1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
The FIFA Confederations Cup 1999 ( English FIFA Confederations Cup 1999) was the second playout this intercontinental football competition for national teams under this name and care of FIFA and the fourth overall and took place from July 25 to August 4, held in Mexico.
It was played in two groups of four teams FFA. The two group winners each reached the semifinals. Case of a tie between two teams decided in the following order on the next round: the goal difference and goals scored in all group matches, the matches between the teams in question (number of points, goal difference, goals scored ), ultimately the Fairplay list or the lot. From the semi-final was played in the knockout system. Stand it at the games of the final round after the regular time of 90 minutes in a draw, it came to the extension and possibly (if still decided a winner ) for penalties.
The first part of the German national football team on a Confederations Cup was very successful. The team of head coach Erich Ribbeck resigned after two defeats in the first round.
Hosts and won Gold Cup winners Mexico surprising the tournament in the final against World Cup runners- and South American champions Brazil.
- 4.1 Semi-finals
- 4.2 3rd place match
- 4.3 final
- 4.4 The Executive of the winning team
Venues
In the Aztec stadium in the capital Mexico City, the matches in Group B, one semi-final and the third place play- found the matches in Group A, one semi-final and the final, at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara, located at 1,500 meters above sea level, instead. The city, which is about 500 kilometers west of Mexico City, has in July to very high temperatures and due to its high altitude quite thin air.
Participant
Participants in the FIFA Confederations Cup 1999, all the winners of the continental federation competitions and the reigning world champion and the host. were qualified
- Mexico - Host
- Germany - winner of the UEFA EURO 1996
- Egypt - winners of the African Cup of Nations 1998
- Saudi Arabia - winner of the AFC Asian Cup 1996
- Brazil - Vice World Champion 1998 (World Champion France opted not to participate )
- Bolivia - second in the Copa America 1997 ( winner Brazil already moved as vice world champion after )
- USA - second in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998 ( winner Mexico had already qualified as hosts )
- New Zealand - winner of the OFC Nations Cup 1998
Preliminary round
Group A
All games in the context of double events in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
Group B
All games in the context of double events in Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara.
The German team
Since Germany took a number of reserve players, the tournament for the team came to sporting disgrace. Germany lost to Brazil 0-4 and 0-2 against the United States. The Confederations Cup so shortly before the start of the new season has been rejected by most players and stakeholders. The late date ( end of July) as well as the unusually high temperatures in Mexico, the wide flight and the time change made the players from Europe big problems. So Erich Ribbeck national coach had to shape 1999 great difficulty a good tournament team. With Oliver Kahn, Oliver Bierhoff, Dietmar Hamann, Andreas Möller, Jens Nowotny and Ulf Kirsten important key players of the national team were the tournament away. That the leaders of the German national team have to participate in the competition, although this fell right into the Bundesliga season preparations, not canceled, was mainly due to political reasons sport. The entire environment held very little from the competition and tolerated that important key players did not participate in the trip to Mexico. By entering Germany tried before the award of the Football World Cup 2006 by FIFA to positively influence.
The defeats of Mexico were the beginning of the end of the era Ribbeck, who resigned in the Netherlands and Belgium after the preliminary rounds off at the European Football Championship 2000. Until the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 in their own country Germany did not occur at this competition, although it would have been classified as reigning vice- champion for the 2003 tournament. The players of the German national team had to deliver in Guadalajara, where they had big problems with the thin air at 1500 meters altitude, the extremely high temperatures and the time change all group matches. The replacement weakened team of national coach Erich Ribbeck lost two of three group matches. The first game, the Germans lost in the lineup Jens Lehmann, Christian Wörns, Jörg Heinrich, Thomas Linke, Mehmet Scholl, Dariusz Wosz, Lothar Matthäus, Michael Preetz, Oliver Neuville, Michael Ballack and Lars Ricken with 0:4 against Brazil. In the second match of Germany against the New Zealand team won 2-0. For Dariusz Wosz played Olaf Marschall. However, since the third match against the USA was lost again, the team of Erich Ribbeck had to go home after the group stage. The last game played with German participation Jens Lehmann, Christian Wörns, Jörg Heinrich, Thomas Linke, Dariusz Wosz, Heiko Gerber, Lothar Matthäus, Michael Preetz, Oliver Neuville, Bernd Schneider and Horst Heldt. In the German national team in the Confederations Cup in 1999 debuted the player Bernd Schneider, Mustafa Doğan, Ronald Maul and Heiko Gerber. For Gerber and mouth, it remained the only games in the national team, Doğan came in 1999 still in the game against Turkey for use. For Bernd Schneider, however, it was the prelude to a further 80 internationals.
Final round
Semifinal
The U.S. lost their semi-final just 0-1 after a golden goal against the hosts. The decisive goal came Cuauhtémoc Blanco, who later became top scorer of the tournament, for Mexicans in the 97th minute. The game followed 82,000 spectators at the Azteca Stadium.
Brazil succeeded with a runaway victory over Saudi Arabia sovereign of the final. Three goals scored later scorer Ronaldinho (11th, 65th and 90 2. Minute), the other goals were scored by João Carlos ( 8 ), Ze Roberto ( 33 ), Alex ( 36, 86 ) and Roni ( 62 ) for Brazil, and Marzouk Al- Otaibi ( 22, 31 ) for Saudi Arabia.
3rd Place Match
Third in the tournament were the United States with a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia. The goals for the Americans achieved Paul Bravo ( 27 minutes ) and Brian McBride ( 78 ).
Final
The cadres of the winning team
Top scorers
Awards
The Golden Ball "Golden Ball" for the best player of the tournament went to the Brazilian Ronaldinho, the "Silver Ball" at the Mexican Cuauhtemoc Blanco and the " Bronze Ball" at the " Saudi " Marzouk Al- Otaibi.
Golden Shoe In this category, there was curiously the same ranking as in the "Golden Ball". The " Golden Boot " received the Brazilian Ronaldinho for his six goals and four assists tournament, which went "Silver Shoe " to the Mexican Cuauhtemoc Blanco and the " Bronze Shoe " to the " Saudi " Marzouk Al- Otaibi. Since three players had scored six goals, not decided until the number of assists and then the less completed minutes of play on the ranking.
FIFA Fair Play Trophy The Fair Play Award for athletic proper appearance on and off the turf went simultaneously to the Brazilian and the New Zealand national football team.