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1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

international football competition

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Nigeria from 3 to 24 April.

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA U-20 World Cup Nigeria 1999
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates3–24 April
Teams24 (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 played52
Goals scored158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance624,400 (12,008 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Pablo
Mali Mahamadou Dissa
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Mali Seydou Keita
Fair play award Croatia
← 1997
2001 →

Qualification

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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) Host nation   Nigeria
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
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues

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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
       
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

Results

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[1]

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1 6
  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
  Germany 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ghana 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
  Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
  Argentina 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8 0

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
  Australia 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3
  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mali 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
  Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
  South Korea 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
  United States 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
  England 3 0 0 3 0 4 -4 0

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
  Zambia 3 1 1 1 5 8 -3 4
  Honduras 3 0 0 3 4 10 -6 0

Knockout stage

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
   Mali  5
   Cameroon  4  
   Mali  3
     Nigeria  1  
   Republic of Ireland  1 (3)
   Nigeria  1 (5)  
   Mali  1
     Spain  3  
   Spain  3
   United States  2  
   Spain  1 (8)
     Ghana  1 (7)  
   Ghana  2
   Costa Rica  0  
   Spain  4
     Japan  0
   Paraguay  2 (9)
   Uruguay  2 (10)  
   Uruguay  2
     Brazil  1  
   Brazil  4
   Croatia  0  
   Uruguay  1
     Japan  2   Third place
   Japan  1 (5)
   Portugal  1 (4)  
   Japan  2    Mali  1
     Mexico  0      Uruguay  0
   Mexico  4
   Argentina  1  

References

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  1. ↑ RSSSF
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