1999 South American U-20 Championship
# 1999 South American U-20 Championship

The 1999 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) is a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Argentina between 5 and 25 January 1999, the 23rd time the competition had been held and the 2nd to take place in the country. Argentina finished undefeated, winning their 3rd trophy.

## Format

The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Squads

For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 1999 South American Youth Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

* Argentina (host)
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## First group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Chile | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| Peru | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraguay | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Brazil | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Colombia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 |

## Final group

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Brazil | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Peru | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Chile | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 17 January | Peru | 2–1 | Paraguay |
| | Brazil | 2–3 | Chile |
| | Argentina | 0–1 | Uruguay |
| 19 January | Paraguay | 1–3 | Brazil |
| | Chile | 1–2 | Uruguay |
| | Peru | 0–5 | Argentina |
| 21 January | Chile | 2–3 | Paraguay |
| | Uruguay | 0–0 | Peru |
| | Argentina | 2–1 | Brazil |
| 23 January | Paraguay | 1–0 | Uruguay |
| | Brazil | 6–0 | Peru |
| | Chile | 0–1 | Argentina |
| 25 January | Peru | 2–2 | Chile |
| | Uruguay | 2–2 | Brazil |
| | Argentina | 1–0 | Paraguay |

* 1999 South American Youth Championship winners
* Argentina Third title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Paraguay
* Uruguay
