1999 FIFA Confederations Cup final

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final

Event	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
Mexico Brazil 4 3
Date	4 August 1999
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Attendance	110,000

The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final was a football match between Mexico and Brazil to determine the winners of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, on 4 August 1999.

Mexico won the match 4–3, earning their first title in history and being the first CONCACAF team to win the tournament.

Background

This was the first time Mexico took over Brazil in a FIFA tournament final. Prior to the tournament, Mexico never won a major FIFA tournament, but came close to in the second edition (also the last edition) of the King Fahd Cup, ending up in third place, under Denmark and Argentina.

For Brazil, this was their second and consecutive final after beating Australia in the 1997 Confederations Cup Final, making them the first team to win the tournament, since FIFA took over the King Fahd Cup.

Mexico

This marked the first time Mexico qualified to the tournament final, and the first time a CONCACAF representative would reach the final.

In their tournament debut, Mexico won 5-1 in their first match against Saudi Arabia. Later, they tied in a disappointing game 2-2 versus Egypt, that got a dramatic equalizer in the last 5 minutes. For their last group stage match, Bolivia were their rivals, beating them 1-0 in the 52' minute, that gave Mexico a total of 7 points. Then in the semi-finals, USA stood in Mexico's way, but were later defeated 1-0 by golden goal, scored in the 97' minute that gave Mexico the first ticket to the final.

Brazil

Meanwhile, this was the second consecutive final for Brazil. They were looking forward on winning their second Confederations Cup, repeating like in the 1997 edition.

The defending champion, made their tournament debut with a 4-0 win over a surprisingly disappointing Germany. Then won versus USA with only a 1-0 win. Later, they finished on top of their group with 9 points after they defeated New Zealand 2-0. In the semi finals, they astonishly beat 8-2 to Saudi Arabia, thus gave Brazil the right to play the final.

Route to the final

Mexico		Round	Brazil
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Saudi Arabia	5–1	Match 1	Germany	4–0
Egypt	2–2	Match 2	United States	1–0
Bolivia	1–0	Match 3	New Zealand	2–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mexico 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 7 Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Bolivia 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2 Egypt 3 0 2 1 5 9 –4 2		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 9 United States 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6 Germany 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1 6 –5 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
United States	1–0 (a.e.t)	Semi-Final	Saudi Arabia	8–2

Match details

4 August 1999

21:00

Mexico	4–3	Brazil
Zepeda 13', 51' Abundis 28' Blanco 62'	(Report)	Serginho 43' (pen.) Rôni 47' Zé Roberto 63'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 110,000

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Mexico

Brazil

GK 1 Jorge Campos CB 18 Salvador Carmona CB 4 Rafael Márquez  21' CB 2 Claudio Suárez (c)  74' CM 6 Germán Villa CM 13 Pável Pardo RM 19 Miguel Zepeda  83' LM 7 Ramon Ramírez AM 10 Cuauhtémoc Blanco  50' CF 9 José Manuel Abundis  11' CF 17 Francisco Palencia  70' Substitutions: DF 14 Isaac Terrazas  70' MF 16 Jesus Arellano  83' Manager: Manuel Lapuente

GK 1 Dida RB 3 Odvan CB 4 João Carlos  46'  90+2' LB 6 Serginho CM 8 Emerson CM 5 Flávio Conceição RM 20 Vampeta LM 11 Zé Roberto  5'  82' AM 17 Beto  45' CF 7 Ronaldinho CF 10 Alex Substitutions: FW 18 Rôni  45' FW 19 Warley  82' Manager: Vanderlei Luxemburgo

Assistant referees: Fernando Treasco Gracia (Spain) Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)

References

• Match report