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1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	3 April – 24 April
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance	624,400 (12,008 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pablo Mahamadou Dissa (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Seydou Keita
Fair play award	Croatia
← 1997 2001 →

The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 April 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  Kazakhstan1  South Korea  Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa)	1999 African Youth Championship	Cameroon  Ghana  Mali  Zambia1
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	Croatia1  England  Germany  Portugal  Republic of Ireland  Spain
Host nation		Nigeria

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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
Ibadan Lagos Enugu Port Harcourt Kano Calabar Kaduna Bauchi 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship (Nigeria)
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

Squads

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Paraguay	6	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	Advanced to the round of 16
Nigeria	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Costa Rica	4	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Germany	3	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Ghana	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	Advanced to the round of 16
Croatia	5	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
Argentina	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Kazakhstan	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Mexico	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	Advanced to the round of 16
Republic of Ireland	6	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5
Australia	3	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Mali	6	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	Advanced to the round of 16
Portugal	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Uruguay	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
South Korea	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1

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Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Japan	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	Advanced to the round of 16
United States	6	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Cameroon	6	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
England	0	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4

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Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Spain	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	Advanced to the round of 16
Brazil	6	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5
Zambia	4	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Honduras	0	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Cameroon	6	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	Advanced to the round of 16
Uruguay	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Argentina	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Costa Rica	4	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1
Zambia	4	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3
Australia	3	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

April 15 - Enugu

Mali (aet)

5

April 18 - Enugu

Cameroon

4

Mali

3

April 14 - Kano

Nigeria

1

Republic of Ireland

1 (3)

April 21 - Kaduna

Nigeria (pen.)

1 (5)

Mali

1

April 15 - Port Harcourt

Spain

3

Spain

3

April 18 - Kaduna

United States

2

Spain (pen.)

1 (8)

April 14 - Kaduna

Ghana

1 (7)

Ghana

2

April 24 - Lagos

Costa Rica

0

Spain

4

April 14 - Lagos

Japan

0

Paraguay

2 (9)

April 18 - Lagos

Uruguay (pen.)

2 (10)

Uruguay

2

April 14 - Calabar

Brazil

1

Brazil

4

April 21 - Lagos

Croatia

0

Uruguay

1

April 15 - Bauchi

Japan

2

Third place

Japan (pen.)

1 (5)

April 18 - Ibadan

April 24 - Lagos

Portugal

1 (4)

Japan

2

Mali

1

April 15 - Ibadan

Mexico

0

Uruguay

0

Mexico

4

Argentina

1

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

Result

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners
Spain First title

Goalscorers