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 (2)	Ghana, Turkey
1995 (1)	Burundi
1997 (4)	Belgium, Malaysia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates
1999 (3)	Croatia,[2] Kazakhstan,[1] Zambia
2001 (6)	Angola, 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 (3)	Fiji, Myanmar, Senegal
2017 (2)	Vanuatu, Vietnam
2019 (0)	None
2023 (0)	TBD

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 / Banned
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	Confederation	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)	Total
Algeria	CAF	×	QF	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•		1
Angola	CAF	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Argentina	CONMEBOL	•	1st	R1	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st	•	QF	•	R1	R1	R2		16
Australia	AFC[5]		•	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R2	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•		15
Austria	UEFA	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	R2	•	•		5
Bahrain	AFC	•	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Belgium	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Benin	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	•		1
Brazil	CONMEBOL	3rd	•	QF	1st	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	1st	3rd	R2	2nd	1st	•	2nd	•	•		18
Bulgaria	UEFA	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Burkina Faso	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Burundi	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•		1
Cameroon	CAF	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•		6
Canada	CONCACAF	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		8
Chile	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•	•		6
China PR	AFC	×	×	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Colombia	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF	R2	R2	•	QF		10
Congo	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	•	•	R1	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•		9
Croatia	UEFA									•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•		3
Cuba	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
Czech Republic[4]	UEFA	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	2nd	R2	•	•	•	•	•		6
East Germany	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	R1	•																2
Ecuador	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R1	3rd		4
Egypt	CAF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•	•	•		8
El Salvador	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
England	UEFA	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R2	R1	•	1st	•		11
Ethiopia	CAF	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•		1
Fiji	OFC		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
Finland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
France	UEFA	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th	1st	•	R2	R2		7
Team	Confederation	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)	Total
Gambia	CAF	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Germany	UEFA	•	•	1st	•	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	QF	•	QF	•	•	QF	R2	•		11
Ghana	CAF	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•	•		7
Greece	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•		1
Guatemala	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•		1
Guinea	CAF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		2
Honduras	CONCACAF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R1		8
Hungary	UEFA	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	R2	•	•		6
Indonesia	AFC	×	R1	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	Q	2
Iran	AFC	R1	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		3
Iraq	AFC	R1	•	×	•	•	•	QF	×	×	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•		4
Italy	UEFA	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	3rd	4th		7
Ivory Coast	CAF	R1	×	×	R1	•	•	•	R1	×	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Jamaica	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Japan	AFC	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	R2		10
Jordan	AFC	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Kazakhstan	UEFA[6]									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Malaysia	AFC	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Mali	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd	•	QF		7
Mexico	CONCACAF	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF	•	×	QF	QF	•	R2	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	3rd	R2	R1	QF	R1		16
Morocco	CAF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Myanmar	AFC	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
Netherlands	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4
New Zealand	OFC		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2		6
Nigeria	CAF	×	•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•	R2		12
North Korea	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	•		3
Norway	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		3
Panama	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	R2		6
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•		9
Poland	UEFA	•	4th	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R2		5
Portugal	UEFA	•	QF	•	•	•	•	1st	1st	R1	3rd	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	2nd	R2	QF	QF	R1		12
Team	Confederation	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)	Total
Qatar	AFC	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1		4
Republic of Ireland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	3rd	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Romania	UEFA	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Russia[1]	UEFA	1st	2nd	•	R1	4th	•	QF	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		8
Saudi Arabia	AFC	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	R1		9
Scotland	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Senegal	CAF	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2	QF		3
Serbia[2]	UEFA	•	R1	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•		3
Slovakia	UEFA										•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
South Africa	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1		4
South Korea	AFC	•	R1	R1	4th	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R2	R1	R1	QF	R2	QF	•	R2	2nd		15
Spain	UEFA	R1	QF	R1	•	2nd	•	R1	QF	•	4th	QF	1st	•	2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF	QF	•	•	•		15
Sweden	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Switzerland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Syria	AFC							R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4
Tahiti	OFC			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1		2
Togo	CAF	×	×	•	•	×	R1	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•		1
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		2
Tunisia	CAF	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Turkey	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•		3
Ukraine	UEFA									•	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	1st		4
United Arab Emirates	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•		3
United States	CONCACAF	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	4th	•	QF	•	R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	•	R1	QF	QF	QF		16
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	4th	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	2nd	4th	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	2nd	R2	4th	R2		15
Uzbekistan	AFC									•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF	QF	•	•		4
Vanuatu	OFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		1
Venezuela	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	2nd	•		2
Vietnam	AFC															•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		1
Zambia	CAF	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	QF	•		3
Team	Confederation	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)	Total

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result (* = hosts)
Brazil	18	16	0	1977	2015	Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
Argentina	16	7	3	1979	2019	Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001*, 2005, 2007)
Mexico	16	5	5	1977	2019	Runners-up (1977)
United States	16	7	4	1981	2019	Fourth place (1989)
Spain	15	6	0	1977	2013	Champions (1999)
Uruguay	15	7	7	1977	2019	Runners-up (1997, 2013)
Australia	15	8	0	1981	2013	Fourth place (1991, 1993*)
South Korea	15	6	2	1979	2019	Runners-up (2019)
Portugal	12	5	5	1979	2019	Champions (1989, 1991*)
Nigeria	12	6	1	1983	2019	Runners-up (1989, 2005)
Germany[3]	11	4	0	1981	2017	Champions (1981)
England	11	3	0	1981	2017	Champions (2017)
Japan	10	7	2	1979	2019	Runners-up (1999)
Colombia	10	3	1	1985	2019	Third place (2003)
Paraguay	9	4	0	1977	2013	Fourth place (2001)
Costa Rica	9	4	0	1989	2017	Fourth place (2009)
Saudi Arabia	9	3	2	1985	2019	Round 2 (2011, 2017)
Russia[1]	8	4	0	1977	1995	Champions (1977)
Egypt	8	3	0	1981	2013	Third place (2001)
Canada	8	4	0	1979	2007	Quarterfinals (2003)
Honduras	8	3	3	1977	2019	Round 1
Ghana	7	3	0	1993	2015	Champions (2009)
France	7	2	2	1977	2019	Champions (2013)
Mali	7	3	1	1989	2019	Third place (1999, 2015)
Italy	7	2	2	1977	2019	Third place (2017)
Czech Republic[4]	6	2	0	1983	2009	Runners-up (2007)
Chile	6	2	0	1987	2013	Third place (2007)
Hungary	6	2	0	1977	2015	Third place (2009)
Cameroon	6	2	0	1981	2011	Quarterfinals (1995)
New Zealand	6	5	5	2007	2019	Round 2 (2015*, 2017, 2019)
Panama	6	3	1	2003	2019	Round 2 (2019)
Poland	5	3	1	1979	2019	Third place (1983)
Republic of Ireland	5	2	0	1985	2003	Third place (1997)
Austria	5	1	0	1977	2015	Fourth place (2007)
China PR	5	2	0	1983	2005	Quarterfinals (1985)
Ivory Coast	5	1	0	1977	2003	Round 2 (2003)
Qatar	4	1	1	1981	2019	Runners-up (1981)
Ukraine[1]	4	1	1	2001	2019	Champions (2019)
Iraq	4	1	0	1977	2013	Fourth place (2013)
Ecuador	4	2	2	2001	2019	Third place (2019)
Netherlands	4	1	0	1983	2005	Quarterfinals (1983, 2001, 2005*)
Uzbekistan[1]	4	2	0	2003	2015	Quarterfinals (2013, 2015)
Syria	4	2	0	1989	2005	Quarterfinals (1991)
South Africa	4	2	2	1997	2019	Round 2 (2009)
Serbia[2]	3	1	0	1979	2015	Champions (1987, 2015)
Morocco	3	1	0	1977	2005	Fourth place (2005)
Senegal	3	3	3	2015	2019	Fourth place (2015)
Scotland	3	1	0	1983	2007	Quarterfinals (1983, 1987)
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	1997	2009	Quarterfinals (2003*, 2009)
Zambia	3	1	0	1999	2017	Quarterfinals (2017)
Croatia[2]	3	2	0	1999	2013	Round 2 (1999, 2013)
Turkey	3	1	0	1993	2013	Round 2 (2005, 2013*)
Iran	3	1	0	1977	2017	Round 1
North Korea	3	1	0	2007	2015	Round 1
Norway	3	1	1	1989	2019	Round 1
Venezuela	2	1	0	2009	2017	Runners-up (2017)
East Germany	2	2	0	1987	1989	Third place (1987)
Bulgaria	2	2	0	1985	1987	Quarterfinals (1985, 1987)
Tunisia	2	1	0	1977	1985	Round 1
Guinea	2	1	0	1979	2017	Round 1
Indonesia	2	1	0	1979	2021	Round 1
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	0	1991	2009	Round 1
Tahiti	2	1	1	2009	2019	Round 1
Romania	1	1	0	1981	1981	Third place (1981)
Algeria	1	1	0	1979	1979	Quarterfinals (1979)
Belgium	1	1	0	1997	1997	Round 2 (1997)
Angola	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 2 (2001)
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	2003	2003	Round 2 (2003)
Slovakia[4]	1	1	0	2003	2003	Round 2 (2003)
Congo	1	1	0	2007	2007	Round 2 (2007)
Gambia	1	1	0	2007	2007	Round 2 (2007)
Guatemala	1	1	0	2011	2011	Round 2 (2011)
Greece	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 2 (2013)
Vanuatu	1	1	0	2017	2017	Round 1
Vietnam	1	1	0	2017	2017	Round 1
Bahrain	1	1	0	1987	1987	Round 1
Togo	1	1	0	1987	1987	Round 1
Sweden	1	1	0	1991	1991	Round 1
Burundi	1	1	0	1995	1995	Round 1
Malaysia	1	1	0	1997	1997	Round 1
Kazakhstan[1]	1	1	0	1999	1999	Round 1
Ethiopia	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 1
Finland	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 1
Jamaica	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 1
Benin	1	1	0	2005	2005	Round 1
Switzerland	1	1	0	2005	2005	Round 1
Jordan	1	1	0	2007	2007	Round 1
Cuba	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1
El Salvador	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1
Fiji	1	1	0	2015	2015	Round 1
Myanmar	1	1	0	2015	2015	Round 1

Sorted by appearances, best result, number of times that result was achieved, and first to achieve that result, in that order.
*: Tournament hosts.

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.[7]

Accurate as of the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Bold for teams who qualified for the next tournament.

Rank[8]	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Brazil	18	103	72	16	15	231	71	+160	232
2	Argentina	16	82	55	9	18	163	68	+95	174
3	Spain	15	72	43	13	16	150	77	+73	142
4	Uruguay	15	73	34	21	18	96	67	+29	123
5	Portugal	12	57	31	11	15	81	50	+31	104
6	United States	16	66	26	10	30	93	96	-3	88
7	Ghana	7	43	26	9	8	76	47	+29	87
8	Mexico	16	65	22	18	25	90	72	+18	84
9	Germany	11	47	24	9	14	91	51	+40	81
10	Nigeria	12	56	23	11	22	84	71	+13	80
11	South Korea	15	60	19	14	27	75	94	-20	71
12	Colombia	10	43	20	9	14	63	51	+12	69
13	France	7	35	20	6	9	69	43	+26	66
14	Australia	15	56	16	15	25	63	89	-26	63
15	Russia[1]	8	38	17	11	10	62	44	+18	62
16	Japan	10	43	15	12	16	57	56	+1	57
17	England	11	45	14	15	16	45	44	+1	57
18	Paraguay	9	36	13	10	13	46	47	-1	49
19	Italy	7	34	13	8	13	44	43	+1	47
20	Egypt	8	32	12	5	15	45	45	0	41
21	Chile	6	28	12	5	11	47	48	-1	41
22	Costa Rica	9	35	12	4	19	41	62	-21	40
23	Czech Republic[4]	6	26	9	10	7	34	31	+3	37
24	Mali	7	31	10	7	14	45	61	-16	37
25	Ukraine	4	19	10	6	3	36	17	+19	36
26	Serbia[2]	3	16	11	2	3	32	13	+19	35
27	Poland	5	23	9	4	10	36	28	+8	31
28	Republic of Ireland	5	21	8	5	8	30	27	+3	29
29	Netherlands	4	17	8	4	5	30	20	+10	28
30	Iraq	4	17	8	3	6	27	30	-3	27
31	Hungary	6	23	7	4	12	33	39	-6	25
32	Cameroon	6	21	7	4	10	28	36	-8	25
33	China PR	5	18	7	3	8	25	26	-1	24
34	Ecuador	4	18	6	5	7	19	18	+1	23
35	Senegal	3	16	6	5	5	18	20	-2	23
36	Venezuela	2	11	7	1	3	24	8	+16	22
37	Saudi Arabia	9	29	5	7	17	25	39	-14	22
38	Austria	5	20	4	6	10	10	33	-23	18
39	Zambia	3	12	5	2	5	22	23	-1	17
40	New Zealand	6	21	4	5	12	21	34	-13	17
41	United Arab Emirates	3	14	5	2	7	12	26	-14	17
42	Canada	8	27	4	5	18	16	50	-34	17
43	Syria	4	14	4	4	6	13	23	-10	16
44	Morocco	3	14	4	3	7	16	20	-4	15
45	Honduras	8	24	5	0	19	23	79	-56	15
46	Uzbekistan	4	16	4	2	10	20	30	-10	14
47	East Germany	2	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	13
48	Romania	1	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	13
49	Scotland	3	11	3	3	5	12	15	-3	12
50	Croatia	3	11	3	3	5	12	18	-6	12
51	Turkey	3	11	3	2	6	11	21	-10	11
52	Bulgaria	2	8	3	2	3	8	9	-1	11
53	Qatar	4	15	3	2	10	9	26	-17	11
54	Ivory Coast	5	16	1	7	8	13	30	-17	10
55	Norway	3	9	2	1	6	17	15	+2	7
56	Burkina Faso	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7
57	Iran	3	9	2	1	6	8	19	-11	7
58	South Africa	4	13	1	4	8	11	25	-15	7
59	Panama	6	19	1	4	14	11	38	-27	7
60	Slovakia	1	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6
61	Gambia	1	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2	6
62	Greece	1	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5
63	Angola	1	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1	5
64	Algeria	1	4	1	2	1	2	6	-4	5
65	Congo	1	4	1	1	2	3	7	-4	4
66	Belgium	1	4	1	1	2	4	14	-10	4
67	Finland	1	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
68	Switzerland	1	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
69	Sweden	1	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
70	El Salvador	1	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	3
71	Fiji	1	3	1	0	2	4	11	-7	3
72	Tunisia	2	6	1	0	5	3	13	-10	3
73	Guatemala	1	4	1	0	3	1	12	-11	3
74	North Korea	3	9	0	3	6	3	21	-18	3
75	Benin	1	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
76	Jordan	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1
77	Bahrain	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1
78	Jamaica	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1
79	Burundi	1	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1
80	Vietnam	1	3	0	1	2	0	6	-6	1
81	Trinidad and Tobago	2	6	0	1	5	2	18	-16	1
82	Guinea	2	6	0	1	5	1	19	-18	1
83	Ethiopia	1	3	0	0	3	4	8	-4	0
84	Malaysia	1	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0
85	Kazakhstan	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0
86	Togo	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0
87	Vanuatu	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	-9	0
88	Cuba	1	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0
89	Myanmar	1	3	0	0	3	2	13	-11	0
90	Indonesia	2	3	0	0	3	0	16	-16	0
91	Tahiti	2	6	0	0	6	0	35	-35	0

Breakdown of successor teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Czechoslovakia (1977–1993)	7	3	1	3	10	10	0	7
Czech Republic (since 2001)	19	6	9	4	24	21	3	27

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
West Germany (1977–1989)	12	9	2	1	26	7	+19	29
Germany (since 1993)	35	15	7	13	65	44	+21	52

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
East Germany (1987-1989)	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	13

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Soviet Union (1977–1991)	30	14	9	7	52	32	+20	37
Russia (since 1993)	8	3	2	3	10	12	-2	11

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Yugoslavia (1977–1991)	9	6	1	2	22	9	+13	13
FR 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)	7	5	1	1	10	4	+6	16

Teams that have finished in the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Argentina	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 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, 1991)	1 (2011)	1 (1995)
Serbia¹	2 (1987, 2015)
Ghana	1 (2009)	2 (1993, 2001)	1 (2013)	1 (1997)
Spain	1 (1999)	2 (1985, 2003)		1 (1995)
Russia²	1 (1977)	1 (1979)	1 (1991)	1 (1985)
Germany³	1 (1981)	1 (1987)
England	1 (2017)		1 (1993)	1 (1981)
France	1 (2013)			1 (2011)
Ukraine	1 (2019)
Uruguay		2 (1997, 2013)	1 (1979)	3 (1977, 1999, 2017)
Nigeria		2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)
Mexico		1 (1977)	1 (2011)
South Korea		1 (2019)		1 (1983)
Qatar		1 (1981)
Japan		1 (1999)
Czech Republic		1 (2007)
Venezuela		1 (2017)
Mali			2 (1999, 2015)
Poland			1 (1983)	1 (1979)
Chile			1 (2007)	1 (1987)
Italy			1 (2017)	1 (2019)
Romania			1 (1981)
East Germany			1 (1987)
Republic of Ireland			1 (1997)
Egypt			1 (2001)
Colombia			1 (2003)
Hungary			1 (2009)
Ecuador			1 (2019)
Australia				2 (1991, 1993)
United States				1 (1989)
Paraguay				1 (2001)
Morocco				1 (2005)
Austria				1 (2007)
Costa Rica				1 (2009)
Iraq				1 (2013)
Senegal				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	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 of 16
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
2019	England	Did Not Qualify
2023	Ukraine

Results of host nations

Year	Host Nation	Finish
1977	Tunisia	Group Stage
1979	Japan	Group Stage
1981	Australia	Quarter-finals
1983	Mexico	Group Stage
1985	Soviet Union	Fourth Place
1987	Chile	Fourth Place
1989	Saudi Arabia	Group Stage
1991	Portugal	Champions
1993	Australia	Fourth Place
1995	Qatar	Group Stage
1997	Malaysia	Group Stage
1999	Nigeria	Quarter-finals
2001	Argentina	Champions
2003	United Arab Emirates	Quarter-finals
2005	Netherlands	Quarter-finals
2007	Canada	Group Stage
2009	Egypt	Quarter-finals
2011	Colombia	Quarter-finals
2013	Turkey	Round of 16
2015	New Zealand	Round of 16
2017	South Korea	Round of 16
2019	Poland	Round of 16
2023	Indonesia	TBD

Result of confederation

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)	Total
Teams	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	74
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	3	1	3	2	24
Top 8	—	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	18
Top 4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Top 2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
1st																							0
2nd																							3
3rd																							0
4th																							2

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)	Total
Teams	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	71
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	2	4	2	3	34
Top 8	—	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	23
Top 4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	13
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
1st																							1
2nd																							4
3rd																							5
4th																							3

CONCACAF

	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)	Total
Teams	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	70
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	3	2	24
Top 8	—	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	19
Top 4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Top 2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1st																							0
2nd																							1
3rd																							1
4th																							2

CONMEBOL

	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)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	80
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	43
Top 8	—	3	0	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	44
Top 4	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	32
Top 2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	19
1st																							11
2nd																							8
3rd																							7
4th																							6

OFC

	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)	Total
Teams	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	22
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
Top 8	—	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							0
4th																							2

UEFA

	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)	Total
Teams	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	6	127
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	4	5	3	5	5	5	4	6	6	5	4	57
Top 8	—	4	3	4	3	6	2	3	2	3	3	1	3	1	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	61
Top 4	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	32
Top 2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	16
1st																							10
2nd																							6
3rd																							9
4th																							7

Notes

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.
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.
FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
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.
Australia represented OFC before 2006.
Kazakhstan represented AFC before 2000.
"FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. September 17, 2013.
Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Note that this column does not represent any official rankings.

References

FIFA U-20 World Cup History Section

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[USSR-1] 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.

[Yugoslavia-2] 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.

[Germany-3] FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.

[Czechoslovakia-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.

[Australia-5] Australia represented OFC before 2006.

[Kazakhstan-6] Kazakhstan represented AFC before 2000.

[7] "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. September 17, 2013.

[n-8] Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Note that this column does not represent any official rankings.

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