National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals.

Debut of national teams

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

;Legend

— Champions
— Runners-up
— Third place
— Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals
R2 — Round 2
R1 — Round 1
— Did not qualify
— Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
— Country did not exist or national team was inactive
— Hosts
q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown.

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
	18	16	0	1977	2015
	16	7	3	1979	2019
	16	5	5	1977	2019
	16	7	4	1981	2019
	15	6	0	1977	2013
	15	7	7	1977	2019
	15	8	0	1981	2013
	15	6	2	1979	2019
	12	5	5	1979	2019
	12	6	1	1983	2019
	11	4	0	1981	2017
	11	3	0	1981	2017
	10	7	2	1979	2019
	10	3	1	1985	2019
	9	4	0	1977	2013
	9	4	0	1989	2017
	9	3	2	1985	2019
	8	4	0	1977	1995
	8	3	0	1981	2013
	8	4	0	1979	2007
	8	3	3	1977	2019
	7	3	0	1993	2015
	7	2	2	1977	2019
	7	3	1	1989	2019
	7	2	2	1977	2019
	6	2	0	1983	2009
	6	2	0	1987	2013
	6	2	0	1977	2015
	6	2	0	1981	2011
	6	5	5	2007	2019
	6	3	1	2003	2019
	5	3	1	1979	2019
	5	2	0	1985	2003
	5	1	0	1977	2015
	5	2	0	1983	2005
	5	1	0	1977	2003
	4	1	1	1981	2019
	4	1	1	2001	2019
	4	1	0	1977	2013
	4	2	2	2001	2019
	4	1	0	1983	2005
	4	2	0	2003	2015
	4	2	0	1989	2005
	4	2	2	1997	2019
	3	1	0	1979	2015
	3	1	0	1977	2005
	3	3	3	2015	2019
	3	1	0	1983	2007
	3	1	0	1997	2009
	3	1	0	1999	2017
	3	2	0	1999	2013
	3	1	0	1993	2013
	3	1	0	1977	2017
	3	1	0	2007	2015
	3	1	1	1989	2019
	2	1	0	2009	2017
	2	2	0	1987	1989
	2	2	0	1985	1987
	2	1	0	1977	1985
	2	1	0	1979	2017
	2	1	0	1979	2021
	2	1	0	1991	2009
	2	1	1	2009	2019
	1	1	0	1981	1981
	1	1	0	1979	1979
	1	1	0	1997	1997
	1	1	0	2001	2001
	1	1	0	2003	2003
	1	1	0	2003	2003
	1	1	0	2007	2007
	1	1	0	2007	2007
	1	1	0	2011	2011
	1	1	0	2013	2013
	1	1	0	2017	2017
	1	1	0	2017	2017
	1	1	0	1987	1987
	1	1	0	1987	1987
	1	1	0	1991	1991
	1	1	0	1995	1995
	1	1	0	1997	1997
	1	1	0	1999	1999
	1	1	0	2001	2001
	1	1	0	2001	2001
	1	1	0	2001	2001
	1	1	0	2005	2005
	1	1	0	2005	2005
	1	1	0	2007	2007
	1	1	0	2013	2013
	1	1	0	2013	2013
	1	1	0	2015	2015
	1	1	0	2015	2015

Sorted by appearances, best result, number of times that result was achieved, and first to achieve that result, in that order.
*: Tournament hosts.
Overall team records

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. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.
Accurate as of the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Bold for teams who qualified for the next tournament.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1		18	103	72	16	15	231	71	+160	232
2		16	82	55	9	18	163	68	+95	174
3		15	72	43	13	16	150	77	+73	142
4		15	73	34	21	18	96	67	+29	123
5		12	57	31	11	15	81	50	+31	104
6		16	66	26	10	30	93	96	-3	88
7		7	43	26	9	8	76	47	+29	87
8		16	65	22	18	25	90	72	+18	84
9		11	47	24	9	14	91	51	+40	81
10		12	56	23	11	22	84	71	+13	80
11		15	60	19	14	27	75	94	-20	71
12		10	43	20	9	14	63	51	+12	69
13		7	35	20	6	9	69	43	+26	66
14		15	56	16	15	25	63	89	-26	63
15		8	38	17	11	10	62	44	+18	62
16		10	43	15	12	16	57	56	+1	57
17		11	45	14	15	16	45	44	+1	57
18		9	36	13	10	13	46	47	-1	49
19		7	34	13	8	13	44	43	+1	47
20		8	32	12	5	15	45	45	0	41
21		6	28	12	5	11	47	48	-1	41
22		9	35	12	4	19	41	62	-21	40
23		6	26	9	10	7	34	31	+3	37
24		7	31	10	7	14	45	61	-16	37
25		4	19	10	6	3	36	17	+19	36
26		3	16	11	2	3	32	13	+19	35
27		5	23	9	4	10	36	28	+8	31
28		5	21	8	5	8	30	27	+3	29
29		4	17	8	4	5	30	20	+10	28
30		4	17	8	3	6	27	30	-3	27
31		6	23	7	4	12	33	39	-6	25
32		6	21	7	4	10	28	36	-8	25
33		5	18	7	3	8	25	26	-1	24
34		4	18	6	5	7	19	18	+1	23
35		3	16	6	5	5	18	20	-2	23
36		2	11	7	1	3	24	8	+16	22
37		9	29	5	7	17	25	39	-14	22
38		5	20	4	6	10	10	33	-23	18
39		3	12	5	2	5	22	23	-1	17
40		6	21	4	5	12	21	34	-13	17
41		3	14	5	2	7	12	26	-14	17
42		8	27	4	5	18	16	50	-34	17
43		4	14	4	4	6	13	23	-10	16
44		3	14	4	3	7	16	20	-4	15
45		8	24	5	0	19	23	79	-56	15
46		4	16	4	2	10	20	30	-10	14
47		2	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	13
48		1	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	13
49		3	11	3	3	5	12	15	-3	12
50		3	11	3	3	5	12	18	-6	12
51		3	11	3	2	6	11	21	-10	11
52		2	8	3	2	3	8	9	-1	11
53		4	15	3	2	10	9	26	-17	11
54		5	16	1	7	8	13	30	-17	10
55		3	9	2	1	6	17	15	+2	7
56		1	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7
57		3	9	2	1	6	8	19	-11	7
58		4	13	1	4	8	11	25	-15	7
59		6	19	1	4	14	11	38	-27	7
60		1	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6
61		1	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2	6
62		1	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5
63		1	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1	5
64		1	4	1	2	1	2	6	-4	5
65		1	4	1	1	2	3	7	-4	4
66		1	4	1	1	2	4	14	-10	4
67		1	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
68		1	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
69		1	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
70		1	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	3
71		1	3	1	0	2	4	11	-7	3
72		2	6	1	0	5	3	13	-10	3
73		1	4	1	0	3	1	12	-11	3
74		3	9	0	3	6	3	21	-18	3
75		1	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
76		1	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1
77		1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1
78		1	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1
79		1	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1
80		1	3	0	1	2	0	6	-6	1
81		2	6	0	1	5	2	18	-16	1
82		2	6	0	1	5	1	19	-18	1
83		1	3	0	0	3	4	8	-4	0
84		1	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0
85		1	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0
86		1	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0
87		1	3	0	0	3	4	13	-9	0
88		1	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0
89		1	3	0	0	3	2	13	-11	0
90		2	3	0	0	3	0	16	-16	0
91		2	6	0	0	6	0	35	-35	0

; Breakdown of successor teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
	7	3	1	3	10	10	0	7
	19	6	9	4	24	21	3	27

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
	12	9	2	1	26	7	+19	29
	35	15	7	13	65	44	+21	52

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
	9	4	1	4	13	10	+3	13

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
	30	14	9	7	52	32	+20	37
	8	3	2	3	10	12	-2	11

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
	9	6	1	2	22	9	+13	13
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	5	1	1	10	4	+6	16

Teams that have finished in the top four

Results of defending champions

Results of host nations

Result of confederation

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

UEFA

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