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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, 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

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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 * Ishmael Addo ;4 goals *

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;3 goals * Bernard Dong Bortey *

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* Alejandro Da Silva * Aitor Gómez *

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* Hector Vallejo *

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* Victor Cabrera * Lukasz Madej *

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;1 goal * Dylan MacAllister * Joe Di Iorio *

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* Caca * Carlos Henrique *

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* Ibrahim Kabore *

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* Gustavo Ramirez *

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* Kyle Beckerman * Alvaro Meneses *

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;Own goal *

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(playing against Ghana)

Final ranking

External links

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