1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Nigeria |
Dates | 3–24 April |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 158 (3.04 per match) |
Attendance | 624,400 (12,008 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 April and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
Qualification[]
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1998 AFC Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CAF (Africa) | Host nation | ![]() |
1999 African Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1999 South American Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OFC (Oceania) | 1998 OFC U-20 Championship | ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Venues[]
Ibadan | Lagos | Enugu | Port Harcourt |
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Liberty Stadium | National Stadium | Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium | Liberation Stadium |
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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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 |
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[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
(H) Host
Nigeria ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Aghahowa ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Santa Cruz ![]() ![]() Cuevas ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Timm ![]() |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Source:[citation needed]
Ghana ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ofori-Quaye ![]() |
(Report) | Deranja ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cambiasso ![]() |
(Report) |
Ghana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ofori-Quaye ![]() |
(Report) |
Croatia ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Deranja ![]() Miladin ![]() Sabolčki ![]() Banović ![]() Bjelanović ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Gyan ![]() Adu ![]() |
(Report) |
Group C[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Source:[citation needed]
Australia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Culina ![]() Maisano ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | McPhail ![]() Duff ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Saqri ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Group D[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
Source:[citation needed]
Uruguay ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Chevantón ![]() |
(Report) |
Group E[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Source:[citation needed]
England ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Califf ![]() |
Group F[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Source:[citation needed]
Zambia ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Sinkala ![]() |
(Report) | Ronaldinho ![]() Aurélio ![]() Baiano ![]() Mancini ![]() Rodrigo Gral ![]() |
Ranking of third-placed teams[]
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | E | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | D | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | B | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | A | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | F | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
6 | C | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
Source:[citation needed]
Knockout stage[]
Bracket[]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
April 15 - Enugu | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Enugu | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Kano | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
April 21 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
April 15 - Port Harcourt | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (8) | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Kaduna | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (7) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
April 24 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (9) | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (10) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Calabar | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
April 21 - Lagos | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
April 15 - Bauchi | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
April 18 - Ibadan | April 24 - Lagos | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||
April 15 - Ibadan | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16[]
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Sadlier ![]() |
(Report) | Ikedia ![]() |
Penalties | ||
![]() ![]() Heary ![]() Quinn ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Afriyie ![]() Ofori-Quaye ![]() |
(Report) |
Paraguay ![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Santa Cruz ![]() |
(Report) | Chevantón ![]() Forlán ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Santa Cruz ![]() Maldonado ![]() Escobar ![]() Blanco ![]() Da Silva ![]() ![]() Domínguez ![]() ![]() Cuevas ![]() ![]() Santa Cruz ![]() |
9–10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Endo ![]() |
(Report) | Marco Claúdio ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Ono ![]() Nakata ![]() Motoyama ![]() Takahara ![]() Sakai ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Pablo ![]() Xavi ![]() |
(Report) | Twellman ![]() |
Mali ![]() | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Ndiaye ![]() Bagayoko ![]() Camara ![]() Dissa ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() ![]() Mbami ![]() Kioyo ![]() |
Quarter-finals[]
Spain ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Barkero ![]() |
(Report) | Ofori-Quaye ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Xavi ![]() Lombardero ![]() Yeste ![]() García ![]() Jusué ![]() Bermudo ![]() Marchena ![]() Orbaiz ![]() Varela ![]() |
8–7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Semi-finals[]
Uruguay ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Chevantón ![]() |
(Report) | Takahara ![]() Nagai ![]() |
National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Australia)
Third place play-off[]
Final[]
Result[]
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners |
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![]() Spain First title |
Goalscorers[]
Awards[]
Final ranking[]
Source: rsssf.com
External links[] |
Categories:
- 1999 in youth association football
- 1998–99 in Nigerian football
- FIFA World Youth Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Nigeria
- April 1999 sports events in Africa