1999 South American U-17 Championship Explained
| Yearr: | 1999 |
| Other Titles: | Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Uruguay 1999 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Dates: | 4 March – 21 April |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Count: | 5 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 77 |
| Top Scorer: |  Souza (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1997 |
| Nextseason: | 2001 |
The 1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship was a football competition contested by all ten U-17 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between 4 and 21 March 1999, it was the 8th time the competition has been held and the 1st to take place in Uruguay.
This tournament gave three berths to the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which was held in New Zealand, Brazil won their fifth title and their third in a row. They qualified to the aforementioned tournament along with Paraguay and Uruguay.
Venues
First round
The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the semi-finals.
Group A
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| 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
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| 6 March 1999 |
| Argentina | 2:0 | Peru | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| Uruguay | 5:2 | Venezuela | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| 8 March 1999 |
| Argentina | 2:2 | Ecuador | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| Uruguay | 3:0 | Peru | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| 10 March 1999 |
| Peru | 2:1 | Venezuela | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| Uruguay | 2:0 | Ecuador | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| 12 March 1999 |
| Peru | 0:0 | Ecuador | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| Argentina | 2:0 | Venezuela | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado | |
| 14 March 1999 |
| Ecuador | 5:0 | Venezuela | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | |
| Uruguay | 0:0 | Argentina | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | | |
Group B
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| 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
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| 7 March 2001 |
| Chile | 0:1 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| Brazil | 4:3 | Colombia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| 9 March 1999 |
| Chile | 3:2 | Paraguay | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| Brazil | 1:1 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| 11 March 1999 |
| Paraguay | 3:2 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| Colombia | 1:1 | Chile | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| 13 March 1999 |
| Colombia | 2:1 | Bolivia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| Brazil | 3:1 | Paraguay | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| 15 March 1999 |
| Paraguay | 2:0 | Colombia | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | |
| Brazil | 1:0 | Chile | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera | | |
Final round
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Top 3 teams qualify for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship:
Top goalscorers
Ideal Team of the Tournament
