The 1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship was a football competition contested by all ten U-17 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between 4 and 21 March 1999, it was the 8th time the competition has been held and the 1st to take place in Uruguay.
This tournament gave three berths to the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which was held in New Zealand, Brazil won their fifth title and their third in a row. They qualified to the aforementioned tournament along with Paraguay and Uruguay.
Venues City / TownStadiumCapacity Montevideo Estadio Centenario 66,500 Maldonado Estadio Domingo Burgueño22,000 Rivera Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera26,000
First round The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the semi-finals.
Group A
TeamPtsMWDLGFGC10431010274220625412174441122604004314
6 March 1999Argentina2:0PeruEstadio Domingo Burgueño, MaldonadoUruguay5:2VenezuelaEstadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado8 March 1999Argentina2:2EcuadorEstadio Domingo Burgueño, MaldonadoUruguay3:0PeruEstadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado10 March 1999Peru2:1VenezuelaEstadio Domingo Burgueño, MaldonadoUruguay2:0EcuadorEstadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado12 March 1999Peru0:0EcuadorEstadio Domingo Burgueño, MaldonadoArgentina2:0VenezuelaEstadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado14 March 1999Ecuador5:0VenezuelaEstadio Centenario, MontevideoUruguay0:0ArgentinaEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
Group B
TeamPtsMWDLGFGC104310956420288441125644112454411268
7 March 2001Chile0:1BoliviaEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, RiveraBrazil4:3ColombiaEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera9 March 1999Chile3:2ParaguayEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, RiveraBrazil1:1BoliviaEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera11 March 1999Paraguay3:2BoliviaEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, RiveraColombia1:1ChileEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera13 March 1999Colombia2:1BoliviaEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, RiveraBrazil3:1ParaguayEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera15 March 1999Paraguay2:0ColombiaEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, RiveraBrazil1:0ChileEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Final round
Semi-finals
17 March 1999Argentina1:3BrazilEstadio Centenario, MontevideoUruguay0:2ParaguayEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
Third place match
21 March 1999Uruguay4:2ArgentinaEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
Final
21 March 1999Brazil5:0ParaguayEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship Top 3 teams qualify for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship:
Top goalscorers TeamPlayersGoalsSouza5Alberto Cuero4Tomás Guzmán4Mario Leguizamón4Léo Lima4
Ideal Team of the Tournament TeamPlayersPositionGermán LuxGKDavid VillalbaDFRicardoDFAlvaro MenesesDFAndersonDFRubén OliveraMDWalkerMDTomás GuzmánMDSouzaMDLéo LimaFWWalter PeraltaFW
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