1999 South American Youth Championship

1999 South American Youth Championship
1999 Sudamericano Sub-20
Tournament details
Host country  Argentina
Dates January 5 to January 25
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up  Uruguay
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 35
Goals scored 133 (3.8 per match)
Attendance 228.113 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Luciano Galletti (9 goals)

The 1999 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) is a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Paraguay between January 5 and January 25, 1999, it was the 23rd time the competition has been held and the 2nd to take place in Argentina. Argentina finished undefeated, winning their 3rd trophy.

Contents

Format

The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the top two also qualify for the 2000 Olympic tournament (U-23).

Squads

For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 1999 South American Youth Championship squads.

First group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Argentina 12 4 4 0 0 12 1
 Chile 9 4 3 0 1 12 8
 Peru 6 4 2 0 2 4 8
 Venezuela 3 4 1 0 3 5 14
 Ecuador 0 4 0 0 4 3 9

Results

January 5, 1999
 Chile  2–0  Ecuador Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Neira 27'
Moya 30'
January 5, 1999
 Venezuela  1-4  Argentina Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 11.656
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Arango 39' Duscher 64'
Farías 68'
Galletti 70'
Aimar 89'
January 7, 1999
 Peru  2–1  Venezuela Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Felipe Russi (Colombia)
Balbin 27', 90' Sequera 17'
January 7, 1999
 Argentina  2–0  Ecuador Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 7.422
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
Galletti 27', 90'
January 11, 1999
 Venezuela  0–6  Chile Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Juan Luna (Bolivia)
Córdova 18', 64'
Neira 43'
Pizarro 75'
García 83'
Gutiérrez 87'
January 11, 1999
 Peru  0-2  Argentina Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 10.600
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Aimar 32'
Montenegro 80'
January 13, 1999
 Ecuador  1–2  Peru Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Bonito 65' Alamanza 80'
Cordero 88'
January 13, 1999
  Argentina 4–0  Chile Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 13.998
Referee: Felipe Russi (Colombia)
Crosa 24'
Galletti 35', 57'
Duscher 85'
January 15, 1999
 Chile  4–0  Peru Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1.000
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
García 19', 32'
Córdova 49', 78'
January 15, 1999
 Ecuador  2–3  Venezuela Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1.000
Referee: Juan Luna (Bolivia)
Mejía 52'
Bonito 63'		 Sequera 36'
Chacón 76'
Juan Arango 90+1'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Paraguay 10 4 3 1 0 7 3
 Brazil 8 4 2 2 0 8 2
 Uruguay 7 4 2 1 1 8 3
 Colombia 1 4 0 1 3 4 8
 Bolivia 1 4 0 1 3 4 15

Results

January 6, 1999
  Uruguay 1–0  Colombia Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 3.200
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Chevantón 9'
January 6, 1999
  Bolivia 0–4  Brazil Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 2.600
Referee: Jorge Torres (Peru)
Eriberto 4'
Cassio Lincoln 40'
Fábio Aurélio 76'
Edu 90'
January 8, 1999
  Paraguay 2–1  Bolivia Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: José Carpio (Ecuador)
Santa Cruz 69'
Escobar 80'		 García 53'
January 8, 1999
  Brazil 3–1  Colombia Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)
Matuzalém 18'
Rodrigo Gral 43'
Ronaldinho 64'		 Molina 88'
January 10, 1999
  Bolivia 1–7  Uruguay Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Luis Solorzáno (Venezuela)
Aguilera 52' Pellegrín 10'
Chevantón 21', 33'
Forlán 42'
Canobbio 78'
Carreño 79'
Bueno 88'
January 10, 1999
  Paraguay 1–1  Brazil Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 4.000
Referee: Jorge Torres (Peru)
Santa Cruz 1' Rodrigo Gral 69'
January 12, 1999
  Uruguay 0–2  Paraguay Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Cabañas 18'
Da Silva 51'
January 12, 1999
  Colombia 2–2  Bolivia Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Jorge Torres (Peru)
Gil 18'
Victoria 31'		 Gutiérrez 57'
Apuri 84'
January 14, 1999
  Colombia 1–2  Paraguay Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 2.100
Referee: Luis Solorzáno (Venezuela)
Díaz 17' Cabañas 11'
Gavilán 46'
January 14, 1999
  Brazil 0–0  Uruguay Estadio General San Martín, Tandil
Attendance: 2.100
Referee: José Carpio (Ecuador)

Final group

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Argentina 12 5 4 0 1 9 2
 Uruguay 8 5 2 2 1 5 4
 Brazil 7 5 2 1 2 14 8
 Paraguay 6 5 2 0 3 6 8
 Peru 5 5 1 2 2 4 14
 Chile 4 5 1 1 3 8 10

Winners

 2007 South American Youth Championship winners 

Argentina
Third title

Goalscorers

9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (cont.)

Notes