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1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Copa Confederaciones México '99
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup official logoTournament details Host country Mexico
Dates 24 July - 4 August Teams 8 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Final positions Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics Matches played 16 Goals scored 55 (3.44 per match) Attendance 970,000 (60,625 per match) Top scorer(s) Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Ronaldinho
Marzouq Al-Otaibi (6 goals)
Best player Ronaldinho
← 19972001 →The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organized 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 than the official advertiser, the city was left out of the tournament all together.
Contents
Participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification Participation Mexico
CONCACAF Hosts and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 3rd Bolivia
CONMEBOL Copa América 1997 runners-up 1st Brazil
CONMEBOL Copa América 1997 winners and 1998 FIFA World Cup runners-up1 2nd Egypt
CAF 1998 African Cup of Nations winners 1st Germany
UEFA UEFA Euro 1996 winners 1st New Zealand
OFC 1998 OFC Nations Cup winners 1st Saudi Arabia
AFC 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners 4th United States
CONCACAF 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up2 2nd 1France, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winners withdrew. This was due to pressure from the top European clubs for the FFA not to call players up for lengthy international duty midway through the domestic season; rather than field a weakened side, France decided to not participate.[1]
2United States was awarded a spot in the tournament because Mexico had won the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup and were the hosts. Since both awarded a spot in the tournament, the United States (runner ups) were called up to play.
Venues
The matches were played in:
Mexico City Guadalajara Estadio Azteca Estadio Jalisco Capacity: 115,000 Capacity: 66,700 Match officials
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America, Central America and Caribbean
Gilberto Alcala
Brian Hall
- South America
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup squads
Group stage
Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mexico
3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Saudi Arabia
3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Bolivia
3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 Egypt
3 0 2 1 5 9 −4 2 25 July 1999
12:00 CDTBolivia 2 – 2 Egypt
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)Gutiérrez 21'
Ribera40'
(Report) Sabry 8'
Radwan63'
25 July 1999
14:30 CDTMexico 5 – 1 Saudi Arabia
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)Blanco 12', 19', 68', 77'
Abundis21'
(Report) Al-Temyat 62' (pen.)
27 July 1999
18:00 CDTSaudi Arabia 0 – 0 Bolivia
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)(Report)
27 July 1999
20:30 CDTMexico 2 – 2 Egypt
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)Pardo 15'
Abundis26'
(Report) A. Hassan 79'
S. Ibrahim85'
29 July 1999
18:00 CDTEgypt 1 – 5 Saudi Arabia
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)S. Ibrahim 70' (pen.)
(Report) Al-Otaibi 8', 34', 78', 85'
Al-Shahrani64'
29 July 1999
20:30 CDTMexico 1 – 0 Bolivia
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Oscar Ruíz (Colombia)Palencia 52'
(Report) Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil
3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 United States
3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Germany
3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3 New Zealand
3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0 24 July 1999
12:00 CDTBrazil 4 – 0 Germany
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)Zé Roberto 62'
Ronaldinho72' (pen.)
Alex86', 87'
(Report)
24 July 1999
14:30 CDTNew Zealand 1 – 2 United States
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)Zoricich 90+3'
(Report) McBride 25'
Kirovski58'
28 July 1999
18:00 CDTGermany 2 – 0 New Zealand
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)Preetz 6'
Matthäus33'
(Report)
28 July 1999
20:30 CDTBrazil 1 – 0 United States
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)Ronaldinho 13'
(Report)
30 July 1999
18:00 CDTUnited States 2 – 0 Germany
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)Olsen 23'
Moore50'
(Report)
30 July 1999
20:30 CDTNew Zealand 0 – 2 Brazil
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)(Report) Marcos Paulo 45+2'
Ronaldinho88'
Knockout stage
Semifinals Final 1 August - Mexico City Mexico (a.e.t.)
1 United States
0 4 August - Mexico City Mexico
4 Brazil
3 Third place 1 August - Guadalajara 3 August - Guadalajara Brazil
8 United States
2 Saudi Arabia
2 Saudi Arabia
0 Semi-finals
1 August 1999
12:00 CDTMexico 1 – 0
(a.e.t.)United States
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)Blanco 97'
(Report)
1 August 1999
15:00 CDTBrazil 8 – 2 Saudi Arabia
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)João Carlos 8'
Ronaldinho11', 65', 90+2'
Zé Roberto33'
Alex36', 86'
Roni62'
(Report) Al-Otaibi 22', 31'
Third place play-off
3 August 1999
21:00 CDTUnited States 2 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)Bravo 27'
McBride78'
(Report) Final
Main article: 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final4 August 1999
21:00 CDTMexico 4 – 3 Brazil
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)Zepeda 13', 51'
Abundis28'
Blanco62'
(Report) Serginho 43' (pen.)
Roni47'
Zé Roberto63'
Awards
Golden Ball Winner Golden Shoe Winner FIFA Fair Play Trophy Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho
Brazil
New Zealand
Silver Ball Winner Silver Shoe Winner Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Bronze Ball Winner Bronze Shoe Winner Marzouq Al-Otaibi
Marzouq Al-Otaibi
Top scorers
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
José Manuel Abundis
Zé Roberto
Notes
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