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The 1999
FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...
took place in
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between 3 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. :1.Teams that made their debut.


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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Final


Result


Goalscorers

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Mahamadou Dissa Mahamadou Dissa (born 18 May 1979) is a retired Malian footballer who played as a centre-forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore m ...
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;4 goals * Gaspard Komol * Peter Ofori-Quaye *
Mamadou Bagayoko Mamadou Bagayoko (born 21 May 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Mali at international level. Club career Bagayoko was born in Paris. His debut at senior level came in 1999 for R ...
* Taylor Twellman * Javier Chevantón ;3 goals * Fernando Baiano * Edu *
Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho () or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger. Wide ...
* Enrico Kern * Naohiro Takahara *
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* Gabri * Fernando Varela ;2 goals * Francis Kioyo * Zvonimir Deranja *
Baffour Gyan Baffour Gyan (born 2 July 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Gyan was born in Accra. He played for Dynamo Moscow, FC Saturn and Czech side Slovan Liberec. After twelve years playing of play ...
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Damien Duff Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional football manager and former player who played predominantly as a winger. He has been the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C. since November 2021. He began his prof ...
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Richard Sadlier Richard Sadlier (born 14 January 1979, in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer and former CEO of St Patrick's Athletic. Since retirement from the professional game he has worked as a pundit with RTÉ Sport. Club career He began h ...
* Shinji Ono * Abdoulaye Camara * Tenema Ndiaye * Luis González * Rafael Márquez *
Daniel Osorno Daniel Osorno Calvillo (born 16 March 1979) is a Mexican former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker and Midfielder#Winger, winger. Career Osorno made his debut on 11 Janu ...
* Juan Pablo Rodríguez * Hashimu Garba * Ganiyu Shittu * Simão * Seol Ki-Hyeon * José Barkero *
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* Bernard Makufi ;1 goal * Esteban Cambiasso * Luciano Galletti * Jason Culina * John Maisano *
Mile Sterjovski Mile Sterjovski (born 27 May 1979) is an Australian former football (soccer) player. Sterjovski played mainly as a right winger or as a second striker, but also played as a left winger and central midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Mac ...
* Fábio Aurélio *
Rodrigo Gral Rodrigo Gral (born 21 February 1977) is a Brazilian former professional footballer. Career Gral has played in Japan and made his J1 League debut for Júbilo Iwata against Consadole Sapporo on 17 March 2002, and marked the occasion in front of th ...
* Mancini * Matuzalém * Modeste M'bami * Alberto Brenes * Mauricio Garita * Allan Meléndez *
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Darko Miladin Darko Miladin (born 1 April 1979 in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian retired football player. International career He made his debut for Croatia in a June 1999 Korea Cup The 1999 Korea Cup ( ko, 99 코리아컵 국제축 ...
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Silvester Sabolčki Silvester Sabolčki (; 12 November 1979 – 30 May 2003) was a Croatian footballer who played as a winger. Playing for NK Varteks, Sabolčki established himself as one of the most talented Croatian footballers of his generation and signed a ...
* Patrick Falk *
Christian Timm Christian Timm (born 27 February 1979) is a German former professional football who played as a striker. Career Starting his career at Dortmund in 1996 he managed just 15 appearances for the club and eventually moved to 2. Bundesliga club 1. F ...
* Tutu Adu * Owusu Afriyie *
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* Carlos Oliva * Maynor Suazo * Garry Crossley *
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Yasuhito Endō is a Japanese footballer who plays for J1 League club Júbilo Iwata. His brother Akihiro Endō is a former footballer. He made his senior international debut in 2002, representing Japan in three World Cups and three Confederations Cups. In ...
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Tatsuya Ishikawa is a Japanese former football player. Club career Ishikawa was born in Fujieda on December 25, 1979. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, he joined the Kashima Antlers in 2002. He gradually played more often as left side back du ...
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Masashi Motoyama is a Japanese football player, who currently plays for Kelantan United F.C. in Malaysia Premier League. He played for Japan national team. Club career Motoyama was born in Kitakyushu on June 20, 1979. After graduating from high school, he join ...
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Mitsuo Ogasawara is a Japanese former. professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Japan national team. Club career Ogasawara was born in Morioka on April 5, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers ...
* Yerlan Urazayev * Amadou Coulibaly *
Mahamadou Diarra Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team. Club career OFI Crete Diarra started his professional career at Greek club ...
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Seydou Keita Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder. Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), ...
* Eduardo Rodríguez * Julius Aghahowa * Pius Ikedia * Nelson Cuevas * Sergio Fernández * Rubén Maldonado * Nelson Vera * Marco Claúdio *
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Ricardo Sousa Ricardo André de Pinho Sousa (born 11 January 1979) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 154 matches and 47 goals over seven seasons, representing in the co ...
* Saleh Al-Saqri * Mohamad Dabo * Kim Kun-Hyung * Lee Dong-Gook * Na Hee-Keun * Rubén Suárez * Carlos Bocanegra *
Danny Califf Daniel Benjamin Califf (born March 17, 1980 in Orange, California) is an American retired soccer player. Career Youth and College Califf (pronounced kāl'ĭ-f) started his youth career in soccer for Canyon Hills Soccer Association, playing on t ...
* Ryan Futagaki * Jorge Anchen * Fabián Canobbio * Diego Forlán * Japhet Makayi *
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* Andrew Sinkala


Awards


Final ranking


External links


FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999
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