1999 FIFA Confederations Cup final

The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organised by FIFA, a quadrennial international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. The match was held at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, on 4 August 1999, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, Mexico and Brazil.

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup final

The Estadio Azteca hosted the final.
Event	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
Mexico Brazil 4 3
Date	4 August 1999
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Attendance	110,000

Mexico won the match 4–3, earning their first title in history and being the first CONCACAF team to win the tournament.

Background

This was the first time Mexico had defeated Brazil in a FIFA tournament final. Prior to the tournament, Mexico never won a major FIFA tournament, but came close to in the second edition (also the last edition) of the King Fahd Cup, ending up in third place, under Denmark and Argentina.

For Brazil, this was their second and consecutive final after beating Australia in the 1997 Confederations Cup Final, making them the first team to win the tournament, since FIFA took over the King Fahd Cup.

Mexico

This marked the first time Mexico qualified to the tournament final, and the first time a CONCACAF representative would reach the final.

In their tournament debut, Mexico won 5–1 in their first match against Saudi Arabia. Later, they tied in a disappointing game 2–2 against Egypt, that got a dramatic equalizer in the last five minutes. For their last group stage match, Bolivia were their rivals, beating them 1–0 in the 52nd minute, that gave Mexico a total of seven points. Then in the semi-finals, United States stood in Mexico's way, but were later defeated 1–0 by golden goal, scored in the 97' minute that gave Mexico the first ticket to the final.

Brazil

Meanwhile, this was the second consecutive final for Brazil. They were looking forward on winning their second Confederations Cup, repeating like in the 1997 edition.

The defending champions made their tournament debut with a 4–0 win over a surprisingly disappointing Germany. Then won against United States with only a 1–0 win. Later, they finished on top of their group with nine points after they defeated New Zealand 2–0. In the semi-finals, they astonishingly beat Saudi Arabia 8-2 to send them to their 2nd straight final.

Route to the final

Mexico		Round	Brazil
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Saudi Arabia	5–1	Match 1	Germany	4–0
Egypt	2–2	Match 2	United States	1–0
Bolivia	1–0	Match 3	New Zealand	2–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mexico 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 7 Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Bolivia 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2 Egypt 3 0 2 1 5 9 –4 2		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 9 United States 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6 Germany 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1 6 –5 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
United States	1–0 (a.e.t)	Semi-Final	Saudi Arabia	8–2

Match

Details

4 August 1999 (1999-08-04)

21:00

Mexico	4–3	Brazil
Zepeda 13', 51' Abundis 28' Blanco 62'	Report	Serginho 43' (pen.) Rôni 47' Zé Roberto 63'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 110,000

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Mexico

Brazil

GK 1 Jorge Campos CB 18 Salvador Carmona CB 4 Rafael Márquez  21' CB 2 Claudio Suárez (c)  74' RM 19 Miguel Zepeda  83' CM 6 Germán Villa CM 13 Pável Pardo LM 7 Ramón Ramírez AM 10 Cuauhtémoc Blanco  50' CF 9 José Manuel Abundis  11' CF 17 Francisco Palencia  70' Substitutions: DF 14 Isaac Terrazas  70' MF 16 Jesús Arellano  83' Manager: Manuel Lapuente

GK 1 Dida CB 3 Odvan CB 4 João Carlos  46'  90+2' CB 6 Serginho RM 20 Vampeta CM 8 Emerson (c) CM 5 Flávio Conceição LM 11 Zé Roberto  5'  82' RF 10 Alex CF 17 Beto  46' LF 7 Ronaldinho Substitutions: FW 18 Rôni  46' FW 19 Warley  82' Manager: Vanderlei Luxemburgo

Assistant referees: Fernando Treasco Gracia (Spain) Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)

External links

• Match report