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)	Cuauhtémoc Blanco; Ronaldinho; Marzouq Al-Otaibi; (6 goals)
Best player	Ronaldinho
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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 all together.

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

Coffi Codjia

Asia

Kim Young-Joo

Europe

Anders Frisk

North America, Central America and Caribbean

South America

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

Bolivia v Egypt

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)

Mexico v Saudi Arabia

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)

Saudi Arabia v Bolivia

27 July 1999
18:00 CDT

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Bolivia
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

Mexico v Egypt

27 July 1999
20:30 CDT

Mexico	2–2	Egypt
Pardo 15' Abundis 26'	Report	A. Hassan 79' S. Ibrahim 85'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)

Egypt v Saudi Arabia

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)

Mexico v Bolivia

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
United States	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Germany	3	1	2	2	6	−4	3
New Zealand	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Brazil v Germany

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)

New Zealand v United States

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)

Germany v New Zealand

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)

Brazil v United States

28 July 1999
20:30 CDT

Brazil	1–0	United States
Ronaldinho 13'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

United States v Germany

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)

New Zealand v Brazil

30 July 1999
20:30 CDT

New Zealand	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Marcos Paulo 45+2' Ronaldinho 88'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)

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

Mexico v United States

1 August 1999
12:00 CDT

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)

Brazil v Saudi Arabia

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

United States v Saudi Arabia

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

Mexico v Brazil

4 August 1999
21:00 CDT

Mexico	4–3	Brazil
Zepeda 13', 51' Abundis 28' Blanco 62'	Report	Serginho 43' (pen.) Roni 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
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

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

Alex

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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External links

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

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Contents

Qualified teams

Venues

Match officials

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Individual awards

Goalscorers

Notes

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