1999 South American U-20 Championship

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:


 * (host)

Qualification to World Youth Championship
The four best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.



Goalscorers

 * 9 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Luciano Galletti


 * 7 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Rodrigo Gral


 * 5 goals
 * 🇨🇱 Nicolás Córdova
 * 🇧🇷 Edu


 * 4 goals
 * 🇺🇾 Javier Chevantón
 * 🇨🇱 Patricio Neira


 * 3 goals
 * 🇨🇱 Gamadiel García
 * 🇨🇱 David Pizarro
 * 🇧🇷 Ronaldinho
 * 🇵🇾 Roque Santa Cruz


 * 2 goals
 * 🇺🇾 Omar Pouso
 * 🇨🇱 Rodolfo Moya
 * 🇦🇷 Aldo Duscher
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Aimar
 * 🇦🇷 Daniel Montenegro
 * 🇦🇷 Germán Rivarola
 * 🇦🇷 Ernesto Farías
 * 🇻🇪 Juan Arango
 * 🇻🇪 Leandro Sequera
 * 🇪🇨 Marco Bonito
 * 🇵🇪 Luis Cordero
 * 🇺🇾 Fernando Carreño
 * 🇵🇾 Salvador Cabañas
 * 🇵🇾 Nelson Vera


 * 1 goal
 * 🇵🇪 Rubén Alamanza
 * 🇦🇷 Fernando Crosa
 * 🇪🇨 Líder Mejía
 * 🇻🇪 Gerzon Chacón
 * 🇵🇪 Rubén Alamanza
 * 🇧🇷 Eriberto
 * 🇧🇷 Cassio Lincoln
 * 🇧🇷 Fábio Aurélio
 * 🇧🇴 Ronald García
 * 🇧🇷 Matuzalém
 * 🇨🇴 Mauricio Molina
 * 🇺🇾 César Pellegrín
 * 🇺🇾 Diego Forlán
 * 🇧🇴 Marcos Aguilera
 * 🇺🇾 Fabián Canobbio
 * 🇺🇾 Carlos Bueno
 * 🇵🇾 Paulo da Silva
 * 🇨🇴 Cristian Gil


 * 1 goal (cont.)
 * 🇵🇪 Oswaldo Carrión
 * 🇵🇾 Nelson Cuevas
 * 🇧🇷 Marcio Carioca
 * 🇵🇾 Rubén Maldonado
 * 🇧🇷 Marcinho
 * 🇧🇷 Marcio Carioca
 * 🇦🇷 Esteban Cambiasso
 * 🇨🇱 Milovan Mirosevic
 * 🇧🇷 Marcio Carioca
 * 🇵🇾 Sergio Fernandez
 * 🇧🇷 Maricá
 * 🇵🇪 Piero Alva
 * 🇵🇪 Pedro Ascoy
 * 🇺🇾 Gonzalo Sorondo
 * 🇨🇴 Gustavo Victoria
 * 🇧🇴 Ronald Gutiérrez
 * 🇧🇴 Ferdy Apuri
 * 🇨🇴 Jeffrey Díaz