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1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999
Tournament details
Host country  Nigeria
Dates April 3 – April 24
Teams 24 (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 played 52
Goals scored 158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance 624,400 (12,008 per match)
Top scorer(s) Spain Pablo
Mali Mahamadou Dissa
(5 goals)
Best player Mali Seydou Keita
← Malaysia 1997
Argentina 2001 →

The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between April 3 and April 24, 1999. The 1999 championship was the 12th contested.

Contents

Qualification

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

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) AFC Youth Championship 1998  Japan
 Kazakhstan1
 South Korea
 Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa) 1999 African Youth Championship  Cameroon
 Ghana
 Mali
 Zambia1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 1999 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1999 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 1999 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1998 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship  Croatia1
 England
 Germany
 Portugal
 Republic of Ireland
 Spain
Host nation  Nigeria
1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Tournament

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.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Paraguay 6 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1
 Nigeria 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Costa Rica 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1
 Germany 3 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1
April 3, 1999
16:00
 Nigeria  1–1  Costa Rica National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
Aghahowa Goal 20' (Report) Meléndez Goal 83' (pen.)
April 4, 1999
16:00
 Germany  4–0  Paraguay National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Kern Goal 44' Goal 60' Goal 69'
Falk Goal 90'		 (Report)
April 7, 1999
16:00
 Nigeria  2–0  Germany National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Shittu Goal 69'
Garba Goal 81'		 (Report)
April 7, 1999
19:00
 Costa Rica  1–3  Paraguay National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
Garita Goal 30' (Report) Santa Cruz Goal 26'
Vera Goal 50'
Cuevas Goal 66'
April 10, 1999
16:00
 Nigeria  1–2  Paraguay National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
Shittu Goal 38' (Report) Fernández Goal 9'
Maldonado Goal 22'
April 10, 1999
19:00
 Costa Rica  2–1  Germany National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Brenes Goal 33'
Santana Goal 69'		 (Report) Timm Goal 38'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ghana 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 Croatia 5 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4
 Argentina 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
 Kazakhstan 0 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8
April 4, 1999
16:00
 Ghana  1–1  Croatia Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Ofori-Quaye Goal 68' (Report) Deranja Goal 22'
April 4, 1999
19:00
 Argentina  1–0  Kazakhstan Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Cambiasso Goal 44' (Report)
April 7, 1999
16:00
 Ghana  1–0  Argentina Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Ofori-Quaye Goal 76' (Report)
April 7, 1999
19:00
 Croatia  5–1  Kazakhstan Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Deranja Goal 7'
Miladin Goal 11'
Sabolčki Goal 34'
Banović Goal 79'
Bjelanović Goal 88'		 (Report) Urazayev Goal 67'
April 10, 1999
16:00
 Ghana  3–0  Kazakhstan Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Gyan Goal 51' Goal 69'
Adu Goal 53'		 (Report)
April 10, 1999
19:00
 Croatia  0–0  Argentina Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
(Report)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mexico 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3
 Republic of Ireland 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5
 Australia 3 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4
 Saudi Arabia 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4
April 4, 1999
16:00
 Australia  3–1  Saudi Arabia Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)
Culina Goal 29'
Maisano Goal 72'
Al-Garni Goal 77' (o.g.)		 (Report) Dabo Goal 90'
April 4, 1999
19:00
 Mexico  1–0  Republic of Ireland Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
Márquez Goal 10' (Report)
April 7, 1999
16:00
 Australia  1–3  Mexico Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
Sterjovski Goal 45' (Report) Márquez Goal 2'
J. Rodríguez Goal 58'
Osorno Goal 83'
April 7, 1999
19:00
 Saudi Arabia  0–2  Republic of Ireland Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)
(Report) McPhail Goal 42'
Duff Goal 65'
April 10, 1999
16:00
 Australia  0–4  Republic of Ireland Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 800
Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)
(Report) Sadlier Goal 20'
Duff Goal 73'
Healy Goal 74'
Crossley Goal 90'
April 10, 1999
19:00
 Saudi Arabia  1–1  Mexico Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
Al-Saqri Goal 37' (Report) L. González Goal 30'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mali 6 3 2 0 1 6 6 0
 Portugal 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Uruguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 South Korea 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1
April 5, 1999
16:00
 Uruguay  1–2  Mali Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Zeljko Siric (Croatia)
Chevantón Goal 65' (Report) Camara Goal 51'
Dissa Goal 90'
April 5, 1999
19:00
 South Korea  1–3  Portugal Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Kim K.H. Goal 37' (Report) R. Sousa Goal 27'
Simão Goal 85' Goal 90' (pen.)
April 8, 1999
16:00
 Uruguay  1–0  South Korea Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
Chevantón Goal 3' (Report)
April 8, 1999
19:00
 Mali  2–1  Portugal Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Am. Coulibaly Goal 15' (pen.)
Ndiaye Goal 45'		 (Report) P. Costa Goal 55'
April 11, 1999
16:00
 Uruguay  0–0  Portugal Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Olufunmi Orimisan Olaniyan (Nigeria)
(Report)
April 11, 1999
19:00
 Mali  2–4  South Korea Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
Dissa Goal 57'
Bagayoko Goal 60'		 (Report) Seol K.H. Goal 3' Goal 35'
Na H.K. Goal 22' (pen.)
Lee D.G. Goal 69'

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
 United States 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
 Cameroon 6 3 2 0 1 4 4 0
 England 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4
April 5, 1999
16:00
 Cameroon  2–1  Japan Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Komol Goal 72' Goal 89' (Report) Takahara Goal 51'
April 5, 1999
19:00
 England  0–1  United States Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
(Report) Califf Goal 12'
April 8, 1999
16:00
 Cameroon  1–0  England Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Cooper Goal 63' (o.g.) (Report)
April 8, 1999
19:00
 Japan  3–1  United States Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)
Downing Goal 10' (o.g.)
Takahara Goal 51'
Ogasawara Goal 85'		 (Report) Futagaki Goal 74'
April 11, 1999
16:00
 Cameroon  1–3  United States Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)
Kioyo Goal 63' (Report) Twellman Goal 38' Goal 79'
Bocanegra Goal 57'
April 11, 1999
19:00
 Japan  2–0  England Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Ishikawa Goal 39'
Ono Goal 48'		 (Report)

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Spain 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 Brazil 6 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5
 Zambia 4 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3
 Honduras 0 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6
April 5, 1999
 Zambia  4–3  Honduras U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Micallef (Australia)
Makayi Goal 19'
Makufi Goal 44' Goal 55'
Mbambara Goal 72'		 (Report) Suazo Goal 9'
de León Goal 41' Goal 74'
April 5, 1999
 Spain  2–0  Brazil U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ramos (México)
Gabri Goal 15' Goal 33' (Report)
April 8, 1999
 Zambia  0–0  Spain U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ramos (México)
(Report)
April 8, 1999
 Honduras  0–3  Brazil Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Olaniyan (Nigeria)
(Report) Edu Goal 36' Goal 80'
Matuzalém Goal 41'
April 11, 1999
 Zambia  1–5  Brazil Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Micallef (Australia)
Sinkala Goal 39' (Report) Ronaldinho Goal 27'
Aurélio Goal 45'
Baiano Goal 65'
Mancini Goal 69'
Rodrigo Gral Goal 80'
April 11, 1999
 Honduras  1–3  Spain Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Guezzaz (Morocco)
Oliva Goal 76' (Report) Pablo Goal 10'
Varela Goal 26'
Rubén Goal 31'

Ranking of third-placed teams

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cameroon 6 3 2 0 1 4 4 0
 Uruguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Argentina 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
 Costa Rica 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1
 Zambia 4 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3
 Australia 3 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4

Knockout round

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
April 15 - Enugu            
  Mali (aet)  5
April 18 - Enugu
  Cameroon  4  
  Mali  3
April 14 - Kano
    Nigeria  1  
  Republic of Ireland  1 (3)
April 21 - Kaduna
  Nigeria (pen)  1 (5)  
  Mali  1
April 15 - Port Harcourt
    Spain  3  
  Spain  3
April 18 - Kaduna
  United States  2  
  Spain (pen)  1 (8)
April 14 - Kaduna
    Ghana  1 (7)  
  Ghana  2
April 24 - Lagos
  Costa Rica  0  
  Spain  4
April 14 - Lagos
    Japan  0
  Paraguay  2 (9)
April 18 - Lagos
  Uruguay (pen)  2 (10)  
  Uruguay  2
April 14 - Calabar
    Brazil  1  
  Brazil  4
April 21 - Lagos
  Croatia  0  
  Uruguay  1
April 15 - Bauchi
    Japan  2   Third place
  Japan (pen)  1 (5)
April 18 - Ibadan April 24 - Lagos
  Portugal  1 (4)  
  Japan  2   Mali  1
April 15 - Ibadan
    Mexico  0     Uruguay  0
  Mexico  4
  Argentina  1  

Round of 16

April 14, 1999
16:00
 Republic of Ireland  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 pen.)		  Nigeria Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Sadlier Goal 35' (Report) Ikedia Goal 70'
April 14, 1999
16:00
 Ghana  2–0  Costa Rica Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)
Afriyie Goal 18'
Ofori-Quaye Goal 82'		 (Report)
April 14, 1999
19:00
 Paraguay  2–2 (a.e.t.)
(9–10 pen.)		  Uruguay National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico)
Santa Cruz Goal 62' (pen.) Goal 86' (Report) Chevantón Goal 32'
Forlán Goal 49'
April 14, 1999
19:00
 Brazil  4–0  Croatia U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Ronaldinho Goal 21' (pen.) Goal 45'
Fernando Baiano Goal 48' (pen.)
Edu Goal 68'		 (Report)
April 15, 1999
16:00
 Japan  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 pen.)		  Portugal Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Endo Goal 48' (Report) Marco Claudio Goal 80'
April 15, 1999
16:00
 Spain  3–2  United States Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
Pablo Goal 15' Goal 32'
Xavi Goal 19'		 (Report) Twellman Goal 49' Goal 90'
April 15, 1999
19:00
 Mexico  4–1  Argentina Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Siarhei Shmolik (Belarus)
Osorno Goal 52'
E. Rodríguez Goal 55'
J. Rodríguez Goal 67'
L. González Goal 88'		 (Report) Galletti Goal 41'
April 15, 1999
19:00
  Mali 5–4 (a.e.t.)  Cameroon Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Ndiaye Goal 9'
Bagayoko Goal 67'
Camara Goal 83'
Dissa Goal 90' Goal 104'		 (Report) Komol Goal 10' Goal 74'
Mbami Goal 23'
Kioyo Goal 26'

Quarter-finals

April 18, 1999
16:00
 Uruguay  2–1  Brazil National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Anchen Goal 44'
Canobbio Goal 86' (pen.)		 (Report) Fernando Baiano Goal 27'
April 18, 1999
16:00
 Mali  3–1  Nigeria Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)
Bagayoko Goal 1' Goal 72'
Diarra Goal 44'		 (Report) Garba Goal 17'
April 18, 1999
19:00
 Japan  2–0  Mexico Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Motoyama Goal 4'
Ono Goal 24'		 (Report)
April 18, 1999
19:00
 Spain  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 pen.)		  Ghana Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Barkero Goal 54' (pen.) (Report) Ofori-Quaye Goal 90'

Semi-finals

April 21, 1999
16:00
 Mali  1–3  Spain Ahmadou Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Dissa Goal 52' (Report) Varela Goal 2' Goal 26'
Xavi Goal 90'
April 21, 1999
19:00
 Uruguay  1–2  Japan National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
Chevantón Goal 24' (Report) Takahara Goal 23'
Nagai Goal 35'

Third place play-off

April 24, 1999
14:00
 Mali  1–0  Uruguay National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
Keita Goal 30' (Report)

Final

April 24, 1999
17:00
 Spain  4–0  Japan National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Barkero Goal 5'
Pablo Goal 14' Goal 30'
Gabri Goal 51'		 (Report)

Result

 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners 

Spain
First title

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
Spain Pablo Mali Seydou Keita  Croatia

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