1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999
1999 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Marama Ao
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates10–27 November
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance216,853 (6,777 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ishmael Addo
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Landon Donovan
Fair play award Mexico

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

Venues

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

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-17 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

Matches

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


New Zealand 1 – 2 United States
Mulligan  16' Report Thompson  69'
Donovan  74'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 14,103
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Uruguay 1 – 1 Poland
Alvarez  46' Report Madej  51'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,623
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
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)
United States 1 – 1 Poland
Donovan  89' (pen.) Report Madej  43' (pen.)
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Robert Troxler Ayala (Paraguay)
Poland 1 – 2 New Zealand
Mierzejewski  88' Report Mulligan  53'
Pearce  64'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
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


Ghana 1 – 1 Spain
Atiku  45+2' Report Mario  90+7'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
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)
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)
Ghana 4 – 0 Mexico
Lamptey  38', 75'
Atiku  71', 89'		 Report
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)
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)
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


Brazil 2 – 1 Australia
Marquinhos  31'
Carlos Henrique  66'		 Report MacAllister  81'
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Mali 0 – 0 Germany
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Australia 2 – 1 Germany
Cansdell-Sherriff  66'
Byrnes  70'		 Report Haas  9'
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Issack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
Brazil 0 – 0 Mali
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Germany 0 – 0 Brazil
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
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


Jamaica 0 – 1 Burkina Faso
Report Compaore  12'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Paraguay 2 – 0 Qatar
Fretes  37'
Guzman  57'		 Report
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Burkina Faso 1 – 2 Qatar
Kabore  57' Report Hamza  16' (pen.), 37'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
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)
Qatar 4 – 0 Jamaica
Hamza  52', 63'
Abdulrahman  69'
Mubarak  90+1'		 Report
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 November - Auckland
 
 
 United States3
 
24 November - Christchurch
 
 Mexico2
 
 United States2 (6)
 
21 November - Christchurch
 
 Australia (pen.)2 (7)
 
 Australia1
 
27 November - Auckland
 
 Qatar0
 
 Australia0 (7)
 
20 November - Napier
 
 Brazil (pen.)0 (8)
 
 Ghana (a.e.t.)3
 
24 November - Auckland
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Ghana2 (2)
 
21 November - Dunedin
 
 Brazil (pen.)2 (4) Third place
 
 Paraguay1
 
27 November - Auckland
 
 Brazil4
 
 United States0
 
 
 Ghana2
 

Quarterfinals

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)
Australia 1 – 0 Qatar
Di Iorio  55' Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
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)
Paraguay 1 – 4 Brazil
Da Silva  42' Report Leonardo  26', 37', 56'
Caca  90'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 7,251
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Semifinals

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)
Ghana 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Lamptey  66'
Addo  81'		 Report Leonardo  26'
Tetteh  28' (o.g.)
Penalties
Essien
Dong-Bortey
Obodai
Nkrumah 		2 – 4 Leonardo
Marquinhos
Eduardo Costa
Walker
Ricardo
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 12,451
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Playoff for 3rd place

United States 0 – 2 Ghana
Report Pimpong  35'
Addo  84'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 15,675
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Final

Australia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report
Penalties
Regan
Di Iorio
Srhoj
Madaschi
North
MacAllister
Goulding
Kennedy
Fyfe 		7 – 8 Leonardo
Marquinhos
Eduardo Costa
Walker
Ricardo
Leo
Bruno Leite
Souza
Leonardo
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
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 Compaore
  • Ibrahim Kabore
  • Leonhard Haas
  • Anthony Obodai
  • Razak Pimpong
  • Aaron Galindo
  • Felix Grijalva
  • Gustavo Ramirez
  • Juan Estrada
  • Yared Yanez
  • Allan Pearce
  • Diego Figueredo
  • Tomas Guzman
  • Walter Fretes
  • Lukasz 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 Martinez
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
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