| FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999 1999 FIFA I Raro I Te 17 Marama Ao | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | New Zealand |
| Dates | 10–27 November |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Australia |
| Third place |  Ghana |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 93 (2.91 per match) |
| Attendance | 216,853 (6,777 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ishmael Addo (7 goals) |
| Best player | Landon Donovan |
| Fair play award |  Mexico |
←1997 2001 → | |
The1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eighth edition of thetournament, was held in the cities ofAuckland,Christchurch,Napier, andDunedin 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 thePacific Islands country.
| 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 |
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New Zealand's capital cityWellington 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.
| 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 |
| 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' |
| Poland | 1–2 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Mierzejewski 88' | Report | Mulligan 53' Pearce 64' |
| United States | 1–0 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Onyewu 90' | Report |
| 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 |
| 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' |
| 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' |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 20 November –Auckland | ||||||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||||||
| 24 November –Christchurch | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 21 November –Christchurch | ||||||||||
| Australia(pen.) | 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 November –Auckland | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 (7) | |||||||||
| 20 November –Napier | ||||||||||
| Brazil(pen.) | 0 (8) | |||||||||
| Ghana(a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
| 24 November –Auckland | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 21 November –Dunedin | ||||||||||
| Brazil(pen.) | 2 (4) | Third place | ||||||||
| Paraguay | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 November –Auckland | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 2 | |||||||||
| 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 MacaéMarquinhosEduardo CostaWalkerRicardo |
| United States | 0–2 | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pimpong 35' Addo 84' |
| Australia | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Byrnes Di Iorio Srhoj Madaschi North MacAllister Goulding Kennedy Fyfe | 7–8 | Léo MacaéMarquinhosEduardo CostaWalkerRicardoLéo LimaBruno LeiteSouzaWellington |
| 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners |
|---|
 Brazil Second title |
| FIFA Golden Shoe | FIFA Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Ishmael Addo | Landon Donovan | Mexico |
Ishmael Addo of Ghana won theGolden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 93 goals were scored by 59 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
Dylan MacAllister Joe Di IorioShane Cansdell-SherriffCacaCarlos HenriqueMarcos RobertoDjibril CompaoréIbrahim KaboreLeonhard HaasAnthony ObodaiRazak PimpongAarón GalindoFelix GrijalvaGustavo RamirezJuan EstradaYared YanezAllan PearceDiego FigueredoTomas GuzmanWalter FretesŁukasz MierzejewskiAlbert CrusatErnestoJonathan AspasMarioSuriya AmatawechAbe ThompsonDaMarcus BeasleyJordan CilaKyle BeckermanAlvaro MenesesHoracio PeraltaMiguel LapollaRuben OliveraSebastian AlvarezWilliams MartínezStephen Tetteh (playing against Brazil)Gonzalo Novegil (playing against Ghana)| 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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