The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1998 AFC Youth Championship CAF (Africa)Host nation1999 African Youth Championship CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament CONMEBOL (South America)1999 South American Youth Championship OFC (Oceania)1998 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAFC Simon Micallef (Australia) Lu Jun (China) Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)CAF Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) Olufunmi Olaniyan (Nigeria) Mourad Daami (Tunisia)CONCACAF William Mattus (Costa Rica) Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico)CONMEBOL Ángel Sánchez (Argentina) Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil) Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)UEFA Sergei Shmolik (Belarus) Željko Širić (Croatia) Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Venues
Ibadan Lagos Enugu Port Harcourt Liberty Stadium National Stadium Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Liberation Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 25,000 Kano Calabar Kaduna Bauchi Sani Abacha Stadium U.J. Esuene Stadium Ahmadu Bello Stadium Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 15,000
Squads
Group stage
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.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
Goalscorers
5 goals Mahamadou Dissa Pablo Couñago
4 goals Gaspard Komol Peter Ofori-Quaye Mamadou Bagayoko Taylor Twellman Javier Chevantón
3 goals
Fernando Baiano Edu Ronaldinho Enrico Kern Naohiro Takahara Roque Santa Cruz Gabri Fernando Varela
2 goals
Francis Kioyo Zvonimir Deranja Baffour Gyan Damien Duff Richard Sadlier Shinji Ono Abdoulaye Camara Tenema Ndiaye Luis González Rafael Márquez Daniel Osorno Juan Pablo Rodríguez Hashimu Garba Ganiyu Shittu Simão Seol Ki-Hyeon José Barkero Xavi Bernard Makufi
1 goal
Esteban Cambiasso Luciano Galletti Jason Culina John Maisano Mile Sterjovski Fábio Aurélio Rodrigo Gral Mancini Matuzalém Modeste M'bami Alberto Brenes Mauricio Garita Allan Meléndez Esteban Santana Ivica Banović Saša Bjelanović Darko Miladin Silvester Sabolčki Patrick Falk Christian Timm Tutu Adu Owusu Afriyie Julio César de León Carlos Oliva Maynor Suazo Garry Crossley Colin Healy Stephen McPhail Yasuhito Endō Tatsuya Ishikawa Masashi Motoyama Yuichiro Nagai Mitsuo Ogasawara Yerlan Urazayev Amadou Coulibaly Mahamadou Diarra Seydou Keita Eduardo Rodríguez Julius Aghahowa Pius Ikedia Nelson Cuevas Sergio Fernández Rubén Maldonado Nelson Vera Marco Claúdio Paulo Costa Ricardo Sousa Saleh Al-Saqri Mohamad Dabo Kim Kun-Hyung Lee Dong-Gook Na Hee-Keun Rubén Suárez Carlos Bocanegra Danny Califf Ryan Futagaki Jorge Anchen Fabián Canobbio Diego Forlán Japhet Makayi Ronald Mbambara Andrew Sinkala
Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFIFA Fair Play Award Pablo Couñago Seydou Keita
Final ranking
External links FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1999 FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)