# 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organised by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 24 July and 4 August 1999.
The tournament was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4–3 in the final. Mexico became the first host nation to win the FIFA Confederations Cup. The competition was to originally be held in three stadiums, in three cities in the country. However, since the stadiums in Monterrey were sponsored by a competing beer company other than the official advertiser, the city was left out of the tournament altogether. The tournament was originally scheduled for 8–20 January 1999, but was rescheduled by FIFA on 17 November 1998 to accommodate the scheduling of the participating European teams.
The tournament was organized in two groups of four teams, in which two teams from both groups advanced to the semi-finals.

## Venues

Matches were played at two venues: the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City served as the venue for matches in Group A, while the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara hosted matches in Group B. Each of the venues also hosted one of the semi-finals; the final was played at the Azteca and the third place play-off was played at the Jalisco.
| Mexico City | GuadalajaraMexico City | Guadalajara |
| Estadio Azteca | GuadalajaraMexico City | Estadio Jalisco |
| Capacity: 115,000 | GuadalajaraMexico City | Capacity: 66,700 |

## Teams
### Qualification

The tournament featured eight teams, representing the six continental confederations. Mexico qualified as both the host nation and the winners of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, so the CONCACAF berth was given to the United States. France also qualified automatically as winners of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but they declined to participate; World Cup runners-up Brazil took their place, which meant Bolivia replaced Brazil as the CONMEBOL representatives, having finished as runners-up in the 1997 Copa América. The other four places went to the winners of the most recent continental competitions: Germany (UEFA), Saudi Arabia (AFC), Egypt (CAF) and New Zealand (OFC).
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Mexico | CONCACAF | Hosts and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners | — | 2 (1995, 1997) |
| Germany | UEFA | UEFA Euro 1996 winners | 30 June 1996 | 0 (debut) |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners | 21 December 1996 | 3 (1992, 1995, 1997) |
| Bolivia | CONMEBOL | 1997 Copa América runners-up | 29 June 1997 | 0 (debut) |
| United States | CONCACAF | 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up | 15 February 1998 | 1 (1992) |
| Egypt | CAF | 1998 African Cup of Nations winners | 28 February 1998 | 0 (debut) |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | 1998 FIFA World Cup runners-up | 12 July 1998 | 1 (1997) |
| New Zealand | OFC | 1998 OFC Nations Cup winners | 4 October 1998 | 0 (debut) |

### Squads
## Group stage

All times CST (UTC−6).

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 August – Mexico City | 1 August – Mexico City |
| Mexico (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 |
| Mexico (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 | 4 August – Mexico City | 4 August – Mexico City |
| United States | 0 | 4 August – Mexico City | 4 August – Mexico City |
| United States | 0 | Mexico | 4 |
| 1 August – Guadalajara | 1 August – Guadalajara | | Mexico | 4 |
| 1 August – Guadalajara | 1 August – Guadalajara | Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 8 | Brazil | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 3 August – Guadalajara | 3 August – Guadalajara |
| | | United States | 2 |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 0 |

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Marzouk Al-Otaibi and Ronaldinho are the top scorers in the tournament with six goals each. Ronaldinho won the Golden Shoe award by having more assists than Blanco and Al-Otaibi. In total, 55 goals were scored by 29 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

#### 6 goals

* Ronaldinho
* Cuauhtémoc Blanco
* Marzouk Al-Otaibi

#### 4 goals

* Alex

#### 3 goals

* Zé Roberto
* José Manuel Abundis

#### 2 goals

* Rôni
* Samir Ibrahim
* Miguel Zepeda
* Brian McBride

#### 1 goal

* Limberg Gutiérrez
* Renny Ribera
* Marcos Paulo
* João Carlos
* Serginho
* Abdel Sattar Sabry
* Yasser Radwan
* Ahmed Hassan
* Michael Preetz
* Lothar Matthäus
* Pável Pardo
* Francisco Palencia
* Chris Zoricich
* Nawaf Al-Temyat
* Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
* Jovan Kirovski
* Ben Olsen
* Joe-Max Moore
* Paul Bravo

### Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | A | Mexico (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | B | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | United States | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | A | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | A | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | A | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | B | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Awards

The following Confederations Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), and Golden Ball (best overall player).
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Ronaldinho | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Marzouk Al-Otaibi |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Ronaldinho | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Marzouk Al-Otaibi |
| 6 goals, 2 assists 376 minutes played | 6 goals, 0 assists 465 minutes played | 6 goals, 0 assists 315 minutes played |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Brazil |||