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The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.

Host countryNigeria
Dates3–24 April
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venues8 (in 8 host cities)
Quick facts FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999, Tournament details ...
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates3–24 April
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venues8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Mali
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance624,400 (12,008 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Pablo Couñago
Mali Mahamadou Dissa
(5 goals)
Best playerMali Seydou Keita
Fair play award Croatia
← 1997
2001 →
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Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1998 AFC Youth Championship  Japan
 Kazakhstan1
 South Korea
 Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa) Host nation  Nigeria
1999 African Youth Championship  Cameroon
 Ghana
 Mali
 Zambia1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1999 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 1998 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Croatia1
 England
 Germany
 Portugal
 Republic of Ireland
 Spain
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1.^Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

More information Confederation, Referee ...
Confederation Referee
AFC Australia Simon Micallef (Australia)
China Lu Jun (China)
Lebanon Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
CAF Morocco Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Nigeria Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
Tunisia Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
CONCACAF
Costa Rica William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Mexico Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Argentina Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Brazil Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
Uruguay Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)
UEFA Belarus Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)
Croatia Željko Širić (Croatia)
Denmark Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
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Venues

More information Ibadan, Lagos ...
Ibadan Lagos Enugu Port Harcourt
Liberty Stadium National Stadium Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Liberation Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 25,000
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship (Nigeria)
Kano Calabar Kaduna Bauchi
Sani Abacha Stadium U.J. Esuene Stadium Ahmadu Bello Stadium Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 15,000
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Squads

Main article: 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stage

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria (H) 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4  Germany 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
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(H) Hosts
More information Nigeria, 1–1 ...
Nigeria 1–1 Costa Rica
Aghahowa 20' (Report) Meléndez 83' (pen.)
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Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
More information Germany, 4–0 ...
Germany 4–0 Paraguay
Kern 44', 60', 69'
Falk 90'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 2,500
More information Nigeria, 2–0 ...
Nigeria 2–0 Germany
Shittu 69'
Garba 81'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 20,000
More information Costa Rica, 1–3 ...
Costa Rica 1–3 Paraguay
Garita 30' (Report) Santa Cruz 26'
Vera 50'
Cuevas 66'
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Attendance: 18,000
More information Nigeria, 1–2 ...
Nigeria 1–2 Paraguay
Shittu 38' (Report) Fernandez 9'
Maldonado 22'
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Attendance: 25,000
More information Costa Rica, 2–1 ...
Costa Rica 2–1 Germany
Brenes 33'
Santana 69'		 (Report) Timm 38'
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Attendance: 22,000

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Ghana 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
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Source: [citation needed]
More information Ghana, 1–1 ...
Ghana 1–1 Croatia
Ofori-Quaye 68' (Report) Deranja 22'
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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
More information Argentina, 1–0 ...
Argentina 1–0 Kazakhstan
Cambiasso 44' (Report)
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Attendance: 16,000
More information Ghana, 1–0 ...
Ghana 1–0 Argentina
Ofori-Quaye 76' (Report)
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Attendance: 5,000
More information Croatia, 5–1 ...
Croatia 5–1 Kazakhstan
Deranja 7'
Miladin 11'
Sabolčki 34'
Banović 79'
Bjelanović 88'		 (Report) Urazayev 67'
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
More information Ghana, 3–0 ...
Ghana 3–0 Kazakhstan
Gyan 51', 69'
Adu 53'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 2,000
More information Croatia, 0–0 ...
Croatia 0–0 Argentina
(Report)
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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
3  Australia 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
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Source: [citation needed]
More information Australia, 3–1 ...
Australia 3–1 Saudi Arabia
Culina 29'
Maisano 72'
Al-Garni red-colored football 77' (o.g.)		 (Report) Dabo 90'
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Attendance: 2,000
More information Mexico, 1–0 ...
Mexico 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Márquez 10' (Report)
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Attendance: 3,000
More information Australia, 1–3 ...
Australia 1–3 Mexico
Sterjovski 45' (Report) Márquez 2'
J. Rodríguez 58'
Osorno 83'
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Attendance: 500
More information Saudi Arabia, 0–2 ...
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Republic of Ireland
(Report) McPhail 42'
Duff 65'
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Attendance: 1,000
More information Australia, 0–4 ...
Australia 0–4 Republic of Ireland
(Report) Sadlier 20'
Duff 73'
Healy 74'
Crossley 90'
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Attendance: 800
More information Saudi Arabia, 1–1 ...
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Mexico
Al-Saqri 37' (Report) L. González 30'
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Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)

Group D

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mali 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  South Korea 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
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Source: [citation needed]
More information Uruguay, 1–2 ...
Uruguay 1–2 Mali
Chevantón 65' (Report) Camara 51'
Dissa 90'
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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
More information South Korea, 1–3 ...
South Korea 1–3 Portugal
Kim K.H. 37' (Report) R. Sousa 27'
Simão 85', 90' (pen.)
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Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
More information Uruguay, 1–0 ...
Uruguay 1–0 South Korea
Chevantón 3' (Report)
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Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
More information Mali, 2–1 ...
Mali 2–1 Portugal
Am. Coulibaly 15' (pen.)
Ndiaye 45'		 (Report) P. Costa 55'
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Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
More information Uruguay, 0–0 ...
Uruguay 0–0 Portugal
(Report)
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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
More information Mali, 2–4 ...
Mali 2–4 South Korea
Dissa 57'
Bagayoko 60'		 (Report) Seol K.H. 3', 35'
Na H.K. 22' (pen.)
Lee D.G. 69'
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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

Group E

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Japan 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  United States 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
4  England 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
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Source: [citation needed]
More information Cameroon, 2–1 ...
Cameroon 2–1 Japan
Komol 72', 89' (Report) Takahara 51'
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Attendance: 12,000
More information England, 0–1 ...
England 0–1 United States
(Report) Califf 12'
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Attendance: 19,000
More information Cameroon, 1–0 ...
Cameroon 1–0 England
Cooper red-colored football 63' (o.g.) (Report)
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Attendance: 12,000
More information Japan, 3–1 ...
Japan 3–1 United States
Downing red-colored football 10' (o.g.)
Takahara 51'
Ogasawara 85'		 (Report) Futagaki 74'
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Attendance: 9,000
More information Cameroon, 1–3 ...
Cameroon 1–3 United States
Kioyo 63' (Report) Twellman 38', 79'
Bocanegra 57'
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Attendance: 9,000
More information Japan, 2–0 ...
Japan 2–0 England
Ishikawa 39'
Ono 48'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 9,000

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Zambia 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
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Source: [citation needed]
More information Zambia, 4–3 ...
Zambia 4–3 Honduras
Makayi 19'
Makufi 44', 55'
Mbambara 72'		 (Report) Suazo 9', 90'
De León 41'
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Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
More information Spain, 2–0 ...
Spain 2–0 Brazil
Gabri 15', 33' (Report)
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Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
More information Zambia, 0–0 ...
Zambia 0–0 Spain
(Report)
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
More information Honduras, 0–3 ...
Honduras 0–3 Brazil
(Report) Edu 36', 80'
Matuzalém 41'
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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
More information Zambia, 1–5 ...
Zambia 1–5 Brazil
Sinkala 9' (Report) Ronaldinho 27'
Aurélio 45'
Baiano 65'
Mancini 69'
Rodrigo Gral 80'
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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
More information Honduras, 1–3 ...
Honduras 1–3 Spain
Oliva 76' (Report) Pablo 10'
Varela 26'
Rubén 31'
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Attendance: 16,000

Ranking of third-placed teams

More information Pos, Grp ...
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 E  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 D  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3 B  Argentina 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4 A  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
5 F  Zambia 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
6 C  Australia 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
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Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
April 15 - Enugu
 
 
 Mali (a.e.t.)5
 
April 18 - Enugu
 
 Cameroon4
 
 Mali3
 
April 14 - Kano
 
 Nigeria1
 
 Republic of Ireland1 (3)
 
April 21 - Kaduna
 
 Nigeria (p)1 (5)
 
 Mali1
 
April 15 - Port Harcourt
 
 Spain3
 
 Spain3
 
April 18 - Kaduna
 
 United States2
 
 Spain (p)1 (8)
 
April 14 - Kaduna
 
 Ghana1 (7)
 
 Ghana2
 
April 24 - Lagos
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Spain4
 
April 14 - Lagos
 
 Japan0
 
 Paraguay2 (9)
 
April 18 - Lagos
 
 Uruguay (p)2 (10)
 
 Uruguay2
 
April 14 - Calabar
 
 Brazil1
 
 Brazil4
 
April 21 - Lagos
 
 Croatia0
 
 Uruguay1
 
April 15 - Bauchi
 
 Japan2 Third place
 
 Japan (p)1 (5)
 
April 18 - IbadanApril 24 - Lagos
 
 Portugal1 (4)
 
 Japan2 Mali1
 
April 15 - Ibadan
 
 Mexico0  Uruguay0
 
 Mexico4
 
 
 Argentina1
 

Round of 16

More information Republic of Ireland, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Republic of Ireland 1–1 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Sadlier 35' (Report) Ikedia 70'
Penalties
Crossley football with check mark
Donnelly football with check mark
Heary football with red X
Quinn football with check mark		 3–5 football with check mark Ikedia
football with check mark Okunowo
football with check mark Aranka
football with check mark Dombraye
football with check mark Shittu
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Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
More information Ghana, 2–0 ...
Ghana 2–0 Costa Rica
Afriyie 18'
Ofori-Quaye 82'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 1,000
More information Paraguay, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Paraguay 2–2 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Santa Cruz 62' (pen.), 86' (Report) Chevantón 32'
Forlán 49'
Penalties
Santa Cruz football with check mark
Maldonado football with check mark
Escobar football with red X
Blanco football with check mark
Da Silva football with check mark
Florentín football with check mark
Domínguez football with check mark
Vera football with check mark
Cuevas football with check mark
Giménez football with check mark
Santa Cruz football with red X		 9–10 football with check mark Canobbio
football with red X Cardozo
football with check mark Pellegrín
football with check mark Carini
football with check mark Anchén
football with check mark Sorondo
football with check mark Correa
football with check mark Machado
football with check mark Carreño
football with check mark Carini
football with check mark Canobbio
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Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
More information Brazil, 4–0 ...
Brazil 4–0 Croatia
Ronaldinho 21' (pen.), 45'
Fernando Baiano 48' (pen.)
Edu 68'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
More information Japan, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Japan 1–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
Endo 48' (Report) Marco Claúdio 80'
Penalties
Ono football with check mark
Nakata football with check mark
Motoyama football with check mark
Takahara football with check mark
Sakai football with check mark		 5–4 football with check mark Simão
football with check mark Marco Cláudio
football with check mark Sousa
football with red X Costa
football with check mark Leal
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Attendance: 8,000
More information Spain, 3–2 ...
Spain 3–2 United States
Pablo 15', 32'
Xavi 19'		 (Report) Twellman 49', 90'
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Attendance: 15,600
More information Mexico, 4–1 ...
Mexico 4–1 Argentina
Osorno 52'
E. Rodríguez 55'
J. Rodríguez 67'
L. González 88'		 (Report) Galletti 41'
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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
More information Mali, 5–4 (a.e.t.) ...
Mali 5–4 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Ndiaye 9'
Bagayoko 67'
Camara 83'
Dissa 90', 104'		 (Report) Komol 10', 74'
Mbami 23'
Kioyo 26'
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Attendance: 4,000

Quarter-finals

More information Uruguay, 2–1 ...
Uruguay 2–1 Brazil
Anchen 44'
Canobbio 86' (pen.)		 (Report) Fernando Baiano 27'
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Attendance: 10,000
More information Mali, 3–1 ...
Mali 3–1 Nigeria
Bagayoko 1', 72'
Diarra 44'		 (Report) Garba 17'
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Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)
More information Japan, 2–0 ...
Japan 2–0 Mexico
Motoyama 4'
Ono 24'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 17,000
More information Spain, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Spain 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Barkero 54' (pen.) (Report) Ofori-Quaye 90'
Penalties
Xavi football with check mark
Lombardero football with check mark
Yeste football with check mark
García football with red X
Jusué football with check mark
Bermudo football with check mark
Marchena football with check mark
Orbaiz football with check mark
Varela football with check mark		 8–7 football with check mark Ansah
football with check mark Razak
football with check mark Appiah
football with check mark Amuzu
football with red X Mohammed
football with check mark Gyan
football with check mark Abdul
football with check mark Ofori-Quaye
football with red X Blay
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Attendance: 19,000

Semi-finals

More information Mali, 1–3 ...
Mali 1–3 Spain
Dissa 52' (Report) Varela 2', 26'
Xavi 90'
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Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
More information Uruguay, 1–2 ...
Uruguay 1–2 Japan
Chevantón 24' (Report) Takahara 23'
Nagai 35'
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Third place play-off

More information Mali, 1–0 ...
Mali 1–0 Uruguay
Keita 30' (Report)
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Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

Final

More information Spain, 4–0 ...
Spain 4–0 Japan
Barkero 5'
Pablo 14', 30'
Gabri 51'		 (Report)
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Attendance: 38,000
Spain
Japan

Result

 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship winners 

Spain
First title

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

More information Golden Shoe, Golden Ball ...
Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
Spain Pablo Couñago Mali Seydou Keita  Croatia
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Final ranking

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Spain 7 5 2 0 16 5 +11 17 Champions
2  Japan 7 4 1 2 11 9 +2 13 Runners-up
3  Mali 7 5 0 2 16 14 +2 15 Third place
4  Uruguay 7 2 2 3 7 8 −1 8 Fourth place
5  Ghana 5 3 2 0 8 2 +6 11 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Mexico 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 10
7  Brazil 5 3 0 2 13 5 +8 9
8  Nigeria 5 1 2 2 6 7 −1 5
9  Republic of Ireland 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 7 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 7 8 −1 7
11  United States 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
12  Cameroon 4 2 0 2 8 9 −1 6
13  Portugal 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5
14  Croatia 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
15  Costa Rica 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
16  Argentina 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4
17  Zambia 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  Germany 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
19  South Korea 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
20  Australia 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
21  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
22  England 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
23  Honduras 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
24  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
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