+23	70	1.23
Portugal	44	24	7	13	58	38	+20	68	1.55
Nigeria	48	20	10	18	70	61	+9	64	1.33
United States	51	18	7	26	66	80	-14	56	1.1
Colombia	34	17	7	10	51	42	+9	54	1.59
Germany (since 1993) West Germany (1977–1989)	38	19	7	12	67	40	+27	54	1.42
Australia	56	16	15	25	63	89	-26	54	0.96
Japan	35	13	9	13	49	48	+1	48	1.37
France	27	14	6	7	50	36	+14	47	1.74
Russia (since 1993) Soviet Union (1977–1991)	38	17	11	10	62	44	+18	46	1.21
South Korea	49	13	13	23	60	81	-21	46	0.94
Paraguay	36	13	10	13	46	47	-1	45	1.25
Egypt	32	12	5	15	45	45	0	39	1.22
Chile	28	12	5	11	47	48	-1	38	1.36
Costa Rica	31	11	3	17	38	58	-20	35	1.13
Czech Republic (since 2001) Czechoslovakia (1977–1993)	26	9	10	7	34	31	+1	34	1.31
England	38	8	14	16	33	41	-8	33	0.87
Republic of Ireland	21	8	5	8	30	27	+3	29	1.38
Netherlands	17	8	4	5	30	20	+10	27	1.59
Cameroon	21	7	4	10	28	36	-8	24	1.14
Iraq	17	8	3	6	27	30	-3	23	1.35
China PR	18	7	3	8	25	26	-1	21	1.17
Mali	19	6	3	10	23	41	-18	21	1.11
Italy	20	6	5	9	26	29	-3	21	1.05
Poland	19	8	3	8	31	25	+6	20	1.05
Hungary	19	6	4	9	26	32	-6	19	1
United Arab Emirates	14	5	2	7	12	26	-14	17	1.21
Saudi Arabia	22	4	6	12	18	26	-8	16	0.73
Canada	27	4	5	18	16	50	-34	16	0.59
Morocco	14	4	3	7	16	20	-4	15	1.07
Syria	14	4	4	6	13	23	-10	14	1
Serbia (since 2015) Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2005) Yugoslavia (1995-2001) Yugoslavia (1977-1991)	9	6	1	2	22	9	+13	13	1.44
Austria	16	3	4	9	7	29	-22	13	1.44
Croatia	11	3	3	5	12	18	-6	12	1.09
Turkey	11	3	2	6	11	21	-10	11	1
Ivory Coast	16	1	7	8	13	30	-17	10	0.62
Honduras	18	4	0	14	20	54	-34	10	0.55
Romania	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	9	1.5
Ukraine	8	2	3	3	13	12	+1	9	1.12
East Germany	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	9	1
Scotland	11	3	3	5	12	15	-3	9	0.82
Zambia	7	2	2	3	10	13	-3	8	1.14
Bulgaria	8	3	2	3	8	9	-1	8	1
Ecuador	8	2	2	4	7	8	-1	8	1
Uzbekistan	16	4	2	10	20	30	-10	14	0.88
Qatar	12	3	2	7	9	20	-11	8	0.66
Burkina Faso	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7	1.75
Venezuela	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5	6	1.5
Slovakia	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6	1.5
Gambia	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2	6	1.5
Greece	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5	1.25
Angola	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1	5	1.25
South Africa	7	1	2	4	7	14	-7	5	0.71
Congo	4	1	1	2	3	7	-4	4	1
Algeria	4	1	2	1	2	6	-4	4	1
Belgium	4	1	1	2	4	14	-10	4	1
Finland	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3	1
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3	1
El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	3	1
Fiji	3	1	0	2	4	11	-7	3	1
Guatemala	4	1	0	3	1	12	-11	3	0.75
Norway	6	1	1	4	4	10	-6	3	0.5
Iran	6	1	1	4	4	13	-9	3	0.5
North Korea	9	0	3	6	3	21	-18	3	0.33
Panama	15	0	3	12	7	30	-23	3	0.2
Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2	0.67
Sweden	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	2	0.67
Tunisia	6	1	0	5	3	13	-10	2	0.33
New Zealand	9	0	2	7	4	15	-11	2	0.22
Jordan	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1	0.33
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1	0.33
Jamaica	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1	0.33
Burundi	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1	0.33
Trinidad and Tobago	6	0	1	5	2	18	-16	1	0.17
Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	4	8	-4	0	0
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0	0
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0	0
Togo	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0	0
Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0	0
Guinea	3	0	0	3	0	10	-10	0	0
Myanmar	3	0	0	3	0	11	-11	0	0
Indonesia	3	0	0	3	0	16	-16	0	0
Tahiti	3	0	0	3	0	21	-21	0	0

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Breakdown of successor teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Czechoslovakia (1977–1993)	30	11	5	14	44	45	-1	38
Czech Republic (since 2001)	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
West Germany (1977–1989)	62	36	14	12	131	77	+54	122
Germany (since 1993)	38	27	5	6	79	31	+48	86

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Soviet Union (1977–1991)	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
Russia (since 1993)	9	2	2	5	13	13	0	8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Yugoslavia (1977–1991)	9	6	1	2	22	9	+13	13
Yugoslavia (1995-2001)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2005)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia (since 2015)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	5 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)	4 (1991, 1995, 2009, 2015)	3 (1977, 1989, 2005)	—
Portugal	2 (1989, 1991¹)	1 (2011)	1 (1995)	—
Serbia^[2]	2 (1987, 2015)	—	—	—
Ghana	1 (2009)	2 (1993, 2001)	1 (2013)	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)	—	—
France	1 (2013)	—	—	1 (2011)
Uruguay	—	2 (1997, 2013)	1 (1979)	2 (1977, 1989)
Nigeria	—	2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)	—
Mexico	—	1 (1977)	1 (2011)	—
Qatar	—	1 (1981)	—	—
Japan	—	1 (1999)	—	—
Czech Republic	—	1 (2007)	—	—
Mali	—	—	2 (1999, 2015)	—
Poland	—	—	1 (1983)	1 (1979)
England	—	—	1 (1993)	1 (1981)
Chile	—	—	1 (2007)	1 (1987¹)
Romania	—	—	1 (1981)	—
East Germany	—	—	1 (1987)	—
Republic of Ireland	—	—	1 (1997)	—
Egypt	—	—	1 (2001)	—
Colombia	—	—	1 (2003)	—
Hungary	—	—	1 (2009)	—
Australia	—	—	—	2 (1991, 1993¹)
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)

List of defending champions

Year	Defending Champions	Finish
1979	Soviet Union	Runners-up
1981	Argentina	Group Stage
1983	West Germany	Did not qualify
1985	Brazil	Champions
1987	Brazil	Quarter-finals
1989	Yugoslavia	Did not qualify
1991	Portugal	Champions
1993	Portugal	Group Stage
1995	Brazil	Runners-up
1997	Argentina	Champions
1999	Argentina	Round 2
2001	Spain	Did not qualify
2003	Argentina	Fourth Place
2005	Brazil	Third Place
2007	Argentina	Champions
2009	Argentina	Did not qualify
2011	Ghana	Did not qualify
2013	Brazil	Did not qualify
2015	France	Did not qualify
2017	Serbia	Did not qualify

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
2013	Turkey	Round of 16
2015	New Zealand	Round of 16
2017	South Korea	TBD

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
1 2 3 FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
1 2 3 4 Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as successor team of Czechoslovakia.
↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. September 17, 2013.

References

FIFA U-20 World Cup History Section

FIFA World Youth Championship / 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 South Korea 2017 TBA 2019

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 2013 2015

Book Team appearances

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