1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
Copa Confederaciones México '99

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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  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) Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Brazil Ronaldinho
Saudi Arabia Marzouq Al-Otaibi
(6 goals)
Best player Brazil Ronaldinho
Fair play award  Brazil
 New Zealand

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.

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 other than the official advertiser, the city was left out of the tournament altogether.

The tournament was organized in two groups of four teams, in which two teams from both groups advanced to the semi-finals.

Qualified teams

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 Mexico CONCACAF Hosts and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 3rd
 Brazil CONMEBOL 1997 Copa América winner and 1998 FIFA World Cup runners-up1 29 June 1997 2nd
 Germany UEFA UEFA Euro 1996 winner 30 June 1996 1st
 Saudi Arabia AFC 1996 AFC Asian Cup winner 21 December 1996 4th
 Bolivia CONMEBOL 1997 Copa América runners-up2 23 October 1998 1st
 Egypt CAF 1998 African Cup of Nations winner 28 February 1998 1st
 United States CONCACAF 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up3 15 February 1998 2nd
 New Zealand OFC 1998 OFC Nations Cup winner 4 October 1998 1st

1France, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winner, declined to take part.[1]

2Bolivia was awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won the 1997 Copa América and qualified through the World Cup berth.

3United States was awarded a spot in the competition because the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners Mexico qualified as hosts.

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
South America

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 321083+57
 Saudi Arabia 31116604
 Bolivia 302123−12
 Egypt 302159−42

25 July 1999
12:00 CDT
Bolivia  2–2  Egypt
Gutiérrez  21'
Ribera  40'		 Report Sabry  8'
Radwan  63'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

25 July 1999
14:30 CDT
Mexico  5–1  Saudi Arabia
Blanco  12', 19', 68', 77'
Abundis  21'		 Report Al-Temyat  62' (pen.)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

27 July 1999
18:00 CDT
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Bolivia
Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

27 July 1999
20:30 CDT
Mexico  2–2  Egypt
Pardo  15'
Abundis  26'		 Report A. Hassan  79'
S. Ibrahim  85'

29 July 1999
18:00 CDT
Egypt  1–5  Saudi Arabia
S. Ibrahim  70' (pen.) Report Al-Otaibi  8', 34', 78', 85'
Al-Shahrani  64'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

29 July 1999
20:30 CDT
Mexico  1–0  Bolivia
Palencia  52' Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 330070+79
 United States 320142+26
 Germany 310226−43
 New Zealand 300316−50

24 July 1999
12:00 CDT
Brazil  4–0  Germany
Zé Roberto  62'
Ronaldinho  72'
Alex  86', 87'		 Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

24 July 1999
14:30 CDT
New Zealand  1–2  United States
Zoricich  90+3' Report McBride  25'
Kirovski  58'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

28 July 1999
18:00 CDT
Germany  2–0  New Zealand
Preetz  6'
Matthäus  33'		 Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

28 July 1999
20:30 CDT
Brazil  1–0  United States
Ronaldinho  13' Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

30 July 1999
18:00 CDT
United States  2–0  Germany
Olsen  23'
Moore  50'		 Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

30 July 1999
20:30 CDT
New Zealand  0–2  Brazil
Report Marcos Paulo  45+2'
Ronaldinho  88'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals 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 CDT
Mexico  1–0
(a.e.t.) 		 United States
Blanco  97' Report

1 August 1999
15:00 CDT
Brazil  8–2  Saudi Arabia
João Carlos  8'
Ronaldinho  11', 65', 90+2'
Zé Roberto  33'
Alex  36', 86'
Rôni  62'		 Report Al-Otaibi  22', 31'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Third place play-off

3 August 1999
21:00 CDT
United States  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Bravo  27'
McBride  78'		 Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Final

4 August 1999
21:00 CDT
Mexico  4–3  Brazil
Zepeda  13', 51'
Abundis  28'
Blanco  62'		 Report Serginho  43' (pen.)
Rôni  47'
Zé Roberto  63'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Awards

Individual awards

Golden Ball Winner Golden Shoe Winner FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Brazil Ronaldinho Brazil Ronaldinho  Brazil
 New Zealand
Silver Ball Winner Silver Shoe Winner
Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Bronze Ball Winner Bronze Shoe Winner
Saudi Arabia Marzouq Al-Otaibi Saudi Arabia Marzouq Al-Otaibi

Goalscorers

Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Marzouq 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
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

  1. ↑ "FIFA CONSIDERING CONFEDERATIONS' CUP RESCHEDULING". Sport Business. 28 September 2001. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.

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