1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship

1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Uruguay 1999
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	4 March – 21 April
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	77 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Souza (5 goals)

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

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

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Uruguay	10	4	3	1	0	10	2
Argentina	7	4	2	2	0	6	2
Ecuador	5	4	1	2	1	7	4
Peru	4	4	1	1	2	2	6
Venezuela	0	4	0	0	4	3	14

Group B

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Brazil	10	4	3	1	0	9	5
Paraguay	6	4	2	0	2	8	8
Bolivia	4	4	1	1	2	5	6
Chile	4	4	1	1	2	4	5
Colombia	4	4	1	1	2	6	8

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario
	Argentina	1
	Brazil	3
					21 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario
					Brazil	5
					Paraguay	0
					Third place
	17 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario			21 March 1999 - Estadio Centenario
	Uruguay	0		Argentina	2
	Paraguay	2			Uruguay	4

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

1999 South American Under-17 Football Champions
Brazil 5th title

Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Top 3 teams qualify for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship:

•  Brazil
•  Paraguay
•  Uruguay

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Souza	5
	Alberto Cuero	4
	Tomás Guzmán	4
	Mario Leguizamón	4
	Léo Lima	4

Ideal Team of the Tournament

Team	Players	Position
	Germán Lux	GK
	David Villalba	DF
	Ricardo	DF
	Alvaro Meneses	DF
	Anderson	DF
	Rubén Olivera	MD
	Walker	MD
	Tomás Guzmán	MD
	Souza	MD
	Léo Lima	FW
	Walter Peralta	FW