# 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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 | Carisbrook |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 29,000 |
| AucklandNapierChristchurchDunedin ||||
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 | Thailand Qatar |
| CAF (Africa) | 1999 African Under-17 Championship | Ghana Burkina Faso Mali |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 1999 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament | Jamaica Mexico United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1999 South American Under 17 Football Championship | Brazil Paraguay Uruguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | Host nation | New Zealand |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1999 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship | Spain Poland Germany |
    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.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

### Group B

| Team | 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 20 November–Auckland | 20 November–Auckland | | | |
| United States | 3 | | | |
| United States | 3 | 24 November–Christchurch | 24 November–Christchurch | | |
| Mexico | 2 | 24 November–Christchurch | 24 November–Christchurch | |
| Mexico | 2 | United States | 2 (6) | |
| 21 November–Christchurch | 21 November–Christchurch | | United States | 2 (6) | |
| 21 November–Christchurch | 21 November–Christchurch | Australia (pen.) | 2 (7) | |
| Australia | 1 | Australia (pen.) | 2 (7) | |
| Australia | 1 | | | | 27 November–Auckland | 27 November–Auckland |
| Qatar | 0 | | | | 27 November–Auckland | 27 November–Auckland |
| Qatar | 0 | | | | Australia | 0 (7) |
| 20 November–Napier | 20 November–Napier | | | | | Australia | 0 (7) |
| 20 November–Napier | 20 November–Napier | | | | Brazil (pen.) | 0 (8) |
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | Brazil (pen.) | 0 (8) |
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 3 | 24 November–Auckland | 24 November–Auckland | | | |
| Uruguay | 2 | 24 November–Auckland | 24 November–Auckland | | | |
| Uruguay | 2 | Ghana | 2 (2) | | | |
| 21 November–Dunedin | 21 November–Dunedin | | Ghana | 2 (2) | | | |
| 21 November–Dunedin | 21 November–Dunedin | Brazil (pen.) | 2 (4) | | Third place | Third place |
| Paraguay | 1 | Brazil (pen.) | 2 (4) | | Third place | Third place |
| Paraguay | 1 | | | | 27 November–Auckland | 27 November–Auckland |
| Brazil | 4 | | | | 27 November–Auckland | 27 November–Auckland |
| Brazil | 4 | | | | United States | 0 |
| | | | | | Ghana | 2 |

### Final
## Winners

* 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners
* Brazil Second title

## Awards

| FIFA Golden Shoe | FIFA Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
| Ishmael Addo | Landon Donovan | Mexico |

## 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

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |