# 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

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.
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 1998 AFC Youth Championship | Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Saudi Arabia |
| CAF (Africa) | Host nation | Nigeria |
| CAF (Africa) | 1999 African Youth Championship | Cameroon Ghana Mali Zambia |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Costa Rica Honduras Mexico United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1999 South American Youth Championship | Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1998 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Croatia England Germany Portugal Republic of Ireland Spain |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## 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 |
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| 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 |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | E | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | D | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | B | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | A | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | F | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 6 | C | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| April 15 - Enugu | April 15 - Enugu | | | | | | |
| Mali (aet) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mali (aet) | 5 | April 18 - Enugu | April 18 - Enugu | | | | | |
| Cameroon | 4 | April 18 - Enugu | April 18 - Enugu | | | | |
| Cameroon | 4 | Mali | 3 | | | | |
| April 14 - Kano | April 14 - Kano | | Mali | 3 | | | | |
| April 14 - Kano | April 14 - Kano | Nigeria | 1 | | | | |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 (3) | Nigeria | 1 | | | | |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 (3) | | | | April 21 - Kaduna | April 21 - Kaduna | | |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | April 21 - Kaduna | April 21 - Kaduna | |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | Mali | 1 | |
| April 15 - Port Harcourt | April 15 - Port Harcourt | | | | | Mali | 1 | |
| April 15 - Port Harcourt | April 15 - Port Harcourt | | | | Spain | 3 | |
| Spain | 3 | | | | Spain | 3 | |
| Spain | 3 | April 18 - Kaduna | April 18 - Kaduna | | | | | |
| United States | 2 | April 18 - Kaduna | April 18 - Kaduna | | | | |
| United States | 2 | Spain (pen.) | 1 (8) | | | | |
| April 14 - Kaduna | April 14 - Kaduna | | Spain (pen.) | 1 (8) | | | | |
| April 14 - Kaduna | April 14 - Kaduna | Ghana | 1 (7) | | | | |
| Ghana | 2 | Ghana | 1 (7) | | | | |
| Ghana | 2 | | | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | | | | Spain | 4 |
| April 14 - Lagos | April 14 - Lagos | | | | | | | | Spain | 4 |
| April 14 - Lagos | April 14 - Lagos | | | | | | | Japan | 0 |
| Paraguay | 2 (9) | | | | | | | Japan | 0 |
| Paraguay | 2 (9) | April 18 - Lagos | April 18 - Lagos | | | | | | |
| Uruguay (pen.) | 2 (10) | April 18 - Lagos | April 18 - Lagos | | | | | | |
| Uruguay (pen.) | 2 (10) | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | | |
| April 14 - Calabar | April 14 - Calabar | | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | | |
| April 14 - Calabar | April 14 - Calabar | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | | | | April 21 - Lagos | April 21 - Lagos | | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | | | | April 21 - Lagos | April 21 - Lagos | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | | | | Uruguay | 1 | | | |
| April 15 - Bauchi | April 15 - Bauchi | | | | | Uruguay | 1 | | | |
| April 15 - Bauchi | April 15 - Bauchi | | | | Japan | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | Japan | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Japan (pen.) | 1 (5) | April 18 - Ibadan | April 18 - Ibadan | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Portugal | 1 (4) | April 18 - Ibadan | April 18 - Ibadan | | | | | April 24 - Lagos | April 24 - Lagos |
| Portugal | 1 (4) | Japan | 2 | | | | | Mali | 1 |
| April 15 - Ibadan | April 15 - Ibadan | | Japan | 2 | | | | | Mali | 1 |
| April 15 - Ibadan | April 15 - Ibadan | Mexico | 0 | | | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Mexico | 4 | Mexico | 0 | | | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | | | | | |

### Final

| Spain | Japan |

## Result

* 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship winners
* Spain First title

## 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 Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
| Pablo Couñago | Seydou Keita | Croatia |

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Spain | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 17 | Champions |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Mali | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 15 | Third place |
| 4 | Uruguay | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Ghana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 10 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 11 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 12 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 13 | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 14 | Croatia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 16 | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 17 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 18 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 19 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 20 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 22 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 23 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |