The 1999

South American Under-17 Football Championship The South American U-17 Championship (; ) is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (now ...

was a football competition contested by all ten U-17 national football teams of

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. The tournament was held in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

between 4 and 21 March 1999, it was the 8th time the competition has been held and the 1st to take place in Uruguay. This tournament gave three berths to the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which was held in

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won their fifth title and their third in a row. They qualified to the aforementioned tournament along with

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and

Venues

First round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the semi-finals.

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Top 3 teams qualify for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship: * * *

Top goalscorers

Ideal Team of the Tournament

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