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The 12th U20 World Championship Cup 1999

The Finals

3 to 24 April 1999, Nigeria

1999 Champions - Spain

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. Zambia was knocked out in the Group Rounds.

The 2001 World Youth Championship will be in Argentina from June 17-July 8.

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Final
24 April Spain
Saludes Barkero 5
Pablo Gonzalez 14, 30
Gabriel Garcia de la Torre 51
4-0 Japan
 
Third Place
24 April Mali
Seydou Keita 29
1-0 Uruguay
 
Semi-finals
21 April Mali
Mahamadou Dissa 52
1-3 Spain
Ramos Varela 2, 26
Xavier Hernandez 90
21 April Uruguay
Ernesto Chevanton 24
1-2 Japan
Naohiro Takahara 23
Yuichiro Nagai 35

Second Round

Quarter-finals
18 April Uruguay
Anchen 44
Canobbio 86-pen
2-1 Brazil
Baiano 27
18 April Mali
Bagayoko 1, 72
Diarra 44
3-1 Nigeria
Garba 17
18 April Japan
Motoyama 4
Ono 24
2-0 Mexico
18 April Spain
Saludes Barkero 56-pen
Spain win 8-7 on penalties
1-1 Ghana
Peter Ofori-Quaye 90
 
Round of 16
14 April Republic of Ireland
Richard Sadlier 35
1-1 Nigeria
Pius Ikedia 71
Nigeria win 5-3 on penalties
14 April Ghana
Owusu Afriyie 16
Peter Ofori-Quaye 79
2-0 Costa Rica
14 April Paraguay
Roque Santa Cruz 63-pen, 86
2-2 Uruguay
Ernesto Chevanton 32,
Diego Forlan 50

Uruguay win10-9 on penalties
14 April Brazil
Ronaldo 20pen,  44
Fernando Baiano 47-pen
Edu 67
4-0 Croatia
15 April Japan
Yasuhito Endo 49
Japan win 5-4 on penalties
1-1 Portugal
Marco Claudio Cardoso 81
15 April Spain
Pablo Gonzalez Counago 16, 32
Xavier Hernandez 20
3-2 United States
Taylor Twellman 49, 90
15 April Mexico
Daniel Osorno 52
Eduardo Rodriguez 55
Juan Pablo Rodriguez 67
Luis Gonzalez 83
4-1 Argentina
Luciano Galletti 40
15 April Mali
Tenema N Diaye 9
Mamadou Bagayoko 67
Abdoulaye Camara 82
Mahamadou Dissa 89, 105 (golden goal)
5-4
Cameroon
Gaspard Komol 10, 74
Francis Kioyo 26
Modeste Mbami 27