1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
# 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

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

The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| - | - | - |
| AFC (Asia) | 1998 AFC Youth Championship | Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Saudi Arabia |
| CAF (Africa) | Host nation | Nigeria |
| CAF (Africa) | 1999 African Youth Championship | Cameroon Ghana Mali Zambia |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Costa Rica Honduras Mexico United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1999 South American Youth Championship | Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1998 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Croatia England Germany Portugal Republic of Ireland Spain |

    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## Venues

| Ibadan | Lagos | Enugu | Port Harcourt |
| - | - | - | - |
| Liberty Stadium | National Stadium | Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium | Liberation Stadium |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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| 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 |

## Group stage

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | B | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | A | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | F | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 6 | C | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 15 - Enugu | April 15 - Enugu | | | | | | |
| Mali (aet) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mali (aet) | 5 | April 18 - Enugu | April 18 - Enugu | | | | | |
| Cameroon | 4 | April 18 - Enugu | April 18 - Enugu | | | | |
| Cameroon | 4 | Mali | 3 | | | | |
| April 14 - Kano | April 14 - Kano | | Mali | 3 | | | | |
| April 14 - Kano | April 14 - Kano | Nigeria | 1 | | | | |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 (3) | Nigeria | 1 | | | | |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 (3) | | | | April 21 - Kaduna | April 21 - Kaduna | | |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | April 21 - Kaduna | April 21 - Kaduna | |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | Mali | 1 | |
| April 15 - Port Harcourt | April 15 - Port Harcourt | | | | | Mali | 1 | |
| April 15 - Port Harcourt | April 15 - Port Harcourt | | | | Spain | 3 | |
| Spain | 3 | | | | Spain | 3 | |
| Spain | 3 | April 18 - Kaduna | April 18 - Kaduna | | | | | |
| United States | 2 | April 18 - Kaduna | April 18 - Kaduna | | | | |
| United States | 2 | Spain (pen.) | 1 (8) | | | | |
| April 14 - Kaduna | April 14 - Kaduna | | Spain (pen.) | 1 (8) | | | | |
| April 14 - Kaduna | April 14 - Kaduna | Ghana | 1 (7) | | | | |
| Ghana | 2 | Ghana | 1 (7) | | | | |
| Ghana | 2 | | | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | | | | Spain | 4 |
| April 14 - Lagos | April 14 - Lagos | | | | | | | | Spain | 4 |
| April 14 - Lagos | April 14 - Lagos | | | | | | | Japan | 0 |
| Paraguay | 2 (9) | | | | | | | Japan | 0 |
| Paraguay | 2 (9) | April 18 - Lagos | April 18 - Lagos | | | | | | |
| Uruguay (pen.) | 2 (10) | April 18 - Lagos | April 18 - Lagos | | | | | | |
| Uruguay (pen.) | 2 (10) | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | | |
| April 14 - Calabar | April 14 - Calabar | | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | | |
| April 14 - Calabar | April 14 - Calabar | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | | | | April 21 - Lagos | April 21 - Lagos | | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | | | | April 21 - Lagos | April 21 - Lagos | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | | | | Uruguay | 1 | | | |
| April 15 - Bauchi | April 15 - Bauchi | | | | | Uruguay | 1 | | | |
| April 15 - Bauchi | April 15 - Bauchi | | | | Japan | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | Japan | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan (pen.) | 1 (5) | April 18 - Ibadan | April 18 - Ibadan | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Portugal | 1 (4) | April 18 - Ibadan | April 18 - Ibadan | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Portugal | 1 (4) | Japan | 2 | | | | | Mali | 1 |
| April 15 - Ibadan | April 15 - Ibadan | | Japan | 2 | | | | | Mali | 1 |
| April 15 - Ibadan | April 15 - Ibadan | Mexico | 0 | | | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Mexico | 4 | Mexico | 0 | | | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | | | | | |

### Final

| Spain | Japan |
| - | - |

## Result

* 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship winners
* Spain First title

## Goalscorers

5 goals

Mahamadou Dissa

Pablo Couñago

4 goals

Gaspard Komol

Peter Ofori-Quaye

Mamadou Bagayoko

Taylor Twellman

Javier Chevantón

3 goals

Fernando Baiano

Edu

Ronaldinho

Enrico Kern

Naohiro Takahara

Roque Santa Cruz

Gabri

Fernando Varela

2 goals

Francis Kioyo

Zvonimir Deranja

Baffour Gyan

Damien Duff

Richard Sadlier

Shinji Ono

Abdoulaye Camara

Tenema Ndiaye

Luis González

Rafael Márquez

Daniel Osorno

Juan Pablo Rodríguez

Hashimu Garba

Ganiyu Shittu

Simão

Seol Ki-Hyeon

José Barkero

Xavi

Bernard Makufi

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

Golden Shoe

Golden Ball

FIFA Fair Play Award

Pablo Couñago

Seydou Keita

 Croatia

Final ranking

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Final result

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

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)

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