1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

**1999 FIFA World Youth Championship** was held in Nigeria from 3 to 24 April.

## Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

|Confederation|Qualifying Tournament|Qualifier(s)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|AFC (Asia)|1998 AFC Youth Championship||||
|rowspan=2|CAF (Africa)||Host nation||
|1999 African Youth Championship|||||
|CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)|1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament||||
|CONMEBOL (South America)|1999 South American Youth Championship||||
|OFC (Oceania)|1998 OFC U-20 Championship||||
|UEFA (Europe)|1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship||||

- 1.Teams that made their debut.

## Venues

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|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**|
|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**|
</div>

#### Group A

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#### Group B

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#### Group C

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#### Group D

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#### Group E

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#### Group F

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## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: FIFA World Youth Championship
- **year**: 1999
- **other titles**: FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999
- **country**: Nigeria
- **dates**: 3–24 April
- **num teams**: 24
- **confederations**: 6
- **matches**: 52
- **venues**: 8
- **cities**: 8
- **count**: 1
- **goals**: 158
- **attendance**: 624400
- **top scorer**: Pablo Couñago, Pablo
 Mahamadou Dissa
(5 goals)
- **player**: Seydou Keita (footballer), Seydou Keita
- **prevseason**: 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1997
- **nextseason**: 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2001