This article is about the men's association football tournament. For the women's tournament, see FIFA U-17 Women's 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 Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The current champion is Brazil, which won its fourth title at the 2019 tournament on home soil.
The FIFA U-17 World Cup is a competition that was inspired by the Lion City Cup that was created by the Football Association of Singapore in 1977. The Lion City Cup was the first under-16 football tournament in the world. Following FIFA's then secretary-general Sepp Blatter's recommendation after he was in Singapore for the 1982 Lion City Cup, FIFA created the FIFA U-16 World Championship.[1]
The first edition was staged in 1985 in China,[2] and tournaments have been played every two years since then. It began as a competition for players under the age of 16 with the age limit raised to 17 from the 1991 edition onwards. The 2017 tournament which was hosted by India became the most attended in the history of the tournament, with the total attendance of the FIFA U-17 World Cup reaching 1,347,133.[3]
Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with five titles and three runners up. Brazil is the second-most successful with four titles and two runners-up. Ghana and Mexico have won the tournament twice.
Each tournament consists of a group phase, in which four teams play against one another and standings in the group table decide which teams advance, followed by a knockout phase of successive matches where the winning team advances through the competition and the losing team is eliminated. This continues until two teams remain to contest the final, which decides the tournament winner. The losing semi-finalists also contest a match to decide third place.
From 1985 to 2005 there were 16 teams in the competition, divided into four groups of four teams each in the group phase. Each team played the others in its group and the group winner and runner up qualified for the knockout phase. From 2007 the tournament was expanded to 24 teams, divided into six groups of four teams each. The top 2 places in each group plus the four best third-placed teams advanced to the knockout phase.
Competition matches are played in two 45-minute halves (i.e., 90 minutes in total). In the knockout phase, until the 2011 tournament, if tied at the end of 90 minutes an additional 30 minutes of extra time were played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if still tied. Starting with the 2011 tournament, the extra time period was eliminated to avoid player burnout, and all knockout games progress straight to penalties if tied at the end of 90 minutes.
From 2024 the tournament will take place annually and will have 48 participating teams divided into 4 'mini-tournaments' of 12 teams each divided into 3 groups of 4 with the winners and best runner up qualifying to the MT semi-finals and the 2 winners qualifying to the final. The winner of each MT would qualify to a 'final four' tournament with 2 semi-finals, a third place match and a final to decide the FIFA U17 World Champions.[4]
Qualification
The host nation of each tournament qualifies automatically. The remaining teams qualify through competitions organised by the six regional confederations. For the first edition of the tournament in 1985, all of the teams from Europe plus Bolivia appeared by invitation of FIFA.
Africa is the most successful continental zone with 7 tournament wins (5 for Nigeria, 2 for Ghana) and 6 times as runner up. Notably the 1993 final was contested by two African teams, when the final has been contested by two teams from the same confederation. The African teams repeated the 1993 final with Mali replacing Ghana (Disqualified for age violation) in 2015 when Nigeria and Mali made it to the last two standing and Nigeria got their sixth win.
South America has 3 tournament wins and has been runner up three times. Additionally Argentina has finished in third place on 3 occasions, Chile has done so on one occasion and Colombia has finished in fourth place twice, but neither of the latter two have ever appeared in the final.
Europe has 4 tournaments wins (1 each for France, USSR, Switzerland and England) and has been runner up 6 times. Spain has been runner up on 4 occasions. Additionally Portugal and Netherlands have won third-place medals in 1989 and 2005 respectively.
The CONCACAF zone has 2 tournament wins (for Mexico in 2005 and 2011), this confederation has reached the final four times (with Mexico).
Asia has 1 tournament win (for Saudi Arabia in 1989), the only time that a team from this confederation has reached the final and the only time an Asian team won a FIFA tournament in male category. (Australia was runner up in 1999 but at that time was in the Oceania Football Confederation).
Oceania has no tournament wins and 1 occasion as runner up (for Australia in 1999). Australia has since moved to the Asian confederation.
This tournament is peculiar in that the majority of titles have gone to teams from outside the strongest regional confederations (CONMEBOL and UEFA). Of the fifteen editions held so far, nine (60 percent of the total) have been won by teams from North and Central America, Africa and Asia.
^"Update on FIFA Women's World Cup™ and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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Official website(in English)
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This article is about the men s association football tournament For the women s tournament see FIFA U 17 Women s 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 Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA The current champion is Brazil which won its fourth title at the 2019 tournament on home soil FIFA U 17 World CupOrganising bodyFIFAFounded1985 38 years ago 1985 RegionInternationalNumber of teams24 finals Related competitionsFIFA U 20 World CupCurrent champions Brazil 4th title Most successful team s Nigeria 5 titles Websitefifa com u17worldcup2023 FIFA U 17 World Cup Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 Qualification 4 Results 4 1 Teams reaching the top four 4 2 Performances by continental zones 5 Awards 6 Records and statistics 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThe FIFA U 17 World Cup is a competition that was inspired by the Lion City Cup that was created by the Football Association of Singapore in 1977 The Lion City Cup was the first under 16 football tournament in the world Following FIFA s then secretary general Sepp Blatter s recommendation after he was in Singapore for the 1982 Lion City Cup FIFA created the FIFA U 16 World Championship 1 The first edition was staged in 1985 in China 2 and tournaments have been played every two years since then It began as a competition for players under the age of 16 with the age limit raised to 17 from the 1991 edition onwards The 2017 tournament which was hosted by India became the most attended in the history of the tournament with the total attendance of the FIFA U 17 World Cup reaching 1 347 133 3 Nigeria is the most successful nation in the tournament s history with five titles and three runners up Brazil is the second most successful with four titles and two runners up Ghana and Mexico have won the tournament twice A corresponding tournament for female players the FIFA U 17 Women s World Cup began in 2008 with North Korea winning the inaugural tournament Structure EditEach tournament consists of a group phase in which four teams play against one another and standings in the group table decide which teams advance followed by a knockout phase of successive matches where the winning team advances through the competition and the losing team is eliminated This continues until two teams remain to contest the final which decides the tournament winner The losing semi finalists also contest a match to decide third place From 1985 to 2005 there were 16 teams in the competition divided into four groups of four teams each in the group phase Each team played the others in its group and the group winner and runner up qualified for the knockout phase From 2007 the tournament was expanded to 24 teams divided into six groups of four teams each The top 2 places in each group plus the four best third placed teams advanced to the knockout phase Competition matches are played in two 45 minute halves i e 90 minutes in total In the knockout phase until the 2011 tournament if tied at the end of 90 minutes an additional 30 minutes of extra time were played followed by a penalty shoot out if still tied Starting with the 2011 tournament the extra time period was eliminated to avoid player burnout and all knockout games progress straight to penalties if tied at the end of 90 minutes From 2024 the tournament will take place annually and will have 48 participating teams divided into 4 mini tournaments of 12 teams each divided into 3 groups of 4 with the winners and best runner up qualifying to the MT semi finals and the 2 winners qualifying to the final The winner of each MT would qualify to a final four tournament with 2 semi finals a third place match and a final to decide the FIFA U17 World Champions 4 Qualification EditThe host nation of each tournament qualifies automatically The remaining teams qualify through competitions organised by the six regional confederations For the first edition of the tournament in 1985 all of the teams from Europe plus Bolivia appeared by invitation of FIFA Confederation ChampionshipAFC Asia AFC U 17 Asian CupCAF Africa African Under 17 ChampionshipCONCACAF North Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF Under 17 ChampionshipCONMEBOL South America South American Under 17 Football ChampionshipOFC Oceania OFC U 16 ChampionshipUEFA Europe UEFA European Under 17 Football ChampionshipResults EditTournament names1985 1989 FIFA U 16 World Championship 1991 2005 FIFA U 17 World Championship 2007 present FIFA U 17 World CupKeysaet after extra time p penalty shoot out Ed Year Host Final Third place game Num teams Champions Score Runners up Third place Score Fourth place1 1985 China Nigeria 2 0 West Germany Brazil 4 1 Guinea 162 1987 Canada Soviet Union 1 1 a e t 4 2 p Nigeria Ivory Coast 2 1 a e t Italy 163 1989 Scotland Saudi Arabia 2 2 a e t 5 4 p Scotland Portugal 3 0 Bahrain 164 1991 Italy Ghana 1 0 Spain Argentina 1 1 a e t 4 1 p Qatar 165 1993 Japan Nigeria 2 1 Ghana Chile 1 1 a e t 4 2 p Poland 166 1995 Ecuador Ghana 3 2 Brazil Argentina 2 0 Oman 167 1997 Egypt Brazil 2 1 Ghana Spain 2 1 Germany 168 1999 New Zealand Brazil 0 0 a e t 8 7 p Australia Ghana 2 0 United States 169 2001 Trinidad and Tobago France 3 0 Nigeria Burkina Faso 2 0 Argentina 1610 2003 Finland Brazil 1 0 Spain Argentina 1 1 a e t 5 4 p Colombia 1611 2005 Peru Mexico 3 0 Brazil Netherlands 2 1 Turkey 1612 2007 South Korea Nigeria 0 0 a e t 3 0 p Spain Germany 2 1 Ghana 2413 2009 Nigeria Switzerland 1 0 Nigeria Spain 1 0 Colombia 2414 2011 Mexico Mexico 2 0 Uruguay Germany 4 3 Brazil 2415 2013 UAE Nigeria 3 0 Mexico Sweden 4 1 Argentina 2416 2015 Chile Nigeria 2 0 Mali Belgium 3 2 Mexico 2417 2017 India England 5 2 Spain Brazil 2 0 Mali 2418 2019 Brazil Brazil 2 1 Mexico France 4 1 Netherlands 24 2021 Peru Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 5 2419 2023 Peru 24Teams reaching the top four Edit Team Titles Runners up Third place Fourth place Nigeria 5 1985 1993 2007 2013 2015 3 1987 2001 2009 Brazil 4 1997 1999 2003 2019 2 1995 2005 2 1985 2017 1 2011 Ghana 2 1991 1995 2 1993 1997 1 1999 1 2007 Mexico 2 2005 2011 2 2013 2019 1 2015 France 1 2001 1 2019 Russia1 1 1987 Saudi Arabia 1 1989 Switzerland 1 2009 England 1 2017 Spain 4 1991 2003 2007 2017 2 1997 2009 Germany2 1 1985 2 2007 2011 1 1997 Mali 1 2015 1 2017 Scotland 1 1989 Australia 1 1999 Uruguay 1 2011 Argentina 3 1991 1995 2003 2 2001 2013 Netherlands 1 2005 1 2019 Ivory Coast 1 1987 Portugal 1 1989 Chile 1 1993 Burkina Faso 1 2001 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 1includes results representing Soviet Union 2includes results representing West GermanyPerformances by continental zones Edit Africa is the most successful continental zone with 7 tournament wins 5 for Nigeria 2 for Ghana and 6 times as runner up Notably the 1993 final was contested by two African teams when the final has been contested by two teams from the same confederation The African teams repeated the 1993 final with Mali replacing Ghana Disqualified for age violation in 2015 when Nigeria and Mali made it to the last two standing and Nigeria got their sixth win South America has 3 tournament wins and has been runner up three times Additionally Argentina has finished in third place on 3 occasions Chile has done so on one occasion and Colombia has finished in fourth place twice but neither of the latter two have ever appeared in the final Europe has 4 tournaments wins 1 each for France USSR Switzerland and England and has been runner up 6 times Spain has been runner up on 4 occasions Additionally Portugal and Netherlands have won third place medals in 1989 and 2005 respectively The CONCACAF zone has 2 tournament wins for Mexico in 2005 and 2011 this confederation has reached the final four times with Mexico Asia has 1 tournament win for Saudi Arabia in 1989 the only time that a team from this confederation has reached the final and the only time an Asian team won a FIFA tournament in male category Australia was runner up in 1999 but at that time was in the Oceania Football Confederation Oceania has no tournament wins and 1 occasion as runner up for Australia in 1999 Australia has since moved to the Asian confederation This tournament is peculiar in that the majority of titles have gone to teams from outside the strongest regional confederations CONMEBOL and UEFA Of the fifteen editions held so far nine 60 percent of the total have been won by teams from North and Central America Africa and Asia Confederation continent PerformancesWinners Runners up Third FourthCAF Africa 7 times Nigeria 5 Ghana 2 6 times Nigeria 3 Ghana 2 Mali 1 3 times Ghana 1 Ivory Coast 1 Burkina Faso 1 3 times Ghana 1 Guinea 1 Mali 1 UEFA Europe 4 times France 1 Soviet Union 1 Switzerland 1 England 1 6 times Spain 4 Germany 1 Scotland 1 9 times Germany 2 Spain 2 Belgium 1 France 1 Netherlands 1 Portugal 1 Sweden 1 5 times Germany 1 Italy 1 Netherlands 1 Poland 1 Turkey 1 CONMEBOL South America 4 times Brazil 4 3 times Brazil 2 Uruguay 1 6 times Argentina 3 Brazil 2 Chile 1 5 times Brazil 1 Argentina 2 Colombia 2 CONCACAF North Central America and Caribbean 2 times Mexico 2 2 times Mexico 2 None 2 times Mexico 1 United States 1 AFC Asia 1 time Saudi Arabia 1 None None 3 times Bahrain 1 Qatar 1 Oman 1 OFC Oceania None 1 time Australia 1 None NoneAwards EditThe 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 Tournament Golden Ball Golden Boot Goals Golden Glove FIFA Fair Play Trophy 1985 China William Marcel Witeczek 8 Not Awarded West Germany 1987 Canada Philip Osundu Moussa Traore 5 Soviet Union 1989 Scotland James Will Fode Camara 3 Bahrain 1991 Italy Nii Lamptey Adriano 4 Argentina 1993 Japan Daniel Addo Wilson Oruma 6 Nigeria 1995 Ecuador Mohammed Al Kathiri Daniel Allsopp 5 Brazil 1997 Egypt Sergio Santamaria David 7 Argentina 1999 New Zealand Landon Donovan Ishmael Addo 7 Mexico 2001 Trinidad and Tobago Florent Sinama Pongolle Florent Sinama Pongolle 9 Nigeria 2003 Finland Cesc Fabregas Cesc Fabregas 5 Costa Rica 2005 Peru Anderson Carlos Vela 5 North Korea 2007 South Korea Toni Kroos Macauley Chrisantus 7 Costa Rica 2009 Nigeria Sani Emmanuel Borja 5 Benjamin Siegrist Nigeria 2011 Mexico Julio Gomez Souleymane Coulibaly 9 Jonathan Cubero Japan 2013 United Arab Emirates Kelechi Iheanacho Valmir Berisha 7 Dele Alampasu Nigeria 2015 Chile Kelechi Nwakali Victor Osimhen 10 Samuel Diarra Ecuador 2017 India Phil Foden Rhian Brewster 8 Gabriel Brazao Brazil 2019 Brazil Gabriel Veron Sontje Hansen 6 Matheus Donelli Ecuador 2021 Peru 2023 Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA TBARecords and statistics EditMain article FIFA U 17 World Cup records and statisticsSee also EditList of association football competitions FIFA U 20 World Cup FIFA U 17 Women s World CupReferences Edit Youth Cup revived eresources nlb gov sg India could shatter Under 17 World Cup attendance record FIFA U 17 WC in India becomes most attended in event s history FIFA U17 World Champions Update on FIFA Women s World Cup and men s youth competitions FIFA com Federation Internationale de Football Association 24 December 2020 Retrieved 24 December 2020 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to FIFA U 17 World Cup Official website in English World Championship for U 16 U 17 Teams at the RSSSF com FIFA U17 WC archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FIFA U 17 World Cup amp oldid 1135198101, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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