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 edit

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1977	Austria, Brazil, France, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Morocco, Paraguay, Spain, Tunisia, Soviet Union,^[1] Uruguay	16	16
1979	Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Yugoslavia^[2]	10	26
1981	Australia, Cameroon, Egypt, England, Qatar, Romania, United States, West Germany^[3]	8	34
1983	China, Czechoslovakia,^[4] Scotland, Netherlands, Nigeria	5	39
1985	Bulgaria, Colombia, Republic of Ireland, Saudi Arabia	4	44
1987	Bahrain, Chile, East Germany, Togo	4	48
1989	Costa Rica, Mali, Norway, Syria	4	52
1991	Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago	2	54
1993	Ghana, Turkey	2	56	Russia
1995	Burundi	1	57
1997	Belgium, Malaysia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates	4	61
1999	Croatia,^[2] Kazakhstan,^[1] Zambia	3	64
2001	Angola, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, Jamaica, Ukraine^[1]	6	70	Czech Republic
2003	Burkina Faso, Panama, Slovakia, Uzbekistan^[1]	4	74
2005	Benin, Switzerland	2	76
2007	Congo, Gambia, Jordan, New Zealand, North Korea	5	81
2009	Tahiti, Venezuela	2	83
2011	Guatemala	1	84
2013	Cuba, El Salvador, Greece	3	87
2015	Fiji, Myanmar, Senegal	3	90	Serbia
2017	Vanuatu, Vietnam	2	92
2019	None	0	92
2023	Dominican Republic, Israel	2	94

Overall team records edit

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.^[5]

As of 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Brazil	19	108	75	16	17	247	78	+169	241
2	Argentina	17	86	58	9	19	173	71	+102	183
3	Spain	15	72	43	13	16	150	77	+73	142
4	Uruguay	16	80	40	21	19	108	70	+38	141
5	Portugal	12	57	31	11	15	81	50	+31	104
6	United States	17	71	30	10	31	103	99	+4	100
7	Nigeria	13	61	26	11	24	90	75	+15	89
8	Ghana	7	43	26	9	8	76	47	+29	87
9	Mexico	16	65	22	18	25	90	72	+18	84
10	South Korea	16	67	22	16	29	85	104	–19	82
11	Germany	11	47	24	9	14	91	51	+40	81
12	Colombia	11	48	23	10	15	74	58	+16	79
13	France	8	38	21	6	11	74	48	+26	69
14	England	12	49	16	16	17	50	48	+2	64
15	Australia	15	56	16	15	25	63	89	–26	63
16	Russia^[1]	8	38	17	11	10	62	44	+18	62
17	Italy	8	41	18	8	15	57	51	+6	62
18	Japan	11	46	16	12	18	60	60	0	60
19	Paraguay	9	36	13	10	13	46	47	–1	49
20	Egypt	8	32	12	5	15	45	45	0	41
21	Chile	6	28	12	5	11	47	48	–1	41
22	Costa Rica	9	35	12	4	19	41	62	–21	40
23	Czech Republic^[4]	6	26	9	10	7	34	31	+3	37
24	Mali	7	31	10	7	14	45	61	–16	37
25	Ukraine	4	19	10	6	3	36	17	+19	36
26	Serbia^[2]	3	16	11	2	3	32	13	+19	35
27	Poland	5	23	9	4	10	36	28	+8	31
28	Ecuador	5	22	8	5	9	32	23	+9	29
29	Republic of Ireland	5	21	8	5	8	30	27	+3	29
30	Netherlands	4	17	8	4	5	30	20	+10	28
31	Iraq	5	20	8	4	8	27	37	–10	28
32	Hungary	6	23	7	4	12	33	39	–6	25
33	Cameroon	6	21	7	4	10	28	36	–8	25
34	Senegal	4	19	6	7	6	20	23	–3	25
35	China	5	18	7	3	8	25	26	–1	24
36	Venezuela	2	11	7	1	3	24	8	+16	22
37	Saudi Arabia	9	29	5	7	17	25	39	–14	22
38	New Zealand	7	25	5	6	14	24	45	–21	21
39	Uzbekistan	5	20	5	3	12	25	35	–10	18
40	Austria	5	20	4	6	10	10	33	–23	18
41	Zambia	3	12	5	2	5	22	23	–1	17
42	United Arab Emirates	3	14	5	2	7	12	26	–14	17
43	Canada	8	27	4	5	18	16	50	–34	17
44	Honduras	9	27	5	1	21	27	86	–59	16
45	Morocco	3	14	4	3	7	16	20	–4	15
46	Syria	4	14	3	5	6	13	23	–10	14
47	Israel	1	7	4	1	2	11	8	+3	13
48	Romania	1	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	13
49	Gambia	2	8	4	1	3	8	9	–1	13
50	Scotland	3	11	3	3	5	12	15	–3	12
51	Croatia	3	11	3	3	5	12	18	–6	12
52	Turkey	3	11	3	2	6	11	21	–10	11
53	Bulgaria	2	8	3	2	3	8	9	–1	11
54	Qatar	4	15	3	2	10	9	26	–17	11
55	Ivory Coast	5	16	1	7	8	13	30	–17	10
56	Slovakia	2	8	3	0	5	12	13	-1	9
57	Norway	3	9	2	1	6	17	15	+2	7
58	Burkina Faso	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7
59	Iran	3	9	2	1	6	8	19	–11	7
60	South Africa	4	13	1	4	8	11	25	–14	7
61	Panama	6	19	1	4	14	11	38	–27	7
62	Tunisia	3	10	2	0	8	7	19	–12	6
63	Greece	1	4	1	2	1	4	5	–1	5
64	Angola	1	4	1	2	1	3	4	–1	5
65	Algeria	1	4	1	2	1	2	6	–4	5
66	Congo	1	4	1	1	2	3	7	–4	4
67	Belgium	1	4	1	1	2	4	14	–10	4
68	Sweden	1	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3
69	Finland	1	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3
70	Switzerland	1	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
71	El Salvador	1	3	1	0	2	2	7	–5	3
72	Guatemala	2	7	1	0	6	1	18	–17	3
73	North Korea	3	9	0	3	6	3	21	–18	3
74	Fiji	2	6	1	0	5	4	27	–23	3
75	Benin	1	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
76	Jordan	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1
77	Bahrain	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1
78	Jamaica	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1
79	Burundi	1	3	0	1	2	2	8	–6	1
80	Vietnam	1	3	0	1	2	0	6	–6	1
81	Trinidad and Tobago	2	6	0	1	5	2	18	–16	1
82	Guinea	2	6	0	1	5	1	19	–18	1
83	Ethiopia	1	3	0	0	3	4	8	–4	0
84	Malaysia	1	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0
85	Kazakhstan	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0
85	Togo	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8	0
87	Vanuatu	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	–9	0
88	Cuba	1	3	0	0	3	1	10	–9	0
89	Dominican Republic	1	3	0	0	3	1	11	–10	0
90	Myanmar	1	3	0	0	3	2	13	–11	0
91	Indonesia	1	3	0	0	3	0	16	–16	0
92	Tahiti	2	6	0	0	6	0	35	–35	0

Former countries

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Czechoslovakia (1977–1993)	7	3	1	3	10	10	0	7
West Germany (1977–1989)	12	9	2	1	26	7	+19	29
East Germany (1987–1989)	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	13
Soviet Union (1977–1991)	30	14	9	7	52	32	+20	37
Yugoslavia (1977–1991)	9	6	1	2	22	9	+13	13

Comprehensive team results by tournament edit

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarter-finals
R2 — Round 2 (since 1997; round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (group stage)
• — 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 number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team	Confederation	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)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	Total
Algeria	CAF	×	QF	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•		1
Angola	CAF	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Argentina	CONMEBOL	•	1st	R1	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st	•	QF	•	R1	R1	R2	R2		17
Australia	AFC^[6]		•	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R2	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	•		15
Austria	UEFA	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	R2	•	•	•	•	5
Bahrain	AFC	•	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Belgium	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Benin	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•		1
Brazil	CONMEBOL	3rd	•	QF	1st	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	1st	3rd	R2	2nd	1st	•	2nd	•	•	QF		19
Bulgaria	UEFA	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Burkina Faso	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Burundi	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•		1
Cameroon	CAF	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•		6
Canada	CONCACAF	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		8
Chile	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	Q	7
China	AFC	×	×	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Colombia	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF	R2	R2	•	QF	QF		11
Congo	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	•	•	R1	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	•		9
Croatia	UEFA									•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•	3
Cuba	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		1
Czech Republic^[4]	UEFA	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	2nd	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6
Dominican Republic	CONCACAF	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1		1
East Germany	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	R1	•																	2
Ecuador	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R1	3rd	R2		5
Egypt	CAF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•	•	•	•		8
El Salvador	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		1
England	UEFA	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R2	R1	•	1st	•	R2	•	12
Ethiopia	CAF	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•		1
Fiji	OFC		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1		2
Finland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
France	UEFA	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th	1st	•	R2	R2	R1		8
Team	Confederation	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)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	Total
Gambia	CAF	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		2
Germany	UEFA	•	•	1st	•	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	QF	•	QF	•	•	QF	R2	•	•	•	11
Ghana	CAF	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•	•	•		7
Greece	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	1
Guatemala	CONCACAF	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	×	•	R1		2
Guinea	CAF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		2
Honduras	CONCACAF	R1	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1		9
Hungary	UEFA	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	6
Indonesia	AFC	×	R1	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•		1
Iran	AFC	R1	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		3
Iraq	AFC	R1	•	×	•	•	•	QF	×	×	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1		5
Israel	UEFA^[7]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	1
Italy	UEFA	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	3rd	4th	2nd		8
Ivory Coast	CAF	R1	×	×	R1	•	•	•	R1	×	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Jamaica	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Japan	AFC	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1		11
Jordan	AFC	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Kazakhstan	UEFA^[8]									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Malaysia	AFC	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Mali	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd	•	QF	•		7
Mexico	CONCACAF	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF	•	×	QF	QF	•	R2	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	3rd	R2	R1	QF	R1	•		16
Morocco	CAF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Myanmar	AFC	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
Netherlands	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
New Zealand	OFC		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2		7
Nigeria	CAF	×	•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•	R2	QF		13
North Korea	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	×		3
Norway	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		3
Panama	CONCACAF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	R2	•		6
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•		9
Poland	UEFA	•	4th	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	5
Portugal	UEFA	•	QF	•	•	•	•	1st	1st	R1	3rd	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	2nd	R2	QF	QF	R1	•	•	12
Team	Confederation	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)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	Total
Qatar	AFC	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•		4
Republic of Ireland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	3rd	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Romania	UEFA	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Russia^[1]	UEFA	1st	2nd	•	R1	4th	•	QF	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	8
Saudi Arabia	AFC	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	R1	•		9
Scotland	UEFA	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Senegal	CAF	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2	QF	R1		4
Serbia^[2]	UEFA	•	R1	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	3
Slovakia	UEFA										•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	2
South Africa	CAF	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1	•		4
South Korea	AFC	•	R1	R1	4th	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R2	R1	R1	QF	R2	QF	•	R2	2nd	4th		16
Spain	UEFA	R1	QF	R1	•	2nd	•	R1	QF	•	4th	QF	1st	•	2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF	QF	•	•	•	•		15
Sweden	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Switzerland	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Syria	AFC							R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4
Tahiti	OFC			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	•		2
Togo	CAF	×	×	•	•	×	R1	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•		1
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Tunisia	CAF	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		3
Turkey	UEFA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•		3
Ukraine	UEFA									•	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	1st	•		4
United Arab Emirates	AFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
United States	CONCACAF	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	4th	•	QF	•	R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	•	R1	QF	QF	QF	QF		17
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	4th	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	2nd	4th	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	2nd	R2	4th	R2	1st		16
Uzbekistan	AFC									•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF	QF	•	•	R2		5
Vanuatu	OFC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
Venezuela	CONMEBOL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	2nd	•	•		2
Vietnam	AFC															•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
Zambia	CAF	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•		3
Team	Confederation	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)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	Total

Teams that have finished in the top four edit

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Argentina	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 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, 1991)	1 (2011)	1 (1995)
Serbia¹	2 (1987, 2015)
Uruguay	1 (2023)	2 (1997, 2013)	1 (1979)	3 (1977, 1999, 2017)
Ghana	1 (2009)	2 (1993, 2001)	1 (2013)	1 (1997)
Spain	1 (1999)	2 (1985, 2003)		1 (1995)
Russia²	1 (1977)	1 (1979)	1 (1991)	1 (1985)
Germany³	1 (1981)	1 (1987)
England	1 (2017)		1 (1993)	1 (1981)
France	1 (2013)			1 (2011)
Ukraine	1 (2019)
Nigeria		2 (1989, 2005)	1 (1985)
Italy		1 (2023)	1 (2017)	1 (2019)
Mexico		1 (1977)	1 (2011)
South Korea		1 (2019)		2 (1983, 2023)
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 (1987)
Romania			1 (1981)
East Germany			1 (1987)
Republic of Ireland			1 (1997)
Egypt			1 (2001)
Colombia			1 (2003)
Hungary			1 (2009)
Ecuador			1 (2019)
Israel			1 (2023)
Australia				2 (1991, 1993)
United States				1 (1989)
Paraguay				1 (2001)
Morocco				1 (2005)
Austria				1 (2007)
Costa Rica				1 (2009)
Iraq				1 (2013)
Senegal				1 (2015)

1 = includes results representing Yugoslavia

2 = includes results representing Soviet Union

3 = includes results representing West Germany

Results of defending champions edit

Year	Defending champions	Finished
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
2023	Ukraine	Did not qualify
2025	Uruguay	to be determined

Results of host nations edit

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	Round of 16
2023	Argentina	Round of 16
2025	Chile	to be determined

Result of confederation edit

AFC edit

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