1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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)	4 (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)	Ishmael Addo (7 goals)
Best player	Landon Donovan
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The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1999 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.

Venues

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

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-17 Championship 1998	Thailand Qatar
CAF (Africa)	1999 African Under-17 Championship	Ghana Burkina Faso Mali
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	1999 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament	Jamaica Mexico United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1999 South American Under 17 Football Championship	Brazil Paraguay 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

Group A

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  16'	Report	Thompson  69' Donovan 74'

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

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)
	Attiku  45+2'	Report	Mario  90+7'

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

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

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

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

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

Group C

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  31' Carlos Henrique  66'	Report	MacAllister  81'

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

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

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

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

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

Group D

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  12'

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

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

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

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

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

Knockout stage

	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

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

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

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

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

Semifinals

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  36' Onyewu  52'	Report	Byrnes  2' McDonald  35'
		Penalties
	Donovan Beasley Convey Akwari Thompson Gregorio Yi Cutler	6 – 7	Byrnes Di Iorio Cansdell-Sherriff Srhoj North MacAllister Golding Kennedy

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

Playoff for 3rd place

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

Final

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 Di Iorio Srhoj Madaschi North MacAllister Goulding Kennedy Fyfe	7 – 8	Leonardo Marquinhos Eduardo Costa Walker Ricardo Leo Bruno Leite Souza Leonardo

Winners

1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners
Brazil Second title

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Ishmael Addo	7
	Waleed Rasoul	4
	Leonardo	4

Adidas Golden Balls

Team	Players
	Landon Donovan
	DaMarcus Beasley
	Alvaro Meneses

FIFA Fair Play award

Team
	Mexico

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999