The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
Gaspard Komol
Peter Ofori-Quaye
Mamadou Bagayoko
Taylor Twellman
Javier Chevantón
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Jason Culina John Maisano Mile Sterjovski
Fábio Aurélio Rodrigo Gral Mancini Matuzalém Modeste M'bami
Alberto Brenes Mauricio Garita Allan Meléndez Esteban Santana
Ivica Banović Saša Bjelanović Darko Miladin Silvester Sabolčki
Patrick Falk Christian Timm Tutu Adu Owusu Afriyie.svg/1280px-Flag_of_Honduras_(1949%E2%80%932022).svg.png){kind=small}
Julio César de León Carlos Oliva Maynor Suazo
Garry Crossley Colin Healy Stephen McPhail.svg/1280px-Flag_of_Japan_(1870%E2%80%931999).svg.png){kind=small}
Yasuhito Endō Tatsuya Ishikawa Masashi Motoyama Yuichiro Nagai Mitsuo Ogasawara
Yerlan Urazayev Amadou Coulibaly Mahamadou Diarra Seydou Keita
Eduardo Rodríguez
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Nelson Cuevas Sergio Fernández Rubén Maldonado Nelson Vera
Marco Claúdio Paulo Costa Ricardo Sousa
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Kim Kun-Hyung Lee Dong-Gook Na Hee-Keun
Rubén Suárez Carlos Bocanegra Danny Califf Ryan Futagaki Jorge Anchen Fabián Canobbio Diego Forlán
Japhet Makayi Ronald Mbambara Andrew Sinkala