FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics explained

This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Debut of national teams

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
	Teams	width=40			width=40
valign=top; align=center		,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ^[1]	16	16
valign=top; align=center		,,,,,, ^[2]	7	23
valign=top; align=center		,,,,,,	7	30
valign=top; align=center		,,,	4	34
valign=top; align=center		,,^[3],,	4	38
valign=top; align=center			1	39
valign=top; align=center		,,,	4	43
valign=top; align=center		,,	3	46
valign=top; align=center		,,	3	49
valign=top; align=center		,,,	4	53
valign=top; align=center		,,,,	5	58
valign=top; align=center		,,,,,,	7	65
valign=top; align=center		,,	3	68
valign=top; align=center		,,,	4	72
valign=top; align=center		,,,	4	76
valign=top; align=center			1	77
valign=top; align=center		,,	3	80
valign=top; align=center		,,	3	83
valign=top; align=center			1	84
valign=top; align=center			1	85

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. 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. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of the 2023 tournament.

width=20	Rank	width=200	Team	width=20	Part	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Points
1		bgcolor=gold	18	bgcolor=gold	94	bgcolor=gold	63	11	20	bgcolor=gold	215	88	bgcolor=gold	+127	bgcolor=gold	200
2		12	67	48	11	8	159	52	+107	155
3		11	58	36	10	12	131	71	+60	118
4		15	72	34	bgcolor=gold	15	23	117	89	+28	117
5		15	69	34	12	23	122	96	+26	114
6		9	48	30	10	8	94	38	+56	100
7	^[4]	11	56	29	10	17	121	85	+36	97
8		8	42	27	8	7	104	44	+60	89
9		bgcolor=gold	18	67	24	7	bgcolor=gold	36	94	bgcolor=gold	118	–25	82
10		13	51	19	7	25	57	79	–22	64
11		6	32	18	4	10	58	26	+32	58
12		10	37	15	6	16	53	50	+3	51
13		5	25	13	6	5	59	26	+33	45
14		8	32	13	6	13	38	38	0	45
15		6	27	12	4	11	45	33	+12	40
16		5	19	11	2	6	46	36	+10	35
17		6	27	9	7	11	43	41	+2	34
18		6	24	10	3	11	32	34	–2	33
19		7	27	10	3	14	31	42	–11	33
20		5	20	9	4	7	33	24	+9	31
21		10	36	7	8	21	30	59	–29	29
22		4	19	8	2	9	32	31	+1	26
23	^[5]	3	14	7	3	4	32	17	+15	24
24		3	14	7	3	4	27	19	+8	24
25		7	26	6	6	14	23	45	–22	24
26		3	14	7	2	5	20	17	+3	23
27		4	17	6	4	7	28	29	–1	22
28		5	19	6	4	9	21	27	–6	22
29		1	7	7	0	0	18	7	+11	21
30		3	13	5	6	2	18	11	+7	21
31		5	20	5	6	9	33	41	–8	21
32		6	20	4	7	9	24	36	–12	19
33		3	11	6	0	5	16	17	–1	18
34		3	14	5	3	6	27	33	–6	18
35		10	33	4	6	23	20	101	–81	18
36		3	13	5	2	6	19	21	–2	17
37		5	18	4	5	9	20	30	–10	17
38		2	10	5	1	4	12	14	–2	16
39		2	9	4	2	3	14	10	+4	14
40		3	11	4	2	5	13	18	–5	14
41		5	18	3	5	10	16	34	–18	14
42		2	8	4	1	3	14	9	+5	13
43		1	7	4	1	2	15	11	+4	13
44		3	12	3	4	5	17	20	–3	13
45		1	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12
46		2	9	3	2	4	9	13	–4	11
47	^[6]	2	7	3	1	3	10	12	–2	10
48		5	18	3	1	14	19	45	–26	10
49		2	8	2	3	3	4	7	–3	9
50		2	7	2	2	3	9	8	+1	8
51		2	7	2	2	3	11	12	–1	8
52		3	10	2	2	6	10	18	–8	8
53		2	6	2	1	3	9	10	–1	7
54		2	7	2	1	4	8	14	–6	7
55		1	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
56		1	4	2	0	2	4	5	-1	6
57		2	7	1	2	4	5	13	–8	5
58		3	10	1	2	7	6	17	–11	5
59		1	4	1	1	2	7	12	–5	4
60		2	7	1	1	5	7	19	–12	4
61		2	7	1	1	5	7	22	–15	4
62		3	10	1	1	8	8	26	–18	4
63		8	24	0	4	20	11	70	–59	4
64		1	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
65		2	6	0	3	3	8	13	–5	3
66		1	4	1	0	3	1	8	–7	3
67		1	3	1	0	2	3	12	–9	3
68		1	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
69		1	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2
70		2	6	0	2	4	8	15	–7	2
71		1	3	0	1	2	6	8	–2	1
72		1	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1
73		1	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3	1
74		1	3	0	1	2	4	8	–4	1
75		1	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1
76		2	6	0	1	5	6	16	–10	1
77		2	6	0	1	5	2	14	–12	1
78		2	6	0	1	5	5	18	–13	1
79		2	6	0	1	5	5	20	–15	1
80		2	6	0	1	5	2	37	–35	1
81		1	3	0	0	3	0	5	–5	0
82		1	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0
83		1	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0
84		2	6	0	0	6	3	23	–20	0
85		1	3	0	0	3	0	20	–20	0
86		2	6	0	0	6	5	29	–24	0
87		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Teams that have finished in the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
	5 (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)	0	3 (1987, 2001, 2009)
	4 (1997, 1999, 2003, 2019)	2 (1995, 2005)	2 (1985, 2017)	1 (2011)
	2 (1991, 1995)	2 (1993, 1997)	1 (1999)	1 (2007)
	2 (2005, 2011)	2 (2013, 2019)		1 (2015)
^2	1 (2023)	1 (1985)	2 (2007, 2011)	1 (1997)
	1 (2001)	1 (2023)	1 (2019)
^1	1 (1987)
	1 (1989)
	1 (2009)
	1 (2017)
		4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)	2 (1997, 2009)
		1 (2015)	1 (2023)	1 (2017)
		1 (1989)
		1 (1999)
		1 (2011)
			3 (1991, 1995, 2003)	3 (2001, 2013, 2023)
			1 (2005)	1 (2019)
			1 (1987)
			1 (1989)
			1 (1993)
			1 (2001)
			1 (2013)
			1 (2015)
				2 (2003, 2009)
				1 (1985)
				1 (1987)
				1 (1989)
				1 (1991)
				1 (1993)
				1 (1995)
				1 (1999)
				1 (2005)

1 = includes results representing Soviet Union

2 = includes results representing West Germany

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• – Champions
• – Runners-up
• – Third place
• – Fourth place
• QF – Quarter-finals
• R2 – Round 2 (since 2007: knockout round of 16)
• R1 – Round 1
• – Did not qualify
• – Did not enter / Withdrew
• – Disqualified
• – 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	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	bgcolor=red	X		1
	CONMEBOL	R1	•	QF	3rd	R1	3rd	QF	•	4th	3rd	•	QF	R2	R2	4th	R1	•	R2	4th		15
	AFC^[7]	QF	QF	R1	QF	QF	QF	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	R1	R1	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	R2	•		13
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		2
	AFC	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•		2
	CONMEBOL	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
	CONMEBOL	3rd	R1	QF	QF	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R2	R1	4th	QF	QF	3rd	1st	QF		18
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	R1		5
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		2
	CONCACAF	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1		8
	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	R2	•		5
	AFC	QF	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		6
	CONMEBOL	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R2	4th	•	•	•	R2	•	•		6
	CAF	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•		3
	CONCACAF	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	QF	QF	QF	R2	R1	•	•	QF	R1	•	•		10
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	•	•		3
	CONCACAF	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		2
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		1
	UEFA	•	•	QF	•	bgcolor=black colspan=16		1
	CONMEBOL	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	QF	•	R2	R2		6
	CAF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•		2
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	R1	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	R2		5
	OFC	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	1
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
	UEFA	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	R2	R2	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd		8
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×		2
Team	Confederation	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
	UEFA	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	QF	•	R1	4th	R1	•	•	•	3rd	R2	3rd	•	R2	QF	•	bgcolor=gold	1st
	CAF	•	•	R1	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	•	•	R1	4th	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•
	CAF	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	bgcolor=red	X	×
	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	QF	R1	R2	•	•
	UEFA	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•
	AFC	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=red	X	•	R1
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	QF	•	R2
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•	•
	UEFA	R1	4th	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	•	R2	•	•	QF	•
	CAF	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	QF	•	•	•	•
	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•
	AFC	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	QF	R2	•	R2	R2	R2
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	•	3rd
	CONCACAF	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R1	QF	•	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	R2	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	R2	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R2
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	QF
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	4th	•
	OFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	Q
	OFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1	R2	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1	R1	Q
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•
	CAF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	2nd	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	R2	•
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R2	•	R1	•	R2	R1	•	×
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	4th	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	R1
	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	QF	•
	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1
	UEFA	•	•	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Team	Confederation	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
	AFC	R1	QF	•	4th	R1	R1	•	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q
	UEFA	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R2	•	•	bgcolor=red	X
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	×
	AFC	QF	R1	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	UEFA	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R2
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•
	OFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	bgcolor=red	X	•
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•
	AFC	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	QF	•	•	R2	•	QF	R1
	UEFA	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	R1	3rd	R1	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	QF
	CAF	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	CAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	CAF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•
	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	QF	•	•		•	R1	•	•
	AFC	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	•	•	•	•
	CONCACAF	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	R1	R1	4th	R1	QF	QF	R2	R2	R2	•	R1	QF	R1	R2
	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	•	•	R1	•	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	•	•	•	•
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R2	•	•	•	QF
	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2
	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1987		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
1989		Did not qualify
1991		Did not qualify
1993		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
1995		Quarter-finals
1997		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
1999		bgcolor=gold	Champions
2001		Quarter-finals
2003		Did not qualify
2005		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
2007		Did not qualify
2009		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
2011		Did not qualify
2013		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
2015		bgcolor=gold	Champions
2017		Did not qualify
2019		Did not qualify
2023		Quarter-finals
2025		to be determined

Results of host nations

Year	Host nation	Finish
1985		Quarter-finals
1987		Group stage
1989		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
1991		Group stage
1993		Quarter-finals
1995		Quarter-finals
1997		Quarter-finals
1999		Group stage
2001		Group stage
2003		Group stage
2005		Group stage
2007		Group stage
2009		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
2011		bgcolor=gold	Champions
2013		Group stage
2015		Round of 16
2017		Group stage
2019		bgcolor=gold	Champions
2023		Group stage
2025		to be determined

Results by confederation

AFC

	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	9	77
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		24
Top 8	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1		19
Top 4	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4
Top 2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
bgcolor=gold	1st			bgcolor=gold																			1
bgcolor=silver	2nd																					0
3rd																					0
4th																					3

CAF

	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	76
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	2	4	2	3	3	3		22
Top 8	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	2		28
Top 4	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1		20
Top 2	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0		13
bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold				bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold							bgcolor=gold				bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold						7
bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=silver				bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver								bgcolor=silver						6
3rd																					4
4th																					3

CONCACAF

	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	75
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	2		17
Top 8	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0		18
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0		6
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		4
bgcolor=gold	1st											bgcolor=gold											2
bgcolor=silver	2nd															bgcolor=silver				bgcolor=silver				2
3rd																					0
4th																					2

CONMEBOL

	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	7	75
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	4		29
Top 8	1	0	2	2	1	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2		36
Top 4	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	1		19
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		7
bgcolor=gold	1st							bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold			bgcolor=gold												4
bgcolor=silver	2nd						bgcolor=silver						bgcolor=silver				bgcolor=silver								3
3rd																					6
4th																					6

OFC

	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	26
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		3
Top 8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
bgcolor=gold	1st																					0
bgcolor=silver	2nd								bgcolor=silver														1
3rd																					0
4th																					0

UEFA

	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	11	88
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	4		33
Top 8	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	4	4	3	1	2	3	4	3		43
Top 4	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2		26
Top 2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2		12
bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=gold								bgcolor=gold					bgcolor=gold					bgcolor=gold			bgcolor=gold			5
bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver				bgcolor=silver							bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver						bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver			7
3rd																					9
4th																					5

Awards

Tournament	Golden Ball	Golden Boot	Goals	Golden Glove	Fair Play
1985 China	William	Marcel Witeczek	8	Not awarded
1987 Canada	Philip Osundu	Moussa Traoré	5
1989 Scotland	James Will	Fode Camara	3
1991 Italy	Nii Lamptey	Adriano	4
1993 Japan	Daniel Addo	Wilson Oruma	6
1995 Ecuador	Mohamed Kathiri	Daniel Allsopp	5
1997 Egypt	Sergio Santamaría	David	7
1999 New Zealand	Landon Donovan	Ishmael Addo	7
2001 Trinidad and Tobago	Florent Sinama Pongolle	Florent Sinama Pongolle	9
2003 Finland	Cesc Fàbregas	Cesc Fàbregas	5
2005 Peru	Anderson	Carlos Vela	5
2007 South Korea	Toni Kroos	Macauley Chrisantus	7
2009 Nigeria	Sani Emmanuel	Borja	5	Benjamin Siegrist
2011 Mexico	Julio Gómez	Souleymane Coulibaly	9	Jonathan Cubero
2013 United Arab Emirates	Kelechi Iheanacho	Valmir Berisha	7	Dele Alampasu
2015 Chile	Kelechi Nwakali	Victor Osimhen	10	Samuel Diarra
2017 India	Phil Foden	Rhian Brewster	8	Gabriel Brazão
2019 Brazil	Gabriel Veron	Sontje Hansen	6	Matheus Donelli
2023 Indonesia	Paris Brunner	Agustín Ruberto	8	Paul Argney
2025 Qatar

Team: tournament position

Most championships: 5; (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)

Most finishes in the top two: 8; (1985, 1987, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)

Most finishes in the top three: 8; (1985, 1987, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015), (1985, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2019)

Most World Cup appearances: 18; (every tournament except 1993) and (every tournament except 2013)

Most second-place finishes: 4; (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)

Most third-place finishes: 3; (1991, 1995, 2003)

Most fourth-place finishes: 3; (2001, 2013, 2023)

Most third–fourth-place finishes: 6; (1991, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2023)

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships: 2; (1997–1999), (2013–2015)

Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 4; (1991–1997)

Most consecutive finishes in the top three: 5; (1991–1999)

Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 5; (1991–1999)

Most consecutive finals tournaments: 14; (1985–2011), (1995–2023)

Most consecutive second-place finishes: no country has finished second in two consecutive tournaments

Most consecutive third-place finishes: no country has finished third in two consecutive tournaments

Most consecutive fourth-place finishes: no country has finished fourth in two consecutive tournaments

Most consecutive third–fourth-place finishes: 2; (2001–2003)

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles: 16 years; (2003–2019)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 14 years; (2005–2019)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top three: 22 years; (1985–2007)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four: 18 years; (2001–2019)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the finals: 26 years;, later continued by (1987–2013)

Host team

Best finish by a host team: Champions; (2011), (2019)

Worst finish by a host team: Group stage; (1987), (1991), (1999), (2001), (2003), (2005), (2007), (2013), (2017), (2023)

Defending champions

Best finish by defending champions: Champions; (1999), (2015)

Worst finish by defending champions: Did not qualify; (1989), (1991), (2003), (2007), (2011), (2017), (2019)

Worst finish by defending champions who participate in the next tournament: Quarter-finals; (2001)

Debuting teams

Best finish by a debuting team: Champions; (1985), (1987), (2009)

Other

Most finishes in the top two, never become champions: 4; (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)

Most finishes in the top four, never become champions: 6; (1991, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017)

Most appearances, never become champions: 18; (all except 2013)

Most finishes in the top four, never finish in the top two: 6; (1991, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2023)

Most appearances, never finish in the top two: 18; (all except 2013)

Most appearances, never finish in the top four: 10; (1985, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017)

All time

Most appearances in the group stage: 18; (every tournament except 1993), (every tournament except 2013)

Most progression from the group stage: 16; (every tournament except 1987 and 2009)

Most consecutive appearances, progressing from the group stage: 7; (1995–2007)

Most appearances, never progressing from the group stage: 8; (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2023)

Teams: matches played and goals scored

All time

Most matches played: 94;

Fewest matches played: 3;,,,,,,,,,,,,

Most wins: 62;

Most losses: 34;

Most draws: 15;

Most goals scored: 208;

Most goals conceded: 110;

Fewest goals scored: 0;,,

Fewest goals conceded: 3;,,

Highest goal difference: +127;

Lowest goal difference: –81;

Most played final: 2 times; v (1995, 1997), v (2005, 2019)

In one tournament

Most goals scored: 26; (2013)

Most goals scored, champions: 26; (2013)

Most goals scored, hosts: 19; (2019)

Fewest goals scored, champions: 8; (1989), (1991), (1999)

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored in a tournament: 10; Victor Osimhen (2015)

Most goals scored in a match: 4; David (vs) (1997), Carlos Hidalgo (vs) (2003), Souleymane Coulibaly (vs) (2011), Kelechi Iheanacho (vs) (2013)

Most goals scored in one final: 2; Phil Foden, Sergio Gomez (2017)

Fastest goal in a final: 3rd minute; Wilson Oruma (vs) (1993)

Latest goal from kickoff in a final: 90+3rd minute; Lázaro (vs) (2019)

Team

Biggest margin of victory: 13;, vs (1997)

Most goals scored in a match, one team: 13;, vs (1997)

Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 13; 13–0 (1997)

Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5; (2017)

Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7; 5–2 (2017)

Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 0; 0–0 (1999), 0–0 (2007)

Biggest margin of victory in a final: 3; (2001), (2005), (2013), (2017)

Most goals in a tournament, one team: 26; (2013)

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament: 183 goals, 2017

Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 77 goals, 1989

Most goals per match in a tournament: 3.52 goals per match, 2017

Fewest goals per match in a tournament: 2.4 goals per match, 1989

Top scoring teams by tournament

Teams listed in bold won the tournament.

World Cup	Team	Goals
		13
		17
1989 Scotland		11
		13
1993 Japan		20
		13
1997 Egypt		22
1999 New Zealand		19
		18
		16
		16
		20
		18
		24
2013 United Arab Emirates		26
2015 Chile		23
2017 India		23
2019 Brazil		22
2023 Indonesia		19
2025 Qatar

Host records

Best performance by host(s): Champions; (2011), (2019)

Worst performance by host(s): Group stage; (1987), (1991), (1999), (2001), (2003), (2005), (2007), (2013), (2017), (2023)

Had its best performance when hosting:

• Champions: (2011), (2019)
• Runners-up: (1989)
• Semi-finals: none
• Quarter-finals: (1985), (1995), (1997)
• Round of 16: none
• Group stage: (1987), (2001), (2003), (2017), (2023)

Penalty shoot-outs

Most shoot-outs, team, all-time: 4;,,,

Most wins, team, all-time: 3;

Most losses, team, all-time: 3;

Most shoot-outs with 100% record (all won): 2;

Most shoot-outs with 0% record (all lost): 2;

Most wins, penalty shoot-out

width=150	Team	width=20	Won	width=20	Lost	width=20	Total
	3	0	3
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	1	3
	2	1	3
	2	0	2
	1	3	4
	1	2	3
	1	2	3
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	2	2
Total	29	29	58

See also

• National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup

External links

• FIFA.com
• RSSSF archive

Notes and References

1. FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1985–1989) to Germany.
2. The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were once Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
3. [Czechoslovakia]
4. includes results representing West Germany.
5. includes results representing Soviet Union.
6. includes results representing Czechoslovakia.
7. Australia represented OFC before 2006.