The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial
football world championship tournament for
FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in
1977
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The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...
until 2005. In 2007 the name was changed to its present form. The current title holder is Ukraine which won its first title at the 2019 tournament in Poland.
History
In the twenty-two tournament editions staged, eleven different nations have won the title. Argentina U20 is the most successful team with six titles, followed by BrazilU20 with five titles. Portugal U20 and Serbia U20 have both won two titles (with the latter winning once as Yugoslavia U20), while Ghana U20, Germany U20, Spain U20, France U20, England U20
England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20(s), represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in En ...
, Ukraine U20 and Russia U20 (as the USSR U20) have won the title once each.
A corresponding event for women's teams, the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, began in 2002 with the name "FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship" and an age limit of 19. The age limit for the women's competition was changed to 20 beginning with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship
The 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national association football teams. Matches were held in four Moscow sta ...
, and the competition was renamed as a "World Cup" in 2007 in preparation for the 2008 event. The next edition will be held in 2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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in Indonesia
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, after the planned 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup was to be the 23rd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in ...
competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualification
24 national teams appear in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champion, have to qualify in the youth championships of the six confederations. The host country automatically qualifies.
Results
Teams reaching the top four
:1 = ''includes results representing Yugoslavia''
:2 = ''includes results representing Soviet Union''
:3 = ''includes results representing West Germany''
Performances by continental zones (as of 2019)
All continental confederations except for the OFC (Oceania) have made an appearance in the final match of the tournament. To date, CONMEBOL (South America) leads with eleven titles, followed by UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
(Europe) with ten titles and CAF (Africa) with one title. Teams from the AFC (Asia) and CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch language, Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CON ...
(North America, Central America, Caribbean) have made the tournament final four times, but were defeated by strong UEFA sides. No current OFC member has ever made the semifinals; Australia reached the semifinals as an OFC member in 1991 and 1993, finishing fourth on both occasions, before the country joined the AFC in 2006.
:1 = ''as Yugoslavia (1987).''
:2 = ''as part of OFC (currently in AFC since 2006).''
Awards
The following awards are now presented:
* The Golden Ball is awarded to the most valuable player of the tournament;
* The Golden Boot is awarded to the top goalscorer of the tournament;
* The Golden Glove is awarded to the most valuable goalkeeper of the tournament;
* The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is presented to the team with the best disciplinary record in the tournament.
See also
*List of association football competitions
This is a list of the association football competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally. Confirmed future competitions are also included.
The competitions are grouped b ...
*FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...
* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
*FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Debut of national teams
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 d ...
*Toulon Tournament
The Toulon Tournament (officially the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) is a football (training match) tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. ...
* Granatkin Memorial
References
External links
*
Tournament archive
at Fifa.com
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World Youth Cup (U-20) Overview
at the RSSSF
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