1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

Copa Confederaciones México '99
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	24 July - 4 August
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per match)
Attendance	970,000 (60,625 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cuauhtémoc Blanco Ronaldinho Marzouq Al-Otaibi (6 goals)
Best player	Ronaldinho
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The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organized by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 24 July and 4 August 1999. It was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4–3 in the final, Mexico became the first host nation to win the FIFA Confederations Cup. The competition was to originally be held in three stadiums, in three cities in the country. However, since the stadiums in Monterrey were sponsored by a competing beer company than the official advertiser, the city was left out of the tournament all together.

Participating teams

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification method	Date qualification secured	Participation No.
Mexico	CONCACAF	Hosts and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner		3rd
Brazil	CONMEBOL	1998 FIFA World Cup runners-up 1	30 June 1998	2nd
Germany	UEFA	UEFA Euro 1996 winner	30 June 1996	1st
Saudi Arabia	AFC	1996 AFC Asian Cup winner	21 December 1996	4th
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	1997 Copa América runners-up 3	29 June 1997	1st
Egypt	CAF	1998 African Cup of Nations winner	28 February 1998	1st
United States	CONCACAF	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up 2	15 February 1998	2nd
New Zealand	OFC	1998 OFC Nations Cup winner	4 October 1998	1st

¹France, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winner, declined to take part. ^[1]

²United States was awarded a spot in the competition because Mexico had won the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

³Boliva was awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won the 1997 Copa América. (See ¹ for more reasons)

Venues

The matches were played in:

Mexico City	Guadalajara
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco
Capacity: 115,000	Capacity: 66,700

Match officials

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Egypt	3	0	2	1	5	9	−4	2

25 July 1999 12:00 CDT	Bolivia	2 – 2	Egypt	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Gutiérrez  21' Ribera  40'	(Report)	Sabry  8' Radwan  63'

25 July 1999 14:30 CDT	Mexico	5 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Blanco  12', 19', 68', 77' Abundis  21'	(Report)	Al-Temyat  62' (pen.)

27 July 1999 18:00 CDT	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
		(Report)

27 July 1999 20:30 CDT	Mexico	2 – 2	Egypt	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
	Pardo  15' Abundis  26'	(Report)	A. Hassan  79' S. Ibrahim  85'

29 July 1999 18:00 CDT	Egypt	1 – 5	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	S. Ibrahim  70' (pen.)	(Report)	Al-Otaibi  8', 34', 78', 85' Al-Shahrani  64'

29 July 1999 20:30 CDT	Mexico	1 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Oscar Ruíz (Colombia)
	Palencia  52'	(Report)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
United States	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Germany	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

24 July 1999 12:00 CDT	Brazil	4 – 0	Germany	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
	Zé Roberto  62' Ronaldinho  72' (pen.) Alex  86', 87'	(Report)

24 July 1999 14:30 CDT	New Zealand	1 – 2	United States	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Zoricich  90+3'	(Report)	McBride  25' Kirovski  58'

28 July 1999 18:00 CDT	Germany	2 – 0	New Zealand	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Preetz  6' Matthäus  33'	(Report)

28 July 1999 20:30 CDT	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Ronaldinho  13'	(Report)

30 July 1999 18:00 CDT	United States	2 – 0	Germany	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
	Olsen  23' Moore  50'	(Report)

30 July 1999 20:30 CDT	New Zealand	0 – 2	Brazil	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
		(Report)	Marcos Paulo  45+2' Ronaldinho  88'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 August - Mexico City
	Mexico (a.e.t.)	1
	United States	0
					4 August - Mexico City
					Mexico	4
					Brazil	3
					Third place
	1 August - Guadalajara			3 August - Guadalajara
	Brazil	8		United States	2
	Saudi Arabia	2			Saudi Arabia	0

Semi-finals

1 August 1999 12:00 CDT	Mexico	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	United States	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
	Blanco  97'	(Report)

1 August 1999 15:00 CDT	Brazil	8 – 2	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	João Carlos  8' Ronaldinho  11', 65', 90+2' Zé Roberto  33' Alex  36', 86' Roni  62'	(Report)	Al-Otaibi  22', 31'

Third place play-off

3 August 1999 21:00 CDT	United States	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Bravo  27' McBride  78'	(Report)

Final

4 August 1999 21:00 CDT	Mexico	4 – 3	Brazil	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Zepeda  13', 51' Abundis  28' Blanco  62'	(Report)	Serginho  43' (pen.) Roni  47' Zé Roberto  63'

Awards

Golden Ball Winner	Golden Shoe Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Ronaldinho	Ronaldinho	Brazil  New Zealand

Silver Ball Winner	Silver Shoe Winner
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Bronze Ball Winner	Bronze Shoe Winner
Marzouq Al-Otaibi	Marzouq Al-Otaibi

Top scorers

6 goals

• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Marzouq Al-Otaibi
• Ronaldinho

4 goals

• Alex

3 goals

• José Manuel Abundis
• Zé Roberto

Notes

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