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1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999
1999 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Marama Ao
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates10–27 November
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance216,853 (6,777 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Ishmael Addo
(7 goals)
Best player(s)United States Landon Donovan
Fair play award Mexico
← 1997
2001 →

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

Venues

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Auckland Napier Christchurch Dunedin
North Harbour Stadium McLean Park Queen Elizabeth II Park Carisbrook
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 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

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Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1998 AFC U-16 Championship  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) Host nation  New Zealand
1999 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament  Australia2
UEFA (Europe) 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship  Spain
 Poland
 Germany
1.^ Teams that made their debut.
2.^ Australia qualified for the tournament after two-leg playoff matches with 3rd Place winner of 1998 AFC U-17 Championship, Bahrain.

Squads

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Main article: 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Group stage

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Group A

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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


New Zealand 1–2 United States
Mulligan 16' Report Thompson 69'
Donovan 74'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 14,103
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Uruguay 1–1 Poland
Alvarez 46' Report Madej 51'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,623
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
New Zealand 0–5 Uruguay
Report Lapolla 42'
Peralta 45+1'
Leal 63'
Martinez 71'
Meneses 77'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
United States 1–1 Poland
Donovan 89' (pen.) Report Madej 43' (pen.)
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Robert Troxler Ayala (Paraguay)
Poland 1–2 New Zealand
Mierzejewski 88' Report Mulligan 53'
Pearce 64'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
United States 1–0 Uruguay
Onyewu 90' Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Group B

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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


Ghana 1–1 Spain
Atiku 45+2' Report Mario 90+7'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Mexico 4–0 Thailand
Estrada 7'
Galindo 38'
Ramirez 53'
Grijalva 76'		 Report
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Spain 6–0 Thailand
Aitor 35', 44', 90+1'
Crusat 42'
Ernesto 45+1'
Aspas 80'		 Report
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad & Tobago)
Ghana 4–0 Mexico
Lamptey 38', 75'
Atiku 71', 89'		 Report
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Thailand 1–7 Ghana
Suriya 62' Report Dong-Bortey 7', 16', 50'
Addo 22', 28', 52'
Obodai 90+1'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,056
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Spain 0–1 Mexico
Report Vallejo 38'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,056
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

Group C

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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


Brazil 2–1 Australia
Marquinhos 31'
Carlos Henrique 66'		 Report MacAllister 81'
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Mali 0–0 Germany
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Australia 2–1 Germany
Cansdell-Sherriff 66'
Byrnes 70'		 Report Haas 9'
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Issack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
Brazil 0–0 Mali
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Germany 0–0 Brazil
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Australia 1–0 Mali
McDonald 23' Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Group D

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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


Jamaica 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report Compaore 12'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Paraguay 2–0 Qatar
Fretes 37'
Guzman 57'		 Report
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Burkina Faso 1–2 Qatar
Kabore 57' Report Hamza 16' (pen.), 37'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Jamaica 0–5 Paraguay
Report Ferreira 11'
Da Silva 15', 80' (pen.)
Cabrera 30'
Figueredo 43'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)
Qatar 4–0 Jamaica
Hamza 52', 63'
Abdulrahman 69'
Mubarak 90+1'		 Report
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Burkina Faso 2–2 Paraguay
Ouedraogo 50', 53' Report Cabrera 4'
Ferreira 45'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 November–Auckland
 
 
 United States3
 
24 November–Christchurch
 
 Mexico2
 
 United States2 (6)
 
21 November–Christchurch
 
 Australia (pen.)2 (7)
 
 Australia1
 
27 November–Auckland
 
 Qatar0
 
 Australia0 (7)
 
20 November–Napier
 
 Brazil (pen.)0 (8)
 
 Ghana (a.e.t.)3
 
24 November–Auckland
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Ghana2 (2)
 
21 November–Dunedin
 
 Brazil (pen.)2 (4) Third place
 
 Paraguay1
 
27 November–Auckland
 
 Brazil4
 
 United States0
 
 
 Ghana2
 

Quarter-finals

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United States 3–2 Mexico
Beasley 38'
Cila 43'
Beckerman 48'		 Report Vallejo 2'
Yañez 70'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,483
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Australia 1–0 Qatar
Di Iorio 55' Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Ghana 3–2 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Addo 35', 107'
Novegil 45+1' (o.g.)		 Report Olivera 9'
Leal 65'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Paraguay 1–4 Brazil
Da Silva 42' Report Léo Macaé 26', 37', 56'
Caca 90'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 7,251
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Semi-finals

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United States 2–2 (a.e.t.) Australia
Donovan 36'
Onyewu 52'		 Report Byrnes 2'
McDonald 35'
Penalties
Donovan soccer ball with check mark
Beasley soccer ball with red X
Convey soccer ball with check mark
Akwari soccer ball with check mark
Thompson soccer ball with check mark
Gregorio soccer ball with check mark
Yi soccer ball with check mark
Cutler soccer ball with red X		 6–7 soccer ball with check mark Byrnes
soccer ball with check mark Di Iorio
soccer ball with check mark Cansdell-Sherriff
soccer ball with red X Srhoj
soccer ball with check mark North
soccer ball with check mark MacAllister
soccer ball with check mark Goulding
soccer ball with check mark Kennedy
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Ghana 2–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Lamptey 66'
Addo 81'		 Report Léo Macaé 26'
Tetteh 28' (o.g.)
Penalties
Essien soccer ball with check mark
Dong-Bortey soccer ball with red X
Obodai soccer ball with red X
Nkrumah soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Léo Macaé
soccer ball with check mark Marquinhos
soccer ball with check mark Eduardo Costa
soccer ball with red X Walker
soccer ball with check mark Ricardo
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 12,451
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Playoff for 3rd place

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

Final

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Australia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report
Penalties
Byrnes soccer ball with red X
Di Iorio soccer ball with check mark
Srhoj soccer ball with check mark
Madaschi soccer ball with check mark
North soccer ball with check mark
MacAllister soccer ball with check mark
Goulding soccer ball with check mark
Kennedy soccer ball with check mark
Fyfe soccer ball with red X		 7–8 soccer ball with check mark Léo Macaé
soccer ball with red X Marquinhos
soccer ball with check mark Eduardo Costa
soccer ball with check mark Walker
soccer ball with check mark Ricardo
soccer ball with check mark Léo Lima
soccer ball with check mark Bruno Leite
soccer ball with check mark Souza
soccer ball with check mark Wellington
North Harbour, Auckland
Attendance: 22,859
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Winners

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 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners 

Brazil
Second title

Awards

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FIFA Golden Shoe FIFA Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
Ghana Ishmael Addo United States Landon Donovan  Mexico

Goalscorers

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Ishmael Addo of Ghana won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 93 goals were scored by 59 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 10
2  Australia 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11
3  Ghana 6 4 2 0 19 6 +13 14
4  United States 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 7
6  Qatar 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
7  Mexico 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
8  Uruguay 4 1 1 2 8 5 +3 4
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Spain 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4
10  Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
11  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
12  Poland 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
13  Germany 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
14  Mali 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
15  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
16  Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
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