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U-20 World Cup Yearly Histories


U-20 Men's World Cup U-20 Women's World Cup

URUGUAY
Current Men's World Cup Title Holders
NORTH KOREA
 Current Women's World Cup Title Holders
1977 1979 1981 1983 1985
1987 1989 1991 1993 1995
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
2007 2009 2011
 2013
 2015
2017
 2019
 2023

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
2012
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U-20 Men's World Cup
YEAR
 HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION SCORE
 RUNNER-UP THIRD PLACE
 SCORE
 FOURTH PLACE
1977
 Tunisia
 Soviet Union
 2-2 (9-8 PK)
 Mexico
 Brazil
 4-0
 Uruguay
1979
 Japan
 Argentina
 3-1
 Soviet Union
 Uruguay
 1-1 (5-3 PK)
 Poland
1981
 Australia
 West Germany
 4-0
 Qatar
 Romania
 1-0
 England
1983
 Mexico
 Brazil
 1-0
 Argentina
 Poland
 2-1 aet
 South Korea
1985
 Soviet Union
 Brazil
 1-0 aet
 Spain
 Nigeria
 0-0 (3-1 PK)
 Soviet Union
1987
 Chile
 Yugoslavia
 1-1 (5-4 PK)
 West Germany
 East Germany
 2-2 (3-1 PK)
 Chile
1989
 Saudi Arabia
 Portugal
 2-0
 Nigeria
 Brazil
 2-0
 United States
1991
 Portugal
 Portugal
 0-0 (4-2 PK)
 Brazil
 Soviet Union
 1-1 (5-4 PK)
 Australia
1993
 Australia
 Brazil
 2-1
 Ghana
 England
 2-1
 Australia
1995
 Qatar
 Argentina
 2-0
 Brazil
 Portugal
 3-2
 Spain
1997
 Malaysia
 Argentina
 2-1
 Uruguay
 Ireland
 2-1
 Ghana
1999
 Nigeria
 Spain
 4-0
 Japan
 Mali
 1-0
 Uruguay
2001
 Argentina
 Argentina
 3-0
 Ghana
 Egypt
 1-0
 Paraguay
2003
 United Arab Emirates
 Brazil
 1-0
 Spain
 Colombia
 2-1
 Argentina
2005
 Netherlands
 Argentina
 2-1
 Nigeria
 Brazil
 2-1
 Morocco
2007
 Canada
 Argentina
 2-1
 Czech Republic
 Chile
 1-0
 Austria
2009
 Egypt
 Ghana
 0-0 (4-3 PK)
 Brazil
 Hungary
 1-1 (2-0 PK)
 Costa Rica
2011
 Colombia
 Brazil
 3-2 aet
 Portugal
 Mexico
 3-1
 France
2013
 Turkey
 France
 0-0 (3-1 PK)
 Uruguay
 Ghana
 3-0
 Iraq
2015
 New Zealand
 Serbia
 2-1 aet
 Brazil
 Mali
 3-1
 Senegal
2017
 South Korea
 England
 1-0
 Venezuela
 Italy
 0-0 (4-1 PK)
 Uruguay
2019
 Poland
 Ukraine
 3-1
 South Korea
 Ecuador
 1-0 AET
 Italy
2023
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 1-0
 Italy
 Israel
 3-1
 South Korea
U-20 Women's World Cup
YEAR
 HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION SCORE
 RUNNER-UP THIRD PLACE
 SCORE
 FOURTH PLACE
2002
 Canada
 United States
 1-0 aet
 Canada
 Germany
 1-1 (4-3 PK)
 Brazil
2004
 Thailand
 Germany
 2-0
 China
 United States
 3-0
 Brazil
2006
 Russia
 North Korea
 5-0
 China
 Brazil
 0-0 (6-5 PK)
 United States
2008
 Chile
 United States
 2-1
 North Korea
 Germany
 5-3
 France
2010
 Germany
 Germany
 2-0
 Nigeria
 South Korea
 1-0
 Colombia
2012
 Japan
 United States
 1-0
 Germany
 Japan
 2-1
 Nigeria
2014
 Canada
 Germany
 1-0 aet
 Nigeria
 France
 3-2
 North Korea
2016
 Papua New Guinea
 North Korea
 3-1
 France
 Japan
 1-0
 United States
2018
 France
 Japan
 3-1
 Spain
 England
 1-1 (4-2 PK)
 France
2022
 Costa Rica
 Spain
 3-1
 Japan
 Brazil
 4-1
 Netherlands
2024
 Columbia
 North Korea
 1-0
 Japan
 United States
 2-1 AET
 Netherlands
2026
 Poland