Keeping the Streak Alive

As you know by now, the U.S. is the only country to qualify for every FIFA U-17 World Cup (formerly the FIFA U-16 World Championship) since the tournament’s inception in 1985 – a total of 13 tournaments.

Some other notable and seemingly perennial U-17 qualifiers:

Team	U-17s WCs	Notes
Brazil	11	2009 South American qualifying is currently underway
Argentina	9	With No. 10 possibly pending, see above
Nigeria	8	Three time winners, includes automatic bid as ‘09 host
Germany	7	Includes Germany FR (’85) and Germany DR (’87, ’89)