1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A explained

Group A of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 25 to 29 July 1999 in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.^[1] The group consisted of Bolivia, Egypt, host nation Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
						September 1998			July 1999
A1		–		Hosts	–	3rd		Third place (1995)	10	13
A2		–		1998 African Cup of Nations winners	28 February 1998	1st	–	–	19	33
A3		–		1997 Copa América runners-up	23 October 1998	1st	–	–	57	72
A4		–		1996 AFC Asian Cup winners	21 December 1996	4th		Runners-up (1991)	32	48

Notes

Standings

In the semi-finals:

• The winners of Group A, Mexico, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, United States.
• The runners-up of Group A, Saudi Arabia, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Brazil.

Results

Bolivia vs Egypt

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GK	1	José Fernández
DF	2	Juan Manuel Peña
DF	3	Ronald Arana
DF	19	Iván Castillo
DF	20	Renny Ribera
MF	8	Rubén Tufiño
MF	14	Erwin Sánchez
MF	17	Raúl Justiniano
FW	7
FW	11
FW	13	Joaquín Botero
Substitutions:
MF	16
MF	10
Manager:
Héctor Veira

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GK	16	Essam El-Hadary
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan
DF	6	Medhat Abdel-Hady
DF	7	Mohamed Youssef
DF	15	Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa
MF	4	Hany Ramzy
MF	8	Yasser Radwan
MF	17	Ahmed Hassan
FW	9
FW	10
FW	14
Substitutions:
FW	13
FW	19
MF	12
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Mexico vs Saudi Arabia

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GK	1	Jorge Campos
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Rafael Márquez
DF	18	Salvador Carmona
MF	6	Germán Villa
MF	8
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	19
FW	9	José Manuel Abundis
FW	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
FW	17
Substitutions:
MF	16
MF	20
DF	14
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	5	Saleh Al-Dawod
DF	13	Hussein Abdulghani
DF	20	Mohsin Harthi
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF	7
MF	15	Fahad Al-Subaie
FW	18
FW	19	Hamzah Idris
Substitutions:
FW	14
DF	17
Manager:
Milan Máčala

Saudi Arabia vs Bolivia

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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	5
DF	13	Hussein Abdulghani
DF	20	Mohsin Harthi
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF	7
MF	15
FW	18
FW	19
Substitutions:
MF	9
DF	17
FW	14
Manager:
Milan Máčala

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GK	1	José Fernández
DF	3	Ronald Arana
DF	5	Óscar Sánchez
DF	20	Renny Ribera
MF	4	Lorgio Álvarez
MF	8
MF	10
MF	14
MF	15	Martín Menacho
MF	16	Vladimir Soria
FW	9
Substitutions:
FW	7
FW	11
FW	13
Manager:
Héctor Veira

Mexico vs Egypt

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GK	1	Jorge Campos
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Rafael Márquez
DF	18	Salvador Carmona
MF	6	Germán Villa
MF	7	Ramón Ramírez
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	20	Rafael García
FW	9
FW	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
FW	17	Francisco Palencia
Substitutions:
MF	8
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

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GK	16	Essam El-Hadary
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan
DF	5	Samir Kamouna
DF	6	Medhat Abdel-Hady
DF	7	Mohamed Youssef
DF	15	Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa
MF	4	Hany Ramzy
MF	8
MF	17
FW	10	Abdel Sattar Sabry
FW	14	Hazem Emam
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Egypt vs Saudi Arabia

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GK	16	Essam El-Hadary
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan
DF	5
DF	6	Medhat Abdel-Hady
DF	7	Mohamed Youssef
DF	15
MF	4	Hany Ramzy
MF	11
MF	17
FW	10
FW	14
Substitutions:
FW	13
FW	19
MF	20
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi
DF	5	Saleh Al-Dawod
DF	13	Hussein Abdulghani
DF	20	Mohsin Harthi
MF	6
MF	7
MF	9	Marzouk Al-Otaibi
MF	15	Fahad Al-Subaie
FW	18
Substitutions:
FW	14
DF	17
MF	10
Manager:
Milan Máčala

Bolivia vs Mexico

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GK	1	José Fernández
DF	3	Ronald Arana
DF	5	Óscar Sánchez
DF	19	Iván Castillo
DF	20	Renny Ribera
MF	6	Luis Cristaldo
MF	8
MF	14
MF	15
MF	16
FW	9
Substitutions:
FW	7
MF	10
FW	13
Manager:
Héctor Veira

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GK	1	Jorge Campos
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Rafael Márquez
DF	18	Salvador Carmona
MF	6
MF	7	Ramón Ramírez
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	19
FW	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
FW	15
FW	17	Francisco Palencia
Substitutions:
FW	9
FW	16
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Notes and References

1. Web site: International: 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Schedule . SoccerAmerica.com . Soccer America . 23 July 2021.
2. Web site: 1999 CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Draw and Schedule for Mexico '99 . SoccerAmerica.com . Soccer America . 23 July 2021.

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