Confederations Cup 1999

Confederations Cup 1999
Confederations Cup 1999
	FIFA Confederations Cup 1999; FIFA Copa Confederaciones 1999
Championship details
Location	Mexico
Tournament Dates	July 25 - August 4, 1999
Number of participants	eight
Top places
Champion	Mexico
Second place	Brazil
Third place	USA
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Championship statistics
Attendance	970,000 (60,625 per game)
Matches played	sixteen
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Ronaldinho; Quauhtemoc Blanco; Marzouq al-Otaibi (6 balls)
Best player	Ronaldinho

The 1999 Confederations Cup became the second Confederations Cup. The Cup was held from July 25 to August 4, 1999 in Mexico .

In the Confederations Cup, the winners of each of the six continental championships held by the respective confederations ( CAF , CONMEBOL , UEFA , AFC , OFC , CONCACAF ), the winner of the world championship and the team of the country in which the competition is held take part.

The winner was the national team of Mexico .

Members

Team	Qualified as
Mexico	Mistress of the tournament and winner of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998
Brazil	1998 World Cup finalist ^[1] and America's Cup Winner 1997
Germany	European Championship Winner 1996
Saudi Arabia	Asian Cup Winner 1996
Egypt	Winner of the African Cup of Nations 1998
New Zealand	Winner of the OFC 1998 Nations Cup
Bolivia	America's Cup Finalist 1997
USA	2nd place in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998

Judges

The list of judges approved by FIFA for serving matches of the Confederations Cup 1999:

AFC: Kim Young-joo ( South Korea )

CAF: Coffey Kogia ( Benin )

CONCACAF: Brian Hall ( USA ); Gilberto Alcalá ( Mexico )

CONMEBOL: Oscar Ruiz ( Colombia ); Ubaldo Aquino ( Paraguay )

UEFA: Anders Frisk ( Sweden )

Team Members

Group stage

Group A

Team	AND	AT	H	P	MOH	MP	RM	ABOUT
Mexico	3	2	one	0	eight	3	+5	7
Saudi Arabia	3	one	one	one	6	6	0	four
Bolivia	3	0	2	one	2	3	−1	2
Egypt	3	0	2	one	five	9	−4	2

July 25, 1999
12:00 pm CDT

Bolivia	2: 2 (2: 1) Report	Egypt
Gutierrez 21 ' Ribera 40 '	Goals	Sabri eight' Radwan 63 '

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 85 000
Judge: Anders Frisk

July 25, 1999
2:30 pm CDT

Mexico	5: 1 (3: 0) Report	Saudi Arabia
Blanco 12 ' , 19' , 68 ' , 77' Abundis 21 '	Goals	At-Temyat 62 '( pen. )

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 85 000
Judge: Oscar Ruiz

July 27, 1999
18:00 CDT

Saudi Arabia

0: 0 (0: 0)
Report

Bolivia

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 65,000
Judge: Brian hall

July 27, 1999
20:30 CDT

Mexico	2: 2 (2: 0) Report	Egypt
Pardo 15' Abundis 26 '	Goals	Ahmed Hassan 79 ' S. Kamuna 85 '

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 65,000
Judge: Kim Young Joo

July 29, 1999
18:00 CDT

Egypt	1: 5 (0: 2) Report	Saudi Arabia
S. Kamuna 70 '( pen. )	Goals	Al Otaibi 8 ' , 34' , 78 ' , 85' Ash-Shahrani 64 '

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 15,000
Judge: Ubaldo aquino

July 29, 1999
20:30 CDT

Mexico	1-0 (0-0) Report	Bolivia
Palencia 15'	Goals

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 55 000
Judge: Oscar Ruiz

Group B

Team	AND	AT	P	MOH	MP	RM	ABOUT
Brazil	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9
USA	3	2	one	four	2	+2	6
Germany	3	one	2	2	6	−4	3
New Zealand	3	0	3	one	6	−5	0

July 24, 1999
12:00 pm CDT

Brazil	4-0 (0-0) Report	Germany
Ze Roberto 62 ' Ronaldinho 72 '( pen. ) Alex 86 ' , 87'	Goals

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 60,000
Judge: Gilberto Alcala

July 24, 1999
2:30 pm CDT

New Zealand	1: 2 (0: 1) Report	USA
Zoritsich 90 + 3 '	Goals	Mcbride 25 ' Kirovsky 58 '

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 60,000
Judge: Ubaldo aquino

July 28, 1999
18:00 CDT

Germany	2-0 (2-0) Report	New Zealand
Prez 6 ' Matteus 33 '	Goals

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 42,000
Judge: Coffey Kogia

July 28, 1999
20:30 CDT

Brazil	1: 0 (1: 0) Report	USA
Ronaldinho 13'	Goals

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 54 000
Judge: Anders Frisk

July 30, 1999
18:00 CDT

USA	2: 0 (1: 0) Report	Germany
Olsen 23 ' Moore 50'	Goals

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 53 000
Judge: Gilberto Alcala

July 30, 1999
20:30 CDT

New Zealand	0: 2 (0: 1) Report	Brazil
	Goals	Marcos Paulo 45 + 2 ' Ronaldinho 88 '

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 53 000
Judge: Kim Young Joo

Shooting Tournament

Semifinals			The final

August 1 - Mexico City
Mexico	one
USA	0

			August 4 - Mexico City
			Mexico	four
			Brazil	3


			Third place
August 1 - Guadalajara		August 3 - Guadalajara
Brazil	eight	USA	2
Saudi Arabia	2		Saudi Arabia	0

Semifinals

August 1, 1999
12:00 pm CDT

Mexico	1-0 (0-0, 0-0) Golden goal Report	USA
Blanco 97 '	Goals

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 82,000
Judge: Kim Young Joo

August 1, 1999
3pm CDT

Brazil	8: 2 (4: 2) Report	Saudi Arabia
Juan Carlos eight' Ronaldinho 11 ' , 65' , 90 + 2 ' Ze Roberto 33 ' Alex 36 ' , 86' Roni 62 '	Goals	Al Otaibi 22 ' , 31'

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 48 000
Judge: Oscar Ruiz

Match for 3rd place

August 3, 1999
21:00 CDT

USA	2: 0 (1: 0) Report	Saudi Arabia
Bravo 27 ' Mcbride 78 '	Goals

Jalisco , Guadalajara
Viewers: 38 000
Judge: Ubaldo aquino

Final

August 4, 1999
21:00 CDT

Mexico	4: 3 (2: 1) Report	Brazil
Cepeda 13 ' , 51' Abundis 28 ' Blanco 62 '	Goals	Serginho 43 '( pen. ) Roni 47 ' Ze Roberto 63 '

Aztec , Mexico City
Viewers: 110,000
Judge: Anders Frisk

Confederations Cup 1999
Mexico First title

Awards

FIFA Golden Boot :	FIFA Golden Ball :	FIFA Fair Play Prize :
Quauhtemoc Blanco	Ronaldinho	Brazil New Zealand

FIFA Silver Ball :	Bronze FIFA ball :
Quauhtemoc Blanco	Marzouk al-Otaibi

FIFA Silver Boot :	FIFA Bronze Boot :
Ronaldinho	Marzouk al-Otaibi

Bombardiers

6 balls

Quauhtemoc Blanco
Marzouk al-Otaibi
Ronaldinho

4 balls

Alex

3 balls

José Manuel Abundis
Ze Roberto

Notes

↑ World Championship Winner 1998 France declined to participate.

Links

1999 Confederations Cup on the FIFA website (Eng.)

[1] World Championship Winner 1998 France declined to participate.

Confederations Cup 1999
FIFA Confederations Cup 1999 FIFA Copa Confederaciones 1999

Championship details
Location	Mexico
Tournament Dates	July 25 - August 4, 1999
Number of participants	eight
Top places
Champion	Mexico
Second place	Brazil
Third place	USA
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Championship statistics
Attendance	970,000 (60,625 per game)
Matches played	sixteen
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Ronaldinho Quauhtemoc Blanco Marzouq al-Otaibi (6 balls)
Best player	Ronaldinho