Year Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth
1924 Poland (Warszawa)
Poland England
1927 Italy (Roma)
Italy 6 Austria 4 Hungary 2 Switzerland 0
1928 France (Paris)
Italy 5 Hungary 4 Czechoslovakia 3 France 0
1930 Germany (Darmstadt)
Italy 6 Germany 4 Luxembourg 2 France 0
1933 Italy (Torino)
Italy 4 Germany 4 Hungary 4 Latvia 0
1935 Hungary (Budapest)
Hungary 6 Germany 3 England 3 Latvia 0
1937 France (Paris)
Germany Hungary Latvia Belgium
1939 (official) Monaco (Monte Carlo)
Belgium Yugoslavia Luxembourg
1939 (unofficial) Germany (Wien)
Germany 4 Italy 2 Hungary 0
1947 France (Paris)
France Egypt Luxembourg, Netherlands
1949 Italy (Merano)
Italy 3-1 Egypt Germany 6-2 Spain
1951 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Spain 7 Belgium 6 Egypt 3 Switzerland 2
1953 Germany (Dortmund)
Yugoslavia 3-1 Spain Germany 2-0 Switzerland
1955 Spain (San Sebastián)
Egypt 3 Spain 2 Germany 1 Saar
Year Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth
1947 Czechoslovakia (Praha)
Czechoslovakia 3 Yugoslavia 2 Albania 1
NB: also considered the 9th edition of the World University Championships
(after the 8th edition 1939 in Monte Carlo)
1949 Hungary (Budapest)
Hungary 4 France 2 North Korea 0
NB: also considered the 10th edition of the World University Championships
1951 East Germany (Berlin)
Hungary Romania Czechoslovakia Poland
NB: also considered the 11th edition of the World University Championships
1953 Romania (Bucuresti)
Hungary Romania East Germany East Bengal
1954 Hungary (Budapest)
Romania Hungary Czechoslovakia Egypt
NB: not officially part of the World Youth and Students Festival series,
but considered the 12th edition of the World University Championships
1955 Poland
Bucuresti Budapest Warszawa Cairo
1957 Soviet Union (Moskva)
Soviet Union Hungary Czechoslovakia East Germany
1959 Austria (Wien)
Yugoslavia Soviet Union Hungary Austria
1962 Finland (Helsinki)
not known
1968 Bulgaria (Sofia)
no international football tournament
1973 East Germany (Oct-Berlin)
Czechoslovakia East Germany Poland Romania
NB: it is not clear whether the 1962 edition ("Tournoi international universitaire") was
officially part of the series.
Final Third Place Match
1962 Belgium
Belgium 3-2 Yugoslavia West Germany 4-0 Austria
1966 Spain (Pontevedra)
Spain 3-0 Yugoslavia Romania 2-1 West Germany
1970 Yugoslavia (Skopje)
Soviet Union 2-1 Spain France 2-1 Romania
1972 Romania
Romania 1-0 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 1-0 Spain
1974 France (Nice)
Romania 4-1 Bulgaria Luxembourg 1-0 France
1976 Uruguay
South Korea 2-1 Paraguay Netherlands
1982 Mexico
Mexico 0-0 France [pen] West Germany
Year Venue Winners Runners-Up 1984 Brazil (São Paulo) Brazil Paraguay 1990 Italy (Parma) Italy Spain 1992 Spain (Málaga) Spain Belgium 1994 Cyprus (Nicosia) Russia Spain 1996 Finland (Jyväskylä) Brazil Russia 1998 Portugal (Braga) Ukraine Russia 2000 Brazil (João Pessoa) Brazil Italy 2002 Hungary (Nyíregyháza) Russia Italy 2004 Spain (Palma de Mallorca) Ukraine Brazil 2006 Poland (Poznan) Russia Brazil 2008 Slovenia (Koper) Portugal Ukraine [women] 2008 Brazil (Vitoria) Brazil Portugal
Final Third Place Match
1979 Mexico (football tournament not official)
Mexico 5-3 Uruguay Romania 4-1 Netherlands
1981 Romania (Bucuresti)
no football tournament
1983 Canada (Edmonton)
no football tournament
1985 Japan (Kobe)
North Korea 1-0 Uruguay China 4-2 Japan
1987 Yugoslavia (Zagreb)
Soviet Union 5-0 South Korea North Korea 3-0 China
1989 West Germany (Duisburg)
no football tournament
1991 England (Sheffield)
South Korea 0-0 Netherlands [p] Great Britain 2-1 Uruguay
1993 USA (Buffalo)
Czech Republic 2-1 South Korea Germany 2-1 Great Britain
[women]
China 2-1 USA Russia 2-0 Taiwan
1995 Japan (Fukuoka)
Japan 2-0 South Korea Russia 3-1 Ukraine
1997 Italy (Palermo)
Italy 1-0 South Korea USA 2-1 Ukraine
1999 Spain (Palma de Mallorca)
Spain 2-1 Italy [aet] Brazil 2-2 Czech Rep. [5-4 pen]
2001 China (Beijing)
Japan 1-0 Ukraine South Korea 0-0 China [5-4 pen]
[women]
Brazil 2-1 Netherlands [aet] South Korea 4-3 France
2003 South Korea (Daegu)
Japan 3-2 Italy Czech Rep. 3-1 Morocco
[women]
North Korea 3-0 Japan China 2-0 Taiwan
2005 Turkey (Izmir)
Japan 3-3 Italy [3-2 pen] Morocco 1-1 Brazil [4-3 pen]
[women]
Brazil 2-1 China Japan 2-0 France
2007 Thailand (Bangkok)
Ukraine 1-0 Italy Thailand 1-1 Canada [5-3 pen]
[women]
North Korea 1-0 Russia Brazil 2-1 Ireland
2009 Serbia (Beograd)
Ukraine 3-2 Italy Japan 1-0 Great Britain
[women]
South Korea 4-1 Japan Great Britain 4-1 France
2011 China (Shenzhen)
Japan 2-0 Great Britain Brazil 2-0 Russia
[women]
China 2-1 Japan Brazil 4-1 France
2013 Kazan (Russia)
France 3-2 Great Britain Japan 3-0 Russia
[women]
Great Britain 6-2 Mexico Brazil 2-1 South Africa
2015 Gwangju (South Korea)
Italy 3-0 South Korea Japan 0-0 Brazil [7-6 pen]
[women]
France 2-0 Russia Japan 5-0 Canada
2017 Taipei (Taiwan)
Japan 1-0 France Mexico 0-0 Uruguay [5-3 pen]
[women]
Brazil 1-0 Japan [aet] Russia 5-0 South Africa
2019 Napoli (Italy)
Japan 4-1 Brazil Italy 2-2 Russia [4-3 pen]
[women]
North Korea 2-1 Japan Russia 2-2 Ireland [4-2 pen]
2023 Chengdu (China)
no football tournament
Medal Table (Men)
Country G S B tot
Japan 7 3 10
Italy 2 5 1 8
Ukraine 2 1 3
South Korea 1 5 1 7
France 1 1 2
Czech Republic 1 1 2
Mexico 1 1 2
North Korea 1 1 2
Soviet Union 1 1
Spain 1 1
Great Britain 2 1 3
Uruguay 2 2
Brazil 1 2 3
Netherlands 1 1
China 1 1
Germany 1 1
Morocco 1 1
Romania 1 1
Russia 1 1
Thailand 1 1
United States 1 1
Medal Table (Women)
Country G S B tot
Brazil 3 3 6
North Korea 3 3
China 2 1 1 4
Great Britain 1 1 2
South Korea 1 1 2
France 1 1
Japan 5 2 7
Russia 2 3 5
Mexico 1 1
Netherlands 1 1
United States 1 1
Medal Table (Combined)
Country G S B tot
Japan 7 5 5 17
North Korea 4 1 5
Brazil 3 1 5 9
South Korea 2 5 2 9
Italy 2 5 1 8
China 2 1 2 5
France 2 1 0 3
Ukraine 2 1 0 3
Great Britain 1 2 2 5
Mexico 1 1 1 3
Czech Republic 1 1 2
Soviet Union 1 1
Spain 1 1
Russia 2 4 6
Netherlands 2 2
Uruguay 2 2
United States 1 1 2
Germany 1 1
Morocco 1 1
Romania 1 1
Thailand 1 1
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Authors: Giovanni Armillotta, Erik Garin and Roberto Di Maggio
Last updated: 24 Aug 2023
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