2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 New Zealand
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| Dates | May 30 – June 20 |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Serbia (2nd title)
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| Runners-up |
 Brazil
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| Third place |
 Mali
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| Fourth place |
 Senegal
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 154 (2.96 per match) |
| Attendance | 396,668 (7,628 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Bence Mervó Viktor Kovalenko(5 goals each) |
| Best player |
Adama Traoré
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| Best goalkeeper |
Predrag Rajković
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| Fair play award |
Ukraine
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The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after Australia staged the 1981 and 1993 editions. A total of 52 matches were played in seven host cities.
During the first meeting of the local organising committee in January 2013, provisional dates of June 19 to July 11 were given towards hosting of games, with a final decision on stadiums and cities originally meant to be taken in February 2013. Two more postponements then followed.
France, the 2013 champions, were not be able to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the UEFA qualifying tournament. In doing so, they became the fourth consecutive incumbent title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament.
Serbia won the final against Brazil 2–1, becoming the first team representing the country to win a FIFA competition title since their independence from Yugoslavia and the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslavia previously won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Four FIFA member associations officially submitted their bids to host the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup by the deadline of 11 February 2011. On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held for the first time in New Zealand. This is the third FIFA competition staged in this country, after the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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