1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
									September 1998[nb 1]	July 1999
A1	Mexico	–	CONCACAF	Hosts	–	3rd	1997	Third place (1995)	10	13
A2	Egypt	–	CAF	1998 African Cup of Nations winners	28 February 1998	1st	–	–	19	33
A3	Bolivia	–	CONMEBOL	1997 Copa América runners-up	23 October 1998	1st	–	–	57	72
A4	Saudi Arabia	–	AFC	1996 AFC Asian Cup winners	21 December 1996	4th	1997	Runners-up (1991)	32	48

Notes

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico (H)	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Egypt	3	0	2	1	5	9	−4	2

In the semi-finals:

• The winners of Group A, Mexico, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, United States.
• The runners-up of Group A, Saudi Arabia, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Brazil.