The 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be the 25th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It will mark the 50th anniversary of the tournament.
| FIFA U-20 Dünya Çempionatı Azərbaycan–Özbəkistan 2027 FIFA U-20 Jahon Chempionati Ozarbayjon–Oʻzbekiston 2027 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Azerbaijan Uzbekistan |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
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The tournament will be co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, who are both hosting their second FIFA tournament, having respectively hosted the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. It will also be the first FIFA youth tournament to be co-hosted, as well as the second FIFA tournament overall, to be co-hosted by countries from two confederations, following the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Morocco are the defending champions.
Host selection
The following countries expressed interest in bidding:
- Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan
- Indonesia and Singapore
- Peru
Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan were announced as the 2027 U-20 World Cup hosts following the FIFA Council meeting on 2 October 2025 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Preparations
- On 15 December 2025, Azerbaijan set up their organising committee.
Venues
It is expected that each country will host 26 matches including 18 group stage games, 4 round of 16 games, 2 quarter-finals and a semi-final.
Teams
A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 22 teams will qualify from six separate continental competitions. On 2 October 2025, the FIFA Council approved an amended slot allocation which includes the first ever intercontinental play-off series for a FIFA youth tournament. The slot for the host nation will be taken directly from the quotas allocated to their confederation.
- AFC (Asia): 5 slots (including Uzbekistan)
- CAF (Africa): 4 slots
- CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean): 4 slots
- CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots
- OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
- UEFA (Europe): 5 slots (including Azerbaijan)
- Inter-confederation play-off tournament: 1 slot
A four-team play-off tournament will decide the final slot in the competition. The play-off slot allocation is as follows:
- AFC (Asia): 1 slot
- CONMEBOL (South America): 1 slot
- OFC (Oceania): 1 slot
- UEFA (Europe): 1 slot
The competition will be held at a neutral venue and will consist of two single leg semi-finals and a final, with the winner of the final qualifying.
Qualified teams
| Qualifying tournament | Team | Qualification date | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance | |||
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| Total | First | Last | Streak | ||||
| Host nation | Azerbaijan | 2 October 2025 | 1st | Debut | |||
| Uzbekistan | 6th | 2003 | 2023 | 1 | Quarter-finals (2013, 2015) | ||
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