1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
international football competition
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.
FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999 1999 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Marama Ao | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 93 (2.91 per match) |
Attendance | 216,853 (6,777 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (7 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
Venues
changeAuckland | Napier | Christchurch | Dunedin |
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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
change- 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
changeMatches
changeGroup A
changeTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Mulligan 16' | Report | Thompson 69' Donovan 74' |
Poland | 1 – 2 | New Zealand |
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Mierzejewski 88' | Report | Mulligan 53' Pearce 64' |
United States | 1 – 0 | Uruguay |
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Onyewu 90' | Report |
Group B
changeTeam | 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 |
Group C
changeTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Marquinhos 31' Carlos Henrique 66' |
Report | MacAllister 81' |
Group D
changeTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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Report | Compaore 12' |
Knockout stage
changeQuarter-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 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
changeSemifinals
changeUnited States | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
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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 |
Ghana | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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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 |
Playoff for 3rd place
changeUnited States | 0 – 2 | Ghana |
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Report | Pimpong 35' Addo 84' |
Final
changeWinners
change1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners |
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Brazil Second title |
Awards
changeFIFA Golden Shoe | FIFA Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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Ishmael Addo | Landon Donovan | Mexico |
Goalscorers
changeIshmael 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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 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
changeRank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 |