Junior World Cup 1999

FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999
FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Spain (1st title)
venue	Nigeria
Opening game	April 3, 1999
Endgame	April 24, 1999
Games	52
Gates	158  (⌀: 3.04 per game)
spectator	624,400  (⌀: 12,008 per game)
Top scorer	Pablo Couñago (7 goals)
Best player	Seydou Keita
yellow cards	196  (⌀: 3.77 per game)
Yellow-red cards	7  (⌀: 0.13 per game)
Red cards	9  (⌀: 0.17 per game)

The 12th FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: 10th FIFA World Youth Championship ) took place in Nigeria from April 3 to 24, 1999. 24 teams from six continental associations, including the defending champions Argentina and the German youth team, took part in the tournament.

World champions became Spain, which clearly beat Japan 4-0 in the final. The best player of the tournament was the Malian player Seydou Keita , the top scorer was the Spaniard Pablo Couñago with 7 goals.

The German team was eliminated in the preliminary round with only one victory over Paraguay as the bottom of the group. Teams from Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for the finals.

Venues

Bauchi Calabar Enugu Ibadan Kano Kaduna Lagos Port Harcourt

Venues 1999 in Nigeria

The world championship games were played in the following eight cities:

• Bauchi - Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (15,000 seats)
• Calabar - UJ Esuene Stadium (25,000 seats)
• Enugu - Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium (22,000 seats)
• Ibadan - Liberty Stadium (20,000 seats)
• Kaduna - Ahmadou Bello Stadium (30,000 seats)
• Kano - Sani Abacha Stadium (18,000 seats)
• Lagos - Surulere Stadium (40,000 seats)
• Port Harcourt - Liberation Stadium (25,000 seats)

Attendees

6 from Europe	Germany	England	Ireland	Croatia	Portugal	Spain
5 from Africa	Ghana	Cameroon	Mali	Nigeria	Zambia
4 from North and Central America	Costa Rica	Honduras	Mexico	United States
4 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
4 from Asia	Japan	Kazakhstan	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
1 from Oceania	Australia

Teams from German-speaking countries

The DFB team started with a bang in the previous year when they were U-18s and vice-European champions. The later group winners Paraguay were defeated 4-0. Enrico Kern scored 3 goals but injured himself. After two defeats against Nigeria and Costa Rica, the team then retired as bottom of the group after the preliminary round. The composition of the squad corresponded to the crisis in German football at the time in the national team area. Very few players were already in the first men's teams in the squad, let alone regular players (regular players like Sebastian Deisler, Fabian Ernst, Sebastian Schindzielorz and Markus Pröll received no approval from their clubs; players like Sebastian Kehl (Abitur), Manuel Benthin and Bernd Korzynietz ( injured) could not participate for other reasons). After all, 6 out of 18 players came from second division clubs, including 3 clubs that were relegated from the second division at the end of the 1998/99 season. The other careers of the players also speak volumes. Except for Timo Hildebrand, no player made it into the senior national team. Only Wessels, Kern, Timm and Mutzel made it to some extent to become regular players in their clubs, but consistently commuting between the 1st and 2nd league. Many players later joined clubs in the 2nd division and the amateur area, where they were not always able to establish themselves as regular players. Thomas Lechner's career was tragic: shortly before he had a professional contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, he had a fatal accident in a motorcycle accident in 2000.

DFB selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
01 - Timo Hildebrand	VfB Stuttgart	3	-	-	-	-
02 - Alexander Rosen	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	-	1	-	-
03 - Thorsten Schramm	MSV Duisburg	3	-	-	-	-
04 - Marcel Rapp	Karlsruher SC	3	-	-	-	-
05 - Thomas Lechner	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2	-	1	-	-
06 - Michael Stuckmann	SG Wattenscheid 09	3	-	1	-	-
07 - Andreas Voss	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3	-	1	1	-
08 - Michael Rothholz	Borussia Dortmund	3	-	-	-	-
09 - Michael Mutzel	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	-	-	-	-
10 - Patrick Falk	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	1	-	-	-
11 - Tobias Schäper	Borussia Dortmund	3	-	-	-	-
12 - Stefan Wessels	FC Bayern Munich	-	-	-	-	-
13 - Sebastian Kaul	KFC Uerdingen 05	1	-	-	-	-
14 - Martin Forkel	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2	-	1	-	-
15 - Christian Timm	Borussia Dortmund	3	1	-	-	-
16 - Enrico Kern	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2	3	-	-	-
17 - Mahmut Yilmaz	Hamburger SV	2	-	-	-	-
18 - Andreas Gensler	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2	-	1	-	-

• Trainer: Bernd Stöber

Other well-known players of the tournament

• Argentina: Esteban Cambiasso , Aldo Duscher , Federico Insúa
• Australia: Mark Bresciano , Jason Culina , Brett Emerton , Vince Grella
• Brazil: Ronaldinho , Fábio Aurélio , Juan
• England: Ashley Cole , Peter Crouch
• Ghana: Stephen Appiah
• Ireland: Robbie Keane , Damien Duff
• Japan: Junichi Inamoto , Naohiro Takahara , Kōji Nakata , Shinji Ono
• Cameroon: Francis Kioyo , Mohamadou Idrissou
• Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa , Jurica Vranješ , Ivica Banović
• Mali: Mahamadou Diarra , Seydou Keita
• Mexico: Gerardo Torrado
• Nigeria: Haruna Babangida , Gabriel Melkam
• Paraguay: Roque Santa Cruz
• Zambia: Andrew Sinkala
• Spain: Gabriella , Xavi , Iker Casillas
• USA: Steven Cherundolo , Cory Gibbs , Tim Howard
• Uruguay: Diego Forlán , Diego Pérez

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in 6 groups with 4 teams each. The 6 group first and second as well as the 4 best group third qualified for the round of 16.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	005: 600	−1	06th
2.	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
4th	Germany	3	1	0	2	005: 400	+1	03

April 3, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Costa Rica	1: 1 (1: 0)
April 4, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Lagos
Germany	-	Paraguay	4: 0 (1: 0)
April 7, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Germany	2: 0 (0: 0)
April 7, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Lagos
Costa Rica	-	Paraguay	1: 3 (1: 1)
April 10, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Lagos
Nigeria	-	Paraguay	1: 2 (1: 2)
April 10, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Lagos
Costa Rica	-	Germany	2: 1 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Croatia	3	1	2	0	006: 200	+4	05
3.	Argentina	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	001: 900	−8	00

April 4, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Kaduna
Ghana	-	Croatia	1: 1 (0: 1)
April 4, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Kaduna
Argentina	-	Kazakhstan	1: 0 (1: 0)
April 7, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Kaduna
Ghana	-	Argentina	1: 0 (0: 0)
April 7, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Kaduna
Croatia	-	Kazakhstan	5: 1 (3: 0)
April 10, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Kaduna
Ghana	-	Kazakhstan	3: 0 (0: 0)
April 10, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Kaduna
Croatia	-	Argentina	0-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Ireland	3	2	0	1	006: 100	+5	06th
3.	Australia	3	1	0	2	004: 800	−4	03
4th	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

April 4, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Australia	-	Saudi Arabia	3: 1 (1: 0)
April 4, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Mexico	-	Ireland	1: 0 (1: 0)
April 7, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Australia	-	Mexico	1: 3 (1: 1)
April 7, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Saudi Arabia	-	Ireland	0: 2 (0: 1)
April 10, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Australia	-	Ireland	0: 4 (0: 1)
April 10, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Saudi Arabia	-	Mexico	1: 1 (1: 1)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mali	3	2	0	1	006: 600	± 0	06th
2.	Portugal	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	South Korea	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03

April 5, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Enugu
Uruguay	-	Mali	1: 2 (0: 0)
April 5, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Enugu
South Korea	-	Portugal	1: 3 (1: 1)
April 8, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Enugu
Uruguay	-	South Korea	1: 0 (1: 0)
April 8, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Enugu
Mali	-	Portugal	2: 1 (2: 0)
April 11, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Enugu
Uruguay	-	Portugal	0-0
April 11, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Enugu
Mali	-	South Korea	2: 4 (0: 3)

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
2.	United States	3	2	0	1	005: 400	+1	06th
3.	Cameroon	3	2	0	1	004: 400	± 0	06th
4th	England	3	0	0	3	000: 400	−4	00

April 5, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Kano
Cameroon	-	Japan	2: 1 (0: 0)
April 5, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Kano
England	-	United States	0: 1 (0: 1)}
April 8, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Kano
Cameroon	-	England	1: 0 (0: 0)
April 8, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Bauchi
Japan	-	United States	3: 1 (1: 0)
April 11, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Bauchi
Cameroon	-	United States	1: 3 (0: 1)
April 11, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Bauchi
Japan	-	England	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	008: 300	+5	06th
3.	Zambia	3	1	1	1	005: 800	−3	04th
4th	Honduras	3	0	0	3	004:100	−6	00

April 5, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Calabar
Zambia	-	Honduras	4: 3 (2: 2)
April 5, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Calabar
Spain	-	Brazil	2: 0 (2: 0)
April 8, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Calabar
Zambia	-	Spain	0-0
April 8, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Port Harcourt
Honduras	-	Brazil	0: 3 (0: 2)
April 11, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Port Harcourt
Zambia	-	Brazil	1: 5 (1: 2)
April 11, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Port Harcourt
Honduras	-	Spain	1: 3 (0: 3)

Third place

The four best third-placed teams reached the round of 16 alongside the two group winners.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cameroon (E)	3	2	0	1	004: 400	± 0	06th
2.	Uruguay (D)	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Argentina (B)	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	Costa Rica (A)	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
5.	Zambia (F)	3	1	1	1	005: 800	−3	04th
6th	Australia (C)	3	1	0	2	004: 800	−4	03

Final round

Overview

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Paraguay	2 (9)
	Uruguay	2 (10)
					Uruguay	2
					Brazil	1
	Brazil	4th
	Croatia	0
									Uruguay	1
									Japan	2
	Japan	1 (5)
	Portugal	1 (4)
					Japan	2
					Mexico	0
	Mexico	4th
	Argentina	1
													Japan	0
													Spain	4th
	Mali	5
	Cameroon	4th
					Mali	3
					Nigeria	1
	Ireland	1 (3)
	Nigeria	1 (5)
									Mali	1
									Spain	3			3rd place match
	Spain	3
	United States	2
					Spain	1 (8)							Uruguay	0
					Ghana	1 (7)							Mali	1
	Ghana	2
	Costa Rica	0

Round of 16

April 14, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Kano
Ireland	-	Nigeria	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 3: 5 i. E.
April 14, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Kaduna
Ghana	-	Costa Rica	2: 0 (1: 0)
April 14, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Lagos
Paraguay	-	Uruguay	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1), 9:10 i. E.
April 14, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Calabar
Brazil	-	Croatia	4: 0 (2: 0)
April 15, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Bauchi
Japan	-	Portugal	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 4 i. E.
April 15, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Port Harcourt
Spain	-	United States	3: 2 (3: 0)
April 15, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Mexico	-	Argentina	4: 1 (0: 1)
April 15, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Enugu
Mali	-	Cameroon	5: 4 n.V. (4: 4, 1: 3)

Quarter finals

April 18, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Lagos
Uruguay	-	Brazil	2: 1 (1: 1)
April 18, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in Enugu
Mali	-	Nigeria	3: 1 (2: 1)
April 18, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Ibadan
Japan	-	Mexico	2: 0 (2: 0)
April 18, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Kaduna
Spain	-	Ghana	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 8: 7 i. E.

Semifinals

April 21, 1999 at 4 p.m. in Kaduna
Mali	-	Spain	1: 3 (0: 2)
April 21, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in Lagos
Uruguay	-	Japan	1: 2 (1: 2)

3rd place match

April 24, 1999 at 2 p.m. in Lagos
Uruguay	-	Mali	0: 1 (0: 1)

final

April 24, 1999 at 5:00 p.m. in Lagos
Japan	-	Spain	0: 4 (0: 3)

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 1999 Junior World Championships. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Pablo Couñago	5
	Mahamadou Dissa	5
3	Mamadou Bagayoko	4th
	Ernesto Chevantón	4th
	Gaspard Komol	4th
	Peter Ofori-Quaye	4th
	Taylor Twellman	4th

Web links

• 1999 World Youth Championship on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report: Part 1 (PDF; 11.9 MB) - Part 2 (PDF; 12.6 MB) - Part 3 (PDF; 14.2 MB)