1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
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 |
AFC | 1998 AFC Youth Championship | |
CAF | Host nation | |
CAF | 1999 African Youth Championship | |
CONCACAF | 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | |
CONMEBOL | 1999 South American Youth Championship | |
OFC | 1998 OFC U-20 Championship | |
UEFA | 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | |
Venues
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
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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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Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Bracket
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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Result
Goalscorers
;5 goals;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
- Francis Kioyo
- Zvonimir Deranja
- Baffour Gyan
- Damien Duff
- Richard Sadlier
- Shinji Ono
- Abdoulaye Camara
- Tenema Ndiaye
- Luis González
- Rafael Márquez
- Daniel Osorno
- Juan Pablo Rodríguez
- Hashimu Garba
- Ganiyu Shittu
- Simão
- Seol Ki-Hyeon
- José Barkero
- Xavi
- Bernard Makufi
- Esteban Cambiasso
- Luciano Galletti
- Jason Culina
- John Maisano
- Mile Sterjovski
- Fábio Aurélio
- Rodrigo Gral
- Mancini
- Matuzalém
- Modeste M'bami
- Alberto Brenes
- Mauricio Garita
- Allan Meléndez
- Esteban Santana
- Ivica Banović
- Saša Bjelanović
- Darko Miladin
- Silvester Sabolčki
- Patrick Falk
- Christian Timm
- Tutu Adu
- Owusu Afriyie
- Julio César de León
- Carlos Oliva
- Maynor Suazo
- Garry Crossley
- Colin Healy
- Stephen McPhail
- Yasuhito Endō
- Tatsuya Ishikawa
- Masashi Motoyama
- Yuichiro Nagai
- Mitsuo Ogasawara
- Yerlan Urazayev
- Amadou Coulibaly
- Mahamadou Diarra
- Seydou Keita
- Eduardo Rodríguez
- Julius Aghahowa
- Pius Ikedia
- Nelson Cuevas
- Sergio Fernández
- Rubén Maldonado
- Nelson Vera
- Marco Claúdio
- Paulo Costa
- Ricardo Sousa
- Saleh Al-Saqri
- Mohamad Dabo
- Kim Kun-Hyung
- Lee Dong-Gook
- Na Hee-Keun
- Rubén Suárez
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Danny Califf
- Ryan Futagaki
- Jorge Anchen
- Fabián Canobbio
- Diego Forlán
- Japhet Makayi
- Ronald Mbambara
- Andrew Sinkala
Awards