FIFA U20 World Cup: List of all winners

Published at :June 13, 2023 at 7:24 PM

Modified at :June 13, 2023 at 7:24 PM

South American nations have dominated at this age level

The FIFA U20 World Cup 2023 culminated with Uruguay being crowned the champions of the tournament. This competition was started In 1977 and was earlier known as the FIFA World Youth Championship.

This competition takes place after every two years. The 2023 edition took place after four years due to a covid, which saw 24 teams take part in this tournament.

Argentina have won the most FIFA U20 World Cup titles in the competition's history. They have won six titles and the last title came in 2007.

Brazil are just behind them with five cups. They have the best record when it comes to reaching the finals. Brazil have played nine times in the U20 World Cup. Both these South American nations have shown domination at the U20 level.

Portugal and Serbia are tied for two titles each. Every other country on the list has only won one title.

South American nations have won 12 titles combined with only three teams winning the final. Eight European nations won the cup and their total is 10. Ghana is the only African country to win the FIFA U20 World Cup. Asian teams and CONCACAF teams have reached the finals but were unable to win the trophy.

Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, and Sergio Aguero have won this competition. These four players also won the Golden Ball Award. Messi and Aguero won the Golden Boot award. This tournament provides a great platform for these players. Clubs can also scout these players and there are chances that the player might get a good deal.

With the 2023 edition recently concluded, here is the list of all the winners of this trophy.

FIFA U20 World Cup: Winners

1977 Tunisia: Soviet Union1979 Japan: Argentina1981 Australia: West Germany1983 Mexico: Brazil1985 Soviet Union: Brazil1987 Chile: Yugoslavia1989 Saudi Arabia: Portugal1991 Portugal: Portugal1993 Australia: Brazil1995 Qatar: Argentina1997 Malaysia: Argentina

1999 Nigeria: Spain2001 Argentina: Argentina2003 United Arab Emirates: Brazil2005 Netherlands: Argentina2007 Canada: Argentina2009 Egypt: Ghana2011 Colombia: Brazil2013 Turkey: France 2015 New Zealand: Serbia 2017 South Korea: England 2019 Poland: Ukraine2023 Argentina: Uruguay