1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
Appearance
FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Nigeria |
Dates | 3–24 April |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (1st title) |
Runners-up | Japan |
Third place | Mali |
Fourth place | Uruguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 158 (3.04 per match) |
Attendance | 624,400 (12,008 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Pablo Couñago Mahamadou Dissa (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | Seydou Keita |
Fair play award | Croatia |
← 1997 2001 → |
The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
Qualification
[edit]The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Venues
[edit]Ibadan | Lagos | Enugu | Port Harcourt |
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Liberty Stadium | National Stadium | Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium | Liberation Stadium |
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
Kano | Calabar | Kaduna | Bauchi |
Sani Abacha Stadium | U.J. Esuene Stadium | Ahmadu Bello Stadium | Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium |
Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Nigeria (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
Costa Rica | 1–3 | Paraguay |
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Garita 30' | (Report) | Santa Cruz 26' Vera 50' Cuevas 66' |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Ghana | 1–1 | Croatia |
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Ofori-Quaye 68' | (Report) | Deranja 22' |
Argentina | 1–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Cambiasso 44' | (Report) |
Ghana | 1–0 | Argentina |
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Ofori-Quaye 76' | (Report) |
Croatia | 5–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Deranja 7' Miladin 11' Sabolčki 34' Banović 79' Bjelanović 88' |
(Report) | Urazayev 67' |
Ghana | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Gyan 51', 69' Adu 53' |
(Report) |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Mexico | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Márquez 10' | (Report) |
Australia | 1–3 | Mexico |
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Sterjovski 45' | (Report) | Márquez 2' J. Rodríguez 58' Osorno 83' |
Saudi Arabia | 0–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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(Report) | McPhail 42' Duff 65' |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Mexico |
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Al-Saqri 37' | (Report) | L. González 30' |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Uruguay | 1–0 | South Korea |
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Chevantón 3' | (Report) |
Mali | 2–4 | South Korea |
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Dissa 57' Bagayoko 60' |
(Report) | Seol K.H. 3', 35' Na H.K. 22' (pen.) Lee D.G. 69' |
Group E
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
England | 0–1 | United States |
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(Report) | Califf 12' |
Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Zambia | 1–5 | Brazil |
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Sinkala 39' | (Report) | Ronaldinho 27' Aurélio 45' Baiano 65' Mancini 69' Rodrigo Gral 80' |
Ranking of third-placed teams
[edit]Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | E | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | D | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | B | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | A | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | F | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
6 | C | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
April 15 - Enugu | ||||||||||||||
Mali (aet) | 5 | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Enugu | ||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 4 | |||||||||||||
Mali | 3 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Kano | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||||||
Republic of Ireland | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
April 21 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
Mali | 1 | |||||||||||||
April 15 - Port Harcourt | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spain (pen.) | 1 (8) | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
Ghana | 1 (7) | |||||||||||||
Ghana | 2 | |||||||||||||
April 24 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 4 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
Paraguay | 2 (9) | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
Uruguay (pen.) | 2 (10) | |||||||||||||
Uruguay | 2 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Calabar | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 4 | |||||||||||||
April 21 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
Croatia | 0 | |||||||||||||
Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||||||
April 15 - Bauchi | ||||||||||||||
Japan | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Japan (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Ibadan | April 24 - Lagos | |||||||||||||
Portugal | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
Japan | 2 | Mali | 1 | |||||||||||
April 15 - Ibadan | ||||||||||||||
Mexico | 0 | Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 4 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 1 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
[edit]Republic of Ireland | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
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Sadlier 35' | (Report) | Ikedia 70' |
Penalties | ||
Crossley Donnolly Heary Quinn |
3–5 | Ikedia Okunowo Aranka Dombraye Shittu |
Ghana | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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Afriyie 18' Ofori-Quaye 82' |
(Report) |
Paraguay | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Uruguay |
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Santa Cruz 62' (pen.), 86' | (Report) | Chevantón 32' Forlán 49' |
Penalties | ||
Santa Cruz Maldonado Escobar Blanco Da Silva Florentín Domínguez Vera Cuevas Giménez Santa Cruz |
9–10 | Canobbio Cardozo Pellegrín Carini Anchén Sorondo Correa Machado Carreño Carini Canobbio |
Brazil | 4–0 | Croatia |
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Ronaldinho 21' (pen.), 45' Fernando Baiano 48' (pen.) Edu 68' |
(Report) |
Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Portugal |
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Endo 48' | (Report) | Marco Claúdio 80' |
Penalties | ||
Ono Nakata Motoyama Takahara Sakai |
5–4 | Simão Marco Cláudio Sousa Costa Leal |
Mexico | 4–1 | Argentina |
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Osorno 52' E. Rodríguez 55' J. Rodríguez 67' L. González 88' |
(Report) | Galletti 41' |
Mali | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | Cameroon |
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Ndiaye 9' Bagayoko 67' Camara 83' Dissa 90', 104' |
(Report) | Komol 10', 74' Mbami 23' Kioyo 26' |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Ghana |
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Barkero 54' (pen.) | (Report) | Ofori-Quaye 90' |
Penalties | ||
Xavi Lombardero Yeste García Jusué Bermudo Marchena Orbaiz Varela |
8–7 | Ansah Razak Appiah Amuzu Mohammed Gyan Abdul Ofori-Quaye Blay |
Semi-finals
[edit]Third place play-off
[edit]Final
[edit]Spain
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Japan
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Result
[edit]1999 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
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Spain First title |
Goalscorers
[edit]- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Esteban Cambiasso
- Luciano Galletti
- Jason Culina
- John Maisano
- Mile Sterjovski
- Fábio Aurélio
- Rodrigo Gral
- Mancini
- Matuzalém
- Modeste M'bami
- Alberto Brenes
- Mauricio Garita
- Allan Meléndez
- Esteban Santana
- Ivica Banović
- Saša Bjelanović
- Darko Miladin
- Silvester Sabolčki
- Patrick Falk
- Christian Timm
- Tutu Adu
- Owusu Afriyie
- Julio César de León
- Carlos Oliva
- Maynor Suazo
- Garry Crossley
- Colin Healy
- Stephen McPhail
- Yasuhito Endō
- Tatsuya Ishikawa
- Masashi Motoyama
- Yuichiro Nagai
- Mitsuo Ogasawara
- Yerlan Urazayev
- Amadou Coulibaly
- Mahamadou Diarra
- Seydou Keita
- Eduardo Rodríguez
- Julius Aghahowa
- Pius Ikedia
- Nelson Cuevas
- Sergio Fernández
- Rubén Maldonado
- Nelson Vera
- Marco Claúdio
- Paulo Costa
- Ricardo Sousa
- Saleh Al-Saqri
- Mohamad Dabo
- Kim Kun-Hyung
- Lee Dong-Gook
- Na Hee-Keun
- Rubén Suárez
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Danny Califf
- Ryan Futagaki
- Jorge Anchen
- Fabián Canobbio
- Diego Forlán
- Japhet Makayi
- Ronald Mbambara
- Andrew Sinkala
Awards
[edit]Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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Pablo Couñago | Seydou Keita | Croatia |
Final ranking
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Spain | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 17 | Champions |
2 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | Runners-up |
3 | Mali | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 15 | Third place |
4 | Uruguay | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Fourth place |
5 | Ghana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | |
7 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | |
8 | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | |
9 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
10 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | |
11 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
12 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
13 | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
14 | Croatia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
15 | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
16 | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
17 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
18 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
19 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
20 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
21 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
22 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |
23 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | |
24 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Source: rsssf.com
External links
[edit]- FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999 Archived 2017-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1999
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)