List of the most successful nations in soccer junior championships

The list of the most successful nations at junior soccer championships includes all nations whose junior national teams have won at least one of the four major international junior tournaments organized by FIFA or the respective continental association. The ranking depends on whether a team has already won all four possible tournaments or less at least once. If this number is the same, the further ranking is based on the number of world championship titles and then the number of respective continental titles. The U-23 Africa Cup , the U23 Asian Championship , the U21 European Championship , the U15 South American Championship , the CONCACAF U-15 Championship and the U14 Asian Championship are not taken into account , as comparable tournaments in these age groups are not available on all six Soccer continents are played. The previous FIFA / UEFA youth tournaments are also not taken into account .

List of junior teams

So far, national junior teams from 66 countries have won one of the four possible major tournaments at least once.

of four possible tournaments won	country	U20 World Cup	U16 / 17 World Cup	Continental Championships U18 / 19/20	Continental Championships U16 / 17
4th	Brazil	5	3	11	12
	Ghana	1	2	3	2
	France	1	1	6th	2
	Soviet Union	1	1	2	1
3	Argentina	6th		5	3
	Portugal	2		3	6th
	Spain	1		9	9
	Germany	1		3	3
	England	1		2	2
	Nigeria		5	6th	2
	Mexico		2	13	6th
	Saudi Arabia		1	3	2
2	Serbia	1		1
	Ukraine	1		1
	Switzerland		1		1
	Australia			012 *	010 *
	South Korea			12	2
	New Zealand			6th	7th
	Iraq			5	1
	Egypt			4th	1
	Iran			4th	1
	Colombia			3	1
	North Korea			3	1
	United States			2	3
	Costa Rica			2	1
	Thailand			2	1
	China			1	2
	Japan			1	2
	Turkey			1	2
	Ireland			1	1
	Cameroon			1	1
	Qatar			1	1
	Poland			1	1
1	Yugoslavia	1
	Uruguay			8th
	Burma			7th
	Israel			006 **
	India			2
	Canada			2
	Tahiti			2
	Algeria			1
	Angola			1
	GDR			1
	Ecuador			1
	El Salvador			1
	Fiji			1
	Honduras			1
	Italy			1
	Republic of the Congo			1
	Morocco			1
	Zambia			1
	Scotland			1
	Syria			1
	Hungary			1
	UA Emirates			1
	Netherlands				3
	Oman				2
	Russia				2
	Burkina Faso				1
	Bolivia				1
	Ivory Coast				1
	Gambia				1
	Cuba				1
	Czechoslovakia				1
	Uzbekistan				1
	Mali				1

* Oceania
Championships ** Asian Championships

List of junior teams

So far, national junior teams from 23 countries have won at least one of the four possible major tournaments.

of four possible tournaments won	country	U19 / 20 World Cup	U17 World Cup	Continental Championships U18 / 19/20	Continental Championships U16 / 17
4th	Japan	1	1	5	3
	North Korea	2	2	1	3
3	Germany	3		6th	7th
	United States	3		5	3
	Spain		1	3	4th
	South Korea		1	2	1
2	France		1	5
	Brazil			8th	3
	New Zealand			6th	4th
	Canada			2	1
	Nigeria			2	1
	Mexico			1	1
1	Sweden			3
	Australia			02 *
	China			1
	Denmark			1
	England			1
	Italy			1
	Netherlands			1
	Russia			1
	Venezuela				2
	Colombia				1
	Poland				1

* Oceania Championships

See also

• List of the winning nations in major football tournaments