FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup
	The trophy awarded since 2013
Organising body	FIFA
Founded	1977
Region	Worldwide
Number of teams	24 (finals)
Related competitions	FIFA World Cup
Current champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Argentina (6 titles)
Website	FIFA U-20 World Cup
	2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when it was hosted by Tunisia^[1] under the tournament name of FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005.^[2] In 2007 the name was changed to its present form. FIFA bills the men's Under-20 World Cup as "the tournament of tomorrow's superstars."^[3] Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba are previous winners of the official player of the tournament award, and Erling Haaland was the top scorer at the 2019 edition. The current title holder is Uruguay, which won its first title at the 2023 tournament in Argentina.

^ CBC.ca Archived 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Tolmich, Ryan (18 May 2023). "Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Erling Haaland and the superstars who have dominated the U20 World Cup". Goal.
^ "Indonesia stripped of hosting Under-20 World Cup by FIFA". Associated Press News. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[1] CBC.ca Archived 22 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Tolmich, Ryan (18 May 2023). "Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Erling Haaland and the superstars who have dominated the U20 World Cup". Goal.

[3] "Indonesia stripped of hosting Under-20 World Cup by FIFA". Associated Press News. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

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