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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = FIFA U-17 World Cup
| image                = Trophy U17.png
| imagesize            = 170
| caption              = The trophy awarded since 2007 (with current name); since 2005 (by design)
| organiser            = [[FIFA]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1985}}
| region               = International 
| number of teams      = 48 (finals)
| related comps        = {{nowrap|[[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]]<br>[[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]}}
| current champions    = {{nowrap|{{fbu|17|POR}} (1st title)}}
| most successful team = {{nowrap|{{fbu|17|NGA}} (5 titles)}}
| website              = {{url|https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup|fifa.com/u17worldcup}}
| current              = [[2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
}}
The '''FIFA U-17 World Cup''', founded as the '''FIFA U-16 World Championship''', later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the annual world championship of [[association football]] for male players with the age of up to 17 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ([[FIFA]]). The reigning champions are [[Portugal national under-17 football team|Portugal]], who won their first title at the [[2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2025 tournament]].

==History==
The tournament was inspired by the [[Lion City Cup]] that was created by the [[Football Association of Singapore]] in 1977. The Lion City Cup was the first under-16 football tournament in the world. Following FIFA's then secretary-general [[Sepp Blatter]]'s recommendation after he was in Singapore for the 1982 Lion City Cup, FIFA created the FIFA U-16 World Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19851211-1.2.64.8|title=Youth Cup revived|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg|access-date=2019-01-02|archive-date=2018-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180821/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19851211-1.2.64.8|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first edition was staged in [[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1985]] in [[China]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/india-could-shatter-under-17-world-cup-attendance-record/articleshow/61153147.cms|title=India could shatter Under 17 World Cup attendance record|newspaper=The Times of India |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=2017-10-20|archive-date=2020-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605145904/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/india-could-shatter-under-17-world-cup-attendance-record/articleshow/61153147.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> and tournaments have been played every two years since then. It began as a competition for players under the age of 16, with the age limit raised to 17 from the 1991 edition onward. The [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2017 tournament]], which was hosted by [[India]], became the most attended in the history of the tournament, with the total attendance of the FIFA U-17 World Cup reaching 1,347,133.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/fifa-u-17-wc-in-india-becomes-most-attended-in-events-history/articleshow/61306290.cms|title=FIFA U-17 WC in India becomes most attended in event's history|newspaper=The Times of India |date=28 October 2017 |access-date=2017-10-28|archive-date=2020-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224220814/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/fifa-u-17-wc-in-india-becomes-most-attended-in-events-history/articleshow/61306290.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Nigeria national under-17 football team|Nigeria]] is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with five titles and three runners up. [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]] is the second-most successful with four titles and two runners-up. [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana]] and [[Mexico national under-17 football team|Mexico]] have each won the tournament twice.

A corresponding tournament for female players, the [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]], began in [[2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2008]], with [[North Korea women's national football team|North Korea]] winning the inaugural tournament.

In March 2024, FIFA announced that both sexes' U-17 World Cups would be held annually, with [[Qatar]] and [[Morocco]] hosting the first five annual tournaments starting in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/news/qatar-appointed-as-host-of-fifa-u-17-world-cup-annually-from-2025-to-2029|title=Qatar appointed as host of FIFA U-17 World Cup annually from 2025 to 2029|date=14 March 2024|access-date=16 November 2025|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 March 2024 |title=Under-17 World Cups to be held every year from 2025, says FIFA |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/under-17-world-cups-be-held-every-year-says-fifa-2024-03-14/|access-date=16 November 2025}}</ref> For the U-17 World Cup, the tournament was also expanded to a 48-team format, having previously been held as a biennial 24-team tournament from [[2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2007]] to [[2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2023]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5342113/2024/03/14/fifa-qatar-under-17-world-cup/|title=FIFA men's U17 World Cup increasing to 48 teams with next five to be held in Qatar|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Nnamdi|last=Onyeagwara|date=14 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/articles/fifa-u-17-world-cup-48-teams-qatar-women-24-teams-morocco|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup expands to 48 teams|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=16 November 2025|date=14 March 2024}}</ref><!-- Qatar's anointing was controversial, after the [[Danish Football Association]] accused FIFA of changing the format to a five-year package without clearly announcing it. They said that they and other potential bidders were blindsided by FIFA, saying that "FIFA moved the goalposts".<ref name="IWF">{{Cite web |date=20 March 2024|title=FIFA moved goalposts as Danish bid for U17 World Cup ignored in favour of Qatar and Morocco|first=Samindra|last=Kunti |url=https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2024/03/20/fifa-moved-goalposts-danish-bid-u17-world-cup-ignored-favour-qatar-morocco/ |access-date=16 November 2025 |website=InsideWorldFootball.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How Qatar will benefit from hosting five back-to-back U17 World Cups |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2025/11/08/how-qatar-will-benefit-from-hosting-five-back-to-back-u17-world-cups.html |access-date=16 November 2025|date=8 November 2025|website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |first=Karthik |last=Ravindranath}}</ref> This joined previous [[List of 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies|controversies]] regarding Qatar hosting the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]], such as violations of the [[human rights]] of [[Migrant worker|migrant workers]] and FIFA's ban on the Danish football team training with pro-human rights shirts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2022|title=FIFA rejects Denmark's pro-human rights shirts |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37633774/qatar-world-cup-fifa-rejects-denmark-request-wear-pro-human-rights-training-shirts |access-date=16 November 2025 |website=ESPN}}</ref> In 2024, [[Amnesty International]] criticized FIFA and Qatar for not yet addressing the "severe human rights violations" surrounding the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, claiming that they are not taking responsibility for "the vast number of migrant workers who were exploited and in many cases died to make the 2022 World Cup possible".<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2024|title=Qatar: FIFA's Qatar World Cup Legacy Fund ignores exploited workers |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/qatar-fifas-qatar-world-cup-legacy-fund-ignores-exploited-workers/ |access-date=16 November 2025|publisher=Amnesty International |website=Amnesty.org}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] have also stated that despite scrutiny regarding migrant worker deaths building up to the tournament, Qatar "has failed to prevent, investigate, or compensate" for the deaths of thousands of them.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |title=Qatar: Events of 2024 |date=16 January 2025|work=HRW.org |url=https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/qatar |access-date=20 November 2025}}</ref>-->

In November 2025, [[Morocco national under-17 football team|Morocco]] recorded the largest winning margin in the history of any 11-a-side FIFA World Cup tournament, defeating [[New Caledonia national under-17 football team|New Caledonia]] 16–0 at the [[2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=16-goal Morocco make history |url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/qatar-2025/articles/morocco-highest-scoring-match|access-date=9 November 2025 |date=9 November 2025|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}</ref>

==Structure==
Each tournament consists of a group phase, in which four teams play against one another and standings in the group table decide which teams advance, followed by a knockout phase of successive matches where the winning team advances through the competition and the losing team is eliminated. This continues until two teams remain to contest the final, which decides the tournament winner. The losing semi-finalists also contest a match to decide third place.

From 1985 to 2005 there were 16 teams in the competition, divided into four groups of four teams each in the group phase. Each team played the others in its group and the group winner and runner up qualified for the knockout phase. From 2007 the tournament was expanded to 24 teams, divided into six groups of four teams each. The top 2 places in each group plus the four best third-placed teams advanced to the knockout phase.

Competition matches are played in two 45-minute halves (i.e., 90 minutes in total). In the knockout phase, until the [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2011 tournament]], if tied at the end of 90 minutes an additional 30 minutes of extra time were played, followed by a [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] if still tied. Starting with the 2011 tournament, the extra time period was eliminated to avoid player burnout, and all knockout games progress straight to penalties if tied at the end of 90 minutes.

From 2025 the tournament will take place annually and will have 48 participating teams divided into 12 groups of 4 teams, with the top two teams from each group (24 teams) and the eight best third-placed teams advance to the knockout stage, starting at the round of 32 all the way to the final to decide the winners.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2025 |title=Regulations for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025–2029 |website=FIFA.com |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5c308779ec05eb77/original/FU17WC25-regulations_EN-1.pdf |access-date=13 April 2025 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}</ref> Qatar was announced as host country from 2025 to 2029 on 14 March 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/news/qatar-appointed-as-host-of-fifa-u-17-world-cup-annually-from-2025-to-2029|title=Qatar appointed as host of FIFA U-17 World Cup™ annually from 2025 to 2029|date=14 March 2024|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}</ref>

==Qualification==
The host nation of each tournament qualifies automatically. The remaining teams qualify through competitions organised by the six regional confederations. For the first edition of the tournament in 1985, all of the teams from Europe plus Bolivia appeared by invitation of [[FIFA]].

{| class=wikitable
!Confederation
!Championship
|-
|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
|[[AFC U-17 Asian Cup]]
|-
|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF (Africa)]]
|[[U-17 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)]]
|[[CONCACAF Under-17 Championship]]
|-
|[[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|[[South American Under-17 Football Championship]]
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
|[[OFC U-16 Championship]]
|-
|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|[[UEFA European Under-17 Championship|UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship]]
|}

==Results==
{{small div|
;Tournament names:
* 1985–1989: FIFA U-16 World Championship
* 1991–2005: FIFA U-17 World Championship
* 2007–present: FIFA U-17 World Cup
;Keys:
* aet: [[overtime (sports)#Association football|after extra time]]
* p: [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]
}}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
! rowspan=2 style= "width:5%;"|{{abbr|Ed.|Edition}}
! rowspan=2 style= "width:5%;"|Year
! rowspan=2 style= "width:10%;"|Host
! colspan=3|Final
! colspan=3|Third place game
! rowspan=2 style= "width:5%;"|{{abbr|Num.<br>teams|Number of teams}}
|-
! width= 10%|{{gold01}} Champions
! width=10%|Score
! width= 10%|{{silver02}} Runners-up
! width= 10%|{{bronze03}} Third place
! width=10%|Score
! width= 10%|Fourth place
|-
|1
|[[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1985]] 
|align=left|{{flagcountry|CHN}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|NGA}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|West Germany}}
|{{fbu-big|17|BRA|1968}}
|4–1 
|{{fbu-big|17|GUI}}
|16
|- 
|2
|[[1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1987]] 
|align=left|{{flagcountry|CAN}}
|'''{{fbu-big|16|URS}}'''
|'''1–1''' {{aet}}<br />{{pso|4–2}}
|{{fbu-big|17|NGA}} 
|{{fbu-big|17|CIV}}
|2–1 {{aet}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ITA}}
|16
|- 
|3
|[[1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1989]] 
|align=left|{{flagcountry|SCO}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|KSA}}'''
|'''2–2''' {{aet}}<br />{{pso|5–4}}
|{{fbu-big|17|SCO}}
|{{fbu-big|17|POR}}
|3–0 
|{{fbu-big|17|BHR|1972}}
|16
|-
|4
|[[1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1991]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|ITA}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|Ghana}}'''
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|ESP}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ARG}}
|1–1 {{aet}}<br />{{pso|4–1}}
|{{fbu-big|17|QAT}}
|16
|- 
|5
|[[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1993]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|JPN}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|NGA}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fbu-big|17|GHA}}
|{{fbu-big|17|CHI}}
|1–1 {{aet}}<br />{{pso|4–2}}
|{{fbu-big|17|POL}}
|16
|- 
|6
|[[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1995]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|ECU}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|GHA}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ARG}}
|2–0 
|{{fbu-big|17|OMA}}
|16
|-  
|7
|[[1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1997]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|EGY}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fbu-big|17|GHA}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ESP}}
|2–1 
|{{fbu-big|17|GER}}
|16
|- 
|8
|[[1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1999]]
|align=left|{{nowrap|{{flagcountry|NZL}}}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}'''
|'''0–0''' {{aet}}<br />{{pso|8–7}}
|{{fbu-big|17|AUS}}
|{{fbu-big|17|GHA}}
|2–0 
|{{fbu-big|17|USA}}
|16
|-  
|9
|[[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|TRI}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|FRA|1974}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|NGA}}
|{{fbu-big|17|BFA}}
|2–0 
|{{fbu-big|17|ARG}}
|16
|-  
|10
|[[2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2003]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|FIN}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}'''
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|ESP}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ARG}}
|1–1 {{aet}}<br />{{pso|5–4}}
|{{fbu-big|17|COL}}
|16
|-  
|11
|[[2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2005]] 
|align=left|{{flagcountry|PER}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|MEX}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}
|{{fbu-big|17|NED}}
|2–1 
|{{fbu-big|17|TUR}}
|16
|-
|12
|[[2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2007]] 
|align=left|{{flagcountry|KOR}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|NGA}}'''
|'''0–0''' {{aet}}<br />{{pso|3–0}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ESP}}
|{{fbu-big|17|GER}}
|2–1 
|{{fbu-big|17|GHA}}
|24
|- 
|13
|[[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2009]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|NGA}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|SUI}}'''
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|NGA}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ESP}}
|1–0 
|{{fbu-big|17|COL}}
|24
|-  
|14
|[[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2011]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|MEX}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|MEX}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|URU}}
|{{fbu-big|17|GER}}
|4–3 
|{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}
|24
|- 
|15
|[[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2013]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|UAE}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|NGA}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|MEX}}
|{{fbu-big|17|SWE}}
|4–1 
|{{fbu-big|17|ARG}}
|24
|-  
|16
|[[2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2015]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|CHI}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|NGA}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|MLI}}
|{{fbu-big|17|BEL}}
|3–2 
|{{fbu-big|17|MEX}}
|24
|-  
|17
|[[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2017]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|IND}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|ENG}}'''
|'''5–2'''
|{{fbu-big|17|ESP}}
|{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}
|2–0 
|{{fbu-big|17|MLI}}
|24
|-  
|18
|[[2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2019]]
|align=left|{{flagcountry|BRA}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fbu-big|17|MEX}}
|{{fbu-big|17|FRA|1974}}
|3–1 
|{{fbu-big|17|NED}}
|24
|- 
|19
|[[2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2023]] 
|align=left|{{flagcountry|IDN}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|GER}}'''
|'''2–2'''<br />{{pso|4–3}}
|{{fbu-big|17|FRA}}
|{{fbu-big|17|MLI}}
|3–0
|{{fbu-big|17|ARG}}
|24
|- 
|20
|[[2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2025]] 
|rowspan=5 align=left|{{flagcountry|QAT}}
|'''{{fbu-big|17|POR}}'''
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|17|AUT}}
|{{fbu-big|17|ITA}}
|0–0<br />{{pso|4–2}}
|{{fbu-big|17|BRA}}
|48
|-
|21
|[[2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2026]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|48
|-
|22
|[[2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2027]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|48
|-
|23
|[[2028 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2028]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|48
|-
|24
|[[2029 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2029]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|48
|}

==Teams reaching the top four==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Team
!Titles
!Runners-up
!Third place
!Fourth place
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|NGA}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|5 (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)
|3 (1987, 2001, 2009)
|
|
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|BRA}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|4 (1997, 1999, 2003, 2019)
|2 (1995, 2005)
|2 (1985, 2017)
|2 (2011, 2025)
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|GHA}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|2 (1991, 1995)
|2 (1993, 1997)
|1 (1999)
|1 (2007)
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|MEX}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|2 (2005, 2011)
|2 (2013, 2019)
|
|1 (2015)
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|GER}}<sup>[[#1|1]]</sup>
|bgcolor=#FFD700|1 (2023)
|1 (1985)
|2 (2007, 2011)
|1 (1997)
|-
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|{{fbu|17|FRA}}
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|1 (2001)
|1 (2023)
|1 (2019)
|
|-
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|{{fbu|17|POR}}
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|1 (2025)
|
|1 (1989)
|
|-
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|{{fbu|17|RUS}}<sup>[[#2|2]]</sup>
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|1 (1987)
|
|
|
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|KSA}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|1 (1989)
|
|
|
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|SUI}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|1 (2009)
|
|
|
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|{{fbu|17|ENG}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|1 (2017)
|
|
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|ESP}}
|
|4 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2017)
|2 (1997, 2009)
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|MLI}}
|
|1 (2015)
|1 (2023)
|1 (2017)
|-
|{{fbu|17|SCO}}
|
|1 (1989)
|
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|AUS}}
|
|1 (1999)
|
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|URU}}
|
|1 (2011)
|
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|AUT}}
|
|1 (2025)
|
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|ARG}}
|
|
|3 (1991, 1995, 2003)
|3 (2001, 2013, 2023)
|-
|{{fbu|17|NED}}
|
|
|1 (2005)
|1 (2019)
|-
|{{fbu|17|ITA}}
|
|
|1 (2025)
|1 (1987)
|-
|{{fbu|17|CIV}}
|
|
|1 (1987)
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|CHI}}
|
|
|1 (1993)
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|BFA}}
|
|
|1 (2001)
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|SWE}}
|
|
|1 (2013)
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|BEL}}
|
|
|1 (2015)
|
|-
|{{fbu|17|COL}}
|
|
|
|2 (2003, 2009)
|-
|{{fbu|17|GUI}}
|
|
|
|1 (1985)
|-
|{{fbu|17|BHR}}
|
|
|
|1 (1989)
|-
|{{fbu|17|QAT}}
|
|
|
|1 (1991)
|-
|{{fbu|17|POL}}
|
|
|
|1 (1993)
|-
|{{fbu|17|OMA}}
|
|
|
|1 (1995)
|-
|{{fbu|17|USA}}
|
|
|
|1 (1999)
|-
|{{fbu|17|TUR}}
|
|
|
|1 (2005)
|}

:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup>''includes results representing West Germany''</div>
:<div id="2"><sup>2</sup>''includes results representing Soviet Union''</div>

===Performances by continental zones===
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[[Confederation of African Football|Africa]] is the most successful continental zone with seven tournament wins (five for [[Nigeria national under-17 football team|Nigeria]], two for [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana]]) and six times as runner-up. Notably the 1993 final was contested by two African teams, which was the first time the final had been contested by two teams from the same confederation. in 2015, a pair of African teams repeated the 1993 final with Mali replacing Ghana (disqualified for age violation), when Nigeria and Mali made it to the last two standing and Nigeria got their fifth win.

[[CONMEBOL|South America]] has four tournament wins–all by [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]]—and has been runner-up three times: [[Argentina national under-17 football team|Argentina]] has finished in third place on three occasions; [[Chile national under-17 football team|Chile]] has done so on one occasion; and [[Colombia national under-17 football team|Colombia]] has finished in fourth place twice, but neither of the latter two have ever appeared in the final.

[[UEFA|Europe]] has six tournaments wins (one each for [[Soviet Union national under-16 football team|USSR]], [[France national under-17 football team|France]], [[Switzerland national under-17 football team|Switzerland]], [[England national under-17 football team|England]], [[Germany national under-17 football team|Germany]] and [[Portugal national under-17 football team|Portugal]]) and has been runner-up eight times. [[Spain national under-17 football team|Spain]] has been runner-up on four occasions. Additionally [[Netherlands national under-17 football team|Netherlands]], [[Sweden men's national under-17 football team|Sweden]] and [[Italy national under-17 football team|Italy]] have won third-place medals in 2005, 2013, and 2025 respectively.

The [[CONCACAF]] zone has two tournament wins (for [[Mexico national under-17 football team|Mexico]] in 2005 and 2011). This confederation has reached the final four times (with Mexico).

[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] has one tournament win (for [[Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team|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 the male category. (''[[Australia national under-17 association football team|Australia]] was runner-up in 1999 but at that time was in the Oceania Football Confederation'').

[[Oceania Football Confederation|Oceania]] has no tournament wins and on one occasion was runner-up (for [[Australia national under-17 association football team|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 20 editions held so far, 10 (50 percent of the total) have been won by teams from North and Central America, Africa, and Asia.

{|class=wikitable
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!rowspan=2|Confederation (continent)
!colspan=4|Performances
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!Winners
!Runners-up
!Third
!Fourth
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|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF (Africa)]]
|'''7 times:''' [[Nigeria national under-17 football team|Nigeria]] (5), [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana]] (2)
|'''6 times:''' [[Nigeria national under-17 football team|Nigeria]] (3), [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana]] (2), [[Mali national under-17 football team|Mali]] (1)
|'''4 times:''' [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana]] (1), [[Ivory Coast national under-17 football team|Ivory Coast]] (1), [[Burkina Faso national under-17 football team|Burkina Faso]] (1), [[Mali national under-17 football team|Mali]] (1)
|'''3 times:''' [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana]] (1), [[Guinea national under-17 football team|Guinea]] (1), [[Mali national under-17 football team|Mali]] (1)
|-
|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|'''6 times:''' [[France national under-17 football team|France]] (1), [[Soviet Union national under-16 football team|Soviet Union]] (1), [[Switzerland national under-17 football team|Switzerland]] (1), [[England national under-17 football team|England]] (1), [[Germany national under-17 football team|Germany]] (1), [[Portugal national under-17 football team|Portugal]] (1)
|'''8 times:''' [[Spain national under-17 football team|Spain]] (4), [[Germany national under-17 football team|Germany]] (1), [[Scotland national under-17 football team|Scotland]] (1), [[France national under-17 football team|France]] (1), [[Austria national under-17 football team|Austria]] (1)
|'''10 times:''' [[Germany national under-17 football team|Germany]] (2), [[Spain national under-17 football team|Spain]] (2), [[Belgium national under-17 football team|Belgium]] (1), [[France national under-17 football team|France]] (1), [[Italy national under-17 football team|Italy]] (1), [[Netherlands national under-17 football team|Netherlands]] (1), [[Portugal national under-17 football team|Portugal]] (1), [[Sweden men's national under-17 football team|Sweden]] (1)
|'''5 times:''' [[Germany national under-17 football team|Germany]] (1), [[Italy national under-17 football team|Italy]] (1), [[Netherlands national under-17 football team|Netherlands]] (1), [[Poland national under-17 football team|Poland]] (1), [[Turkey national under-17 football team|Turkey]] (1)
|-
|[[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|'''4 times:''' [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]] (4)
|'''3 times:''' [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]] (2), [[Uruguay national under-17 football team|Uruguay]] (1)
|'''6 times:''' [[Argentina national under-17 football team|Argentina]] (3), [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]] (2), [[Chile national under-17 football team|Chile]] (1)
|'''7 times:''' [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]] (2), [[Argentina national under-17 football team|Argentina]] (3), [[Colombia national under-17 football team|Colombia]] (2)
|-
|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)]]
|'''2 times:''' [[Mexico national under-17 football team|Mexico]] (2)
|'''2 times:''' [[Mexico national under-17 football team|Mexico]] (2)
|'''None''' 
|'''2 times:''' [[Mexico national under-17 football team|Mexico]] (1), [[United States men's national under-17 soccer team|United States]] (1) 
|-
|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
|'''1 time:''' [[Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team|Saudi Arabia]] (1)
|'''None''' 
|'''None''' 
|'''3 times:''' [[Bahrain national under-17 football team|Bahrain]] (1), [[Qatar national under-17 football team|Qatar]] (1), [[Oman national under-17 football team|Oman]] (1)
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
|'''None''' 
|'''1 time:''' [[Australia national under-17 football team|Australia]] (1)
|'''None''' 
|'''None''' 
|}

==Awards==
The following awards are now presented:
* The '''Golden Ball''' is awarded to the most valuable player of the tournament;
* The '''Golden Boot''' is awarded to the top goalscorer of the tournament;
* The '''Golden Glove''' is awarded to the most valuable goalkeeper of the tournament;
* The '''FIFA Fair Play Trophy''' is presented to the team with the best disciplinary record in the tournament.

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!Golden Ball
!Golden Boot
!Goals
!Golden Glove
!FIFA Fair Play Trophy
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|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1985 China]]
|{{fbuicon|17|BRA|1968}} [[William César de Oliveira|William]]
|{{fbuicon|17|FRG}} [[Marcel Witeczek]]
|align=center|8
|rowspan="12" align=center|''Not awarded''
|{{fbu|17|FRG}}
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|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1987 Canada]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Philip Osondu|Philip Osundu]]
|{{fbuicon|17|CIV}} [[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Moussa Traoré]]
|align=center|5
|{{fbu|16|URS}}
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|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[1989 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1989 Scotland]]
|{{fbuicon|17|SCO}} [[James Will]]
|{{fbuicon|17|GUI}} [[Fodé Camara (footballer, born 1973)|Fode Camara]]
|align=center|3
|{{fbu|17|BHR|1972}}
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|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1991 Italy]]
|{{fbuicon|17|GHA}} [[Nii Lamptey]]
|{{fbuicon|17|BRA|1968}} [[Adriano Gerlin da Silva|Adriano]]
|align=center|4
|{{fbu|17|ARG}}
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1993 Japan]]
|{{fbuicon|17|GHA}} [[Daniel Addo (footballer, born 1976)|Daniel Addo]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Wilson Oruma]]
|align=center|6
|{{fbu|17|NGA}}
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|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1995 Ecuador]]
|{{fbuicon|17|OMA}} [[Mohammed Amar Al-Kathiri|Mohammed Al-Kathiri]]
|{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Daniel Allsopp]]
|align=center|5
|{{fbu|17|BRA}}
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|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1997 Egypt]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Sergio Santamaría]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[David Rodriguez Fraile|David]]
|align=center|7
|{{fbu|17|ARG}}
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|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1999 New Zealand]]
|{{fbuicon|17|USA}} [[Landon Donovan]]
|{{fbuicon|17|GHA}} [[Ishmael Addo]]
|align=center|7
|{{fbu|17|MEX}}
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|{{flagicon|TRI}} [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001 Trinidad and Tobago]]
|{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[Florent Sinama Pongolle]]
|{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[Florent Sinama Pongolle]]
|align=center|9
|{{fbu|17|NGA}}
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|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2003 Finland]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Cesc Fàbregas]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Cesc Fàbregas]]
|align=center|5
|{{fbu|17|CRC}}
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|{{flagicon|PER|football}} [[2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2005 Peru]]
|{{fbuicon|17|BRA}} [[Anderson (footballer, born 1988)|Anderson]]
|{{fbuicon|17|MEX}} [[Carlos Vela]]
|align=center|5
|{{fbu|17|PRK}}
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|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[2007 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2007 South Korea]]
|{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Toni Kroos]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Macauley Chrisantus]]
|align=center|7
|{{fbu|17|CRC}}
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|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2009 Nigeria]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Sani Emmanuel]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Borja González|Borja]]
|align=center|5
|{{fbuicon|17|SUI}} [[Benjamin Siegrist]]
|{{fbu|17|NGA}}
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|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2011 Mexico]]
|{{fbuicon|17|MEX}} [[Julio Gómez González|Julio Gómez]]
|{{fbuicon|17|CIV}} [[Souleymane Coulibaly]]
|align=center|9
|{{fbuicon|17|URU}} [[Jonathan Cubero]]
|{{fbu|17|JPN}}
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|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2013 United Arab Emirates]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Kelechi Iheanacho]]
|{{fbuicon|17|SWE}} [[Valmir Berisha]]
|align=center|7
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Dele Alampasu]]
|{{fbu|17|NGA}}
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|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2015 Chile]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Kelechi Nwakali]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NGA}} [[Victor Osimhen]]
|align=center|10
|{{fbuicon|17|MLI}} [[Samuel Diarra]]
|{{fbu|17|ECU}}
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|{{flagicon|IND}} [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2017 India]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ENG}} [[Phil Foden]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ENG}} [[Rhian Brewster]]
|align=center|8
|{{fbuicon|17|BRA}} [[Gabriel Brazão]]
|{{fbu|17|BRA}}
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|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2019 Brazil]]
|{{fbuicon|17|BRA}} [[Gabriel Veron]]
|{{fbuicon|17|NED}} [[Sontje Hansen]]
|align=center|6
|{{fbuicon|17|BRA}} [[Matheus Donelli]]
|{{fbu|17|ECU}}
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|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2023 Indonesia]]
|{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Paris Brunner]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ARG}} [[Agustín Ruberto]]
|align=center|8
|{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[Paul Argney]]
|{{fbu|17|ENG}}
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|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2025 Qatar]]
|{{fbuicon|17|POR}} [[Mateus Mide]]
|{{fbuicon|17|AUT}} [[Johannes Moser (footballer)|Johannes Moser]]
|align=center|8
|{{fbuicon|17|POR}} [[Romário Cunha]]
|{{fbu|17|CZE}}
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|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2026 Qatar]]
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|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2027 Qatar]]
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|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2028 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2028 Qatar]]
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|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2029 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2029 Qatar]]
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==Records and statistics==
{{Main|FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics}}

==See also==
* [[List of association football competitions]]
* [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
* [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc16hist.html World Championship for U-16/U-17 Teams] at the RSSSF.com 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170710192607/http://www.u-17fifaworldcup.com/ FIFA U17 WC] (archived)

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