The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth

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, and the second organised by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 24 July and 4 August 1999. It was won by

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, who beat

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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

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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.

qualified as both the host nation and the winners of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, so the CONCACAF berth was given to the

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also qualified automatically as winners of the

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, but they declined to participate; World Cup runners-up

took their place, which meant

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replaced Brazil as the CONMEBOL representatives, having finished as runners-up in the 1997 Copa América. The other four places went to the winners of the most recent continental competitions:

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(

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), Saudi Arabia (

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), Egypt ( CAF), and New Zealand ( OFC).

Venues

Matches were played at two venues: the

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served as the venue for matches in

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, while the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara hosted matches in

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. Each of the venues also hosted one of the semi-finals; the final was played at the Azteca and the third place play-off was played at the Jalisco.

Match referees

Africa * Coffi Codjia Asia * Kim Young-joo Europe *

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North America, Central America and Caribbean * Gilberto Alcalá * Brian Hall South America * Ubaldo Aquino * Óscar Ruiz

Squads

Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time,

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was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a

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to determine the winners.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Marzouk Al-Otaibi and Ronaldinho are the top scorers in the tournament with six goals each. Ronaldinho won the Golden Shoe award by having more assists than Blanco and Al-Otaibi. In total, 55 goals were scored by 29 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. ;6 goals *

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* Cuauhtémoc Blanco * Marzouk Al-Otaibi ;4 goals * Alex ;3 goals * Zé Roberto * José Manuel Abundis ;2 goals * Rôni * Samir Ibrahim * Miguel Zepeda * Brian McBride ;1 goal * Limberg Gutiérrez * Renny Ribera * Marcos Paulo * João Carlos * Serginho *

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* Yasser Radwan * Ahmed Hassan * Michael Preetz * Lothar Matthäus * Pável Pardo * Francisco Palencia *

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* Nawaf Al-Temyat *

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* Jovan Kirovski * Ben Olsen * Joe-Max Moore *

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Tournament ranking

Notes

External links

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FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)
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