January 5-25 in Mar del Plata and Tandil
First Stage
Group A (Mar del Plata)
5- 1 Chile 2-0 Ecuador 1.ARGENTINA 4 4 0 0 12- 1 12
Venezuela 4-1 Argentina 2.CHILE 4 3 0 1 12- 4 9
7- 1 Peru 2-1 Venezuela 3.PERU 4 2 0 2 4- 8 6
Argentina 2-0 Ecuador 4.Venezuela 4 1 0 3 5-14 3
11- 1 Venezuela 0-6 Chile 5.Ecuador 4 0 0 4 3- 9 0
Peru 0-2 Argentina
13- 1 Ecuador 1-2 Peru
Argentina 4-0 Chile
15- 1 Chile 4-0 Peru
Ecuador 2-3 Venezuela
Group B (Tandil)
6- 1 Uruguay 1-0 Colombia 1.PARAGUAY 4 3 1 0 7- 3 10
Bolivia 0-4 Brazil 2.BRAZIL 4 2 2 0 8- 2 8
8- 1 Paraguay 2-1 Bolivia 3.URUGUAY 4 2 1 1 8- 3 7
Brazil 3-1 Colombia 4.Colombia 4 0 1 3 4- 8 1
10- 1 Bolivia 1-7 Uruguay 5.Bolivia 4 0 1 3 4-15 1
Paraguay 1-1 Brazil
12- 1 Uruguay 0-2 Paraguay
Colombia 2-2 Bolivia
14- 1 Colombia 1-2 Paraguay
Brazil 0-0 Uruguay
Top three of each group qualify to final phase.
Final Phase (Mar del Plata)
17- 1 Peru 2-1 Paraguay 1.Argentina 5 4 0 1 9- 2 12
Brazil 2-3 Chile 2.Uruguay 5 2 2 1 5- 4 8
Argentina 0-1 Uruguay 3.Brazil 5 2 1 2 14- 8 7
19- 1 Paraguay 1-3 Brazil 4.Paraguay 5 2 0 3 6- 8 6
Chile 1-2 Uruguay 5.Peru 5 1 2 2 4-14 5
Peru 0-5 Argentina 6.Chile 5 1 1 3 8-10 4
21- 1 Chile 2-3 Paraguay
Uruguay 0-0 Peru
Argentina 2-1 Brazil
23- 1 Paraguay 1-0 Uruguay
Brazil 6-0 Peru
Chile 0-1 Argentina
25- 1 Peru 2-2 Chile
Uruguay 2-2 Brazil
Argentina 1-0 Paraguay
Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay qualified for U-21 World Cup 1999 in Nigeria.
Topscorers:
9 goals: Luciano GALLETTI [Arg]
7 goals: RODRIGO GRAL [Bra]
5 goals: Nicolás CÓRDOVA [Chi]
Luis Eduardo Schmidt "EDÚ" [Bra]
4 goals: Ernesto CHEVANTÓN [Uru]
Patricio NEIRA [Chi]
Ideal Team of the Tournament (chosen by journalists registered at this tournament):
G: JÚLIO CÉSAR de Espíndola [Bra]
D: Nelson CUEVAS [Par]
D: Paulo DA SILVA [Par]
D: Fernando CROSA [Arg]
D: FÁBIO AURÉLIO Rodrigues [Bra]
M: Ronald GARCÍA [Bol]
M: Esteban CAMBIASSO [Arg]
M: MATUZALÉM Francelino Da Silva [Bra]
M: David PIZARRO [Chi]
F: Roque SANTA CRUZ [Par]
F: Luciano GALLETTI [Arg]
Thanks to José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com) for information
Prepared and maintained by Juan Pablo Andrés for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Juan Pablo Andrés
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Last updated: 3 Jul 2000
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