Year Venue Champion Second Place Result Third Place1977 Tunis Soviet Union Mexico 2-2 (7-6 pen) Brazil1979 Japan Argentina Soviet Union 3-1 Uruguay1981 Australia West Germany Qatar 4-0 Romania1983 Mexico Brazil Argentina 1-0 Poland1985 USSR Brazil Spain 1-0 Nigeria1987 Chile Yugoslavia West Germany 1-1 (5-4 pen) East Germany1989 Saudi Arabia Portugal Nigeria 2-0 Brazil1991 Portugal Portugal Brazil 0-0 (4-2 pen) Soviet Union1993 Australia Brazil Ghana 2-1 England1995 Qatar Argentina Brazil 2-0 Portugal1997 Malaysia Argentina Uruguay 2-1 Ireland1999 Nigeria Spain Japan 4-0 Mali2001 Argentina Argentina Ghana 3-0 Egypt2003 UAE Brazil Spain 1-0 Colombia2005 Netherlands Argentina Nigeria 2-1 Brazil2007 Canada Argentina Czech Republic 2-1 Chile2009 Egypt Ghana Brazil 0-0 (4-3 pen) Hungary2011 Colombia Brazil Portugal 3-2 Mexico2013 Turkey France Uruguay 0-0 (4-1 pen) Ghana2015 New Zealand Serbia Brazil 2-1 Mali2017 South Korea England Venezuela 1-0 Italy2019 Poland Ukraine South Korea 3-1 Ecuador2021 cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic2023 Argentina Uruguay Italy 1-0 Israel2025 Chile Morocco Argentina 2-0 Colombia
Argentina 6Brazil 5Portugal 2England 1France 1Ghana 1Morocco 1Serbia 1Soviet Union 1Spain 1Ukraine 1Uruguay 1West Germany 1Yugoslavia 1
1st 2nd 3rd 4th wins finals semisArgentina 6 2 1 6 8 9Brazil 5 4 3 5 9 12Portugal 2 1 1 2 3 4Uruguay 1 2 1 3 1 3 7Ghana 1 2 1 1 1 3 5Spain 1 2 1 1 3 4Soviet Union 1 1 1 1 1 2 4West Germany 1 1 1 2 2England 1 1 1 1 1 3France 1 2 1 1 3Morocco 1 1 1 1 2Serbia 1 1 1 1Ukraine 1 1 1 1Yugoslavia 1 1 1 1Nigeria 2 1 2 3Italy 1 1 1 1 3Mexico 1 1 1 2South Korea 1 2 1 3Czech Republic 1 1 1Japan 1 1 1Qatar 1 1 1Venezuela 1 1 1Colombia 2 2Mali 2 2Chile 1 1 2Poland 1 1 2Ecuador 1 1Egypt 1 1East Germany 1 1Hungary 1 1Ireland 1 1Israel 1 1Romania 1 1Australia 2 2Austria 1 1Costa Rica 1 1Iraq 1 1Paraguay 1 1Senegal 1 1USA 1 1total 24 24 24 24 24 48 96
All-Time Table World Youth Cup
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