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Under-17 World Championship History
Year  Host  Winner  Runner-Up  Score  Awards 
1999  New Zealand  Brazil  Australia  0:0 a.e.t.
7:8 p.k. 
Golden Ball: Donovan, USA
Golden Shoe: Addo, GHA (7goals)
Fair Play Prize: Mexico  
1997  Egypt  Brazil  Ghana  2:1(0:1)  Golden Ball: Sergio, ESP
Golden Shoe: David, ESP (7goals)
Fair Play Prize: Argentina  
1995  Ecuador  Ghana  Brazil  3:2(2:0)  Golden Ball: Kathiri, OMN
Golden Shoe:Allsop, AUS (5 goals)
Fair Play Prize: Brazil  
1993  Japan  Nigeria  Ghana  2:1(1:0)  Golden Ball: Addo, GHA
Golden Shoe: Oruma, NGA (6 goals)
Fair Play Prize: Nigeria  
1991  Italy  Ghana  Spain  1:0(1:0)  Golden Ball: Lamptey, GHA
Golden Shoe: Adriano, BRA (4 goals)
Fair Play Prize: Argentina  
1989  Scotland  Saudi Arabia  Scotland  2:2(2:2,0:0)
5:4 p.k. 
Golden Ball: Will, SCO
Golden Shoe: Fode, FUI (3 goals)
Fair Play Prize: Bahrain  
1987  Canada  USSR  Nigeria  1:1(1:1,1:1)
4:2 p.k. 
Golden Ball: Osundo, NGA & Traore, CIV
Golden Shoe: Traore, CIV (5 goals)
Fair Play Prize: USSR  
1985  China  Nigeria  West Germany  2:1(1:0)  Golden Ball: de Oliviera, BRA
Golden Shoe: Witeczek, GER (8 goals)
Fair Play Prize: West Germany  
 

Facts

  • Spain scored 22 goals in the 1997 competition in Egypt, which is the highest number of goals scored over the course of the U-17 Championship.
  • Trinidad and Tobago is competing in its first ever U-17 Championship.
  • The greatest number of spectators to watch a match in the history of the U-17 Championship is 80,000 at Beijing, China on August 11, 1985.
  • The United States is the only team to appear in all eight U-17 tournaments since its inception, but they have never made it to the final game.

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