Participants:
Portugal (Winners European U-18 Championship 1999)
Ireland (Winners European U-18 Championship 1998)
Colombia (Winners Toulon 1999)
Italy (Runners-up European U-18 Championship 1999)
Japan (Runners-up FIFA World U-20 Championship 1999)
Mexico (Third Toulon 1999)
Ghana (Third FIFA World U-17 Championship 1999)
Ivory Coast (Team winner over Tunisia African Cup)
First Round
Group A
May 25 Toulon Portugal 1-1 Ghana
Toulon Ireland 0-1 Colombia
May 27 Arles Colombia 2-2 Portugal
Arles Ireland 2-0 Ghana
May 29 La Seyne/Mer Portugal 3-0 Ireland
Le Pontet Colombia 4-1 Ghana
1. COLOMBIA 3 2 1 0 7- 3 7
2. PORTUGAL 3 1 2 0 6- 3 5
3. Ireland 3 1 0 2 2- 4 3
4. Ghana 3 0 1 2 2- 7 1
Group B
May 26 Nîmes Japan 1-1 Mexico
Nîmes Italy 1-0 Ivory Coast
May 28 Aubagne Ivory Coast 1-0 Mexico
Aubagne Italy 2-0 Japan
May 30 Six-Fours Ivory Coast 2-2 Japan
Manosque Italy 1-0 Mexico
1. ITALY 3 3 0 0 4- 0 9
2. IVORY COAST 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4
3. Japan 3 0 2 1 3- 5 2
4. Mexico 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1
Semifinals
Jun 1 Istres Colombia 3-1 Ivory Coast
Istres Italy 0-0 Portugal [asdet, 3-5 pen]
Third Place Match
Jun 3 Toulon Italy 1-0 Ivory Coast
Final [June 3 in Toulon, Stade Mayol]
Colombia 1-1 Portugal [asdet, 3-1 pen]
[Palacio 38; Correia 7]
Referee: Mario Van der Ende (Netherlands)
Colombia: Botero; Calle, Orozco, Mera, Palacio; Pérez (Chará),
Leal, Victoria, Ferreira; Moreno, Díaz (Chitiva).
Coach: Reynaldo Rueda
Portugal: Sergio Leite; Tonel, Caneira, Correia, Fredy;
Estevez, Ednilson, Texeira (Paulo Ferreira), Felipe
(Joao Paulo); Miguel (Mendes), Paulo Costa.
Coach: Jesualdo Ferreira]
Best Player: Moreno (COL)
Top Scorer: Moreno (COL)
Best Goalkeeper: Leite (POR)
Prepared and maintained by Frank Ballesteros and Erik Garin for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Frank Ballesteros
(fballesteros@colombia.com)
and Erik Garin
(garinerik@urbanet.ch)
Last updated: 3 Jul 2003
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