1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
International football competition
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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.
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates10–27 November
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue4 (in 4 host cities)
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | New Zealand |
| Dates | 10–27 November |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 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 |
← 1997 2001 → | |
Venues
| Auckland | Napier | Christchurch | Dunedin |
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| North Harbour Stadium | McLean Park | Queen Elizabeth II Park | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 29,000 |
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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) | 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
Group stage
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 |
| New Zealand | 1–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
Mulligan  16' |
Report | Thompson 69' Donovan 74' |
| Poland | 1–2 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Mierzejewski 88' |
Report | Mulligan 53' Pearce 64' |
| United States | 1–0 | Uruguay |
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| Onyewu 90' |
Report |
Group B
Group C
| Brazil | 2–1 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Marquinhos 31' Carlos Henrique 66' |
Report | MacAllister 81' |
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 |
| Jamaica | 0–1 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Compaore 12' |
| Burkina Faso | 1–2 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Kabore 57' |
Report | Hamza 16' (pen.), 37' |
| Burkina Faso | 2–2 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
| Ghana | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Lamptey 66' Addo 81' |
Report | Léo Macaé 26' Tetteh 28' (o.g.) |
| Penalties | ||
Essien  Dong-Bortey  Obodai Nkrumah |
2–4 | Léo Macaé Marquinhos Eduardo Costa Walker Ricardo |
Playoff for 3rd place
| United States | 0–2 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pimpong 35' Addo 84' |
Final
Winners
| 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners |
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 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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Bernard Dong Bortey- Ibrahim Atiku
- Nathaniel Lamptey
Alejandro Da Silva
Aitor Gómez
Landon Donovan
- 2 goals
Mark Byrnes- Scott McDonald
Issaka Ouedraogo
Hector Vallejo
Dave Mulligan- Daniel Ferreira
- Victor Cabrera
Lukasz Madej- Oguchi Onyewu
Sergio Leal
- 1 goal
- Dylan MacAllister
- Joe Di Iorio
- Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
Caca- Carlos Henrique
- Marcos Roberto
- Djibril Compaoré
- Ibrahim Kabore
Leonhard Haas- Anthony Obodai
- Razak Pimpong
- Aarón Galindo
- Felix Grijalva
- Gustavo Ramirez
- Juan Estrada
- Yared Yanez
- Allan Pearce
- Diego Figueredo
- Tomas Guzman
- Walter Fretes
- Łukasz Mierzejewski
- Albert Crusat
- Ernesto
- Jonathan Aspas
- Mario
Suriya Amatawech- Abe Thompson
- DaMarcus Beasley
- Jordan Cila
- Kyle Beckerman
- Alvaro Meneses
- Horacio Peralta
- Miguel Lapolla
- Ruben Olivera
- Sebastian Alvarez
- Williams Martínez
- 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 | |