National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals.

Debut of national teams

Year Debutants
1985 Argentina  Australia  Bolivia  Brazil  China PR  Congo  Costa Rica  Guinea  Hungary  Italy  Mexico  Nigeria  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  United States  West Germany[1]
1987 Canada  Ecuador  Egypt  France  Ivory Coast  South Korea  Soviet Union[2]
1989 Bahrain  Colombia  Cuba  East Germany  Ghana  Portugal  Scotland
1991 Spain  Sudan  United Arab Emirates  Uruguay
1993 Chile  Czechoslovakia[3]  Japan  Poland  Tunisia
1995 Oman
1997 Austria  Mali  New Zealand  Thailand
1999 Burkina Faso  Jamaica  Paraguay
2001 Croatia  Iran  Trinidad and Tobago
2003 Cameroon  Finland  Sierra Leone  Yemen
2005 Gambia  North Korea  Netherlands  Peru  Turkey
2007 Belgium  England  Haiti  Honduras  Syria  Tajikistan[2]  Togo
2009 Algeria  Malawi   Switzerland
2011 Denmark  Panama  Rwanda  Uzbekistan[2]
2013 Iraq  Morocco  Slovakia[3]  Sweden  Venezuela
2015 South Africa
2017 India  New Caledonia  Niger
2019 Angola  Senegal  Solomon Islands
2021TBA

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

Legend
  • 1st Champions
  • 2nd Runners-up
  • 3rd Third place
  • 4th Fourth place
  • QF Quarterfinals (1985-2005: first group stage, and since 2007: second group stage; final 8)
  • R2 Round 2 (since 2007: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 Round 1
  •    Did not qualify
  •  ×  Did not enter / Withdrew
  •  X  Disqualified
  • 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 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)
2021

(24)
 Algeria R1
 Angola ×××××R2
 Argentina R1QF3rdR13rdQF4th3rdQFR2R24thR1R2
 Australia QFQFR1QFQFQF2ndQFR1R1R2R2R2
 Austria R1R1
 Bahrain 4thR1
 Belgium R13rd
 Bolivia R1R1
 Brazil 3rdR1QFQF2nd1st1stQF1st2ndR2R14thQFQF3rd1st
 Burkina Faso R13rdR2R1
 Cameroon R1R1
 Canada R1R1R1R1R1R1R1
 Chile 3rdR1R2R1R2
 China PR QFR1R1R1R1QF
 Colombia R1R14thR24thR2
 Congo R1R1R2
 Costa Rica R1R1R1QFQFQFR2R1QFR1
 Croatia R1R1QF
 Cuba R1R1
 Czech Republic QFR1
 Denmark R1
 East Germany QF
 Ecuador R1QFR2QFR2
 Egypt R1QF×
 England QFQFR11st
 Finland R1
 France QF1stQFQFR2R23rd
 Gambia R1R1
 Germany 2ndQFR14thR13rdR23rdR2QF
 Ghana R11st2nd1st2nd3rdR14thQF
 Guinea 4thR1R1R1R1X
 Haiti R1R1
 Honduras R1R1QFR1R2
 Hungary QFR1
 India R1
 Iran R1R2R2QF
 Iraq R1R2
 Italy R14thR1R1R1QFR2QF
 Ivory Coast 3rdR1R2QF
 Jamaica R1R1
 Japan QFR1R1R1R1QFR2R2R2
 Malawi R1
 Mali QFR1QF2nd4th
 Mexico R1R1R1R1R1QFQF1stR21st2nd4thR22nd
 Morocco R2
 Netherlands 3rdR1R14th
 New Caledonia R1
 New Zealand R1R1R1R2R2R1R2R1R1
 Niger R2
 Nigeria 1st2ndQF1stQF2ndR11st2nd1st1stR2
 North Korea QFR2R1R2R1
 Oman 4thQFR1
 Panama R2R1
 Paraguay QFR1R1R2QF
 Peru R1QFQ
 Poland 4thR1
 Portugal 3rdQFQF
 Qatar R1QF4thR1R1QFR1
 Russia 1stR2R2
 Rwanda R1
 Saudi Arabia QFR11st
 Scotland 2nd
 Senegal R2
 Sierra Leone R1
 Slovakia R2
 Solomon Islands R1
 South Africa R1
 South Korea QFR1R1QFR2QF
 Spain 2ndR13rdR1R12nd2nd3rd2ndQF
 Sudan R1
 Sweden 3rd
  Switzerland 1st
 Syria R2R1
 Tajikistan R2R1
 Thailand R1R1
 Togo R1
 Trinidad and Tobago R1R1
 Tunisia R1R2R2
 Turkey 4thQFR1
 United Arab Emirates R1R2R1
 United States R1R1R1QFQFR1R14thR1QFQFR2R2R2R1QFR1
 Uruguay R1QFR1QF2ndQF
 Uzbekistan QFR2
 Venezuela R1
 Yemen R1
    • Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.[4]

Teams that have finished in the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Nigeria 5 (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015) 3 (1987, 2001, 2009)
 Brazil 3 (1997, 1999, 2003) 2 (1995, 2005) 2 (1985, 2017) 1 (2011)
 Ghana 2 (1991, 1995) 2 (1993, 1997) 1 (1999) 1 (2007)
 Mexico 2 (2005, 2011) 1 (2013) 1 (2015)
 Russia 1 (1987)
 Saudi Arabia 1 (1989)
 France 1 (2001)
  Switzerland 1 (2009)
 England 1 (2017)
 Spain 4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017) 2 (1997, 2009)
 Germany 1 (1985) 2 (2007, 2011) 1 (1997)
 Scotland 1 (1989)
 Australia 1 (1999)
 Uruguay 1 (2011)
 Mali 1 (2015) 1 (2017)
 Argentina 3 (1991, 1995, 2003) 2 (2001, 2013)
 Ivory Coast 1 (1987)
 Portugal 1 (1989)
 Chile 1 (1993)
 Burkina Faso 1 (2001)
 Netherlands 1 (2005)
 Sweden 1 (2013)
 Belgium 1 (2015)
 Colombia 2 (2003, 2009)
 Guinea 1 (1985)
 Italy 1 (1987)
 Bahrain 1 (1989)
 Qatar 1 (1991)
 Poland 1 (1993)
 Oman 1 (1995)
 United States 1 (1999)
 Turkey 1 (2005)

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.[5]

Accurate as of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team PM Result Participation
Pts. PJ PG PE PP GF GC Dif. Rnd
85

87

89

91

93

95

97

99

01

03

05

07

09

11

13

15

17

19

21
1  Brazil 161708253111818073+10769,10% 3136621151210174563
2  Nigeria 11149634611615043+10778,83% 12515-291211
3  Ghana 910048301089339+5470,54% 12121231148
4  Mexico 131005830101810182+1960,65% 10101110107611012416
5  Spain 998483081011459+5567,47% 2939102232
6  Argentina 1397612813209374+1953,00% 9839364361113424
7  Germany[6] 1080492481710376+2753,78% 28114133133127
8  United States 1672602263286102-1638,18% 12141056151141555161212216
9  Australia 126047186235270-1842,55% 56137762816121516
10  France 6542816667035+3562,50% 717899
11  Mali 5432513484022+1857,40% 514624
12  Uruguay 64027124114533+1249,38% 13815726
13  England 4392111634521+2451,28% 57181
14  Japan 83829115134443-144,00% 8101217215912
15  Italy 73627106112933-444,44% 1141215613
16  Colombia 6342797114341+241,97% 1411411411
17  Costa Rica 10293678213059-2928,28% 1613136761420819
18  Paraguay 425148153329+459,52% 591710
19  Russia[7] 324147343217+1557,14% 11610
20  Turkey 324147342719+869,69% 4520
21  Iran 424167362319+436,36% 149145
22  South Korea 524197392330-742,10% 81118811
23  Qatar 7242666142345-2230,76% 15541314616
24  Ecuador 422167182022-245,83% 12795
25  Ivory Coast 422176472829-143,13% 314107
26   Switzerland 1217700187+11100,00% 1
27  Saudi Arabia 321135621811+753,84% 691
28  Burkina Faso 419165471821-339,58% 1031424
29  China PR 619204792536-1131,66% 7101314147
30  Tunisia 318116051617-154,54% 12912
31  Portugal 318145362733-642,85% 388
32  Chile 418164662632-637,50% 391321
33  Oman 317135261921-243,58% 4713
34  Uzbekistan 21695131310+359,25% 611
35  Netherlands 316125161819-144,44% 31720
36  Belgium 216105141214-253,33% 193
37  Guinea 516183742030-1033,33% 49112017
38  New Zealand 8152736181786-6919,44% 1611241613241518q
39  Croatia 314114251018-142,42% 11177
40  North Korea 5141835101635-1931,11% 815181423
41  Poland 21393421611+548,14% 412
42  Sweden 11374121511+461,90% 3
43  Scotland 112633083+566,66% 2
44  Bahrain 2119324913-440,74% 412
45  Czech Republic[8] 21073131012-247,61% 517
46  Honduras 510213161737-2016,66% 222282314
47  Peru 29823347-337,50% 138Cq
48  Egypt 28722398+138,09% 118
49  Congo 38102261018-826,66% 14911
50  Morocco 17421185+358,30% 10
51  Hungary 17421153+258,33% 8
52  Gambia 276213910-138,88% 919
53  East Germany 16420275+250,00% 7
54  Syria 257124513-823,80% 1322
55  Tajikistan 14411256-133,33% 12
56  Slovakia 144112712-533,30% 15
57  Iraq 247115722-1500,00% 2313
58  United Arab Emirates 3410127826-1813,33% 151522
59  Canada 64180414853-4507,40% 161616161918
60  Cameroon 13303077033,33% 10
61  Sudan 13310255022,22% 10
62  Niger 13410318-700,00% 15
63  Panama 236105413-916,66% 1620
64  Finland 133102312-933,33% 12
65  Togo 12302123-122,22% 20
66  Bolivia 226024815-711,11% 1315
67  Sierra Leone 11301268-211,11% 13
68  South Africa 11301225-311,11% 19
69  Rwanda 11301203-311,11% 22
70  Yemen 11301248-411,11% 15
71  Denmark 11301238-511,11% 23
72  Haiti 11301238-511,11% 21
73  New Caledonia 113012213-1100,00% 22
74  Jamaica 216015214-1205,55% 1521
75  Cuba 216015518-1305,55% 1516
76  Austria 216015520-1505,55% 1519
77  Algeria 10300305-500,00% 23
78  Malawi 10300317-600,00% 24
79  Venezuela 10300329-700,00% 21
80  India 10300319-800,00% 24
81  Trinidad and Tobago 206006323-2000,00% 1623
82  Thailand 206006529-2400,00% 1416

Results of defending champions

Year Defending Champions Finish
1987  Nigeria Runners-up
1989  Soviet Union Did Not Qualify
1991  Saudi Arabia Did Not Qualify
1993  Ghana Runners-up
1995  Nigeria Quarter-finals
1997  Ghana Runners-up
1999  Brazil Champions
2001  Brazil Quarter-finals
2003  France Did Not Qualify
2005  Brazil Runners-up
2007  Mexico Did Not Qualify
2009  Nigeria Runners-up
2011   Switzerland Did Not Qualify
2013  Mexico Runners-up
2015  Nigeria Champions
2017  Nigeria Did Not Qualify
2019  England Did Not Qualify
2021  Brazil TBD

Results of host nations

Year Host Nation Finish
1985  China PR Quarter-finals
1987  Canada Round 1
1989  Scotland Runners-up
1991  Italy Round 1
1993  Japan Quarter-finals
1995  Ecuador Quarter-finals
1997  Egypt Quarter-finals
1999  New Zealand Round 1
2001  Trinidad and Tobago Round 1
2003  Finland Round 1
2005  Peru Round 1
2007  South Korea Round 1
2009  Nigeria Runners-up
2011  Mexico Champions
2013  United Arab Emirates Round 1
2015  Chile Round of 16
2017  India Round 1
2019  Brazil Champions
2021  Peru To be determined

Result of 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)
Total
Teams33333332333544545463
Top 16333333321
Top 822211111002012001118
Top 40021010000000000004
Top 20010000000000000001
1st1
2nd0
3rd0
4th3

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)
Total
Teams33333333333454444462
Top 16322423319
Top 822112231300210222026
Top 422012111200210121019
Top 211012110100110120013
1st7
2nd6
3rd3
4th3

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)
Total
Teams33333333333545444463
Top 16223223115
Top 800011002133001221118
Top 40000000100100111016
Top 20000000000100110014
1st2
2nd2
3rd0
4th2

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)
Total
Teams33333333334444454564
Top 16434333525
Top 810221323231222321234
Top 410011211131012101118
Top 20000011101100100017
1st4
2nd3
3rd6
4th5

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)
Total
Teams11111112110111112220
Top 1601101003
Top 81101010110000000006
Top 40000000100000000001
Top 20000000100000000001
1st0
2nd1
3rd0
4th0

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)
Total
Teams33333333333566665572
Top 16453454429
Top 823321120122443123440
Top 412211020112221112224
Top 211110000110110002010
1st4
2nd6
3rd9
4th5

See also

Notes

  1. FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
  2. 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.
  3. Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor teams of Czechoslovakia.
  4. "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. es:Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-17#Estadísticas
  6. Incluye los datos de la selección de Checoslovaquia.
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