# 1999 South American U-17 Championship

The 1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship was a football competition contested by all ten U-17 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between 4 and 21 March 1999, it was the 8th time the competition has been held and the 1st to take place in Uruguay.
This tournament gave three berths to the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which was held in New Zealand, Brazil won their fifth title and their third in a row. They qualified to the aforementioned tournament along with Paraguay and Uruguay.

## Venues

| City / Town | Stadium | Capacity |
| Montevideo | Estadio Centenario | 66,500 |
| Maldonado | Estadio Domingo Burgueño | 22,000 |
| Rivera | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera | 26,000 |

## First round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the semi-finals.

### Group A

| Team | Pts | M | W | D | L | GF | GC |
| Uruguay | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Argentina | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Peru | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 March 1999 |
| Argentina | 2:0 | Peru | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Uruguay | 5:2 | Venezuela | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| 8 March 1999 |
| Argentina | 2:2 | Ecuador | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Uruguay | 3:0 | Peru | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| 10 March 1999 |
| Peru | 2:1 | Venezuela | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Uruguay | 2:0 | Ecuador | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| 12 March 1999 |
| Peru | 0:0 | Ecuador | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| Argentina | 2:0 | Venezuela | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado |
| 14 March 1999 |
| Ecuador | 5:0 | Venezuela | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |
| Uruguay | 0:0 | Argentina | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | M | W | D | L | GF | GC |
| Brazil | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Chile | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Colombia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 March 2001 |
| Chile | 0:1 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| Brazil | 4:3 | Colombia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| 9 March 1999 |
| Chile | 3:2 | Paraguay | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| Brazil | 1:1 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| 11 March 1999 |
| Paraguay | 3:2 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| Colombia | 1:1 | Chile | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| 13 March 1999 |
| Colombia | 2:1 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| Brazil | 3:1 | Paraguay | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| 15 March 1999 |
| Paraguay | 2:0 | Colombia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |
| Brazil | 1:0 | Chile | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 17 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | 17 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | 21 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | 21 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario |
| Brazil | 3 | 21 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | 21 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario |
| Brazil | 3 | Brazil | 5 |
| 17 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | 17 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | | Brazil | 5 |
| 17 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | 17 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | Paraguay | 0 |
| Uruguay | 0 | Paraguay | 0 |
| Paraguay | 2 | | |
| Paraguay | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 21 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario | 21 March 1999 – Estadio Centenario |
| | | Argentina | 2 |
| | | Uruguay | 4 |

### Semi-finals

| 17 March 1999 |
| Argentina | 1:3 | Brazil | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |
| Uruguay | 0:2 | Paraguay | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |

### Third place match

| 21 March 1999 |
| Uruguay | 4:2 | Argentina | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |

### Final

| 21 March 1999 |
| Brazil | 5:0 | Paraguay | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |
* 1999 South American Under-17 Football champions
* Brazil 5th title

## Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Top 3 teams qualify for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship:
* Brazil
* Paraguay
* Uruguay

## Top goalscorers

| Players | Goals |
| Souza | 5 |
| Alberto Cuero | 4 |
| Tomás Guzmán | 4 |
| Mario Leguizamón | 4 |
| Léo Lima | 4 |

## Ideal Team of the Tournament

| Players | Position |
| Germán Lux | GK |
| David Villalba | DF |
| Ricardo | DF |
| Alvaro Meneses | DF |
| Anderson | DF |
| Rubén Olivera | MD |
| Walker | MD |
| Tomás Guzmán | MD |
| Souza | MD |
| Léo Lima | FW |
| Walter Peralta | FW |