The FIFA U-15 World Cup is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 15 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
Qualification edit
The host nation of each tournament qualifies automatically. The remaining teams qualify through competitions organised by the six regional confederations. For the first edition of the tournament in 1985, all of the teams from Europe plus Bolivia appeared by invitation of FIFA.
Past Finals edit
| # | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
| 1 | 1999 Details |
 Hong Kong
|
 Ghana |
1–0 |  Spain |
 Argentina |
1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–1 (p) |
 Qatar |
16 | |||
| 2 | 2001 Details |
 Canada
|
16 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2003 Details |
 Malta
|
16 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2005 Details |
 Wales
|
16 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2007 Details |
 Costa Rica
|
16 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2009 Details |
 Botswana
|
16 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2011 Details |
 United States
|
24 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2013 Details |
 Bahrain
|
24 | |||||||||
| 9 | 2015 Details |
 Indonesia
|
24 | |||||||||
| 10 | 2017 Details |
 Philippines
|
24 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2019 Details |
 Dominican Republic
|
24 | |||||||||
| 12 | 2021 Details |
24 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 2023 Details |
24 | ||||||||||