1999 South American Youth Championship

The 1999 South American Youth Championship
South American Youth Championship
The South American Youth Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Juventud de América is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL , for South American national teams of men under age 20.-History:The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by...

(Sudamericana sub-20) is a football

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competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

. The tournament was held in Paraguay

Paraguay

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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

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. Argentina

Argentina national under-20 football team

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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

Round-robin tournament

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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

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(U-23).

Squads

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

Group A

Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
12	4	4	0	12	1
9	4	3	1	12	8
6	4	2	2	4	8
3	4	1	3	5	14
0	4	0	4	3	9

Results

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Group B

Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
10	4	3	1	0	7	3
8	4	2	2	0	8	2
7	4	2	1	1	8	3
1	4	0	1	3	4	8
1	4	0	1	3	4	15

Results

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Final group

Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
12	5	4	0	1	9	2
8	5	2	2	1	5	4
7	5	2	1	2	14	8
6	5	2	0	3	6	8
5	5	1	2	2	4	14
4	5	1	1	3	8	10

Goalscorers

9 goals Luciano Galletti

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7 goals Rodrigo Gral

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5 goals Nicolás Córdova

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Edu

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4 goals Javier Chevantón

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Patricio Neira

3 goals Gamadiel García

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David Pizarro

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Ronaldinho

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Roque Santa Cruz

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2 goals Omar Pouso

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Rodolfo Moya

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Aldo Duscher

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Pablo Aimar

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Daniel Montenegro

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Germán Rivarola

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Ernesto Farías

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Juan Arango

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Leandro Sequera Marco Bonito Luis Cordero Fernando Carreño

Fernando Carreño

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Nelson Vera
1 goal Rubén Alamanza Fernando Crosa

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Líder Mejía Gerzon Chacón

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Rubén Alamanza Eriberto Cassio Lincoln Fábio Aurélio

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Ronald García Matuzalém Mauricio Molina

Mauricio Molina

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César Pellegrín

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Diego Forlán

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Marcos Aguilera Fabián Canobbio Carlos Bueno

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Paulo da Silva Cristian Gil
1 goal (cont.) Oswaldo Carrión Nelson Cuevas Marcio Carioca Rubén Maldonado

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Marcinho

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Marcio Carioca Esteban Cambiasso

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Milovan Mirosevic

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Marcio Carioca Sergio Fernandez Maricá

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Piero Alva

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Pedro Ascoy Gonzalo Sorondo

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Gustavo Victoria

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Ronald Gutiérrez

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Ferdy Apuri Jeffrey Díaz

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