1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
Copa Confederaciones México '99
	File:1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.jpg 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	24 July – 4 August
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Third place	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Fourth place	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per match)
Attendance	970,000 (60,625 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saudi Arabia Marzouk Al-Otaibi; Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco ; Brazil Ronaldinho ; (6 goals each)
Best player(s)	Brazil Ronaldinho
Fair play award	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
	← 1997 2001 →

The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organised by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 24 July and 4 August 1999. The tournament 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 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.^[1] The tournament was organized in two groups of four teams, in which two teams from both groups advanced to the semi-finals.

Venues

Matches were played at two venues: the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City served as the venue for matches in Group A, while the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara hosted matches in Group B. 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.

Mexico City	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup is located in Mexico Guadalajara Guadalajara Mexico City Mexico City	Guadalajara
Estadio Azteca		Estadio Jalisco
Capacity: 115,000		Capacity: 66,700
File:Estadio Azteca 07a.jpg		File:Estadio jalisco.jpg

Teams

Qualification

The tournament featured eight teams, representing the six continental confederations. Mexico qualified as both the host nation and the winners of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, so the CONCACAF berth was given to the United States. France also qualified automatically as winners of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but they declined to participate; World Cup runners-up Brazil took their place, which meant Bolivia 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: Germany (UEFA), Saudi Arabia (AFC), Egypt (CAF) and New Zealand (OFC).

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	CONCACAF	Hosts and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	—	2 (1995, 1997)
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	UEFA	UEFA Euro 1996 winners	30 June 1996	0 (debut)
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	AFC	1996 AFC Asian Cup winners	21 December 1996	3 (1992, 1995, 1997)
File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia	CONMEBOL	1997 Copa América runners-up^{[lower-alpha 2]}	29 June 1997	0 (debut)
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	CONCACAF	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up^{[lower-alpha 3]}	15 February 1998	1 (1992)
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	CAF	1998 African Cup of Nations winners	28 February 1998	0 (debut)
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	CONMEBOL	1998 FIFA World Cup runners-up^{[lower-alpha 4]}	12 July 1998	1 (1997)
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	OFC	1998 OFC Nations Cup winners	4 October 1998	0 (debut)

Squads

Match officials

Africa

Benin Coffi Codjia

Asia

South Korea Kim Young-joo

Europe

Sweden Anders Frisk

North America, Central America and Caribbean

South America

Group stage

All times CST (UTC−6).

Group A

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Group B

{{#section:1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B|Standings}} {{#lst:1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B|Match 1}} {{#lst:1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B|Match 2}}

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

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

4 goals

Brazil Alex

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (H)	5	4	1	0	13	6	+7	13	Champions
2	B	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	5	4	0	1	18	6	+12	12	Runners-up
3	B	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	5	3	0	2	6	3	+3	9	Third place
4	A	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	5	1	1	3	8	16	−8	4	Fourth place

5	B	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3	Eliminated in group stage
6	A	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
7	A	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	3	0	2	1	5	9	−4	2
8	B	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: FIFA^[2]
(H) Hosts

Awards

The following Confederations Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), and Golden Ball (best overall player).^[3]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Brazil Ronaldinho	Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Saudi Arabia Marzouk Al-Otaibi
Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Brazil Ronaldinho	Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Saudi Arabia Marzouk Al-Otaibi
6 goals, 2 assists 376 minutes played	6 goals, 0 assists 465 minutes played	6 goals, 0 assists 315 minutes played
FIFA Fair Play Award
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Notes

↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
↑ Bolivia was awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won the 1997 Copa América and qualified through the World Cup berth.
↑ The United States was awarded a spot in the competition because the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners Mexico qualified as hosts.
↑ France, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winners, declined to take part.

References

↑ "1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Rescheduled for July 28 – August 8 in Mexico". Chicago: United States Soccer Federation. 17 November 1998. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
↑ "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 July 2017. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
↑ "FIFA Confederations Cup Mexico 1999 | Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

External links

FIFA Confederations Cup Mexico 1999, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)

[2] Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

[3] Bolivia was awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won the 1997 Copa América and qualified through the World Cup berth.

[4] The United States was awarded a spot in the competition because the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners Mexico qualified as hosts.

[5] France, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winners, declined to take part.

[1] "1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Rescheduled for July 28 – August 8 in Mexico". Chicago: United States Soccer Federation. 17 November 1998. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[6] "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 July 2017. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[7] "FIFA Confederations Cup Mexico 1999 | Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

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