World Youth Cup (U-20) 1999 (Nigeria, April 3-24)


Teams qualified:

UEFA:     Ireland, Germany, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, England.
AFC:      South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan.
CAF:      Ghana, Cameroon, Zambia, Mali.
CSF:      Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay.
CONCACAF: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras.
OFC:      Australia.
hosts:    Nigeria.

FIRST ROUND

Group A (Lagos)
 
 1.PARAGUAY              3  2  0  1  5- 6  6
 2.NIGERIA               3  1  1  1  4- 3  4
 3.COSTA RICA            3  1  1  1  4- 5  4
 4.Germany               3  1  0  2  5- 4  3

 3- 4-99 Nigeria         1-1 (1-0) Costa Rica 
         1-0 20' Aghahowa
                                   1-1 83' Melendez (pen.)
[Ref: Sergej Shmolik (BLR); Att: 38,000]

 4- 4-99 Germany         4-0 (1-0) Paraguay
         1-0 45' Kern
         2-0 60' Kern
         3-0 69' Kern
         4-0 89' Falk
*Dominguez (PAR) was sent off, 72' mins.
[Ref: Mohamad Guezzaz (MOR); Att: 2,500]

 7- 4-99 Nigeria         2-0 (0-0) Germany
         1-0 69' Shittu
         2-0 81' Garba
[Ref: Angel Sanchez (ARG); Att: 22,000]

 7- 4-99 Costa Rica      1-3 (1-1) Paraguay
                                   0-1 26' Santa Cruz
         1-1 27' Garita
                                   1-2 60' Vera
                                   1-3 65' Cueyas
[Ref: Jan Wegereef (HOL); Att: 18,000]

10- 4-99 Nigeria         1-2 (1-2) Paraguay 
                                   0-1  9' Fernandez
                                   0-2 22' Maldonado
         1-2 39' Shittu 
*Eneh (NGA) was sent off, 75' mins.
[Ref: Jan Wegereef (HOL); Att: 25,000]

10- 4-99 Costa Rica      2-1 (1-1) Germany
         1-0 33' Brenes  
                                   1-1 38' Timm
         2-1 69' Santana         
*Voss (GER) was sent off, 78' mins.
[Ref: Angel Sanchez (ARG); Att: 22,000]


Group B (Kaduna)
  
 1.GHANA                 3  2  1  0  5- 1  7
 2.CROATIA               3  1  2  0  6- 2  5
 3.ARGENTINA             3  1  1  1  1- 1  4
 4.Kazakhstan            3  0  0  3  1- 9  0

 4- 4-99 Ghana           1-1 (0-1) Croatia
                                   0-1 22' Deranja
         1-1 60' Ofori-Quaye
[Ref: Jun Lu (CHN); Att: 15,000]

 4- 4-99 Argentina       1-0 (1-0) Kazakhstan
         1-0 44' Cambiasso
[Ref: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN); Att: 15,000]
                                                
 7- 4-99 Ghana           1-0 (0-0) Argentina
         1-0 77' Ofori-Quaye
[Ref: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN); Att: 5,000]

 7- 4-99 Croatia         5-1 (2-0) Kazakhstan
         1-0  8' Deranja
         2-0 37' Aliyev og.
                                   2-1 67' Urazayev
         3-1 79' Sabolcki
         4-1 83' Banovic
         5-1 90' Bjelanovic
[Ref: Jun Lu (CHN); Att: 5,000] 

10- 4-99 Ghana           3-0 (0-0) Kazakhstan
         1-0 48' Gyan
         2-0 52' Adu
         3-0 69' Gyan
[Ref: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN); Att: 2,000]

10- 4-99 Croatia         0-0 (0-0) Argentina
[Ref: Ref: Jun Lu (CHN); Att: 2,000]


Group C (Ibadan)

 1.MEXICO                3  2  1  0  5- 2  7
 2.IRELAND               3  2  0  1  6- 1  6
 3.Australia             3  1  0  2  4- 8  3
 4.Saudi Arabia          3  0  1  2  2- 6  1

 4- 4-99 Australia       3-1 (1-0) Saudi Arabia
         1-0 29' Culina
         2-0 70' Masaino                 
         3-0 76' Al-Gani Omar og.        
                                   3-1 90' Dabo Mohammed
[Ref: Gustavo Mendez Gonzalez (URU); Att: 2,000]

 4- 4-99 Mexico          1-0 (1-0) Ireland 
         1-0  9' Marquez 
[Ref: Carlos Simon (BRA); Att: 3,000]           

 7- 4-99 Australia       1-3 (1-1) Mexico
                                   0-1  2' Marquez
         1-1 45' Sterjovski
                                   1-2 70' Rodriguez (pen.)
                                   1-3 79' Osorno
[Ref: Carlos Simon (BRA); Att: 1,000]
                
 7- 4-99 Saudi Arabia    0-2 (0-1) Ireland
                                   0-1 41' Mcphail
                                   0-2 54' Duff
[Ref: Gustavo Mendez Gonzalez (URU); Att: 1,000]

10- 4-99 Australia       0-4 (0-1) Ireland
                                   0-1 19' Sadlier
                                   0-2 74' Duff
                                   0-3 75' Healy
                                   0-4 90' Crossey
[Ref: Sergej Shmolik (BLR); Att: 1,000] 

10- 4-99 Saudi Arabia    1-1 (1-1) Mexico
                                   0-1 30' Gonzalez
         1-1 37' Saleh
[Ref: Gustavo Mendez Gonzalez (URU); Att: 2,000]
                

Group D (Enugu)

 1.MALI                  3  2  0  1  6- 6  6
 2.PORTUGAL              3  1  1  1  4- 3  4
 3.URUGUAY               3  1  1  1  2- 2  4
 4.South Korea           3  1  0  2  5- 6  3

 5- 4-99 Uruguay         1-2 (0-0) Mali
                                   0-1 50' Kamara
         1-1 57' Chevanton
                                   1-2 89' Dissa
*Coulibaly (Mali) was sent off, 59' mins.
[Ref: Zeljko Siric (HRV); Att: 5,000]
                
 5- 4-99 South Korea     1-3 (1-2) Portugal
                                   0-1 27' Sousa
                                   0-2 32' Simao (pen.)
         1-2 37' Seok-woo
                                   1-3 52' Simao
[Ref: Nabil Ahmad (LIB); Att: 5,000)            

 8- 4-99 Uruguay         1-0 (1-0) South Korea
         1-0  2' Chevanto      
*An (SK) was sent off, 90' mins.
[Ref: Zeljko Ciric (HRV); Att: 5,000]
                                                
 8- 4-99 Mali            2-1 (2-0) Portugal
         1-0 14' Coulibaly (pen.)
         2-0 45' Ndiaye
                                   2-1 56' Da Costa
[Ref: Nabil Ayad (LIB); Att: 5,000]
 
11- 4-99 Uruguay         0-0 (0-0) Portugal
[Ref: Olufemi Olaniyan (NGA); Att: 5,000]

11- 4-99 Mali            2-4 (0-3) South Korea
                                   0-1  1' Ki-bok
                                   0-2 20' Hee-geun (pen.)
                                   0-3 35' Ki-hyeon
         1-3 57' Dissa
         2-3 60' Bagayoko                
                                   2-4 70' Donl-gook


Group E (Kano and Bauchi)

 1.JAPAN                 3  2  0  1  6- 3  6
 2.USA                   3  2  0  1  5- 4  6
 3.CAMEROON              3  2  0  1  4- 4  6
 4.England               3  0  0  3  0- 4  0

 5- 4-99 Cameroon        2-1 (0-0) Japan                   [Kano]
                                   0-1 51' Takahara
         1-1 73' Komol 
         2-1 83' Komol
[Ref: William Mattus (CRC); Att: 12,000]

 5- 4-99 England         0-1 (0-1) USA                     [Kano]
                                   0-1 10' Califf
[Ref: Mourad Daami (TUN); Att: 8,000]

 8- 4-99 Cameroon        1-0 (0-0) England                 [Kano] 
         1-0 64' Cooper og.
[Ref: William Mattus (CRC); Att: 12,000]
                
 8- 4-99 Japan           3-1 (1-0) USA                     [Bauchi]
         1-0 11' Downing og.
         2-0 52' Takahara
                                   2-1 73' Futagaki
         3-1 85' Ogasawara
[Ref: Arturo Dauden Ibanez (SPA); Att: 9,000]   
                
11- 4-99 Cameroon        1-3 (0-1) USA                     [Bauchi]       
                                   0-1 39' Twellman
                                   0-2 58' Bocanegra
         1-2 64' Kioyo
                                   1-3 79' Twellman
[Ref: Arturo Dauden Ibanez (SPA); Att: 9,000]   

11- 4-99 Japan           2-0 (1-0) England                 [Bauchi]
         1-0 40' Ishikawa
         2-0 49' Ono     
*Nicholls (ENG) was sent off, 90' mins.
[Ref: Mourad Daami (TUN); Att: 9,000]


Group F (Port Harcourt and Calabar)

 1.SPAIN                 3  2  1  0  5- 1  7
 2.BRAZIL                3  2  0  1  8- 3  6
 3.Zambia                3  1  1  1  5- 8  4
 4.Honduras              3  0  0  3  4-10  0

 5- 4-99 Zambia          4-3 (2-2) Honduras                [Calabar]
                                   0-1  9' Suazo
          1-1 19' Makayi                  
                                   1-2 41' Leon
          2-2 44' Makufi
          3-2 55' Makufi
          4-2 72' Mbambara
                                   4-3 74' Leon
[Ref: Simon Micallef (AUS); Att: 12,000]

 5- 4-99 Spain           2-0 (2-0) Brazil                  [Calabar]
         1-0 15' Gabri
         2-0 33' Gabri
[Ref: Felipe Ramos (MEX); Att: 12,000]
                
 8- 4-99 Zambia          0-0 (0-0) Spain                   [Calabar]
[Ref: Felipe Ramos (MEX); Att: 8,000]
                                                
 8- 4-99 Honduras        0-3 (0-2) Brazil                  [Port Harcourt]
                                   0-1 36' Edu
                                   0-2 41' Metuzalem
                                   0-3 80' Edu
[Ref: Olufemi Olaniyan (NGA); Att: 16,000]      
                
11- 4-99 Zambia          1-5 (1-2) Brazil                  [Port Harcourt]
         1-0  9' Sinkala
                                   1-1 27' Ronaldo
                                   1-2 45' Fabio Aurelio
                                   1-3 65' Fernando Baiano 
                                   1-4 69' Manccini
                                   1-5 80' Rodrigo Gral (pen.)     
*Mumba (ZAM) was sent off, 82' mins.
[Ref: Simon Micallef (AUS); Att: 16,000]
 
11- 4-99 Honduras        1-3 (0-3) Spain                   [Port Harcourt]
                                   0-1 10' Pablo Gonzalez
                                   0-2 26' Fernando Varela
                                   0-3 31' Ruben Suarez Estrada
         1-3 76' Carlos Oliva
[Ref: Mohamad Guezzaz (MOR); Att: 16,000]


SECOND ROUND

14- 4-99 Kano,          Ireland         1-1 (1-0) Nigeria
                        1-0 35' Sadlier 
                                                  1-1 71' Ikedia
         Nigeria won 5-3 on pens.
[Ref: Jun Lu (CHN); Att: 20,000]

14- 4-99 Kaduna,        Ghana           2-0 (1-0) Costa Rica 
                        1-0 18' Afriyie                 
                        2-0 79' Ofori-Quaye             
*Arias (CR) was sent off, 87' mins.
[Ref: Arturo Dauden Ibanaz (SPA); Att: 1,000]

14- 4-99 Calabar,       Brazil          4-0 (2-0) Croatia
                        1-0 21' Ronaldo (pen.)
                        2-0 45' Ronaldo
                        3-0 48' Fernando Baiano (pen.)
                        4-0 68' Edu
[Ref: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (LIB); Att: 12,000]

14- 4-99 Lagos,         Paraguay        2-2 (0-1) Uruguay 
                                                  0-1 32' Chevanton
                                                  0-2 50' Forlan
                        1-2 63' Santa Cruz (pen.)
                        2-2 86' Santa Cruz
         Uruguay won 10-9 on pens.
*Marecos (PAR) was sent off, 44' mins.
*Pouso (URU) was sent off, 74' mins.
[Ref: Felipe Ramos (MEX); Att: 1,500]           

15- 4-99 Port Harcourt, Spain           3-2 (3-0) USA       
                        1-0 16' Pablo Gonzalez 
                        2-0 20' Hernandez
                        3-0 32' Pablo Gonzalez 
                                                  3-1 49' Twellman 
                                                  3-2 90' Twellman 
[Ref: Carlos Simon (BRA); Att: 9,000]

15- 4-99 Bauchi,        Japan           1-1 (0-0) Portugal      
                        1-0 49' Endo
                                                  1-1 81' Cardoso
         Japan won 5-4 on pens.
[Ref: Mohamad Guezzaz (MOR); Att: 5,000]

15- 4-99 Ibadan,        Mexico          4-1 (0-1) Argentina    
                                                  0-1 40' Galletti
                        1-1 52' Osorno
                        2-1 55' Ed. Rodriguez
                        3-1 67' P. Rodriguez
                        4-1 83' Gonzalez
*Galletti (ARG) was sent off, 92' mins.
*Marquez (MEX) was sent off, 94' mins.
[Ref: Jan Wegereef (HOL); Att: 10,000]

15- 4-99 Enugu,         Mali            5-4 (1-3) Cameroon          [asdet]
                        1-0  9' N'Diaye
                                                  1-1 10' Komol
                                                  1-2 26' Kioyo
                                                  1-3 27' Mbami
                        2-3 67' Bagayoko
                                                  2-4 74' Komol
                        3-4 82' Camara
                        4-4 89' Dissa
                        5-4 105' Dissa (golden goal)
*N'Diaye (MLI) was sent off, 61' mins.
*Tcheutchoua (CAM) was sent off, 95' mins.
[Ref: Angel Sanchez (ARG); Att: 3,000]


QUARTERFINALS

18- 4-99 Lagos,         Uruguay         2-1 (1-1) Brazil  
                                                  0-1 27' Fernando Baiano
                        1-1 43' Anchen
                        2-1 86' Canobbio (pen.)
[Ref: Mourad Daami (TUN); Att: 5,000]

18- 4-99 Enugu,         Mali            3-1 (2-1) Nigeria            [Enugu]
                        1-0  1' Bagayoko
                                                  1-1 16' Hashimu
                        2-1 44' Diarra
                        3-1 62' Bagayoko
[Ref: Sergej Shmolik (BLR); Att: 20,000]

18- 4-99 Ibadan,        Japan           2-0 (2-0) Mexico  
                        1-0  4' Motoyama
                        2-0 24' Ono
[Ref: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN); Att: 15,000]

18- 4-99 Kaduna,        Spain           1-1 (0-0) Ghana   
                        1-0 56' Barkero (pen.)  
                                                  1-1 90' Ofori-Quaye
                        Spain won 8-7 on pens.
                        *Adu (GHA) was sent off, 104' mins.
[Ref: William Mattus (CRC); Att: 10,000]


SEMIFINALS

21- 4-99 Kaduna,        Mali            1-3 (0-2) Spain
                                                  0-1  2' Varela
                                                  0-2 26' Varela
                        1-2 52' Dissa
                                                  1-3 90' Hernandez
[Ref: Jun Lu (CHN); Att: 6,000] 
  
21- 4-99 Lagos,         Uruguay         1-2 (1-2) Japan
                                                  0-1 23' Takahara
                        1-1 24' Chevanton
                                                  1-2 35' Nagai
[Ref: Simon Micallef (AUS); Att: 8,000]


THIRD PLACE MATCH

24- 4-99 Lagos,         Mali            1-0 (1-0) Uruguay
                        1-0 30' Seydou Keita
[Ref. Zeljko Siric (HRV); Att: 35,000) 
Mali   : Boubacar Keita - Abdou Traore, Dramane Coulibaly, Adama Coulibaly, 
         Sega Diakite, Seydou Keita, Sadio Baba Cisse, Sidi Makan Sissoko,
         Amadou Coulibaly, Mamadou Diarra, Mamadou Bagayoko
Uruguay: Hector Carini - Gonzalo Sorondo (46' Luis Machado), Fernando Carreno,
         Cesar Pellegrin, Omar Pouso, Damian Macaluso (55' Fernando Albermagger), 
         Alejandro Correa, Diego Forlan (52'Martin Liguera), Jorge Anchen,
         Nestor Canobbio, Fernando Cardozo 

FINAL 

24- 4-99 Lagos,         Spain           4-0 (3-0) Japan
                        1-0  5' Barkero
                        2-0 14' Pablo Gonzalez
                        3-0 30' Pablo Gonzalez
                        4-0 51' De La Torre
[Ref: Angel Sanchez (ARG); Att: 37,000]
  
Spain  : Daniel Aranzubia - Pablo Coira, Francisco Jusue, David Bermudo, 
         Pablo Orbaiz, Carlos Marchena, Fernando Varela (63' Ruben),
         Xavier Hernandez, Saludes Barkero (80' David Aganza), 
         Gabriel Garcia de la Torre (70' Gonzalo Colsa), Pablo Gonzalez
Japan  : Yuta Minami - Shigeki Tsujimoto, Tomoyuki Sakai, Kazuki Teshima, 
         Koji Nakata, Mituso Ogasawara, Yasuhito Endo, Masashi Motoyama,
         Naohiro Takahara (56' Ryuji Bando), Hideyuki Ujiie (46' Junichi Inamoto),
         Yuichiro Nagai (69' Yasunori Takada)

TOPSCORERS:

Mahamadou M. DISSA (MALI)       5 goals
Pablo GONZALEZ (SPA)            5

Mamadou BAGAYOKO (MALI)         4 
Ernesto CHEVANTON (URU)         4
Gaspard KOMOL (CMR)             4
Taylor TWELLMAN (USA)           4

The Spanish squad:

ATHLETIC CLUB: Daniel ARANZUBIA, Francisco Javier YESTE.
OSASUNA: Francisco JUSUE, Pablo ORBAIZ.
BARCELONA: David BERMUDO, GABRIel F. Garcia, XAVIer Hernandez.
COMPOSTELA: Pablo COIRA.
LOGRONES: Gonzalo COLSA.
LUGO: Alejandro Lombardero, ALEX.
NUMANCIA: PABLO Gonzalez.
BETIS: Fernando VARELA Ramos.
REAL MADRID: IKER Casillas, David AGANZO.
REAL SOCIEDAD: Jose Javier BARKERO.
SPORTING GIJON: RUBEN Suarez.
ZARAGOZA: ALVARO Rubio.
SEVILLA: Carlos MARCHENA.

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Spanish squad thanks to Juan Pedro Adrados

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