1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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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(s)	Landon Donovan
Fair play award	Mexico
← 1997 2001 →

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. This was the first FIFA tournament held in the Pacific Islands.

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)	1998 AFC U-17 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
OFC (Oceania)		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[]

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 1999

19:30

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 1999

19:30

Uruguay	1 – 1	Poland
46'	Report	Madej 51'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 3,623

Referee: (Tunisia)

13 November 1999

13:45

New Zealand	0 – 5	Uruguay
	Report	42' Peralta 45+1' Leal 63' Martinez 71' 77'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 10,265

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

13 November 1999

16:00

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

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 10,265

Referee: (Paraguay)

16 November 1999

18:00

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

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,643

Referee: (Mexico)

16 November 1999

20:15

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 1999

16:00

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

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

11 November 1999

18:15

Mexico	4 – 0	Thailand
Estrada 7' Galindo 38' Ramirez 53' 76'	Report

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 3,950

Referee: (New Zealand)

13 November 1999

13:45

Spain	6 – 0	Thailand
35', 44', 90+1' Crusat 42' 45+1' Aspas 80'	Report

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: (Trinidad & Tobago)

13 November 1999

16:00

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

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: (New Zealand)

16 November 1999

16:00

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 1999

18:15

Spain	0 – 1	Mexico
	Report	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 1999

13:45

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

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: (Poland)

12 November 1999

16:00

Mali	0 – 0	Germany
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

14 November 1999

16:00

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

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: (Tanzania)

14 November 1999

18:15

Brazil	0 – 0	Mali
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: (Mexico)

17 November 1999

16:00

Germany	0 – 0	Brazil
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: (Tunisia)

17 November 1999

18:15

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 1999

18:00

Jamaica	0 – 1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Compaore 12'

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 5,173

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

12 November 1999

20:15

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 5,173

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

14 November 1999

18:00

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 4,662

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

14 November 1999

20:15

Jamaica	0 – 5	Paraguay
	Report	Ferreira 11' Da Silva 15', 80' (pen.) 30' Figueredo 43'

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 4,662

Referee: (Syria)

17 November 1999

18:00

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 2,180

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

17 November 1999

20:15

Burkina Faso	2 – 2	Paraguay
50', 53'	Report	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 1999

16:00

United States	3 – 2	Mexico
Beasley 38' Cila 43' Beckerman 48'	Report	2' 70'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,483

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

21 November 1999

14:00

Australia	1 – 0	Qatar
Di Iorio 55'	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

20 November 1999

16:00

Ghana	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
Addo 35', 107' 45+1' (o.g.)	Report	Olivera 9' Leal 65'

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 5,600

Referee: (Mexico)

21 November 1999

16:00

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 7,251

Referee: (Syria)

Semifinals[]

24 November 1999

16:00

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 1999

19:30

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

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 12,451

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Playoff for 3rd place[]

27 November 1999

13:15

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

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 15,675

Referee: (Syria)

Final[]

27 November 1999

16:00 UTC+12

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
	Report
Penalties
Di Iorio Srhoj Madaschi North MacAllister Goulding Kennedy Fyfe	7 – 8	Leonardo Marquinhos Eduardo Costa Walker Leo 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

Leonardo Santiago
Waleed Hamza

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Dylan MacAllister
Joe Di Iorio
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
Caca
Carlos Henrique
Marcos Roberto
Djibril Compaore
Leonhard Haas
Anthony Obodai
Razak Pimpong
Aaron Galindo
Gustavo Ramirez
Juan Estrada
Allan Pearce
Diego Figueredo
Tomas Guzman
Walter Fretes
Lukasz Mierzejewski
Albert Crusat
Jonathan Aspas
Mario
Suriya Amatawech
Abe Thompson
DaMarcus Beasley
Jordan Cila
Kyle Beckerman
Horacio Peralta
Ruben Olivera
Williams Martinez

Own goal

Stephen Tetteh (playing against Brazil)
(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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