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1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

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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 →

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

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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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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