1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

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 country	Nigeria
Dates	3–24 April
Teams	24 (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 played	52
Goals scored	158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance	624,400 (12,008 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pablo Mahamadou Dissa (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Seydou Keita
Fair play award	Croatia

Qualification

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

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
Ibadan Lagos Enugu Port Harcourt Kano Calabar Kaduna Bauchi 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

Group stage

Group A

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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