Summaries

FIFA U-16 World Championship

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match			Number of teams
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place	Number of teams
1985	China	Nigeria	2–0	West Germany	Brazil	4–1	Guinea	16
1987	Canada	Soviet Union	1–1 a.e.t. (4–2 PSO)	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	2–1 a.e.t.	Italy	16
1989	Scotland	Saudi Arabia	2–2 a.e.t. (5–4 PSO)	Scotland	Portugal	3–0	Bahrain	16

FIFA U-17 World Championship

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match			Number of teams
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place	Number of teams
1991	Italy	Ghana	1–0	Spain	Argentina	1–1 a.e.t. (4–1 PSO)	Qatar	16
1993	Japan	Nigeria	2–1	Ghana	Chile	1–1 a.e.t. (4–2 PSO)	Poland	16
1995	Ecuador	Ghana	3–2	Brazil	Argentina	2–0	Oman	16
1997	Egypt	Brazil	2–1	Ghana	Spain	2–1	Germany	16
1999	New Zealand	Brazil	0–0 a.e.t. (8–7 PSO)	Australia	Ghana	2–0	United States	16
2001	Trinidad and Tobago	France	3–0	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	2–0	Argentina	16
2003	Finland	Brazil	1–0	Spain	Argentina	1–1 a.e.t. (5–4 PSO)	Colombia	16
2005	Peru	Mexico	3–0	Brazil	Netherlands	2–1	Turkey	16

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match			Number of teams
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place	Number of teams
2007	Korea Republic	Nigeria	0–0 a.e.t. (3–0 PSO)	Spain	Germany	2–1	Ghana	24
2009	Nigeria	Switzerland	1–0	Nigeria	Spain	1–0	Colombia	24
2011	Mexico	Mexico	2–0	Uruguay	Germany	4–3	Brazil	24
2013	UAE	Nigeria	3–0	Mexico	Sweden	4–1	Argentina	24
2015	Chile	Nigeria	2–0	Mali	Belgium	3–2	Mexico	24
2017	India							24

Performances by countries

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Medals
Nigeria	5 (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)	3 (1987, 2001, 2009)			8
Brazil	3 (1997, 1999, 2003)	2 (1995, 2005)	1 (1985)	1 (2011)	6
Ghana	2 (1991, 1995)	2 (1993, 1997)	1 (1999)	1 (2007)	5
Mexico	2 (2005, 2011)	1 (2013)		1 (2015)	3
Soviet Union	1 (1987)				1
Saudi Arabia	1 (1989)				1
France	1 (2001)				1
Switzerland	1 (2009)				1
Spain		3 (1991, 2003, 2007)	2 (1997, 2009)		5
West Germany		1 (1985)	2 (2007, 2011)	1 (1997)	3
Scotland		1 (1989)			1
Australia		1 (1999)			1
Uruguay		1 (2011)			1
Mali		1 (2015)			1
Argentina			3 (1991, 1995, 2003)	2 (2001, 2013)	3
Ivory Coast			1 (1987)		1
Portugal			1 (1989)		1
Chile			1 (1993)		1
Burkina Faso			1 (2001)		1
Netherlands			1 (2005)		1
Sweden			1 (2013)		1
Belgium			1 (2015)		1
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)	–

Performances by continental zones

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 fifth 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 3 tournaments wins (1 each for France, USSR and Switzerland) and has been runner up 5 times. Spain has been runner up on 3 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 three 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.

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Awards

At every tournament three awards are presented:

The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer of tournament.
The Golden Ball is awarded to the most valuable player of the tournament.
The Fair Play Award is presented to the team with the best disciplinary record in the tournament.

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Tournament	Golden Ball	Golden Shoe Award	Goals	Golden Glove	Fair Play Award
1985 China	William	Marcel Witeczek	8	Not Award	West Germany
1987 Canada	Philip Osundu	Moussa Traoré	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	Mohamed Kathiri	Daniel Allsopp	5		Brazil
1997 Egypt	Sergio Santamaría	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 Fàbregas	Cesc Fàbregas	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 González	5	Benjamin Siegrist	Nigeria
2011 Mexico	Julio Gómez	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