1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship
The South American Under 17 Football Championship of 1999 is a football competition contested by all ten U-17 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between March 4 and March 21, 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.
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