1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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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.

1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999
1999 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Marama Ao
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates10–27 November
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Ghana
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance216,853 (6,777 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ishmael Addo
(7 goals)
Best player Landon Donovan
Fair play award Mexico
← 1997
2001 →

Venues

Auckland Napier Christchurch Dunedin
North Harbour Stadium McLean Park Queen Elizabeth II Park
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 29,000
Auckland
Napier
Christchurch
Dunedin

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 Faso1
 Mali
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean) 		1999 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament  Jamaica1
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1999 South American Under 17 Football Championship  Brazil
 Paraguay1
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) Host nation  New Zealand
1999 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament  Australia2
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.

Squads

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


New Zealand 1–2 United States
Mulligan 16' Report Thompson 69'
Donovan 74'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 14,103
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Uruguay 1–1 Poland
Alvarez 46' Report Madej 51'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,623
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
New Zealand 0–5 Uruguay
Report Lapolla 42'
Peralta 45+1'
Leal 63'
Martinez 71'
Meneses 77'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
United States 1–1 Poland
Donovan 89' (pen.) Report Madej 43' (pen.)
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Robert Troxler Ayala (Paraguay)
Poland 1–2 New Zealand
Mierzejewski 88' Report Mulligan 53'
Pearce 64'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
United States 1–0 Uruguay
Onyewu 90' Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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


Ghana 1–1 Spain
Atiku 45+2' Report Mario 90+7'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Mexico 4–0 Thailand
Estrada 7'
Galindo 38'
Ramirez 53'
Grijalva 76'		 Report
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Spain 6–0 Thailand
Aitor 35', 44', 90+1'
Crusat 42'
Ernesto 45+1'
Aspas 80'		 Report
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad & Tobago)
Ghana 4–0 Mexico
Lamptey 38', 75'
Atiku 71', 89'		 Report
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Bruce Edward Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Thailand 1–7 Ghana
Suriya 62' Report Dong-Bortey 7', 16', 50'
Addo 22', 28', 52'
Obodai 90+1'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,056
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Spain 0–1 Mexico
Report Vallejo 38'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 4,056
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

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


Brazil 2–1 Australia
Marquinhos 31'
Carlos Henrique 66'		 Report MacAllister 81'
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Mali 0–0 Germany
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Australia 2–1 Germany
Cansdell-Sherriff 66'
Byrnes 70'		 Report Haas 9'
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Issack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
Brazil 0–0 Mali
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Germany 0–0 Brazil
Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Australia 1–0 Mali
McDonald 23' Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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


Jamaica 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report Compaore 12'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Paraguay 2–0 Qatar
Fretes 37'
Guzman 57'		 Report
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,173
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Burkina Faso 1–2 Qatar
Kabore 57' Report Hamza 16' (pen.), 37'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Jamaica 0–5 Paraguay
Report Ferreira 11'
Da Silva 15', 80' (pen.)
Cabrera 30'
Figueredo 43'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)
Qatar 4–0 Jamaica
Hamza 52', 63'
Abdulrahman 69'
Mubarak 90+1'		 Report
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Burkina Faso 2–2 Paraguay
Ouedraogo 50', 53' Report Cabrera 4'
Ferreira 45'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 November – Auckland
 
 
 United States3
 
24 November – Christchurch
 
 Mexico2
 
 United States2 (6)
 
21 November – Christchurch
 
 Australia (pen.)2 (7)
 
 Australia1
 
27 November – Auckland
 
 Qatar0
 
 Australia0 (7)
 
20 November – Napier
 
 Brazil (pen.)0 (8)
 
 Ghana (a.e.t.)3
 
24 November – Auckland
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Ghana2 (2)
 
21 November – Dunedin
 
 Brazil (pen.)2 (4) Third place
 
 Paraguay1
 
27 November – Auckland
 
 Brazil4
 
 United States0
 
 
 Ghana2
 

Quarter-finals

United States 3–2 Mexico
Beasley 38'
Cila 43'
Beckerman 48'		 Report Vallejo 2'
Yañez 70'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,483
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Australia 1–0 Qatar
Di Iorio 55' Report
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Ghana 3–2 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Addo 35', 107'
Novegil 45+1' (o.g.)		 Report Olivera 9'
Leal 65'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez (Mexico)
Paraguay 1–4 Brazil
Da Silva 42' Report Léo Macaé 26', 37', 56'
Caca 90'
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 7,251
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Semi-finals

United States 2–2 (a.e.t.) Australia
Donovan 36'
Onyewu 52'		 Report Byrnes 2'
McDonald 35'
Penalties
Donovan
Beasley
Convey
Akwari
Thompson
Gregorio
Yi
Cutler 		6–7 Byrnes
Di Iorio
Cansdell-Sherriff
Srhoj
North
MacAllister
Goulding
Kennedy
QE II Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Ghana 2–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Lamptey 66'
Addo 81'		 Report Léo Macaé 26'
Tetteh 28' (o.g.)
Penalties
Essien
Dong-Bortey
Obodai
Nkrumah 		2–4 Léo Macaé
Marquinhos
Eduardo Costa
Walker
Ricardo
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 12,451
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Playoff for 3rd place

United States 0–2 Ghana
Report Pimpong 35'
Addo 84'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 15,675
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)

Final

Australia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report
Penalties
Byrnes
Di Iorio
Srhoj
Madaschi
North
MacAllister
Goulding
Kennedy
Fyfe 		7–8 Léo Macaé
Marquinhos
Eduardo Costa
Walker
Ricardo
Léo Lima
Bruno Leite
Souza
Wellington
North Harbour, Auckland
Attendance: 22,859
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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

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