France saturday won their first FIFA Under-20 World Cup with a 4-1 win on penalties over Uruguay after a 0-0 draw in normal and extra-time in the final. After a hard-fought but ultimately unappealing contest in the Turkish capital of Istanbul, Uruguay's hopes were buried as they missed their first two penalties.

They scored their third and final penalty to make it 3-1, but France slammed home the winning penalty to complete a historic win before a sparse crowd for such a match.

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba netted France's first penalty in the shoot-out, and they never looked back from that point onwards as the South Americans lost their cool when it mattered most.

Ghana had claimed third place in the finals earlier in the day with a 3-0 win over Iraq in the third/fourth place play-off courtesy of goals from Joseph Attamah, Ebenezer Assifuah and Frank Acheampong.