1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

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.

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates3–24 April
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (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) Pablo
Mahamadou Dissa
(5 goals)
Best player(s) Seydou Keita
Fair play award Croatia

Qualification

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

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
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues
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

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
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
Source:
(H) Host.
Nigeria 1–1 Costa Rica
Aghahowa  20' (Report) Meléndez  83' (pen.)
Attendance: 37,500
Germany 4–0 Paraguay
Kern  44', 60', 69'
Falk  90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,500
Nigeria 2–0 Germany
Shittu  69'
Garba  81'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Costa Rica 1–3 Paraguay
Garita  30' (Report) Santa Cruz  26'
Vera  50'
Cuevas  66'
Attendance: 18,000
Nigeria 1–2 Paraguay
Shittu  38' (Report) Fernández  9'
Maldonado  22'
Attendance: 25,000
Costa Rica 2–1 Germany
Brenes  33'
Santana  69'		 (Report) Timm  38'
Attendance: 22,000

Group B
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
Source:
Ghana 1–1 Croatia
Ofori-Quaye  68' (Report) Deranja  22'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Argentina 1–0 Kazakhstan
Cambiasso  44' (Report)
Attendance: 16,000
Ghana 1–0 Argentina
Ofori-Quaye  76' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Croatia 5–1 Kazakhstan
Deranja  7'
Miladin  11'
Sabolčki  34'
Banović  79'
Bjelanović  88'		 (Report) Urazayev  67'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Ghana 3–0 Kazakhstan
Gyan  51', 69'
Adu  53'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,000
Croatia 0–0 Argentina
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Group C
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
Source:
Australia 3–1 Saudi Arabia
Culina  29'
Maisano  72'
Al-Garni  77' (o.g.)		 (Report) Dabo  90'
Attendance: 2,000
Mexico 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Márquez  10' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Australia 1–3 Mexico
Sterjovski  45' (Report) Márquez  2'
J. Rodríguez  58'
Osorno  83'
Attendance: 500
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Republic of Ireland
(Report) McPhail  42'
Duff  65'
Attendance: 1,000
Australia 0–4 Republic of Ireland
(Report) Sadlier  20'
Duff  73'
Healy  74'
Crossley  90'
Attendance: 800
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Mexico
Al-Saqri  37' (Report) L. González  30'
Attendance: 2,000

Group D
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
Source:
Uruguay 1–2 Mali
Chevantón  65' (Report) Camara  51'
Dissa  90'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
South Korea 1–3 Portugal
Kim K.H.  37' (Report) R. Sousa  27'
Simão  85', 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Uruguay 1–0 South Korea
Chevantón  3' (Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
Mali 2–1 Portugal
Am. Coulibaly  15' (pen.)
Ndiaye  45'		 (Report) P. Costa  55'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Uruguay 0–0 Portugal
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
Mali 2–4 South Korea
Dissa  57'
Bagayoko  60'		 (Report) Seol K.H.  3', 35'
Na H.K.  22' (pen.)
Lee D.G.  69'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

Group E
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
Source:
Cameroon 2–1 Japan
Komol  72', 89' (Report) Takahara  51'
Attendance: 12,000
England 0–1 United States
(Report) Califf  12'
Attendance: 19,000
Cameroon 1–0 England
Cooper  63' (o.g.) (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Japan 3–1 United States
Downing  10' (o.g.)
Takahara  51'
Ogasawara  85'		 (Report) Futagaki  74'
Attendance: 9,000
Cameroon 1–3 United States
Kioyo  63' (Report) Twellman  38'  79'
Bocanegra  57'
Attendance: 9,000
Japan 2–0 England
Ishikawa  39'
Ono  48'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,000

Group F
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
Source:
Zambia 4–3 Honduras
Makayi  19'
Makufi  44', 55'
Mbambara  72'		 (Report) Suazo  9'
De León  41'  74'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
Spain 2–0 Brazil
Gabri  15'  33' (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
Zambia 0–0 Spain
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
Honduras 0–3 Brazil
(Report) Edu  36', 80'
Matuzalém  41'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria)
Zambia 1–5 Brazil
Sinkala  39' (Report) Ronaldinho  27'
Aurélio  45'
Baiano  65'
Mancini  69'
Rodrigo Gral  80'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
Honduras 1–3 Spain
Oliva  76' (Report) Pablo  10'
Varela  26'
Rubén  31'
Attendance: 16,000

Ranking of third-placed teams
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
Source:

Knockout stage

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

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

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

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

Third place play-off
Mali 1–0 Uruguay
Keita  30' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

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

Result
 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners 

Spain
First title

Goalscorers
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