1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates 10–27 November
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up  Australia
Third place  Ghana
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance 216,853 (6,777 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ghana Ishmael Addo
(7 goals)
Best player United States Landon Donovan
Egypt 1997
Trinidad and Tobago 2001

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1999, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 November and 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate in this tournament.

Contents

Venues [edit]

City / Town Stadium Host club(s) Capacity
Auckland North Harbour Stadium 25,000
Napier McLean Park 21,000
Christchurch Queen Elizabeth II Park Christchurch United 20,000
Dunedin Carisbrook 29,000

New Zealand's capital city Wellington was not allocated any matches as the city's only venue at the time - Athletic Park - was not deemed adequate by FIFA as a match venue.

Teams [edit]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) AFC U-17 Championship 1998  Thailand
 Qatar
CAF (Africa) 1999 African Under-17 Championship  Ghana
 Burkina Faso1
 Mali
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)
1999 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament  Jamaica1
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1999 South American Under 17 Football Championship  Brazil
 Paraguay1
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 1999 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship  Spain
 Poland
 Germany
Host nation  New Zealand

 Australia qualified for the tournament after two-leg playoff matches with 3rd Place winner of AFC U-17 Championship 1998,  Bahrain

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Matches [edit]

Group A [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 7
 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 6 2 4 4
 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 3 8 -5 3
 Poland 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2


10 November 1999
19:30
New Zealand  1 – 2  United States North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 14,103
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Mulligan Goal 16' Report Thompson Goal 69'
DonovanGoal 74'

11 November 1999
19:30
Uruguay  1 – 1  Poland North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,623
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Alvarez Goal 46' Report Madej Goal 51'

13 November 1999
13:45
New Zealand  0 – 5  Uruguay North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Report Lapolla Goal 42'
Peralta Goal 45+1'
Leal Goal 63'
Martinez Goal 71'
Meneses Goal 77'

13 November 1999
16:00
United States  1 – 1  Poland North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Robert Troxler Ayala (Paraguay)
Donovan Goal 89' (pen.) Report Madej Goal 43' (pen.)

16 November 1999
18:00
Poland  1 – 2  New Zealand North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Mierzejewski Goal 88' Report Mulligan Goal 53'
Pearce Goal 64'

16 November 1999
20:15
United States  1 – 0  Uruguay North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Onyewu Goal 90' Report

Group B [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 2 1 0 12 2 10 7
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
 Spain 3 1 1 1 7 2 5 4
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 17 -16 0


11 November 1999
16:00
Ghana  1 – 1  Spain McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Atiku Goal 45+2' Report Mario Goal 90+7'

11 November 1999
18:15
Mexico  4 – 0  Thailand McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Estrada Goal 7'
Galindo Goal 38'
Ramirez Goal 53'
Grijalva Goal 76'
Report

13 November 1999
13:45
Spain  6 – 0  Thailand McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad & Tobago)
Aitor Goal 35'44'90+1'
Albert Goal 42'
Ernesto Goal 45+1'
Jonathan Goal 80'
Report

13 November 1999
16:00
Ghana  4 – 0  Mexico McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Lamptey Goal 38'75'
Atiku Goal 71'89'
Report

16 November 1999
16:00
Thailand  1 – 7  Ghana McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,056
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Suriya Goal 62' Report Don-Bortey Goal 7'16'50'
Addo Goal 22'28'52'
Obodai Goal 90+1'

16 November 1999
18:15
Spain  0 – 1  Mexico McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,056
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Report Vallejeo Goal 38'

Group C [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 6
 Brazil 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 5
 Germany 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2
 Mali 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 2


12 November 1999
13:45
Brazil  2 – 1  Australia QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Marquinhos Goal 31'
Carlos Henrique Goal 66'
Report MacAllister Goal 81'

12 November 1999
16:00
Mali  0 – 0  Germany QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Report

14 November 1999
16:00
Australia  2 – 1  Germany QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Issack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
Cansdell-Sherriff Goal 66'
Byrnes Goal 70'
Report Haas Goal 9'

14 November 1999
18:15
Brazil  0 – 0  Mali QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Report

17 November 1999
16:00
Germany  0 – 0  Brazil QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Report

17 November 1999
18:15
Australia  1 – 0  Mali QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
McDonald Goal 23' Report

Group D [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Paraguay 3 2 1 0 9 2 7 7
 Qatar 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 6
 Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Jamaica 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0


12 November 1999
18:00
Jamaica  0 – 1  Burkina Faso Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Report Compaore Goal 12'

12 November 1999
20:15
Paraguay  2 – 0  Qatar Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Fretes Goal 37'
Guzman Goal 57'
Report

14 November 1999
18:00
Burkina Faso  1 – 2  Qatar Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Kabore Goal 57' Report Hamza Goal 16' (pen.)37'

14 November 1999
20:15
Jamaica  0 – 5  Paraguay Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)
Report Ferreira Goal 11'
da Silva Goal 15'80' (pen.)
Cabrera Goal 30'
Figueredo Goal 43'

17 November 1999
18:00
Qatar  4 – 0  Jamaica Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Hamza Goal 52'63'
Abuhamda Goal 69'
Budawood Goal 90+1'
Report

17 November 1999
20:15
Burkina Faso  2 – 2  Paraguay Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Ouedraogo Goal 50'53' Report Cabrera Goal 4'
Ferreira Goal 45'

Knockout stage [edit]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
20 November - Auckland        
  United States  3
24 November - Christchurch
  Mexico  2  
  United States  2 (6)
21 November - Christchurch
    Australia (pen.)  2 (7)  
  Australia  1
27 November - Auckland
  Qatar  0  
  Brazil (pen.)  0 (8)
20 November - Napier
    Australia  0 (7)
  Ghana (a.e.t.)  3
24 November - Auckland
  Uruguay  2  
  Ghana  2 (2) Third place
21 November - Dunedin
    Brazil (pen.)  2 (4)  
  Paraguay  1   Ghana  2
  Brazil  4     United States  0
27 November - Auckland

Quarterfinals [edit]

20 November 1999
16:00
United States  3 – 2  Mexico North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,483
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Beasley Goal 38'
Cila Goal 43'
Beckerman Goal 48'
Report Vallejeo Goal 2'
Yanez Goal 70'

21 November 1999
14:00
Australia  1 – 0  Qatar QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Di Iorio Goal 55' Report

20 November 1999
16:00
Ghana  3 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Uruguay McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Addo Goal 35'107'
Novegil Goal 45+1' (o.g.)
Report Olivera Goal 9'
Leal Goal 65'

21 November 1999
16:00
Paraguay  1 – 4  Brazil Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 7,251
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)
Da Silva Goal 42' Report Leonardo Goal 26'37'56'
Caca Goal 90'

Semifinals [edit]

24 November 1999
16:00
United States  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Australia QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Donovan Goal 36'
Onyewu Goal 52'
Report Byrnes Goal 2'
McDonald Goal 35'
  Penalties  
Donovan Penalty scored
Beasley Penalty missed
Convey Penalty scored
Akwari Penalty scored
Thompson Penalty scored
Gregorio Penalty scored
Yi Penalty scored
Cutler Penalty missed
6 – 7 Penalty scored Byrnes
Penalty scored Di Iorio
Penalty scored Cansdell-Sherriff
Penalty missed Srhoj
Penalty scored North
Penalty scored MacAllister
Penalty scored Goulding
Penalty scored Kennedy

24 November 1999
19:30
Ghana  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Brazil North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 12,451
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Lamptey Goal 66'
Addo Goal 81'
Report Leonardo Goal 26'
Tetteh Goal 28' (o.g.)
  Penalties  
Essien Penalty scored
Don-Bortey Penalty missed
Obodai Penalty missed
Nkrumah Penalty scored
2 – 4 Penalty scored Leonardo
Penalty scored Marquinhos
Penalty scored Eduardo Costa
Penalty missed Walker
Penalty scored Ricardo

Playoff for 3rd place [edit]

27 November 1999
13:15
United States  0 – 2  Ghana North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 15,675
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)
Report Pimpong Goal 35'
Addo Goal 84'

Final [edit]

27 November 1999
16:00 UTC+12
Australia  0 - 0 (a.e.t.)  Brazil North Harbour, Auckland
Attendance: 22,859
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Report
  Penalties  
Byrnes Penalty missed
Di Iorio Penalty scored
Srhoj Penalty scored
Madaschi Penalty scored
North Penalty scored
MacAllister Penalty scored
Goulding Penalty scored
Kennedy Penalty scored
Fyfe Penalty missed
7 – 8 Penalty scored Leonardo
Penalty missed Marquinhos
Penalty scored Eduardo Costa
Penalty scored Walker
Penalty scored Ricardo
Penalty scored Leo
Penalty scored Bruno Leite
Penalty scored Souza
Penalty scored Leonardo

Winners [edit]

 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners 

Brazil
Second title

Top goalscorers [edit]

Team Players Goals
Ghana Ishmael Addo 7
Qatar Waleed Hamza 4
Brazil Leonardo 4

Adidas Golden Balls [edit]

Team Players
United States Landon Donovan
United States DaMarcus Beasley
Uruguay Alvaro Meneses

FIFA Fair Play award [edit]

Team
Mexico Mexico

Final ranking [edit]

  1.  Brazil
  2.  Australia
  3.  Ghana
  4.  United States
  5.  Paraguay
  6.  Uruguay
  7.  Qatar
  8.  Mexico
  9.  New Zealand
  10.  Poland
  11.  Spain
  12.  Thailand
  13.  Mali
  14.  Germany
  15.  Burkina Faso
  16.  Jamaica

External links [edit]