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1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B
Group B of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 24 to 30 July 1999 in Guadalajara's Estadio Jalisco. The group consisted of defending champion Brazil national football team, Brazil, Germany national football team, Germany, New Zealand national football team, New Zealand, and the United States men's national soccer team, United States. Teams ;Notes Standings In the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage#Semi-finals, semi-finals: * The winners of Group B, Brazil national football team, Brazil, advanced to play the runners-up of 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Group A, Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia. * The runners-up of Group B, United States men's national soccer team, United States, advanced to play the winners of 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Group A, Mexico national football team, Mexico. Results Brazil vs Germany New Zealand vs United States Germany vs New Zealand Brazil v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organised by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 24 July and 4 August 1999. It was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4–3 in the final. Mexico became the first host nation to win the FIFA Confederations Cup. The competition was to originally be held in three stadiums, in three cities in the country. However, since the stadiums in Monterrey were sponsored by a competing beer company other than the official advertiser, the city was left out of the tournament altogether. The tournament was originally scheduled for 8–20 January 1999, but was rescheduled by FIFA on 17 November 1998 to accommodate the scheduling of the participating European teams. The tournament was organized in two groups of four teams, in which two teams from both groups advanced to the semi-finals. Qualified teams The tournament featured eight teams, representing the six continental confederations. Mexico qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
