1999 South American U-20 Championship

1999 Sudamericano Sub-20 Argentina 5–25 January 10 1 2 2 20 Argentina 3 20 Uruguay 20 Brazil 20 Paraguay 35 115 228113 ARG Luciano Galletti (9 goals) 1997 2001 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 Argentina between 5 and 25 January 1999, the 23rd time the competition had been held and the 2nd to take place in the country. Argentina finished undefeated, winning their 3rd trophy. 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 World Youth Championship. Squads For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 1999 South American Youth Championship squads. The following teams entered the tournament: 20 ARG (host) 20 BOL 20 BRA 20 CHI 20 COL 20 ECU 20 PAR 20 PER 20 URU 20 VEN First group stage Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAARG124400121CHI94301124PER6420248VEN34103514ECU0400439 Results 5 January 1999 CHI 2–0 ECU Neira 27Moya 30 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 2.000 Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) 5 January 1999 VEN 1-4 ARG Arango 39 Duscher 64Farías 68Galletti 70Aimar 89 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 11.656 Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 7 January 1999 PER 2–1 VEN Balbin 27 90 Sequera 17 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 2.000 Felipe Russi (Colombia) 7 January 1999 ARG 2–0 ECU Galletti 27 90 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 7.422 Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil) 11 January 1999 VEN 0–6 CHI Córdova 18 64Neira 43Pizarro 75García 83Gutiérrez 87 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 2.000 Juan Luna (Bolivia) 11 January 1999 PER 0-2 ARG Aimar 32Montenegro 80 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 10.600 Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) 13 January 1999 ECU 1–2 PER Bonito 65 Alamanza 80Cordero 88 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 2.000 Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 13 January 1999 ARG 4–0 CHI Crosa 24 Galletti 35 57 Duscher 85 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 13.998 Felipe Russi (Colombia) 15 January 1999 CHI 4–0 PER García 19 32Córdova 49 78 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 1.000 Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil) 15 January 1999 ECU 2–3 VEN Mejía 52Bonito 63 Sequera 36 Chacón 76Juan Arango 90+1 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 1.000 Juan Luna (Bolivia) Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAPAR10431073BRA8422082URU7421183COL1401348BOL14013415 Results 6 January 1999 URU 1–0 COL Chevantón 9 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 3.200 Ángel Sánchez (Argentina) 6 January 1999 BOL 0–4 BRA Eriberto 4Cassio Lincoln 40Fábio Aurélio 76Edu 90 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 2.600 Jorge Torres (Peru) 8 January 1999 PAR 2–1 BOL Santa Cruz 69 Escobar 80 García 53 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 3.000 José Carpio (Ecuador) 8 January 1999 BRA 3–1 COL Matuzalém 18 Rodrigo Gral 43Ronaldinho 64 Molina 88 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 3.000 Guido Aros (Chile) 10 January 1999 BOL 1–7 URU Aguilera 52 Pellegrín 10Chevantón 21 33Forlán 42Canobbio 78Carreño 79Bueno 88 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 2.000 Luis Solorzáno (Venezuela) 10 January 1999 PAR 1–1 BRA Santa Cruz 1 Rodrigo Gral 69 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 4.000 Jorge Torres (Peru) 12 January 1999 URU 0–2 PAR Cabañas 18Da Silva 51 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 3.000 Ángel Sánchez (Argentina) 12 January 1999 COL 2–2 BOL Gil 18Victoria 31 Gutiérrez 57Apuri 84 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 3.000 Jorge Torres (Peru) 14 January 1999 COL 1–2 PAR Díaz 17 Cabañas 11Gavilán 46 Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 2.100 Luis Solorzáno (Venezuela) 14 January 1999 BRA 0–0 URU Estadio General San Martín, Tandil 2.100 José Carpio (Ecuador) Final group TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAARG12540192URU8522154BRA75212148PAR6520368PER55122414CHI45113810 17 January20 PER2–120 PAR20 BRA2–320 CHI20 ARG0–120 URU19 January20 PAR1–320 BRA20 CHI1–220 URU20 PER0–520 ARG21 January20 CHI2–320 PAR20 URU0–020 PER20 ARG2–120 BRA23 January20 PAR1–020 URU20 BRA6–020 PER20 CHI0–120 ARG25 January20 PER2–220 CHI20 URU2–220 BRA20 ARG1–020 PAR fb 1999 South American Youth Championship winners Argentina Third Qualification to World Youth Championship The four best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 ARG 20 BRA 20 PAR 20 URU Goalscorers 9 goals Argentina Luciano Galletti 7 goals Brazil Rodrigo Gral 5 goals Chile Nicolás Córdova Brazil Edu 4 goals Uruguay Javier Chevantón Chile Patricio Neira 3 goals Chile Gamadiel García Chile David Pizarro Brazil Ronaldinho Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz 2 goals Uruguay Omar Pouso Chile Rodolfo Moya Argentina Aldo Duscher Argentina Pablo Aimar Argentina Daniel Montenegro Argentina Germán Rivarola Argentina Ernesto Farías Venezuela Juan Arango Venezuela Leandro Sequera Ecuador Marco Bonito Peru Luis Cordero Uruguay Fernando Carreño Paraguay Salvador Cabañas Paraguay Nelson Vera 1 goal Peru Rubén Alamanza Argentina Fernando Crosa Ecuador Líder Mejía Venezuela Gerzon Chacón Brazil Eriberto Brazil Cassio Lincoln Brazil Fábio Aurélio Bolivia Ronald García Brazil Matuzalém Colombia Mauricio Molina Uruguay César Pellegrín Uruguay Diego Forlán Bolivia Marcos Aguilera Uruguay Fabián Canobbio Uruguay Carlos Bueno Paraguay Paulo da Silva Colombia Cristian Gil 1 goal (cont.) Peru Oswaldo Carrión Paraguay Nelson Cuevas Brazil Marcio Carioca Paraguay Rubén Maldonado Brazil Marcinho Brazil Marcio Carioca Argentina Esteban Cambiasso Chile Milovan Mirosevic Brazil Marcio Carioca Paraguay Sergio Fernandez Brazil Maricá Peru Piero Alva Peru Pedro Ascoy Uruguay Gonzalo Sorondo Colombia Gustavo Victoria Bolivia Ronald Gutiérrez Bolivia Ferdy Apuri Colombia Jeffrey Díaz Notes Argentina and Uruguay were looking to finish in the top 4 in order to qualify for the World Youth Championship, a competition which the two sides have thoroughly dominated, having won 9 of the 16 World Youth titles between them. External links Results by RSSSF U-20 Championship Category:1998–99 in Argentine football Category:South American Youth Football Championship Category:Youth international association football competitions hosted by Argentina Category:January 1999 in sports