1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 158 (3.04 per match) |
Attendance | 624,400 (12,008 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
← 1997 2001 → |
International football competition
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) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1998 AFC Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CAF (Africa) | Host nation | ![]() |
1999 African Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1999 South American Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OFC (Oceania) | 1998 OFC U-20 Championship | ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Venues
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 |
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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 |
Squads
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 |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
Nigeria ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Aghahowa ![]() | (Report) | Meléndez ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Garita ![]() | (Report) | Santa Cruz ![]() Vera ![]() Cuevas ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Brenes ![]() Santana ![]() | (Report) | Timm ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Ghana ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ofori-Quaye ![]() | (Report) | Deranja ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cambiasso ![]() | (Report) |
Ghana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ofori-Quaye ![]() | (Report) |
Croatia ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Deranja ![]() Miladin ![]() Sabolčki ![]() Banović ![]() Bjelanović ![]() | (Report) | Urazayev ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Gyan ![]() Adu ![]() | (Report) |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Australia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Culina ![]() Maisano ![]() Al-Garni ![]() | (Report) | Dabo ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Márquez ![]() | (Report) |
Australia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Sterjovski ![]() | (Report) | Márquez ![]() J. Rodríguez ![]() Osorno ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | McPhail ![]() Duff ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Sadlier ![]() Duff ![]() Healy ![]() Crossley ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Saqri ![]() | (Report) | L. González ![]() |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
South Korea ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Kim K.H. ![]() | (Report) | R. Sousa ![]() Simão ![]() |
Uruguay ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Chevantón ![]() | (Report) |
Mali ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Am. Coulibaly ![]() Ndiaye ![]() | (Report) | P. Costa ![]() |
Mali ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Dissa ![]() Bagayoko ![]() | (Report) | Seol K.H. ![]() Na H.K. ![]() Lee D.G. ![]() |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
England ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Califf ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Kioyo ![]() | (Report) | Twellman ![]() Bocanegra ![]() |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Zambia ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Sinkala ![]() | (Report) | Ronaldinho ![]() Aurélio ![]() Baiano ![]() Mancini ![]() Rodrigo Gral ![]() |
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | E | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | D | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | B | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | A | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | F | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
6 | C | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
April 15 - Enugu | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Enugu | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Kano | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
April 21 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
April 15 - Port Harcourt | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (8) | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (7) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
April 24 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (9) | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (10) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Calabar | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
April 21 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
April 15 - Bauchi | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Ibadan | April 24 - Lagos | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||
April 15 - Ibadan | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Sadlier ![]() | (Report) | Ikedia ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Crossley ![]() Donnolly ![]() Heary ![]() Quinn ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Afriyie ![]() Ofori-Quaye ![]() | (Report) |
Paraguay ![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Santa Cruz ![]() | (Report) | Chevantón ![]() Forlán ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Santa Cruz ![]() Maldonado ![]() Escobar ![]() Blanco ![]() Da Silva ![]() Florentín ![]() Domínguez ![]() Vera ![]() Cuevas ![]() Giménez ![]() Santa Cruz ![]() | 9–10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Ronaldinho ![]() Fernando Baiano ![]() Edu ![]() | (Report) |
Japan ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Endo ![]() | (Report) | Marco Claúdio ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Ono ![]() Nakata ![]() Motoyama ![]() Takahara ![]() Sakai ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Pablo ![]() Xavi ![]() | (Report) | Twellman ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Osorno ![]() E. Rodríguez ![]() J. Rodríguez ![]() L. González ![]() | (Report) | Galletti ![]() |
Mali ![]() | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Ndiaye ![]() Bagayoko ![]() Camara ![]() Dissa ![]() | (Report) | Komol ![]() Mbami ![]() Kioyo ![]() |
Quarter-finals
Uruguay ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Anchen ![]() Canobbio ![]() | (Report) | Fernando Baiano ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Barkero ![]() | (Report) | Ofori-Quaye ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Xavi ![]() Lombardero ![]() Yeste ![]() García ![]() Jusué ![]() Bermudo ![]() Marchena ![]() Orbaiz ![]() Varela ![]() | 8–7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spain | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Japan |
Result
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
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![]() Spain First title |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Gaspard Komol
Peter Ofori-Quaye
Mamadou Bagayoko
Taylor Twellman
Javier Chevantón
- 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
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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Final ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 17 | Champions |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 15 | Third place |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | |
7 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
10 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
12 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
13 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
14 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
15 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
16 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
17 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
18 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
19 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
20 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
21 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
22 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |
23 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | |
24 | ![]() | 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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