U-17 soccer world championship 1999

FIFA U-16 World Cup 1999
FIFA U-16 World Championship 1999
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Brazil (2nd title)
venue	New Zealand
Opening game	November 10, 1999
Endgame	November 27, 1999
Games	32
Gates	93  (⌀: 2.91 per game)
spectator	218,400  (⌀: 6,825 per game)
Top scorer	Ishmael Addo (7 goals)
Best player	Landon Donovan
yellow cards	122  (⌀: 3.81 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	5  (⌀: 0.16 per game)

The 8th U-17 World Cup took place in New Zealand from November 10 to 27, 1999 . The defending champion was the national team of Brazil , which defended their title. The selection of the DFB was able to qualify for the tournament again after 1997.

Venues

Auckland Napier Christchurch Dunedin

Venues 1999 in New Zealand

Venue	Stadion	capacity
Auckland	North Harbor Stadium	25,000
Napier	McLean Park	21,000
Christchurch	Queen Elizabeth II Park	20,000
Dunedin	Carisbrook	29,000

Attendees

3 from Europe	Germany	Spain	Poland
3 from South America	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
3 from North and Central America	Jamaica	Mexico	United States
3 from Africa	Burkina Faso	Ghana	Mali
2 from Asia	Qatar	Thailand
2 from Oceania	Australia	New Zealand

Teams from German-speaking countries

The U-17 of the DFB was able to qualify for the tournament for the third time in a row since 1995, but did not build on the success at the last World Cup when they reached the semi-finals. This time they were eliminated after the preliminary round after two goalless draws and one defeat. Both goalkeepers, Jan Schlösser and Dennis Eilhoff, as well as the defensive line, were able to convince, especially Florian Thorwart, Torsten Reuter and Michael Fink. Midfield and Sturm, on the other hand, lacked creativity and punch, which was evident from just one goal in three games. Despite this rather mediocre performance, three players made it into the senior national team of the DFB in the further course of their careers: Andreas Hinkel, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Andreas Görlitz, all of them tellingly more defensive players. With Florian Kringe and Michael Fink, there were two other Bundesliga players from this team, while the rest of the squad gained a foothold either in the second division or in amateur football.

DFB selection

player	society	Games
1 Jan castles	FC Bayern Munich	2
2 Torsten Reuter	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2
3 Lars Finke	Energy Cottbus	1
4 Florian Thorwart	Borussia Dortmund	3
5 Hannes Wilking	Werder Bremen	2
6 Markus Feulner	FC Bayern Munich	3
7 Florian Kringe	Borussia Dortmund	3
8 Thomas Hitzlsperger	FC Bayern Munich	3
9 Florian Heller	FC Bayern Munich	3
10 Andreas Hinkel	VfB Stuttgart	3
11 Leonhard Haas	FC Bayern Munich	3
12 Dennis Eilhoff	Arminia Bielefeld	2
13 Michael Fink	VfB Stuttgart	3
14 Stefan Beckert	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	3
15 Andreas Görlitz	TSV 1860 Munich	2
16 Thomas Wörle	FC Augsburg	0
17 Daniel Niemann	Werder Bremen	2
18 Jürgen Schmid	FC Bayern Munich	2

• Trainer: Erich Rutemöller

Other well-known players of the tournament

Michael Essien (Ghana); Joshua Kennedy (Australia); DaMarcus Beasley (USA); Adriano (Brazil).

mode

• The preliminary round is played in four groups of four teams each.
• The first two in each group reach the quarter-finals.
• From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system will continue.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	006: 200	+4	04th
3.	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	003: 800	−5	03
4th	Poland	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02

11/10/1999
New Zealand	-	United States	1: 2
Uruguay	-	Poland	1: 1
11/13/1999
New Zealand	-	Uruguay	0: 5
United States	-	Poland	1: 1
11/16/1999
Poland	-	New Zealand	1: 2
United States	-	Uruguay	1-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana	3	2	1	0	012: 200	+10	07th
2.	Mexico	3	2	0	1	005: 400	+1	06th
3.	Spain	3	1	1	1	007: 200	+5	04th
4th	Thailand	3	0	0	3	001:170	−16	00

11/11/1999
Ghana	-	Spain	1: 1
Mexico	-	Thailand	4-0
11/13/1999
Spain	-	Thailand	6-0
Ghana	-	Mexico	4-0
11/16/1999
Thailand	-	Ghana	1: 7
Spain	-	Mexico	0: 1

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
2.	Brazil	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Germany	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02
4th	Mali	3	0	2	1	000: 100	−1	02

11/12/1999
Brazil	-	Australia	2: 1
Mali	-	Germany	0-0
11/14/1999
Australia	-	Germany	2: 1
Brazil	-	Mali	0-0
11/17/1999
Germany	-	Brazil	0-0
Australia	-	Mali	1-0

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paraguay	3	2	1	0	009: 200	+7	07th
2.	Qatar	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Burkina Faso	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	000:100	−10	00

11/12/1999
Jamaica	-	Burkina Faso	0: 1
Paraguay	-	Qatar	2-0
11/14/1999
Burkina Faso	-	Qatar	1: 2
Jamaica	-	Paraguay	0: 5
11/17/1999
Qatar	-	Jamaica	4-0
Burkina Faso	-	Paraguay	2: 2

Final round

Quarter finals

11/20/1999
United States	-	Mexico	3: 2
Ghana	-	Uruguay	3: 2 a.d.
11/21/1999
Australia	-	Qatar	1-0
Paraguay	-	Brazil	1: 4

Semifinals

11/24/1999
United States	-	Australia	2: 2 n.V. ,  6: 7 i. E.
Ghana	-	Brazil	2: 2 a.d. ,  2: 4 in E.

3rd place match

11/27/1999
United States	-	Ghana	0: 2

final

11/27/1999
Australia	-	Brazil	0: 0 n.V. ,  7: 8 i. E.

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 1999 U-17 World Cup. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Ishmael Addo	7th
2	Waleed Rasoul	4th
	Leonardo Santiago	4th
4th	Aitor	3
	Ibrahim Atiku	3
	Bernard Don-Bortey	3
	Landon Donovan	3
	Nathaniel Lamptey	3
	Alejandro da Silva	3

Web links

• Official website of the FIFA competition