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The 12th World Youth Cup - Nigeria

Group Rounds

3 - 24 April 1999

Five African Teams gained passage to this World U-20 tournament through the African Nations Youth Championships 1999: Nigeria (hosts and runners-up), Ghana (winners), Cameroon, Zambia and Mali.

Group Rounds
   
Group A - Lagos
3 April Nigeria
Aghahowa 20
1-1 Costa Rica
Melendez 83pen
4 April Germany
Enrico Kern 45, 60, 69
Patrick Falk 89
4-0 Paraguay
7 April Nigeria
Ganiyu Shittu 60
Hashimu Garba 70
2-0 Germany
7 April Costa Rica
Mauricio Garita 27
1-3 Paraguay
Roque SantaCruz 26
Nelson Vera 60
Nelson Cuevas 65
10 April Nigeria
Ganiyu Shittu 40
1-2 Paraguay
Sergio Fernandez 8
Ruben Maldonado 19
10 April Costa Rica
Alberto Brenes 33
Esteban Santana 69
2-1 Germany
Christian Timm 38
P W D L F A P
Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 6 6
Nigeria 3 1 1 1 4 3 4
Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 5 4
Germany 3 1 0 2 5 4 3
Group B - Kaduna
4 April Ghana
Peter Ofori-Quaye 60
1-1 Croatia
Zvonimir Deranja 22
4 April Argentina
Esteban Cambiasso 44
1-0 Kazakhstan
7 April Ghana
Peter Ofori-Quaye 77
1-0 Argentina
7 April Croatia
Zvonimir Deranja 8
Ali Aliyev 37og
Silvester Sabolcki 79
Ivica Banovic 83
Sasa Bjelanovic 90
5-1 Kazakhstan
Yerlan Urazayev 67
10 April Ghana
Baffour Gyan 48, 69
Toto Adu 52
3-0 Kazakhstan
10 April Croatia 0-0 Argentina
P W D L F A P
Ghana 3 2 1 0 5 1 7
Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 2 5
Argentina 3 1 1 1 1 1 4
Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 1 9 0
Group C - Ibadan
4 April Australia
Jason Culina 29
John Masaino 70
Al-Gani Omar 76og
3-1 Saudi Arabia
Dabo Mohammed 90
4 April Mexico
Rafael Marquez 9
1-0 Ireland
7 April Australia
Mile Sterjovski 45
1-3 Mexico
Rafael Marquez 2
Juan Rodriguez 58pen
Daniel Osorno 83
7 April Saudi Arabia 0-2 Ireland
Stephen Mcphail 41
Damien Duff 54
10 April Australia 0-4 Ireland
Richie Sadlier 19
Damien Duff 74
Colin Healy 75
Gary Crossley 90
10 April Saudi Arabia
Saleh Al Sariq 36
1-1 Mexico
Luis Gonzalez 29
P W D L F A P
Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 6 1 6
Australia 3 1 0 2 4 8 3
Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 6 1
Group D - Enugu
5 April Uruguay
Ernesto Chevanton 57
1-2 Mali
Abdullahi Kamara 50
Mahamadou Dissa 89
5 April Korea Republic
Jin Seok-woo 37
1-3 Portugal
Ricardo Sousa 27
Pedro Simao 32pen, 52
8 April Uruguay
Ernesto Chevanto 2
1-0 Korea Republic
8 April Mali
Amadou Coulibaly 14pen
Tenema Ndiaye 45
2-1 Portugal
Paulo da Costa 56
11 April Uruguay 0-0 Portugal
11 April Mali
Mahamadou Dissa 57
Mamadou Bagayoko 60
2-4 Korea Republic
Seo Ki-bok 1
Nah Hee-geun 20pen
Seol Ki-hyeon 35
Lee Dong-gook 70
P W D L F A P
Mali 3 2 0 1 6 6 6
Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 3 4
Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 4
Korea Republic 3 1 0 2 5 6 3
Group E - Kano and Bauchi
5 April Cameroon
Gaspard Komol 73, 83
2-1 Japan
Naohiro Takahara 51
5 April England 0-1 USA
Dan Califf 10
8 April Cameroon
Richard Cooper 64og
1-0 England
8 April Japan
Nick Downing 10og
Naohiro Takahara 51
Mitsuo Ogasawara 85
3-1 USA
Ryan Futagaki 74
11 April Cameroon
Francis Kioyo 64
1-3 USA
Taylor Twellman 39, 79
Carlos Bocanegra 58
11 April Japan
Tatsuya Ishikawa 40
Shinji Ono 49
2-0 England
P W D L F A P
Japan 3 2 0 1 6 3 6
United States 3 2 0 1 5 4 6
Cameroon 3 2 0 1 4 4 6
England 3 0 0 3 0 4 0
Group F - Port Harcourt and Calabar
5 April Zambia
Japhet Makayi 19
Bernard Makufi 44, 55
Roland Mbambara 72
4-3 Honduras
David Suazo 9
Julio Leon 41, 74
5 April Spain
Fransciso Gabri 15, 33
2-0 Brazil
8 April Zambia 0-0 Spain
8 April Honduras 0-3 Brazil
Edu 36, 80
Matuzalem 41
11 April Zambia
Andrew Sinkala 9
1-5 Brazil
Ronaldo 27
Fabio Aurelio 4,
Fernando Baiano 65
Mancini 69
Rodrigo Gral 80pen
11 April Honduras
Carlos Oliva 76
1-3 Spain
Pablo Gonzalez 10
Fernando Varela 26
Ruben Suarez Estrada 31
   P W D L F A P
Spain 3 2 1 0 5 1 7
Brazil 3 2 0 1 8 3 6
Zambia 3 1 1 1 5 8 4
Honduras 3 0 0 3 4 10 0