1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand from 10 to 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate in this tournament. This was the first FIFA tournament to be held in the Pacific Islands country.

1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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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 →

Venues

Auckland	Napier	Christchurch	Dunedin
North Harbour Stadium	McLean Park	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 21,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 29,000
Auckland Napier Christchurch Dunedin

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-16 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
	1999 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament	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

Main article: 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Group stage

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)

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11 November 1999

19:30

Uruguay	1–1	Poland
Alvarez 46'	Report	Madej 51'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 3,623

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

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13 November 1999

13:45

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

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 10,265

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

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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: Robert Troxler Ayala (Paraguay)

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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: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)

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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)

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11 November 1999

18:15

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

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 3,950

Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)

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13 November 1999

13:45

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

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad & Tobago)

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13 November 1999

16:00

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

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)

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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)

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16 November 1999

18:15

Spain	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Vallejo 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: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

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12 November 1999

16:00

Mali	0–0	Germany
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

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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: Issack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)

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14 November 1999

18:15

Brazil	0–0	Mali
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)

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17 November 1999

16:00

Germany	0–0	Brazil
	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

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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)

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12 November 1999

20:15

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 5,173

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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14 November 1999

18:00

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 4,662

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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14 November 1999

20:15

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 4,662

Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

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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)

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17 November 1999

20:15

Burkina Faso	2–2	Paraguay
Ouedraogo 50', 53'	Report	Cabrera 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

Quarter-finals

20 November 1999

16:00

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

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,483

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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21 November 1999

14:00

Australia	1–0	Qatar
Di Iorio 55'	Report

QE II Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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20 November 1999

16:00

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

McLean Park, Napier

Attendance: 5,600

Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)

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21 November 1999

16:00

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance: 7,251

Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Semi-finals

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)

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24 November 1999

19:30

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

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: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Final

27 November 1999

16:00 UTC+12

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
	Report
Penalties
Byrnes Di Iorio Srhoj Madaschi North MacAllister Goulding Kennedy Fyfe	7–8	Léo Macaé Marquinhos Eduardo Costa Walker Ricardo Léo Lima Bruno Leite Souza Wellington

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

• Bernard Dong Bortey
• Ibrahim Atiku
• Nathaniel Lamptey
• Alejandro Da Silva
• Aitor Gómez
• Landon Donovan

2 goals

• Mark Byrnes
• Scott McDonald
• Issaka Ouedraogo
• Hector Vallejo
• Dave Mulligan
• Daniel Ferreira
• Victor Cabrera
• Lukasz Madej
• Oguchi Onyewu
• Sergio Leal

1 goal

• Dylan MacAllister
• Joe Di Iorio
• Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
• Caca
• Carlos Henrique
• Marcos Roberto
• Djibril Compaoré
• Ibrahim Kabore
• Leonhard Haas
• Anthony Obodai
• Razak Pimpong
• Aarón Galindo
• Felix Grijalva
• Gustavo Ramirez
• Juan Estrada
• Yared Yanez
• Allan Pearce
• Diego Figueredo
• Tomas Guzman
• Walter Fretes
• Łukasz Mierzejewski
• Albert Crusat
• Ernesto
• Jonathan Aspas
• Mario
• Suriya Amatawech
• Abe Thompson
• DaMarcus Beasley
• Jordan Cila
• Kyle Beckerman
• Alvaro Meneses
• Horacio Peralta
• Miguel Lapolla
• Ruben Olivera
• Sebastian Alvarez
• Williams Martínez

Own goal

• Stephen Tetteh (playing against Brazil)
• Gonzalo Novegil (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)