1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
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The 1999 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the eighth edition of the
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, was held in the cities of
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, Napier, and
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in New Zealand between 10 and 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate in this tournament. This was the first FIFA tournament held in the Pacific Islands.


Venues

New Zealand's capital city
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was not allocated any matches as the city's only venue at the time– Athletic Park–was not deemed adequate by FIFA as a match venue.


Teams

:1.Teams that made their debut. :2.Australia qualified for the tournament after two-leg playoff matches with 3rd Place winner of
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Squads


Matches


Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Knockout stage


Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Playoff for 3rd place


Final


Winners


Awards


Goalscorers

Ishmael Addo of Ghana won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 93 goals were scored by 59 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. ;7 goals *
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;4 goals * Leonardo Santiago *
Waleed Hamza Waleed Hamzah Rasoul Al-Bloushi is a Qatari football (soccer) player who was awarded the Asian Young Footballer of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1999. He played at 2004 AFC Asian Cup. He is of Pakistani origin. He play ...
;3 goals * Bernard Dong Bortey *
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* Alejandro Da Silva * Aitor Gómez * Landon Donovan ;2 goals *
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Scott McDonald Scott Douglas McDonald (born 21 August 1983) is an Australian former professional footballer and is the current head coach for National Premier Leagues club Gold Coast Knights. Originally a striker, McDonald could also play as an attacking m ...
* Issaka Ouedraogo *
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* Dave Mulligan *
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* Victor Cabrera * Lukasz Madej *
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* Sergio Leal ;1 goal *
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* Joe Di Iorio * Shane Cansdell-Sherriff * Caca * Carlos Henrique * Marcos Roberto * Djibril Compaoré * Ibrahim Kabore * Leonhard Haas * Anthony Obodai *
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* Felix Grijalva * Gustavo Ramirez * Juan Estrada * Yared Yanez *
Allan Pearce Allan David Pearce (born 7 April 1983) is a former New Zealand footballer. He currently works as a physiotherapist in Auckland. Club career Born in Wellington, Pearce joined Barnsley on a three-year scholarship in December 1999 and progressed ...
* Diego Figueredo * Tomas Guzman * Walter Fretes * Łukasz Mierzejewski * Albert Crusat *
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* Alvaro Meneses *
Horacio Peralta Walter Horacio Peralta Saracho (born 3 June 1982) is a Uruguayan football striker currently playing for Deportivo Maldonado in Uruguay. Career After beginning his professional football career with local side Danubio F.C., Peralta has had a jo ...
* Miguel Lapolla *
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* Sebastian Alvarez * Williams Martínez ;Own goal * Stephen Tetteh (playing against Brazil) * Gonzalo Novegil (playing against Ghana)


Final ranking


External links


FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999
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FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...
International association football competitions hosted by New Zealand
Fifa U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...
FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments November 1999 sports events in New Zealand