National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals.

Debut of national teams

Year	Debutants
1985	Argentina  Australia  Bolivia  Brazil  China PR  Congo  Costa Rica  Guinea  Hungary  Italy Mexico  Nigeria  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  United States  West Germany[1]
1987	Canada  Côte d'Ivoire  Ecuador  Egypt  France  South Korea  Soviet Union[2]
1989	Bahrain  Colombia  Cuba  East Germany  Ghana  Portugal  Scotland
1991	Spain  Sudan  United Arab Emirates  Uruguay
1993	Chile  Czechoslovakia[3]  Japan  Poland  Tunisia
1995	Oman
1997	Austria  Mali  New Zealand  Thailand
1999	Burkina Faso  Jamaica  Paraguay
2001	Croatia  Iran  Trinidad and Tobago
2003	Cameroon  Finland  Sierra Leone  Yemen
2005	Gambia  North Korea  Netherlands  Peru  Turkey
2007	Belgium  England  Haiti  Honduras  Syria  Tajikistan[2]  Togo
2009	Algeria  Malawi  Switzerland
2011	Czech Republic[3]  Denmark  Panama  Rwanda  Uzbekistan[2]

Comprehensive team results in each World Cup

Teams that have finished in the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Nigeria	3 (1985, 1993, 2007)	3 (1987, 2001, 2009)
Brazil	3 (1997, 1999, 2003)	2 (1995, 2005)	1 (1985)	1 (2011)
Ghana	2 (1991, 1995)	2 (1993, 1997)	1 (1999)	1 (2007)
Mexico	2 (2005, 2011)
Soviet Union	1 (1987)
Saudi Arabia	1 (1989)
France	1 (2001)
Switzerland	1 (2009)
Spain		3 (1991, 2003, 2007)	2 (1997, 2009)
Germany		1 (1985)	2 (2007, 2011)	1 (1997)
Scotland		1 (1989)
Australia		1 (1999)
Uruguay		1 (2011)
Argentina			3 (1991, 1995, 2003)	1 (2001)
Côte d'Ivoire			1 (1987)
Portugal			1 (1989)
Chile			1 (1993)
Burkina Faso			1 (2001)
Netherlands			1 (2005)
Colombia				2 (2003, 2009)
Guinea				1 (1985)
Italy				1 (1987)
Bahrain				1 (1989)
Qatar				1 (1991)
Poland				1 (1993)
Oman				1 (1995)
United States				1 (1999)
Turkey				1 (2005)

Results of host nations

Year	Host Nation	Finish
1985	China PR	Quarter-finals
1987	Canada	Round 1
1989	Scotland	Finalist
1991	Italy	Round 1
1993	Japan	Quarter-finals
1995	Ecuador	Quarter-finals
1997	Egypt	Quarter-finals
1999	New Zealand	Round 1
2001	Trinidad and Tobago	Round 1
2003	Finland	Round 1
2005	Peru	Round 1
2007	South Korea	Round 1
2009	Nigeria	Finalist
2011	Mexico	Champions

Notes

1. ^ FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
2. ^ ^{a b c} The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
3. ^ ^{a b} Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor teams of Czechoslovakia.