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

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	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
Algeria	×	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	1
Angola	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Argentina	•	1st	R1	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st	•	QF	•	R1	R1		15
Australia		•	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R2	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•		15
Austria	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	R2	•	•	5
Bahrain	•	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Benin	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	1
Brazil	3rd	•	QF	1st	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	1st	3rd	R2	2nd	1st	•	2nd	•		18
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Burkina Faso	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Burundi	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•		1
Cameroon	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	6
Canada	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•		8
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•		6
China PR	×	×	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Colombia	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF	R2	R2	•		9
Congo	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Costa Rica	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	•	•	R1	4th	R2	•	•	R2		9
Croatia									•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	3
Cuba	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
Czech Republic^[4]	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	2nd	R2	•	•	•	•	•	6
East Germany	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	R1	•															2
Ecuador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R1		3
Egypt	×	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•	•	•	8
El Salvador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
England	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R2	R1	•	1st	•	11
Ethiopia	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	1
Fiji		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	1
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
France	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th	1st	•	R2	Q	7
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)	2019 (24)	Total
Gambia	×															R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Germany	•	•	1st	•	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	QF	•	QF	•	•	QF	R2	•	11
Ghana	×				•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•		7
Greece	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	1
Guatemala	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•		1
Guinea		R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	2
Honduras	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1		7
Hungary	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	R2	•	•	6
Indonesia	×	R1	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×		1
Iran	R1	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	3
Iraq	R1	•	×	•	•	•	QF	×	×	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•		4
Italy	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	3rd	Q	7
Ivory Coast	R1			R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Jamaica	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Japan	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2	•	•	•	•	R2		9
Jordan	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		1
Kazakhstan	×								•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Mali							R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd	•		6
Mexico	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF	•	×	QF	QF	•	R2	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	3rd	R2	R1	QF		15
Morocco	R1		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Myanmar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	1
Netherlands	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
New Zealand		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	Q	6
Nigeria		•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•		11
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•		3
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	3
Panama	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•		5
Paraguay	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•		9
Poland	•	4th	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	Q	5
Portugal	•	QF	•	•	•	•	1st	1st	R1	3rd	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	2nd	R2	QF	QF	Q	12
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)	2019 (24)	Total
Qatar	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		3
Republic of Ireland	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	3rd	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Romania	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Russia^[1]	1st	2nd	•	R1	4th	•	QF	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Saudi Arabia	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2		8
Scotland	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2		2
Serbia^[2]	•	R1	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	3
Slovakia										•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
South Africa										•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1		3
South Korea	•	R1	R1	4th	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R2	R1	R1	QF	R2	QF	•	R2		14
Spain	R1	QF	R1	•	2nd	•	R1	QF	•	4th	QF	1st	•	2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF	QF	•	•	•	15
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Syria							R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Tahiti			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	Q	2
Togo			•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Trinidad and Tobago			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		2
Tunisia	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	3
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•		3
Ukraine									•	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	Q	4
United States	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	4th	•	QF	•	R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	•	R1	QF	QF		15
Uruguay	4th	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	2nd	4th	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	2nd	R2	4th		14
Uzbekistan									•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF	QF	•	•	4
Vanuatu	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	1
Venezuela	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	2nd		2
Vietnam															•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1
Zambia									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	QF	•	3
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)	2019 (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)
Australia	15	8	0	1981	2013	Fourth place (1991, 1993*)
United States	15	7	3	1981	2017	Fourth place (1989)
Argentina	15	7	2	1979	2017	Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001*, 2005, 2007)
Spain	15	6	0	1977	2013	Champions (1999)
Mexico	15	5	4	1977	2017	Runners-up (1977)
Uruguay	14	6	6	1977	2017	Runners-up (1997, 2013)
South Korea	14	6	1	1979	2017	Fourth place (1983)
Portugal	12	5	5	1979	2019	Champions (1989, 1991*)
Nigeria	11	6	0	1983	2015	Runners-up (1989, 2005)
Germany^[3]	11	4	0	1981	2017	Champions (1981)
England	11	3	0	1981	2017	Champions (2017)
Japan	9	7	1	1979	2017	Runners-up (1999)
Costa Rica	9	4	1	1987	2017	Fourth place (2009)
Paraguay	9	4	0	1977	2013	Fourth place (2001)
Colombia	9	3	0	1985	2015	Third place (2003)
Russia^[1]	8	4	0	1977	1995	Champions (1977)
Canada	8	4	0	1979	2007	Quarterfinals (2003)
Saudi Arabia	8	3	1	1985	2017	Round 2 (2011, 2017)
Egypt	8	3	0	1981	2013	Third place (2001)
Ghana	7	3	0	1993	2015	Champions (2009)
Italy	7	2	2	1977	2019	Third place (2017)
Honduras	7	2	2	1977	2017	Round 1
France	7	2	2	1977	2019	Champions (2013)
New Zealand	6	5	5	2007	2019	Round 2 (2015*, 2017)
Mali	6	3	0	1989	2015	Third place (1999, 2015)
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)
Hungary	6	2	0	1977	2015	Third place (2009)
Panama	5	3	0	2003	2015	Round 1
Poland	5	3	1	1979	2019	Third place (1983)
China PR	5	2	0	1983	2005	Quarterfinals (1985)
Republic of Ireland	5	2	0	1985	2003	Third place (1997)
Austria	5	1	0	1977	2015	Fourth place (2007)
Ivory Coast	5	1	0	1977	2003	Round 2 (2003)
Syria	4	2	0	1989	2005	Quarterfinals (1991)
Uzbekistan^[1]	4	2	0	2003	2015	Quarterfinals (2013, 2015)
Iraq	4	1	0	1977	2013	Fourth place (2013)
Ukraine^[1]	4	1	1	2001	2019	Round 2 (2001, 2005, 2015)
Netherlands	4	1	0	1983	2005	Quarterfinals (1983, 2001, 2005*)
Croatia^[2]	3	2	0	1999	2013	Round 2 (1999, 2013)
Ecuador	3	1	1	2001	2017	Round 2 (2001, 2011)
Iran	3	1	1	1977	2017	Round 1
South Africa	3	1	1	1997	2017	Round 2 (2009)
Zambia	3	1	1	1999	2017	Quarterfinals (2017)
Serbia^[2]	3	1	0	1979	2015	Champions (1987, 2015)
Qatar	3	1	0	1981	2015	Runners-up (1981)
North Korea	3	1	0	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*)
Norway	3	1	1	1989	2019	Round 1
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	1997	2009	Quarterfinals (2003*, 2009)
Senegal	2	2	2	2015	2017	Fourth place (2015)
Bulgaria	2	2	0	1985	1987	Quarterfinals (1985, 1987)
East Germany	2	2	0	1987	1989	Third place (1987)
Guinea	2	1	1	1979	2017	Round 1
Venezuela	2	1	1	2009	2017	Runners-up (2017)
Tunisia	2	1	0	1977	1985	Round 1
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	0	1991	2009	Round 1
Tahiti	2	1	1	2009	2019	Round 1
Algeria	1	1	0	1979	1979	Quarterfinals (1979)
Vanuatu	1	1	0	2017	2017	Round 1
Vietnam	1	1	1	2017	2017	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
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	0	2015	2015	Round 1
Myanmar	1	1	0	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	103	72	16	15	231	71	+160	200	1.94
Argentina	78	53	8	17	153	62	+91	154	1.97
Spain	72	43	13	16	150	77	+73	134	1.86
Uruguay	69	31	21	17	88	63	+25	100	1.45
Portugal	54	30	10	14	79	47	+32	89	1.65
Ghana	43	26	9	8	76	47	+29	84	1.95
Mexico	62	22	18	22	89	66	+23	77	1.24
United States	61	23	10	28	85	90	-5	74	1.21
Germany	47	24	9	14	91	51	+40	71	1.51
Nigeria	52	22	10	20	78	66	+12	70	1.34
Colombia	38	18	8	12	54	47	+7	58	1.52
France	31	17	6	8	60	38	+22	56	1.81
Australia	56	16	15	25	63	89	-26	54	0.96
Japan	39	14	10	15	53	54	-1	52	1.33
England	45	14	15	16	45	44	+1	52	1.16
South Korea	53	15	13	25	66	86	-20	52	1.00
Russia^[1]	38	17	11	10	62	44	+18	46	1.21
Paraguay	36	13	10	13	46	47	-1	45	1.25
Egypt	32	12	5	15	45	45	0	39	1.22
Costa Rica	35	12	4	19	41	62	-21	39	1.11
Chile	28	12	5	11	47	48	-1	38	1.36
Czech Republic^[4]	26	9	10	7	34	31	+3	34	1.31
Mali	26	9	5	12	34	48	-14	32	1.23
Italy	27	9	7	11	36	38	-2	32	1.19
Serbia^[2]	16	11	2	3	32	13	+19	29	1.81
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
Venezuela	11	7	1	3	24	8	+16	22	2
Hungary	23	7	4	12	33	39	-6	22	0.96
China PR	18	7	3	8	25	26	-1	21	1.17
Poland	19	8	3	8	31	25	+6	20	1.05
Saudi Arabia	26	5	7	14	21	31	-10	20	0.77
Austria	20	4	6	10	10	33	-23	18	0.90
Ukraine	12	4	5	3	23	13	+10	17	1.42
Zambia	12	5	2	5	22	23	-1	17	1.42
United Arab Emirates	14	5	2	7	12	26	-14	17	1.21
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
Uzbekistan	16	4	2	10	20	30	-10	14	0.88
Honduras	21	5	0	16	23	60	-37	13	0.62
Croatia	11	3	3	5	12	18	-6	12	1.09
Senegal	11	3	3	5	8	16	-8	12	1.09
Turkey	11	3	2	6	11	21	-10	11	1
Ecuador	11	2	4	5	11	13	-2	10	0.91
Ivory Coast	16	1	7	8	13	30	-17	10	0.62
New Zealand	17	2	4	11	13	31	-18	10	0.59
Romania	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	9	1.5
East Germany	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	9	1
Scotland	11	3	3	5	12	15	-3	9	0.82
Bulgaria	8	3	2	3	8	9	-1	8	1
Qatar	12	3	2	7	9	20	-11	8	0.66
Burkina Faso	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7	1.75
Slovakia	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6	1.5
Gambia	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2	6	1.5
Iran	9	2	1	6	8	19	-11	6	0.66
South Africa	10	1	3	6	8	18	-10	6	0.60
Greece	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5	1.25
Angola	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1	5	1.25
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
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
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
Vietnam	3	0	1	2	0	6	-6	1	0.33
Trinidad and Tobago	6	0	1	5	2	18	-16	1	0.17
Guinea	6	0	1	5	1	19	-18	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
Vanuatu	3	0	0	3	4	13	-9	0	0
Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0	0
Myanmar	3	0	0	3	2	13	-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)	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)	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)	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
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, 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)	—	—
England	1 (2017)	—	1 (1993)	1 (1981)
France	1 (2013)	—	-	1 (2011)
Uruguay	—	2 (1997, 2013)	1 (1979)	3 (1977, 1989, 2017)
Nigeria	—	2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)	—
Mexico	—	1 (1977)	1 (2011)	—
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 (1987¹)
Romania	—	—	1 (1981)	—
East Germany	—	—	1 (1987)	—
Republic of Ireland	—	—	1 (1997)	—
Egypt	—	—	1 (2001)	—
Colombia	—	—	1 (2003)	—
Hungary	—	—	1 (2009)	—
Italy	—	—	1 (2017)	—
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)

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

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	TBD

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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 7 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 5 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

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[USSR-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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] 1 2 3 FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.

[Czechoslovakia-4] 1 2 3 4 5 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.

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