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 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
Fair play award	Mexico

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.

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 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.

Squads

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 199919:30

New Zealand	1 – 2	United States
Mulligan 16'	Report	Thompson 69' Donovan 74'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 14,103

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

11 November 199919:30

Uruguay	1 – 1	Poland
Alvarez 46'	Report	Madej 51'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 3,623

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

13 November 199913:45

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)

13 November 199916:00

United States	1 – 1	Poland
Donovan 89' (pen.)	Report	Madej 43' (pen.)

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 10,265

Referee: Robert Troxler Ayala (Paraguay)

16 November 199918:00

Poland	1 – 2	New Zealand
Mierzejewski 88'	Report	Mulligan 53' Pearce 64'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,643

Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)

16 November 199920:15

United States	1 – 0	Uruguay
Onyewu 90'	Report

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,643

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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 199916:00

Ghana	1 – 1	Spain
Atiku 45+2'	Report	Mario 90+7'

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

11 November 199918:15

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)

13 November 199913:45

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)

13 November 199916:00

Ghana	4 – 0	Mexico
Lamptey 38', 75' Atiku 71', 89'	Report

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)

16 November 199916:00

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)

16 November 199918:15

Spain	0 – 1	Mexico
	Report	Vallejo 38'

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 4,056

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

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 199913:45

Brazil	2 – 1	Australia
Marquinhos 31' Carlos Henrique 66'	Report	MacAllister 81'

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

12 November 199916:00

Mali	0 – 0	Germany
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

14 November 199916:00

Australia	2 – 1	Germany
Cansdell-Sherriff 66' Byrnes 70'	Report	Haas 9'

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Issack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)

14 November 199918:15

Brazil	0 – 0	Mali
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)

17 November 199916:00

Germany	0 – 0	Brazil
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

17 November 199918:15

Australia	1 – 0	Mali
McDonald 23'	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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 199918:00

Jamaica	0 – 1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Compaore 12'

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 5,173

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

12 November 199920:15

Paraguay	2 – 0	Qatar
Fretes 37' Guzman 57'	Report

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 5,173

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

14 November 199918:00

Burkina Faso	1 – 2	Qatar
Kabore 57'	Report	Hamza 16' (pen.), 37'

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 4,662

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

14 November 199920:15

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)

17 November 199918:00

Qatar	4 – 0	Jamaica
Hamza 52', 63' Abdulrahman 69' Mubarak 90+1'	Report

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 2,180

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

17 November 199920:15

Burkina Faso	2 – 2	Paraguay
Ouedraogo 50', 53'	Report	Cabrera 4' Ferreira 45'

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 2,180

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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

				Ghana	2

Quarterfinals

20 November 199916:00

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)

21 November 199914:00

Australia	1 – 0	Qatar
Di Iorio 55'	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

20 November 199916:00

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)

21 November 199916:00

Paraguay	1 – 4	Brazil
Da Silva 42'	Report	Leonardo 26', 37', 56' Caca 90'

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 7,251

Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Semifinals

24 November 199916:00

United States	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Australia
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 Goulding Kennedy

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

24 November 199919:30

Ghana	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Lamptey 66' Addo 81'	Report	Leonardo 26' Tetteh 28' (o.g.)
Penalties
Essien Dong-Bortey Obodai Nkrumah	2 – 4	Leonardo Marquinhos Eduardo Costa Walker Ricardo

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 12,451

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Playoff for 3rd place

27 November 199913:15

United States	0 – 2	Ghana
	Report	Pimpong 35' Addo 84'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 15,675

Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Final

27 November 199916:00 UTC+12

Australia	0 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
	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

North Harbour, Auckland

Attendance: 22,859

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Winners

1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners
Brazil Second title

Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe:	FIFA Golden Ball:	FIFA Fair Play Award:
Ishmael Addo	Landon Donovan	Mexico

Goalscorers

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

Ishmael Addo

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Mark Byrnes
Scott McDonald
Issaka Ouedraogo
Hector Vallejo

1 goal

Mario
Amatawet Suriya
Abe Thompson
DaMarcus Beasley
Jordan Cila
Kyle Beckerman
Alvaro Meneses
Horacio Peralta
Miguel Lapolla
Ruben Olivera
Sebastian Alvarez
Williams Martinez

Own goal

Stephen Tetteh (playing against Brazil)
Gonzalo Novegil (playing against Ghana)

Final ranking

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

External links

FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999, FIFA.com
Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)

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