football u-17 world championship

The Football U-17 World Championship is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The first edition was hosted by China in 1985 and was won by Nigeria. It has taken place in all odd-numbered years since, with Brazil leading the way with three wins. African countries have also been successful: both Nigeria and Ghana won the tournament twice. The age limit was switched from 16 to 17 starting in 1991.

Results

owspan=2 width=5%\|Year	rowspan=2 width=10%\|Host	width=1% rowspan=35 bgcolor=ffffff\|	colspan=3\|Final	width=1% rowspan=35 bgcolor=ffffff\|	colspan=3\|Third Place Match
idth=15%\|Champion	width=10%\|Score	width=15%\|Second Place	width=15%\|Third Place	width=10%\|Score	width=15%\|Fourth Place
a href="/encyclopedia/1985" title="1985">1985	China	30px Nigeria	2 - 0	30px West Germany	30px Brazil	4 - 1	30px Guinea
owspan=2\|1987	rowspan=2\|Canada	30px USSR	1 - 1 aet	30px Nigeria	rowspan=2\|30px Cte d'Ivoire	rowspan=2\|2 - 1 aet	rowspan=2\|30px Italy
olspan=3\|3 - 1 on penalty shootout
owspan=2\|1989	rowspan=2\|Scotland	30px Saudi Arabia	2 - 2 aet	30px Scotland	rowspan=2\|30px Portugal	rowspan=2\|3 - 0	rowspan=2\|30px Bahrain
olspan=3\|5 - 4 on penalty shootout
owspan=2\|1991	rowspan=2\|Italy	rowspan=2\|30px Ghana	rowspan=2\|1 - 0	rowspan=2\|30px Spain	30px Argentina	1 - 1	30px Qatar
olspan=3\|4 - 1 on penalty shootout
owspan=2\|1993	rowspan=2\|Japan	rowspan=2\|30px Nigeria	rowspan=2\|2 - 1	rowspan=2\|30px Ghana	30px Chile	1 - 1	30px Poland
olspan=3\|4 - 2 on penalty shootout
a href="/encyclopedia/1995" title="1995">1995	Ecuador	30px Ghana	3 - 2	30px Brazil	30px Argentina	2 - 0	30px Oman
a href="/encyclopedia/1997" title="1997">1997	Egypt	30px Brazil	2 - 1	30px Ghana	30px Spain	2 - 1	30px Germany
owspan=2\|1999	rowspan=2\|New Zealand	30px Brazil	0 - 0 aet	30px Australia	rowspan=2\|30px Ghana	rowspan=2\|2 - 0	rowspan=2\|30px USA
olspan=3\|8 - 7 on penalty shootout
a href="/encyclopedia/2001" title="2001">2001	Trinidad and Tobago	30px France	3 - 0	30px Nigeria	30px Burkina Faso	2 - 0	30px Argentina
owspan=2\|2003	rowspan=2\|Finland	rowspan=2\|30px Brazil	rowspan=2\|1 - 0	rowspan=2\|30px Spain	30px Argentina	1 - 1	30px Colombia
olspan=3\|5 - 4 on penalty shootout
a href="/encyclopedia/2005" title="2005">2005	Peru

Key:

aet - after extra time
asdet - after sudden death extra time

Total Wins

Brazil 3 (1997, 1999, 2003)
Nigeria 2 (1985, 1993)
Ghana 2 (1991, 1995)
USSR 1 (1987)
Saudi Arabia 1 (1989)
France 1 (2001)

Football U-17 World Championship

Results

Total Wins

See Also