1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship

1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Uruguay 1999
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	4 March – 21 April
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	77 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Souza (5 goals)

The 1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship was a football competition contested by all ten U-17 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between 4 and 21 March 1999, it was the 8th time the competition has been held and the 1st to take place in Uruguay.

This tournament gave three berths to the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which was held in New Zealand, Brazil won their fifth title and their third in a row. They qualified to the aforementioned tournament along with Paraguay and Uruguay.

Venues

City / Town	Stadium	Capacity
Montevideo	Estadio Centenario	66,500
Maldonado	Estadio Domingo Burgueño	22,000
Rivera	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera	26,000

First round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the semi-finals.

Group A

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Uruguay	10	4	3	1	0	10	2
Argentina	7	4	2	2	0	6	2
Ecuador	5	4	1	2	1	7	4
Peru	4	4	1	1	2	2	6
Venezuela	0	4	0	0	4	3	14


6 March 1999
Argentina	2:0	Peru	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Uruguay	5:2	Venezuela	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
8 March 1999
Argentina	2:2	Ecuador	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Uruguay	3:0	Peru	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
10 March 1999
Peru	2:1	Venezuela	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Uruguay	2:0	Ecuador	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
12 March 1999
Peru	0:0	Ecuador	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Argentina	2:0	Venezuela	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
14 March 1999
Ecuador	5:0	Venezuela	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Uruguay	0:0	Argentina	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Group B

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Brazil	10	4	3	1	0	9	5
Paraguay	6	4	2	0	2	8	8
Bolivia	4	4	1	1	2	5	6
Chile	4	4	1	1	2	4	5
Colombia	4	4	1	1	2	6	8


7 March 2001
Chile	0:1	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Brazil	4:3	Colombia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
9 March 1999
Chile	3:2	Paraguay	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Brazil	1:1	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
11 March 1999
Paraguay	3:2	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Colombia	1:1	Chile	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
13 March 1999
Colombia	2:1	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Brazil	3:1	Paraguay	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
15 March 1999
Paraguay	2:0	Colombia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Brazil	1:0	Chile	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Final round

Semi-finals			Final

17 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario
Argentina	1
Brazil	3

			21 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario
			Brazil	5
			Paraguay	0


			Third place
17 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario		21 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario
Uruguay	0	Argentina	2
Paraguay	2		Uruguay	4

Semi-finals


17 March 1999
Argentina	1:3	Brazil	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Uruguay	0:2	Paraguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Third place match


21 March 1999
Uruguay	4:2	Argentina	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Final


21 March 1999
Brazil	5:0	Paraguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

1999 South American Under-17 Football Champions
Brazil 5th title

Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Top 3 teams qualify for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship:

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Souza	5
	Alberto Cuero	4
	Tomás Guzmán	4
	Mario Leguizamón	4
	Léo Lima	4

Ideal Team of the Tournament

Team	Players	Position
	Germán Lux	GK
	David Villalba	DF
	Ricardo	DF
	Alvaro Meneses	DF
	Anderson	DF
	Rubén Olivera	MD
	Walker	MD
	Tomás Guzmán	MD
	Souza	MD
	Léo Lima	FW
	Walter Peralta	FW

South American Under-17 Football Championship

Competitions	Argentina 1985 Peru 1986 Ecuador 1988 Paraguay 1991 Colombia 1993 Peru 1995 Paraguay 1997 Uruguay 1999 Peru 2001 Bolivia 2003 Venezuela 2005 Ecuador 2007 Chile 2009 Ecuador 2011 Argentina 2013 Paraguay 2015 Brazil 2017

Squads	1985 1986 1988 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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