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.
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 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 CAF (Africa) 1999 African Under-17 Championship CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)1999 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament CONMEBOL (South America)1999 South American Under 17 Football Championship OFC (Oceania)Host nation 1999 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament UEFA (Europe)1999 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship
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
Group stage
Group A Team321042+27311162+44 310238−53302134−12
Group B Team3210122+107320154+16 311172+543003117−160
Group C Team320143+16312021+15 302112−12302101−12
Group D Team321092+77320163+36 311144043003010−100
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Playoff for 3rd place
Final
Winners
Awards
FIFA Golden ShoeFIFA Golden BallFIFA Fair Play Award Ishmael Addo Landon Donovan
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
RankTeam1624084+4102632175+21136420196+13144632198+111 Eliminated in the quarter-finals54211106+476420264+267420277068411285+34 Eliminated at the group stage9311172+54103111440411310238−5312302134−1213302112−1214302101−12153003010−100163003117−160
External links FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999, FIFA.com Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)