1999 FIFA Confederations Cup


The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organised by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 24 July and 4 August 1999.
It was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4–3 in the final. Mexico became the first host nation to win the FIFA Confederations Cup. 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 other than the official advertiser, the city was left out of the tournament altogether. The tournament was originally scheduled from 8 to 20 January 1999, but was rescheduled by FIFA on 17 November 1998 to accommodate the scheduling of the participating European teams.
The tournament was organized in two groups of four teams, in which two teams from both groups advanced to the semi-finals.

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.
CONCACAFHosts and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winnersn/a3rd
CONMEBOL1998 FIFA World Cup runners-up112 July 19982nd
UEFAUEFA Euro 1996 winners30 June 19961st
AFC1996 AFC Asian Cup winners21 December 19964th
CONMEBOL1997 Copa América runners-up223 October 19981st
CAF1998 African Cup of Nations winners28 February 19981st
CONCACAF1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up315 February 19982nd
OFC1998 OFC Nations Cup winners4 October 19981st

1France, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winner, declined to take part.
2Bolivia was awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won the 1997 Copa América and qualified through the World Cup berth.
3United States was awarded a spot in the competition because the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners Mexico qualified as hosts.

Venues

The matches were played in:

Match referees

;Africa
;Asia
;Europe
;North America, Central America and Caribbean
;South America

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321083+57
31116604
302123−12
302159−42

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Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330070+79
320142+26
310226−43
300316−50

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Silver Ball WinnerSilver Shoe Winner
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Bronze Ball WinnerBronze Shoe Winner
Marzouk Al-Otaibi Marzouk Al-Otaibi

Statistics

Goalscorers

Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Marzouk Al-Otaibi and Ronaldinho are the top scorers in the tournament with six goals each. Ronaldinho won the Golden Shoe award by having more assists than Blanco and Al-Otaibi. In total, 55 goals were scored by 29 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
;6 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal