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1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
Copa Confederaciones México '99
	; 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	25 July - 4 August
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per match)
Attendance	970,000 (60,625 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cuauhtémoc Blanco; Ronaldinho; Marzouq Al-Otaibi (6 goals)
Best player	Ronaldinho

The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organized by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 25 July and 4 August 1999. It was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4–3 in the final. The competition was to originally be held in three stadiums, in three cities in the country. However, since the stadiums in Monterrey were sponsored by a competing beer company than the official advertiser, the city was left out of the tournament all together.

[edit] Participating teams

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation
Mexico	CONCACAF	hosts and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	3rd
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	Copa América 1997 runners-up	1st
Brazil	CONMEBOL	Copa América 1997 winners and 1998 FIFA World Cup runners-up¹	2nd
Egypt	CAF	1998 African Cup of Nations winners	1st
Germany	UEFA	UEFA Euro 1996 winners	1st
New Zealand	OFC	1998 OFC Nations Cup winners	1st
Saudi Arabia	AFC	1996 AFC Asian Cup winners	4th
United States	CONCACAF	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up	2nd

¹France, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winner declined to participate.

[edit] Venues

The matches were played in:

Mexico City	Guadalajara
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco
Capacity: 115,000	Capacity: 66,700

[edit] Match officials

Africa

Coffi Codjia

Asia

Young-Joo Kim

Europe

Anders Frisk

North America, Central America and Caribbean

South America

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Egypt	3	0	2	1	5	9	−4	2

25 July 1999 12:00 CDT	Bolivia	2 – 2	Egypt	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Gutiérrez 21' Ribera 40'	(Report)	Sabry 8' Radwan 63'

25 July 1999 14:30 CDT	Mexico	5 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Blanco 12', 19', 68', 77' Abundis 21'	(Report)	Al-Temyat 62' (pen.)

27 July 1999 18:00 CDT	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
		(Report)

27 July 1999 20:30 CDT	Mexico	2 – 2	Egypt	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
	Pardo 15' Abundis 26'	(Report)	Y. Radwan 64' A. Hassan 79' S. Ibrahim 85'

29 July 1999 18:00 CDT	Egypt	1 – 5	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	A. Sabry 28' H. Emam 37' S. Ibrahim 70' (pen.) 80'	(Report)	Al-Otaibi 8', 34', 78', 85' Al-Shahrani 64'

29 July 1999 20:30 CDT	Mexico	1 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Oscar Ruíz (Colombia)
	Palencia 52'	(Report)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
United States	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Germany	3	1	2	2	6	−4	3
New Zealand	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

24 July 1999 12:00 CDT	Brazil	4 – 0	Germany	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
	Zé Roberto 62' Ronaldinho 72' (pen.) Alex 86', 87'	(Report)

24 July 1999 14:30 CDT	New Zealand	1 – 2	United States	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Zoricich 90+3'	(Report)	McBride 25' Kirovski 58'

28 July 1999 18:00 CDT	Germany	2 – 0	New Zealand	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Preetz 6' Matthäus 33'	(Report)

28 July 1999 20:30 CDT	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Ronaldinho 13'	(Report)

30 July 1999 18:00 CDT	United States	2 – 0	Germany	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
	Olsen 23' Moore 50'	(Report)

30 July 1999 20:30 CDT	New Zealand	0 – 2	Brazil	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
		(Report)	Marcos Paulo 45+2' Ronaldinho 88'

[edit] Knockout stage

Semifinals			Final

1 August - Mexico City
Mexico	1
United States	0

			4 August - Mexico City
			Mexico	4
			Brazil	3


			Third place
1 August - Guadalajara		3 August - Guadalajara
Brazil	8	United States	2
Saudi Arabia	2		Saudi Arabia	0

[edit] Semi-finals

1 August 1999 12:00 CDT	Mexico	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	United States	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
	Blanco 97'	(Report)

1 August 1999 15:00 CDT	Brazil	8 – 2	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	João Carlos 8' Ronaldinho 11', 65', 90+2' Zé Roberto 33' Alex 36', 86' Roni 62'	(Report)	Al-Otaibi 22', 31'

[edit] Third place play-off

3 August 1999 21:00 CDT	United States	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Bravo 27' McKeon 63' McBride 78'	(Report)

[edit] Final

4 August 1999 21:00 CDT	Mexico	4 – 3	Brazil	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Zepeda 13', 51' Abundis 28' Blanco 62'	(Report)	Serginho 43' (pen.) Roni 47' Zé Roberto 63' Joao Carlos 90+2'

[edit] Title

1999 Confederations Cup Winner
Mexico First title

[edit] Awards

Golden Ball Winner	Golden Shoe Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Ronaldinho	Ronaldinho	Brazil New Zealand

Silver Ball Winner	Silver Shoe Winner
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Bronze Ball Winner	Bronze Shoe Winner
Marzouq Al-Otaibi	Marzouq Al-Otaibi

[edit] Top scorers

6 goals

4 goals

Alex

3 goals

[edit] Notes

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