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	Champions (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
Australia	15	8	0	1981	2013	Fourth place (1991, 1993*)
Spain	15	6	0	1977	2013	Champions (1999)
United States	14	7	2	1981	2015	Fourth place (1989)
Argentina	14	7	1	1979	2015	Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001*, 2005, 2007)
Mexico	14	5	3	1977	2015	Runners-up (1977)
South Korea	13	6	0	1979	2013	Fourth place (1983)
Uruguay	13	5	5	1977	2015	Runners-up (1997, 2013)
Nigeria	11	6	6	1983	2015	Runners-up (1989, 2005)
Portugal	10	4	3	1979	2015	Champions (1989, 1991*)
Germany[3]	10	4	1	1981	2015	Champions (1981)
England	10	3	0	1981	2013	Third place (1993)
Paraguay	9	4	0	1977	2013	Fourth place (2001)
Colombia	9	3	3	1985	2015	Third place (2003)
Japan	8	7	0	1979	2007	Runners-up (1999)
Russia[1]	8	4	0	1977	1995	Champions (1977)
Canada	8	4	0	1979	2007	Quarterfinals (2003)
Costa Rica	8	4	0	1987	2011	Fourth place (2009)
Egypt	8	3	0	1981	2013	Third place (2001)
Ghana	7	3	2	1993	2015	Champions (2009)
Saudi Arabia	7	3	0	1985	2011	Round 2 (2011)
Mali	6	3	3	1989	2015	Third place (1999, 2015)
Hungary	6	2	1	1977	2015	Third place (2009)
Chile	6	2	0	1987	2013	Third place (2007)
Czech Republic[4]	6	2	0	1983	2009	Runners-up (2007)
Cameroon	6	2	0	1981	2011	Quarterfinals (1995)
Honduras	6	1	1	1977	2015	Round 1
France	5	2	0	1977	2013	Champions (2013)
China PR	5	2	0	1983	2005	Quarterfinals (1985)
Republic of Ireland	5	2	0	1985	2003	Third place (1997)
Austria	5	1	1	1977	2015	Fourth place (2007)
Italy	5	1	0	1977	2009	Quarterfinals (1987, 2005, 2009)
Ivory Coast	5	1	0	1977	2003	Round 2 (2003)
New Zealand	4	3	3	2007	2015	Round 2 (2015*)
Panama	4	3	1	2003	2015	Round 1
Poland	4	3	0	1979	2007	Third place (1983)
Uzbekistan[1]	4	2	2	2003	2015	Quarterfinals (2013, 2015)
Syria	4	2	0	1989	2005	Quarterfinals (1991)
Iraq	4	1	0	1977	2013	Fourth place (2013)
Netherlands	4	1	0	1983	2005	Quarterfinals (1983, 2001, 2005*)
Croatia[2]	3	2	0	1999	2013	Round 2 (1999, 2013)
Serbia[2]	3	1	1	1979	2015	Champions (1987, 2015)
Qatar	3	1	1	1981	2015	Runners-up (1981)
Ukraine[1]	3	1	1	2001	2015	Round 2 (2001, 2005, 2015)
North Korea	3	1	1	2007	2015	Round 1
Morocco	3	1	0	1977	2005	Fourth place (2005)
Scotland	3	1	0	1983	2007	Quarterfinals (1983, 1987)
Turkey	3	1	0	1993	2013	Round 2 (2005, 2013*)
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	1997	2009	Quarterfinals (2003*, 2009)
Bulgaria	2	2	0	1985	1987	Quarterfinals (1985, 1987)
East Germany	2	2	0	1987	1989	Third place (1987)
Tunisia	2	1	0	1977	1985	Round 1
Iran	2	1	0	1977	2001	Round 1
Norway	2	1	0	1989	1993	Round 1
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	0	1991	2009	Round 1
South Africa	2	1	0	1997	2009	Round 2 (2009)
Zambia	2	1	0	1999	2007	Round 2 (2007)
Ecuador	2	1	0	2001	2011	Round 2 (2001, 2011)
Senegal	1	1	1	2015	2015	Fourth place (2015)
Algeria	1	1	0	1979	1979	Quarterfinals (1979)
Guinea	1	1	0	1979	1979	Round 1
Indonesia	1	1	0	1979	1979	Round 1
Romania	1	1	0	1981	1981	Third place (1981)
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
Belgium	1	1	0	1997	1997	Round 2 (1997)
Malaysia	1	1	0	1997	1997	Round 1
Kazakhstan[1]	1	1	0	1999	1999	Round 1
Angola	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 2 (2001)
Ethiopia	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 1
Finland	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 1
Jamaica	1	1	0	2001	2001	Round 1
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	2003	2003	Round 2 (2003)
Slovakia[4]	1	1	0	2003	2003	Round 2 (2003)
Benin	1	1	0	2005	2005	Round 1
Switzerland	1	1	0	2005	2005	Round 1
Congo	1	1	0	2007	2007	Round 2 (2007)
Gambia	1	1	0	2007	2007	Round 2 (2007)
Jordan	1	1	0	2007	2007	Round 1
Tahiti	1	1	0	2009	2009	Round 1
Venezuela	1	1	0	2009	2009	Round 2 (2009)
Guatemala	1	1	0	2011	2011	Round 2 (2011)
Cuba	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1
El Salvador	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 1
Greece	1	1	0	2013	2013	Round 2 (2013)
Fiji	1	1	1	2015	2015	Round 1
Myanmar	1	1	1	2015	2015	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

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, 2001^1, 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)	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 (1985^1)
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 (1987^1)
Romania	—	—	1 (1981)	—
East Germany	—	—	1 (1987)	—
Republic of Ireland	—	—	1 (1997)	—
Egypt	—	—	1 (2001)	—
Colombia	—	—	1 (2003)	—
Hungary	—	—	1 (2009)	—
Australia	—	—	—	2 (1991, 1993^1)
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

See also

• National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup

Notes

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.
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.
3. FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
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.
5. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. September 17, 2013.

References

• FIFA U-20 World Cup History Section