1999 (Charli XCX and Troye Sivan song), Music video
The music video was released on 11 October 2018, and features Sivan and Charli XCX in various homages to 1990s pop culture, including the iMac G3 and Steve Jobs, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, New Radicals, Eminem, the Nokia 3310, Rose McGowan and Marilyn Manson, the films Titanic, The Matrix, American Beauty, and The Blair Witch Project, the Dancing Baby, the video game The Sims, and the music videos for the songs "Say You'll Be There", "Waterfalls", "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)", and "I Want It That Way". For many of the homages in the music video the deepfake technology was used.


1999 (Charli XCX and Troye Sivan song), Vengaboys version
In September 2021, Vengaboys released a cover version of the song, which was retitled "1999 (I Wanna Go Back)" and came with a deep fake-style video which saw the cover stars from various 1990s albums lip-syncing to the song and the band put into the Friends title sequence with the sofa and fountain.


1999 (Joey Badass album)
1999 is the debut mixtape by American rapper Joey Badass. It was released on June 12, 2012. It features production by Chuck Strangers, Lewis Parker, Lord Finesse, MF DOOM and J Dilla, among others. The mixtape also features guest appearances from members of Pro Era, a hip hop collective of which Joey Badass is a member. The mixtape is based heavily around musical samples. Music videos have been released for "Hardknock", "Survival Tactics", "FromdaTombs" and "Waves".


1999 (Joey Badass album), Release
1999 was a free digital download, but after B4.Da.$$ was released, 1999 and another mixtape Summer Knights became available on iTunes for sale. On June 12, 2018, 1999 was released on Spotify and TIDAL. The instrumental of track 9 "Funky Ho's" was changed upon the re-release, removing an uncleared sample so that the album could be placed on digital streaming services and released on vinyl.


1999 (Joey Badass album), Rejex
In September 2012, Joey Badass later released a mixtape named Rejex, which contains 14 tracks of primitive recordings, or material that did not make it to the final version of 1999.


1999 (Joey Badass album), Critical reception
1999 was met with widespread critical acclaim, and general interest upon its release. The mixtape was nominated for mixtape of the year by BET. Pitchfork Media gave the mixtape an 8 out of 10 rating and praised his old soul, and Golden age sound. Tom Breihan of Stereogum wrote: "What confounds me is that a high school kid from Flatbush is making music this era-specific, and, more importantly, that he’s so good at it." Joshua R. Weaver of The Root remarked that 1999 "showcases the burgeoning renaissance of a hip-hop sound and vibe that far precedes the teenaged rapper."


1999 (Joey Badass album), Critical reception
Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX opined that the mixtape's "careful tracing of long established blueprints gives rise to debate on whether the newcomer presents a worthwhile reminder of Hip Hop's so-called glory days or if he risks placing himself in a nostalgic box". 1999 was ranked the 38th best album of 2012 by Complex. The Versed named it "Mixtape of the Year". It was also named one of the best mixtapes of the year by HipHopDX.


1999 (Joey Badass album), Track listing
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes, unless otherwise indicated.


1999 (Prince album)
1999 is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Prince, released on October 27, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records. It became his first album to be recorded with his band the Revolution. 1999's critical and commercial success propelled Prince to a place in the public psyche, and marked the beginning of two years of heightened fame via his following releases.


1999 (Prince album)
1999 was Prince's first top 10 album on the Billboard 200, peaking at number nine, and was fifth in the Billboard Year-End Albums of 1983. "1999", a protest against nuclear proliferation, was a Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit, peaking at number 12. It has since become one of Prince's most recognizable compositions. "Delirious" reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Little Red Corvette" peaked at number six, becoming Prince's highest charting US single at the time. "International Lover" was also nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 26th Grammy Awards, which was Prince's first Grammy Award nomination.


1999 (Prince album)
1999 received widespread acclaim from critics, and was seen as Prince's breakthrough album. On March 24, 1999, 1999 was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Following Prince's death in 2016, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 and peaked at number seven, besting its original performance on the chart thirty-three years earlier. A re-release and remaster of the album, including 35 previously unreleased recordings, was released in November 2019.


1999 (Prince album)
1999 has been ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time by several publications and organizations. The music videos for both "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" received heavy rotation on MTV, making Prince one of the first black artists to be in heavy rotation on the television channel. According to the Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), "1999 may be Prince's most influential album: Its synth-and-drum machine-heavy arrangements codified the Minneapolis sound that loomed over mid-'80s R&B and pop, not to mention the next two decades' worth of electro, house, and techno." It is also included on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2008, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.


1999 (Prince album), Composition
The album's opening title track, "1999", was also its first single and initially peaked at No. 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was subsequently re-released following the huge success of its follow-up single and 1999's second track, "Little Red Corvette", which peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (like other Prince songs, it again charted after his death, reaching No. 3). Lisa Coleman - who sang on the album - recalled how Prince came up with "Little Red Corvette" after sleeping in her pink Mercury Montclair Maurauder.


1999 (Prince album), Composition
Shortly after being reissued, "1999" hit No. 12, and subsequently became one of Prince's most recognizable compositions. Its composition, and inclusion in the album, may have been originally prompted by a suggestion from the record company. The music videos for both "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" were significant as two of the first videos by a black artist to receive heavy rotation on the newly launched music video channel, MTV, after heated controversy over its failure to promote black performers.


1999 (Prince album), Composition
The two tracks were later combined as a double A-side single in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 2. A subsequent single from the album and its third chronological track, the rockabilly-influenced "Delirious", still managed top ten status in the United States at No. 8, but a fourth, the double-sided single "Let's Pretend We're Married"/"Irresistible Bitch", got no further than No. 52.


1999 (Prince album), Composition
While "Little Red Corvette" helped Prince cross over to the wider rock audience, the rest of 1999 retains the funk elements featured in previous albums and is dominated by the use of synthesizers and drum machines. The album is, however, notable within Prince's catalogue for its wide variety of themes in addition to the sexual imagery which had already become something of a trademark on his previous work.


1999 (Prince album), Composition
"Automatic", extending to almost ten minutes, starts side three of the album with a prominent synthesizer melody and bondage-inspired lyrical imagery which, transplanted to the music video for the track (with a scene that depicted Prince being tied up and whipped by band-members Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones), had been deemed too sexual for MTV in 1983.


1999 (Prince album), Composition
"Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)", an ode to a harsh lover, is the centerpiece of a preoccupation with Computer Age themes that would continue into future albums. This is also reflected in various aspects of the album's instrumentation, with Prince fully embracing the gadgetry and sounds of emergent electro-funk and 1980s sequencing technology on tracks like "Let's Pretend We're Married" and "All the Critics Love U in New York", songs that widen his use of synthesizers and prominently feature the use of a Linn LM-1 drum machine. 1999 also contains two ballads in "Free", a piano piece encouraging people to count their blessings and be thankful for what they have, and "International Lover", a slow-paced love song for which Prince received his first Grammy Award nomination in 1984 under the category of Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.


1999 (Prince album), Artwork
The album's cover features elements from the front cover of Prince's previous album, Controversy; namely the eyes and the "Rude Boy" pin in the "1999", the jacket studs in the "R" and the smile in the "P". The "I" in "Prince" contains the words "and the Revolution" written backwards (as "dna eht noituloveR"), both acknowledging his backing band and foreshadowing the next four years of his career.


1999 (Prince album), Release
1999 was released on October 27, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records. It was the fifth album released by Prince. 1999 was Prince's first top ten album on the Billboard 200, peaking at number nine. It was fifth in the Billboard Year-End Albums of 1983. Following Prince's death in 2016, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 and peaked at number seven, besting its original performance on the chart thirty-three years earlier. It also peaked in the top 10 in New Zealand, reaching number six on the New Zealand Albums Chart in 1982.


1999 (Prince album), Release, Remastered, Deluxe and Super Deluxe re-issues
The album was released as a Remastered, Deluxe and Super Deluxe edition on November 29, 2019. The most elaborate re-issue contains five CDs featuring previously-unreleased tracks, and a live DVD, with a total running time of 5 hours & 53 minutes. It reached the top 20 of the charts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary.


1999 (Prince album), Critical reception
1999 received widespread acclaim from critics. Its critical and commercial success secured Prince a place in the public psyche, and marked the beginning of two years of heightened fame via massively successful tours, hit singles and a feature film – 1984's Purple Rain. In a Rolling Stone review, Michael Hill praised Prince for "working like a colorblind technician who’s studied both Devo and Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force, keeping the [1999's] songs constantly kinetic with an inventive series of shocks and surprises."


1999 (Prince album), Critical reception, Reappraisal and legacy
According to the Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), "1999 may be Prince's most influential album: Its synth-and-drum machine-heavy arrangements codified the Minneapolis sound that loomed over mid-'80s R&B and pop, not to mention the next two decades' worth of electro, house, and techno."


1999 (Prince album), Critical reception, Reappraisal and legacy
Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork noted the way Prince "marshal[led] the Reagan years and the LM-1 for his own purposes" has rarely been replicated and called 1999 a "rare record that has come to define its era while also existing outside of it, a masterpiece that immediately precedes the albums Prince fashioned, conspicuously, as masterpieces." Thompson also described the album as a "computer breathing."


1999 (Prince album), Critical reception, Reappraisal and legacy
Also writing for Pitchfork, Maura Johnston wrote in 2016 that through the "balancing synth-funk explorations...taut pop construction, genre-bending, and the proto-nuclear fallout of lust, 1999 still sounds like a landmark release in 2016". Johnston further praised Prince's "singular vision and willingness to indulge his curiosities" for creating an "apocalypse-anticipating album that, perhaps paradoxically, was built to last for decades and even centuries to come."


1999 (Prince album), Critical reception, Reappraisal and legacy
Writing for PopMatters, Eric Henderson called 1999 a "massive, sexy, rump-shaking, and sometimes even disturbing masterpiece" and stated that even though it may not be better than Dirty Mind, Purple Rain, and Sign O’ the Times, the album represented a "quantum leap in sophistication and scope." Henderson also claimed that 1999 raised the bar for ‘80s funk.


1999 (Prince album), Critical reception, Reappraisal and legacy
According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 207th most celebrated album in popular music history, and the third best album of 1982.


1999 (Prince album), Critical reception, Reappraisal and legacy
In 1989, Rolling Stone ranked 1999 16th on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s. In 2003, VH1 placed 1999 number 48 in its list of the 100 Greatest Albums. The album was also part of Slant Magazine's list The 50 Most Essential Pop Albums and the magazine listed the album at number 8 on its list of Best Albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 163 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It maintained the rating in a 2012 revised list, and was re-ranked number 130 in 2020. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.


1999 (Prince album), Track listing, Original album
Some countries in 1983, such as Brazil and Kenya, opted to issue the release as two separate vinyl albums, 1999 I and 1999 II.


1999 (Prince album), Track listing, Remastered, Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions
The Remastered edition contains a remaster of the original album. The Deluxe edition contains the remaster and a bonus disc with all the single, maxi-single and promo mixes as well as the B-sides.


1999 (Prince album), Track listing, Remastered, Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions
The Super Deluxe edition contains four more discs: Two of them contain 24 previously unissued studio tracks, the third contains a complete live audio performance of the 1999 Tour recorded at the late show (the second of two that day) in Detroit, Michigan, on November 30, 1982, and a DVD with another complete, previously unreleased concert from the 1999 Tour, recorded in multi-cam live at the Houston Summit on December 29, 1982. The albums were also issued on vinyl in a 2 LP, 4 LP and 10 LP + DVD set.


1999 (Prince album), Personnel
While not performance credited for the studio recordings, band members Doctor Fink (keyboards), Bobby Z. (drums) and Brown Mark (bass) do appear in the music videos.


1999 (Prince song)
"1999" is a song by American musician Prince, the title track from his 1982 album of the same name. Originally peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, a December 1982 rerelease later peaked at number 12 in the US, while a January 1985 rerelease, a double A-side with "Little Red Corvette", later peaked at number 2 in the UK.


1999 (Prince song)
Rolling Stone ranked "1999" number 339 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Following Prince's death, the song re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 41, later moving up to number 27, making it the fourth separate time the song had entered the Hot 100 and the third different decade in which the song re-charted (as after its two 1980s entries, it made the chart again on January 16, 1999 at number 40). As of April 30, 2016, it has sold 727,363 copies in the United States.


1999 (Prince song), Recording
The album version of the song starts with a slowed-down voice stating "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I only want you to have some fun." Prince shares lead vocals on the track with members of his band the Revolution, namely Dez Dickerson, Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones. Originally conceived to be a three-part harmony, it was later decided to separate out the voices that started each verse. Distinct scratching and explosion noises heard in the track were to cover mistakes during recording of a good take.


1999 (Prince song), Reception
Some music critics have suggested Phil Collins' 1985 song "Sussudio" sounds very similar to "1999". Collins confirmed this claim, and remembers listening to "1999" frequently while he was on tour with Genesis.


1999 (Prince song), Re-release
In January 1985, "1999" was released as a 12" single in the US with "Little Red Corvette" as the B-side, and "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"/"D.M.S.R." in the UK. The single peaked at number 2 in its second week of release.


1999 (Prince song), Re-release
The song was re-recorded at the end of 1998 and was released the following year as 1999: The New Master.


1999 (Prince song), Re-release
"1999" was re-released in the UK and the US in late 1998 to accompany the song's namesake year. It was released on 12" vinyl with the same track listing as the original 12" single: the album version, along with "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" and "D.M.S.R." A CD single was also issued with the same track listing, except the edit of "1999" was substituted for the album version. It was also re-released again towards the end of its namesake year. The original version re-charted within the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1998, becoming Prince's last top 40 hit before his death in 2016.


1999 (Prince song), Music video
The video, directed by Bruce Gowers, was shot during the last week of rehearsals for the 1999 Tour. It depicts Prince and his band during a live performance. Just in time to take his part after Lisa Coleman, Jill Jones and Dez Dickerson, Prince appears on the stage from above, gliding down on a fireman's pole, wearing a glittery purple long coat.


1999 (Prince song), Music video
Something went wrong with shooting Dez's lead vocal line and the footage was actually re-shot by a local camera crew the afternoon prior to the first show of the 1999 Tour in Chattanooga on November 11, 1982.


1999 (Prince song), Music video
VH1 notably played this video continuously from midnight Eastern Time on December 31, 1998 to the next midnight on January 1, 1999.


1999 (film)
1999 is a 2009 Canadian crime drama film written and directed by Lenin M. Sivam, world premiered at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).


1999 (film)
The film explores the Toronto Sri Lankan gang scene in the late 90s. With a time frame that spans less than 24 hours, it's a film that attempts to delve deep inside the Tamil gang community. It opens with a shooting that results in the end of a peace treaty between two rival gangs in Scarborough. With investigators closing in and rival gang members out for revenge, 1999 concentrates its time mapping out the toll gang participation takes not only on the individual, but the direct impacts it has on family and community.


1999 (film)
The film received the CBC Audience Choice Award at 2010 ReelWorld Film Festival and it became the top 10 Canadian films at Vancouver International Film Festival  and it also received Midnight Sun Award at 2010 Oslo Tamil Film Festival.


1999 (film), Soundtrack
The soundtrack of 1999 was composed by Raj Thillaiyampalam except for tracks "Struggle" and "Angel Remix", which were composed by Hemo from Lyrically Strapped. It was produced by Lenin M. Sivam.


1999 1. deild
In 1999, 1. deild was the top tier league in Faroe Islands football (since 2005, the top tier has been the Faroe Islands Premier League, with 1. deild becoming the second tier).


1999 1. deild
This article details the statistics of 1. deild in the 1999 season.


1999 1. deild, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and KÍ Klaksvík won the championship.


1999 1. deild, Results
The schedule consisted of a total of 18 games. Each team played two games against every opponent in no particular order. One of the games was at home and one was away.


1999 1. deild karla
The 1999 season of 1. deild karla was the 45th season of second-tier football in Iceland.


1999 1000 Guineas
The 1999 1000 Guineas Stakes was a horse race held at Newmarket Racecourse on Sunday 2 May 1999. It was the 186th running of the 1000 Guineas. As the traditional Rowley Mile course was being redeveloped the race was run on Newmarket's July Course.


1999 1000 Guineas
The winner was Khalid Abdullah's Wince, a British-bred bay filly trained at Newmarket in Suffolk by Henry Cecil and ridden by Kieren Fallon. Wince's victory was the first in the race for her owner. Cecil had won the race five times before with One in a Million (1979), Fairy Footsteps (1981), Oh So Sharp (1985), Bosra Sham (1996) and Sleepytime (1997), the last of which had given Fallon his only previous winner in the race. Wince's win was also the first and only British classic success for Wince's sire Selkirk.


1999 1000 Guineas, The contenders
The race attracted a field of twenty-two runners, nineteen trained in the United Kingdom, two in Ireland and one in France. The favourite was Wince, who had won three of her seven races including the Fred Darling Stakes on her most recent appearance. The Irish challengers were Sunspangled, trained by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle who had won the Fillies' Mile at Ascot Racecourse in September and the Tommy Stack-trained Fear And Greed, runner-up in the Moyglare Stud Stakes. France was represented by Moiava, who had defeated colts when winning the Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte.


1999 1000 Guineas, The contenders
The Godolphin Racing stable entered Pescara, who had been off the racecourse since finishing fifth in the Prix Morny and Fairy Queen who was unbeaten in two minor races. The other runners included Wannabe Grand who had won both the Cherry Hinton Stakes and the Cheveley Park Stakes in 1998, as well as Circle of Gold (Prestige Stakes), Atlantic Destiny (Sirenia Stakes), Valentine Waltz (Nell Gwyn Stakes), Golden Silca (Mill Reef Stakes) and Hula Angel (Rockfel Stakes).


1999 1000 Guineas, The contenders
Wince headed the betting at odds of 4/1 ahead of Moiava (5/1), Sunspangled (7/1) and Pescara (10/1).


1999 1000 Guineas, The race
At the start of the race, the fillies split into two groups on either side of the straight: Pescara led the group on the far side (the left-hand side from the jockeys' viewpoint) whilst Fairy Queen headed the stand-side group. As the early leaders faded the two groups merged with a quarter of a mile to run. Valentine Waltz, who had raced on the far side, briefly took the overall lead but was quickly challenged by Wince and Wannabe Grand for the stands-side runners. Wince gained the advantage in the final furlong and won by half a length and a head from Wannabe Grand and Valentine Waltz.


1999 12 Hours of Sebring
The 1999 Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring was the 47th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. It also served as the first event in the new American Le Mans Series, which had replaced the IMSA GT Championship as the International Motor Sports Association's premiere series. It took place at Sebring International Raceway, Florida, on March 20, 1999.


1999 2. deild karla
The 1999 season of 2. deild karla was the 34th season of third-tier football in Iceland.


1999 2. divisjon
The 1999 2. divisjon was the third highest football league for men in Norway.


1999 2. divisjon
22 games were played in 8 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Hamarkameratene, Sandefjord, Strindheim and Tromsdalen were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the other 4 group winners. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 19 groups in the 3. divisjon, and some number-two teams, were promoted to the 2. divisjon.


1999 24 Hours of Daytona
The 1999 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 30–31, 1999 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1999 United States Road Racing Championship. It was the second and final year that the race was sanctioned by the SCCA before being taken over by Grand-Am.


1999 24 Hours of Daytona
Victory overall and in the Can-Am class went to the No. 20 Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III driven by Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, and Rob Dyson. Victory in the GT2 class went to the No. 83 Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 driven by André Ahrlé, Raffaele Sangiuolo, David Warnock, and Hubert Haupt. The GT3 class was won by the No. 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Porsche 993 Carrera RSR driven by Kelly Collins, Cort Wagner, Anthony Lazzaro, and Darryl Havens. Finally, the GTT class was won by the No. 19 SK Group Motorsports Ford Mustang Cobra driven by Kyle McIntyre, Gary Stewart, Andy Petery, Craig Carter, and Les Delano.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 67th 24 Hours of Le Mans, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1999. The race had a large number of entries in the fastest Le Mans Prototype classes, with Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Lola Cars, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Panoz, Riley & Scott, and Toyota all represented. The BMW V12 LMR of Yannick Dalmas, Pierluigi Martini, and Joachim Winkelhock won overall, with their car's reliability and fuel economy allowing them to beat their faster rivals.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre-race
1999 saw another increase in manufacturers involvement. Although Porsche did not send a team to contest in the prototype classes, Toyota retained their three updated GT-Ones, now moved to the LMGTP class due to the demise of GT1, while Mercedes-Benz debuted three new CLR LMGTPs. Nissan instead moved from GT1 to an open cockpit LMP, as did Panoz.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre-race
Newcomer Audi attempted to try their hand at both classes, with two open cockpit R8Rs and two closed cockpit R8Cs. BMW continued with their open cockpit LMPs, updating to the new V12 LMR. The works V12 LMR's were run by Schnitzer Motorsport, while two of the previous year's cars were privately entered.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mercedes CLR incidents
The event saw three major crashes involving the team of Mercedes-Benz CLRs during qualifying and the race itself. An aerodynamic design flaw in the CLR allowed for large amounts of air to build up underneath the nose of the car, especially when following another car and at the tops of hills, such as on the run to Indianapolis and on the Mulsanne Straight.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mercedes CLR incidents
Mark Webber's CLR #4 went airborne at Indianapolis during Thursday night qualifying. On Friday, the team was allowed to rebuild #4 on a new chassis, with tweaks to the rear suspension, in an attempt by Mercedes to cure the problem. Winglets were fitted to the front to increase downforce. All cars had qualified, but during the brief warm-up on Saturday morning, Webber again went airborne when tailing his teammates over the hump of the Mulsanne, landing on his roof and skidding to a stop in the Mulsanne corner. This car was withdrawn from the race, but the two other CLRs continued on, again with emergency tweaks in yet another attempt to alleviate the instability.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mercedes CLR incidents
A few hours into the race on lap 75, Peter Dumbreck's CLR #5 also went airborne just before the Indianapolis corner (a very bumpy section of the track), this time flying off the side of the track and landing in the trees. This incident, unlike the previous two, was actually caught by TV cameras and thus broadcast worldwide. Mercedes-Benz immediately withdrew the remaining CLR #6 and dropped out of sportscar racing for the immediate future.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mercedes CLR incidents
This was the second time Mercedes-Benz had dropped out of Le Mans and sportscar racing following an incident with one of their cars becoming airborne and leaving the track, the first being the 1955 Le Mans disaster.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
In the early part of the race, the top qualifying #1 and #2 Toyotas driven by Martin Brundle and Thierry Boutsen fought with the #6 Mercedes driven by Bernd Schneider, and the #5 Mercedes driven by Christophe Bouchut. The #17 BMW was never far behind and used its superior fuel economy to gain the lead through the pit stops. Toyota #1, #2, Mercedes #6 and BMW #17 all led the race at various points. At 8pm, 5 hours into the race the #17 BMW lead the race with #2 Toyota 2nd, #5 Mercedes 3rd and #6 Mercedes 4th. It was during this fight for second and third place when Dumbreck's crash occurred. This led to the immediate withdrawal of the remaining #6 Mercedes.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
Following a lengthy safety car period as a result of Dumbreck's accident, Brundle retired the #1 Toyota at 11:30pm. He was trying to claw back time from an earlier mechanical issue when he suffered a puncture at high speed on braking for the first chicane on the Mulsanne Straight. The puncture sent the car veering sideways into the barrier, badly damaging the rear suspension. Brundle tried to get the car back to the pits but eventually stopped at Arnage.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
At the front the race was still between the #17 BMW and the #2 Toyota, the Toyota having the superior pace but the BMW able to go further on each tank of fuel. Following them were the #15 BMW and the #3 Toyota. At around 2am, the #2 Toyota being driven by Thierry Boutsen suffered a high speed crash under the Dunlop bridge, following a collision with a slower car that was being overtaken. The car was destroyed and Boutsen had to be extracted from the car suffering from an injury to his lower back. The Belgian driver ended his racing career after this accident.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
By dawn, the #17 BMW was four laps in front of its sister 15 BMW. At approximately 10am, JJ Lehto driving #17 BMW suffered a stuck throttle and crashed in the Porsche curves. The front of the car was badly damaged and it could not continue. This left the sister #15 BMW almost a lap ahead of the #3 Toyota. With this sniff of a win Ukyo Katayama set the fastest lap of the race of 3:35. He narrowed the gap to less than a minute when another tyre blowout befell the Toyota team. However, Katayama was able to return to the pits for new tyres and continue. By then bar any problems for the BMW the race was out of reach. Audi came in 3rd at their first attempt at Le Mans.


1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
The 1999 race was the last for several of the major manufacturers. Only Audi returned for 2000. Mercedes pulled out of sports car racing altogether following the CLR incidents and concentrated on the new German Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series, BMW concentrated their efforts on their supply of engines to the Williams team in Formula One (who had built the BMW LMRs). Toyota also pulled out as despite their pace over 1998 and 1999, only one of their cars finished the race over both of those years. Toyota would eventually return to Le Mans in 2012, as well as the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship and eventually won the race for the first time in 2018.


1999 3 Nations Cup
The 1999 3 Nations Cup was the fourth playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Montreal and Sherbrooke, Quebec, from November 28 until December 5, 1999.


1999 3. divisjon
The 1999 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.


1999 3. divisjon
Between 20 and 24 games (depending on group size) were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. All group winners were promoted to the 2. divisjon, as well as some of the best runners-up.


1999 A Lyga
The Lithuanian A Lyga 1999 was the tenth season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 5 July 1999 and ended on 6 November 1999. 10 teams participated, 3 fewer than the previous season, and Žalgiris Kaunas won the championship.


1999 AAA Championships
The 1999 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 23–25 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom.


1999 AAPT Championships
The 1999 AAPT Championships was a men's ATP tennis tournament held in Adelaide, Australia and played on outdoor hardcourts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 4 to 11 January. Second-seeded Thomas Enqvist won his first title of the year and the 15th of his career.


1999 AAPT Championships, Finals, Doubles
Gustavo Kuerten /  Nicolás Lapentti defeated  Jim Courier /  Patrick Galbraith 6–4, 6–4


1999 AAPT Championships – Doubles
Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Eagle partnered Patrick Rafter, losing in the quarterfinals. Florent partnered Andrew Kratzmann, losing in the first round.


1999 AAPT Championships – Doubles
Gustavo Kuerten and Nicolás Lapentti won the title, defeating Jim Courier and Patrick Galbraith 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


1999 AAPT Championships – Singles
Thomas Enqvist defeated Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 to secure the title.


1999 ABC Champions Cup
The ABC Champions Cup 1999 was the 10th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Beirut, Lebanon between May 22 to 29, 1999.


1999 ABC Championship
The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.


1999 ABC Championship, Qualification
According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.


1999 ABC Championship, Draw
The draw was held on June 15 at New Otani Hotel in Tokyo.


1999 ABC Championship, Draw
* North Korea and Kazakhstan pulled out of the tournament, leaving Group C with only two teams. ABC added  Malaysia into the bracket.


1999 ABC Championship for Women
The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women, was the 18th regional championship held by Asian Basketball Confederation. The competition was hosted by Shizuoka, Japan and took place between May 2 to May 9, 1999. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The last finisher of Level I is relegated to Level II and the top finisher of Level II qualify for Level I 2001's championship.


1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 27th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 1999 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 15 February  through 21 February 1999. Second-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the singles title.


1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The singles field featured ATP No. 4, ATP Tour World Championships winner, and recent Sydney finalist Àlex Corretja, Australian Open champion, Halle and Moscow titlist Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Tashkent and Basel winner, Doha runner-up Tim Henman. Also lined up were Stuttgart Super 9 titlist Richard Krajicek, Paris Super 9 champion Greg Rusedski, Karol Kučera, Thomas Enqvist and Goran Ivanišević.


1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Finals, Doubles
David Adams /  John-Laffnie de Jager defeated  Neil Broad /  Peter Tramacchi, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4


1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but Eltingh retired from the sport on November 22, 1998, and only Haarhuis competed that year. Haarhuis partnered with Patrick Galbraith, but lost in the first round to Neil Broad and Peter Tramacchi.


1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager won in the final 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4, against Neil Broad and Peter Tramacchi.


1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Jan Siemerink was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Fabrice Santoro.


1999 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 6–2, 7–6(7–3), against Tim Henman.


1999 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1999 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–7 in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the second Charlotte Coliseum. Duke won the championship game over North Carolina. It was the first of an unprecedented five consecutive ACC Tournament championships. Duke's championship followed a perfect 16–0 record in conference play. Elton Brand of Duke was tournament MVP.


1999 AFC Futsal Championship
The 1999 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 5 March to 10 March 1999.


1999 AFC Women's Championship
The Asian Football Confederation's 1999 AFC Women's Championship was held from 7 to 21 November 1999 in the Philippines.


1999 AFC Women's Championship
The tournament was to be originally hosted only in Iloilo City and Bacolod but due to continuous rains affecting the conditions of the pitch at the Iloilo Sports Complex, some matches were held in nearby Barotac Nuevo.


1999 AFC Women's Championship
The tournament was won by China in the final against Chinese Taipei before an audience of 7,000 at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod.


1999 AFC Women's Championship, Match officials
10 referees and 9 assistant referees were selected to officiate the matches.


1999 AFC Women's Championship, Group stage, Group C
Matches were held in Iloilo City and Barotac Nuevo (UTC+8)


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final
The 1999 AFL First Preliminary Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Essendon Bombers and the Carlton Blues at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 18 September 1999. It was staged as part of the 1999 AFL finals series to determine which of the two clubs would qualify for that season's Grand Final.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final
Essendon entered the match as heavy favourites, but Carlton recorded a narrow upset victory by one point. The match has become one of the most significant moments in the traditional rivalry between the Carlton and Essendon Football Clubs.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background
The 1999 AFL season was contested by sixteen clubs between March and September 1999. The top eight clubs qualified for the finals series, which was conducted under the McIntyre final eight system.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background
Essendon had been the best team throughout the season. The club finished the home-and-away season as the minor premiers, with a win-loss record of 18–4. Essendon comfortably beat eighth seed Sydney by 69 points in the qualifying final, earning a bye in the second week of the finals to advance directly to the preliminary final. Entering the match, Essendon had won eight matches in a row.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background
Carlton, during the home-and-away season, had struggled to reach the finals. After its Round 16 match, a 76-point loss against Essendon, Carlton sat tenth on the ladder, and coach David Parkin publicly called his side a "B-grade team". Eventually, Carlton finished sixth with a win-loss record of 12–10. In its qualifying final at the Gabba, Carlton was comprehensively beaten by third seed Brisbane Lions by 73 points; but Carlton was not eliminated because the seventh and eighth seeds had both lost their qualifying finals.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background
In the semi-final the following week, Carlton defeated fifth seed West Coast by 54 points to progress to the preliminary final; West Coast was the home team, but due to a contract between the AFL and the Melbourne Cricket Club, the match was played at the M.C.G. in Melbourne, instead of Subiaco Oval in Perth.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background
The winner of the preliminary final would progress to the Grand Final on 25 September, against the Kangaroos, who had won the Second Preliminary Final the previous night.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background
Because of their respective form-lines, Essendon was an overwhelming favourite to win the preliminary final and progress to the Grand Final. On the morning of the match, bookmakers were offering odds of $1.18 for an Essendon victory and $4.25 for a Carlton victory.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background, Rivalry
In 1999, there was already an existing, strong rivalry between Carlton and Essendon. Together with Collingwood and Richmond, they made up the AFL's "Big Four" – the four most successful Melbourne-based clubs on-field and off-field through the league's history – and as a result there was a natural rivalry between the successful clubs; but, the Carlton–Essendon rivalry particularly intensified after the appointment of Kevin Sheedy as Essendon coach in 1981; it was intensified further by Essendon's upset victory against Carlton in the 1993 Grand Final, and by 1999 it was one of the most celebrated rivalries in the league.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Background, Rivalry
Carlton stirred up the rivalry twice in the week leading up to the match. After the semi-final win against West Coast, Carlton defender Glenn Manton, who began his career with Essendon but had just played his 100th game for Carlton, told his team-mates "I hope we stick it up the Bombers next week" in a post-game speech in the dressing rooms, which happened to be televised. Then, during the week, Carlton president John Elliott attacked Essendon in media for having "cheated" its way to the 1993 premiership – a reference to the fact that Essendon had recently been found guilty of breaching the league's salary cap around that time.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, First half
Carlton kicked to the Punt Road end of the ground in the first quarter. Carlton started strongly, and kicked the first two goals of the match before Essendon kicked its first. Carlton continued to win strongly out of the midfield, and led by more than three goals towards the end of the quarter. A few late behinds to Essendon narrowed the margin to 16 points, the score 6.3 (39) to 3.5 (23).


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, First half
The gameplay was more even in the second quarter, but only two goals were kicked, both by Carlton: one to Aaron Hamill early in the quarter from a turnover, and one to Lance Whitnall late in the quarter. Essendon had more scoring shots in the quarter, but scored only 0.5 to Carlton's 2.1, to trail by an inaccurate 3.10 (28) to 8.4 (52) at half time.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, First half
Carlton had the better of the midfield match-ups throughout the first half, particularly the match-up between Scott Camporeale and Darren Bewick; Camporeale provided much of Carlton's midfield drive, while Bewick did not have an influence. Carlton's Brett Ratten was also prominent, breaking the tag of Joe Misiti. Carlton also used the unexpected tactic of playing defender Glenn Manton as a defensive full-forward on Dustin Fletcher, which resulted in Fletcher's influence being reduced; but, it resulted in defender Stephen Silvagni matching up on Essendon full forward Matthew Lloyd, which worked in Essendon's favour.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, Third quarter
After two minutes, an error from Carlton's Craig Bradley on a kick-in led directly to a goal to Essendon's Michael Long. This was the start of a fifteen-minute period of play which was dominated by Essendon. Essendon hit the lead after only nine minutes, and over the fifteen minutes the Bombers went inside-50 eleven times and kicked six goals, while Carlton went inside-50 only once for no score.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Essendon had more opportunities to extend the lead shortly afterwards, but Lloyd, Fletcher and Dean Rioli all missed set-shots from inside 50m. Carlton was able to break Essendon's run with late goals, but overall Essendon kicked 7.7 to Carlton's 2.2 in the third quarter, and led 10.17 (77) to 10.6 (66) at three-quarter time.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Essendon's resurgence and dominance in the third quarter came when the team began to win in the midfield, particularly through the efforts of Michael Long and Darren Bewick. After the match-up between Camporeale and Bewick had favoured Carlton in the first half, Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy moved Chris Heffernan onto Camporeale, which both limited Camporeale's influence and freed up Bewick. Dean Rioli kicked two goals during Essendon's revival.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, Final Quarter
Essendon's Steven Alessio kicked the opening goal of the final quarter to extend the lead to 17 points, before Carlton kicked the next four goals – to Fraser Brown, Anthony Koutoufides, Matthew Lappin, and Koutoufides again – to take the lead by seven points. Koutoufides sparked the Carlton revival, moving into the midfield for the final quarter, and winning several clearances. Additionally, after Bewick had been influential in the midfield in the third quarter, retiring Carlton tagger Matthew Hogg (who had spent much of the match on the bench) was moved onto him, limiting him to only one disposal in the final quarter.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, Final Quarter
Lloyd kicked the next two goals, for a personal match tally of five, to regain the lead for Essendon by less than a goal. Carlton scored the next two goals after that – the first to Hamill, the second to Whitnall from outside 50m, and in both cases assisted by Hogg – to regain the lead by 8 points early in time-on. Essendon attacked hard, but its forward thrusts were repeatedly repelled by Carlton's defence, including Koutoufides, who had dropped back. With 2:18 remaining on the timekeepers' clock, Mark Johnson kicked a goal for Essendon, to narrow the margin to two points.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, Final Quarter
With 55 seconds remaining, Mark Mercuri gathered the ball from a broken marking contest 25m in front of the Essendon goals; his quick, bouncing snap shot for goal narrowly missed to the left, reducing the margin to one point. Bradley's kick-in was marked strongly on Essendon's right half-forward flank by Essendon's Barry Young, who kicked the ball back to the goal-face. It was cleared hurriedly by Carlton's Dean Rice, but Rice's kick went straight to Essendon's Dean Wallis, who was unmarked in the centre circle.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Match summary, Final Quarter
With 38 seconds remaining, Wallis advanced and tried to baulk around Fraser Brown, but Brown tackled him to the ground and the ball spilled free. Carlton cleared the ball forward, ending with a mark to Justin Murphy, who was able to run out the clock preparing for a set shot. Murphy had the ball in his hands when the siren sounded, and Carlton won by one point.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Notable moments
Two moments in the match are best remembered: Anthony Koutoufides' final quarter, and Fraser Brown's last-minute tackle on Dean Wallis.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Notable moments
Koutoufides was instrumental to Carlton's victory in the final quarter. He moved into the midfield at the start of the quarter, won clearances, and drifted forward to kick two goals. After his second goal, he started dropping into the backline after contesting the centre bounces, where he took three contested marks to repel Essendon's attacks. He had ten kicks, two handpasses, six marks and two goals for the quarter; in a special analysis done for the game, Koutoufides would have earned 127 Champion Data ranking points for the quarter. After the match, club legend (and later, president) Stephen Kernahan described Koutoufides' performance as "the greatest quarter of football ever played". Years later, it is still regarded as one of the greatest ever individual performances in finals matches.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Notable moments
Fraser Brown's tackle on Dean Wallis is widely remembered as the decisive single moment of the match. Brown later said that he had anticipated that Wallis would try to baulk around him, and was fortunate enough to guess the direction correctly.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Notable moments
After Carlton had surrendered the lead in the third quarter, vice-captain Stephen Silvagni delivered an impromptu three-quarter time address to his team-mates. Silvagni took almost the entire three-quarter time break, and coach David Parkin had little time left to deliver his coach's address. Parkin later described it as "the most emotional and appropriately-timed inspirational talk" he'd ever heard a player deliver.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Notable moments
Essendon was left to lament its inaccuracy in front of goals. Essendon had 33 scoring shots to Carlton's 24, but lost the match. Mark Mercuri and Blake Caracella, normally very accurate goalkickers, scored 0.7 between them.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Aftermath
Carlton progressed to the 1999 AFL Grand Final the following week against the Kangaroos. Essendon became the first minor premiers to miss the Grand Final since 1983. It was Essendon's second one-point loss in a preliminary final in just four years, after the Sydney Swans defeated them in 1996, courtesy of an after-the-siren behind to Tony Lockett.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Aftermath
In the lead-up to the Grand Final during the week, Aaron Hamill was cited on video evidence for kneeing Dean Wallis in the head while the latter was on the ground during the third quarter. Hamill was found guilty and the AFL Tribunal initially suspended him for two matches, which would have seen him miss the Grand Final.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Aftermath
Carlton then successfully appealed the suspension, using the testimony of biomechanics experts to convince the appeals board that the contact was accidental; years later, Hamill admitted to kneeing Wallis deliberately, and described the biomechanics testimony as "a tactic to bore the hell out of the appeals board". Wallis was reported on the day for striking Michael Sexton in the first quarter, but was cleared by the tribunal.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Aftermath
In the Grand Final, Carlton was unable to keep up with the Kangaroos through the game, trailing by 20 points at half time, then 43 points at three-quarter time. The final score was Kangaroos 19.10 (124) d. Carlton 12.17 (89).


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Aftermath
Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy forced the losing preliminary final team to attend the Grand Final as spectators as a motivational tactic, an experience described by midfielder Joe Misiti as the worst experience of his life. Essendon went on to dominate the 2000 AFL season, with an all-time record win/loss record of 24–1 for the season (including finals), winning the premiership, the minor premiership, the pre-season competition, and winning a preliminary final rematch against Carlton by 45 points.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Legacy
The 1999 Preliminary Final caused a significant shift in the dynamic of the rivalry between Carlton and Essendon. Across the previous twenty years, the results of the rivalry – including the 1993 Grand Final, the close games and the controversies – had overwhelmingly favoured Essendon. However, the 1999 Preliminary Final result was seen as such a triumph for Carlton that it has become the defining event of the rivalry.


1999 AFL First Preliminary Final, Legacy
The fact that Carlton went on to lose the Grand Final to the Kangaroos is typically seen as irrelevant in the context of this game and the rivalry; by preventing the highly fancied Bombers from winning the premiership, the win is compared with and often treated like a premiership by Carlton fans. In 2007, Herald Sun columnist Trevor Grant humorously referred to the win as Carlton's "prelimiership". Coach David Parkin has commented that he is asked about this match at least as often as any of the Grand Finals he coached during his long career.


1999 AFL Grand Final
The 1999 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Kangaroos and Carlton at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 1999. It was the 103rd annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1999 AFL season. The match, attended by 94,228 spectators, was won by the Kangaroos by a margin of 35 points (the second consecutive year in which the premiership decider was determined by that margin). It was the club's fourth and (as of 2021) most recent premiership victory.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Background
This was the Kangaroos' second consecutive appearance in a grand final, whilst it was Carlton's first since winning the 1995 AFL Grand Final.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Background
It was not a grand final matchup that was widely anticipated prior to the finals, with the top placed Essendon Bombers clearly the standout team of the home & away season and heavily backed to reach the grand final against another top four aspirant. While the second placed Kangaroos filled its end of the bargain to qualify for the premiership playoff, the sixth placed Carlton Blues upset the Bombers to qualify as their grand final opponents in one of the biggest boilovers in finals history.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Background
The Kangaroos finished the 1999 home and away season in second position with 17 wins and 5 losses, although they had still conceded the most points against out of the top-10 teams on the ladder. They were a game behind Essendon, with the Brisbane Lions, Western Bulldogs, West Coast, Carlton, Port Adelaide and Sydney making up the final eight. Carlton had finished with a record of 12 wins and ten losses, becoming only the second club (after Melbourne in 1900) to reach the grand final after finishing sixth on the ladder.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Background
The Kangaroos progressed to the grand final after a 45-point win over Brisbane in the preliminary final. Carlton's unexpected preliminary final win against Essendon meant that North Melbourne went into the grand final as heavy favourites.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
Despite the Kangaroos entering the match as the strong short-priced favourite, Carlton dominated the opening 10 minutes and scored the first goal of the match when Brett Ratten seized an opportunity at the six minute mark after an errant kickout from the Kangaroos David King. This, however, was all they had to show for their efforts, as Glenn Archer, Byron Pickett and Mick Martyn stood up to nearly everything Carlton threw at them inside North’s defensive zone.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
Reality soon kicked in for the Blues, and North Melbourne, who were without suspended defender Jason McCartney, became very workmanlike and kicked three goals in the next six minutes to go into the first break with a 12 point lead. Carlton fought back in the second quarter to regain the lead with goals by Fraser Brown, Scott Camporeale and Matthew Lappin, and it looked like the Blues had the momentum until North Melbourne ruckman Corey McKernan booted two inspirational goals, the first from 65 metres out and the second from a tight angle just a minute later. The Kangaroos had regained control and went into half time with a 20-point lead.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
North Melbourne extended their lead in the third quarter when Winston Abraham kicked an easy goal before Carlton midfielder Justin Murphy injured his knee. The Blues managed to reduce the deficite to just 13 points before the Kangaroos then added goals through McKernan and Shannon Motlop. Matthew Lappin turned the ball over running towards goal, which resulted in a Peter Bell goal to the Kangaroos and an eventual 43 point lead at three quarter time.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
The last quarter was a rather pedestrian affair. Early goals to Bell and Motlop cemented the North Melbourne victory, before Carlton were allowed some late goals to somewhat reduce the margin. In the end, despite both teams having 29 scoring shots, the Kangaroos ran out 35 point winners. Carlton’s best was probably Stephen Silvagni, who kept Wayne Carey to just 2 goals. But winners on the day were hard to find for Carlton, who in the eyes of many had already played their 'grand final' the week before, and as such performed admirably.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
North Melbourne's Shannon Grant, won the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground with 19 possessions and 4 goals. Grant had come under heavy criticism for his performance in the previous grand final, which North Melbourne had lost. After missing out on a wonderful opportunity against Adelaide in 1998, the Kangaroos had redeemed themselves by taking the 1999 flag.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
As of the 2021 season this remains the last time either Carlton or North Melbourne have appeared in a grand final. After Richmond met Adelaide in 2017, these became the longest grand final droughts for any AFL club. They would both proceed to the preliminary finals in 2000, but lost to Essendon and Melbourne respectively.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
North Melbourne would struggle with consistency, playing finals in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008 within the next decade.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
After reaching the semi-final in 2001, Carlton would swiftly fall to the bottom of the ladder in 2002, claiming their first wooden spoon in their history, and the last of all the Victorian teams to do so. They would be found guilty of breaching their salary cap, which saw them stripped them of early draft picks for two years, hindering their short-term rebuild, fined $930,000 and club president John Elliott removed from his position. They would not make finals again until 2009.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
For the season’s minor premiers, Essendon, it was a bitter pill to swallow that they were unable to compete in this grand final. Coach Kevin Sheedy forced the Essendon playing group to attend the match as spectators to ponder “what might have been”. They would go on to have their own success just a year later in the 2000 AFL Grand Final.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
While Carlton’s unexpected feat of reaching the grand final in 1999 has undoubtedly gone into Australian Football folklore, the finals system at the time was widely criticised for allowing a team that had finished as low as 6th to reach the grand final after losing its first finals match (a similar instance also occurred the year prior, with the 5th placed Adelaide Crows advancing on to ultimately win the 1998 premiership despite losing in the first week of the finals).


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
Carlton were beaten by the Brisbane Lions in the qualifying final, yet still progressed to the second week of the finals to play the West Coast Eagles.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
This match, which was won by Carlton, also created a lot of controversy as the Eagles, who subsequently finished a place higher than Carlton and won its first finals match, had earned the right to host the final in Perth, yet were forced to play the match at the MCG due to a contractual agreement with the AFL that required at least one match to be played at that venue every week of the finals.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
The AFL acted quickly, and in season 2000 the finals system was changed, requiring the need for teams that finished between 5th-8th after the home & away season needing to win all their finals matches to reach the grand final (a loss in any week would see them eliminated).


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
The MCG finals contract was also renegotiated, with only the grand final to be committed to the MCG, freeing up higher ranked teams to be able to host finals matches in their home state should they be entitled to. This came after 2004, when the Brisbane Lions were forced to play a home Preliminary Final at the MCG, instead of the Gabba before losing the grand final to the Port Adelaide Football Club.


1999 AFL Grand Final, Epilogue
This finals system has been in place ever since, with only two teams reaching the grand final from below fourth position since 2000. The Western Bulldogs in 2016 made the grand final after finishing seventh on the ladder, yet did so without losing any finals and ultimately went on to win the premiership. Greater Western Sydney qualified for the 2019 grand final after finishing in sixth position. The Western Bulldogs qualified in 2021 after finishing in fifth position. Their second time doing this and first time without a pre-finals bye.


1999 AFL Rising Star
The Norwich AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 1999 medal was won by Sydney player Adam Goodes.


1999 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility
Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.


1999 AFL Women's National Championships
The 1999 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The tournament began on 19 June and ended on 24 June 1999. The 1999 tournament was the 8th Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 1999 Championship, defeating Western Australia in the final. It was Victoria's 9th consecutive title.


1999 AFL draft
The 1999 AFL draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period, a rookie draft and rookie elevation. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.


1999 AFL draft
In 1999 there were 93 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Collingwood Magpies received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 1999 AFL season.


1999 AFL draft, Rookie elevation
In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list details 1999-listed rookies who were elevated to the senior list; it does not list players taken as rookies in the rookie draft which occurred during the 1999/2000 off-season.


1999 AFL finals series
The 1999 finals series of the Australian Football League began on 3 September 1999 and ended with the 103rd AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 1999 contested between the Kangaroos and Carlton. The Kangaroos, (formerly and later known as North Melbourne), emerged victorious to claim their fourth VFL/AFL Premiership.


1999 AFL finals series
The top eight teams on the home and away rounds (regular season) ladder qualified for the Finals Series.


1999 AFL finals series, Final Ladder 1999
Essendon finished one game clear on top of the ladder with 18 wins, and thus claimed its 15th minor premiership. The Kangaroos were second with 17 wins, trailed by the Brisbane Lions in third place with 16 wins, but with the best percentage of any team in the Eight. In fourth place were the Western Bulldogs who finished with 15 wins and a draw. The following three teams (West Coast, Carlton and Port Adelaide) finished with 12 wins each, separated by percentage. Sydney (with 11 wins) rounded out the Eight.


1999 AFL finals series, Final Ladder 1999
According to the McIntyre Final Eight System, this was how the first week of finals matches were arranged:


1999 AFL finals series, Final Ladder 1999
The 1999 AFL season would also be the last season which used the McIntyre System. It was replaced the following year with the AFL final eight system.


1999 AFL season
The 1999 Australian Football League season was the 103rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 10th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.


1999 AFL season
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.


1999 AFL season, Premiership season, Round 22
Note: The Collingwood vs. Brisbane Lions match was the last VFL/AFL match to be held at Victoria Park, and the Hawthorn vs. Sydney match was the last VFL/AFL match to be held at Waverley Park.


1999 AFL season, Ladder
All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.


1999 AFL season, Finals series, Semi Finals
Note: West Coast Eagles played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Carlton due to the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG.


1999 AIK Fotboll season
The 1999 season was AIK's 108th in existence. The team competed in the Allsvenskan and UEFA Champions League.


1999 AIK Fotboll season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999 ANFA League Cup
The 1999 ANFA National League Cup was a domestic cup association football competition organised by the All Nepal Football Association. It was held on 20 November to 30 November 1999, and was called the 1999 ANFA Coca-Cola National League Cup for sponsorship reasons.


1999 ANFA League Cup
The winners of the ANFA League Cup qualify for the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.


1999 ANFA League Cup, First round proper
Champion of each district advances to second round. Unlike other districts, Kathmandu Valley teams participated in a qualifying group stage tournament.


1999 ANFA League Cup, Second round proper
23 teams qualified from the first round compete to secure a berth into the third round. Clubs are separated based on their districts, and grouped further (apart from the Kathmandu district. All teams qualified into the second round from Kathmandu Valley were given an automatic bye into the fourth round, however a sub knockout tournament was played to determine third round fixtures (the winner being placed on fourth round group A, runner up placed on fourth round group B.


1999 ANFA League Cup, Fourth round proper
Mahendra Police and Tribhuvan Army were granted automatic byes into the fourth round as 1998 ANFA League Cup finalists.


1999 ANFA League Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The finals of the 1999 ANFA National League Cup saw a Departmental Derby between long-term rivals Mahendra Police Club and Tribhuvan Army Club.


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International
The 1999 ANZ Tasmanian International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart in Australia that was part of Tier IVb of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 11 through 16 January 1999.


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International
Heading into the tournament, Swiss player Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but she didn't defend her singles title due to her playing in Sydney in that same week. In the singles final, Fifth-seeded Chanda Rubin won the title in straight sets over unseeded Italian player, Rita Grande and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International, Finals, Doubles
Mariaan de Swardt /  Elena Tatarkova defeated  Alexia Dechaume-Balleret /  Émilie Loit 6–1, 6–2


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles
The 1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the ANZ Tasmanian International. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions but only Ruano Pascual competed that year with Florencia Labat. Labat and Ruano Pascual lost in the first round to Nannie de Villiers and Eva Melicharová.


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles
Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Émilie Loit.


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Singles
The 1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Singles was the singles event of the sixth edition of the ANZ Tasmanian International. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Singles
Chanda Rubin won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Rita Grande.


1999 AO10
1999 AO10 is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Aten group, approximately 50 meters in diameter. It was first observed on 13 January 1999, by the LINEAR project at Lincoln Laboratory's ETS near Socorro, New Mexico, United States. The asteroid has been the target of a proposed mission.


1999 AO10, Orbit
1999 AO10 orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.8–1.0 AU once every 10 months (318 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. The initial orbital elements were determined based on 16 observations made between January 13–15, 1999.


1999 AO10, Orbit
The asteroid has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0220 AU (3,290,000 km), which translates into 8.6 lunar distances.


1999 AO10, Manned mission
NASA has proposed a manned mission to the object during 2025 or later. 1999 AO10 is one of a handful of objects within the acceptable range for the mission and is also one of the largest objects that meets the qualifications. In this proposal, a pair of docked Orion spacecraft would spend 14 days at the object, for a total mission time of 155 days. The astronauts would return samples and help test spacefaring capabilities for a future Mars mission. The manned mission would be preceded by an unmanned probe to be sent in 2019 at the earliest.


1999 ASB Classic
The 1999 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand that was part of Tier IVb of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 4 January until 9 January 1999. Third-seeded Julie Halard-Decugis won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


1999 ASB Classic, Finals, Doubles
Silvia Farina /  Barbara Schett defeated  Seda Noorlander /  Marlene Weingärtner, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)


1999 ASB Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 ASB Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 ASB Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 ASB Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 ASB Classic – Doubles
The 1999 ASB Classic – Doubles was the doubles event of the fourteenth edition of the ASB Classic; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in New Zealand. Nana Miyagi and Tamarine Tanasugarn were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1999 ASB Classic – Doubles
Silvia Farina and Barbara Schett lost in the final 6–2, 7–6(7–2) against Seda Noorlander and Marlene Weingärtner.


1999 ASB Classic – Singles
The 1999 ASB Classic – Singles was the singles event of the fourteenth edition of the ASB Classic; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in New Zealand. Dominique Van Roost was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Julie Halard-Decugis.


1999 ASFA Soccer League
The 1999 season of the ASFA Soccer League (now called the FFAS Senior League) was the nineteenth season of association football competition in American Samoa. Konica Machine won the championship, their first recorded title. The winners of the 1998 league competition and a number of previous seasons is unknown. They were the American Samoan representatives in the 1999 Oceania Club Championship.


1999 AT&T Challenge
The 1999 AT&T Challenge was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 26 April through 2 May 1999. Unseeded Stefan Koubek won the singles title.


1999 AT&T Challenge, Finals, Doubles
Patrick Galbraith /  Justin Gimelstob defeated  Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde, 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3


1999 AT&T Challenge – Doubles
The 1999 AT&T Challenge was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 26 April – 2 May 1999.


1999 AT&T Challenge – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 AT&T Challenge – Singles
The 1999 AT&T Challenge was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 26 April – 2 May 1999.


1999 AT&T Challenge – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 ATP Buenos Aires
The 1999 ATP Buenos Aires was an ATP Challenger Series tennis tournament held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament was held from November 15 to November 22.


1999 ATP Buenos Aires, Finals, Doubles
Guillermo Cañas /  Martín García defeated  Paul Rosner /  Dušan Vemić 6–4, 6–-4


1999 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1999 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 115 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.


1999 ATP German Open
The 1999 German Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 93rd edition of the Hamburg Masters (German Open), and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from through 3 May through 10 May 1999.


1999 ATP German Open, Finals, Singles
Marcelo Ríos defeated  Mariano Zabaleta 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–2


1999 ATP German Open, Finals, Doubles
Wayne Arthurs /  Andrew Kratzmann defeated  Paul Haarhuis /  Jared Palmer 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4


1999 ATP German Open – Doubles
The 1999 German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 92nd edition of the Hamburg Masters (German Open), and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from through 3 May through 10 May 1999.


1999 ATP German Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 ATP German Open – Singles
The 1999 German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 92nd edition of the Hamburg Masters (German Open), and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from through 3 May through 10 May 1999.


1999 ATP German Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


1999 ATP Super 9
The 1999 ATP Super 9 (also known as Mercedes-Benz Super 9 for sponsorship reasons) were part of the 1999 ATP Tour, the elite tour for professional men's tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals.


1999 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the ATP Tour World Championships and the Grand Slam Cup (organised by the ITF). Also included in the 1999 calendar are the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup, which do not distribute ranking points, and are both organised by the ITF.


1999 ATP Tour
In April 1999 ATP signed a $1.2 billion 10-year-deal with the sports marketing agency ISL Worldwide to promote the sport. The deal gave ISL the commercial rights for the Super-9 tournaments as well as the ATP World Championship. The ATP also introduced a simplified ranking system and made participation in the Super-9 events mandatory for top players.


1999 ATP Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1999 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


1999 ATP Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1999 ATP Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships and the Grand Slam Cup, the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, and the ATP World Series.


1999 ATP Tour, Statistical information
The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Super 9 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Super 9 win, one Super 9 win equalling two International Series Gold wins, one International Series Gold win equalling two International Series wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1999 ATP Tour, ATP rankings
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players, doubles players, and the top ten doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the end of the 1998 ATP Tour, and of the 1999 season, with number of rankings points, number of tournaments played, year-end ranking in 1998, highest and lowest position during the season (for singles and doubles individual only, as doubles team rankings are not calculated over a rolling year-to-date system), and number of spots gained or lost from the 1998 to the 1999 year-end rankings.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships
The 1999 ATP Tour World Championships (also known for the doubles event as the Phoenix ATP Tour World Doubles Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. The surface was called "GreenSet On Wood" which had a wood base coated in synthetic material and provided a medium-pace surface. It was the 30th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 26th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and both were part of the 1999 ATP Tour. The singles event took place at the EXPO 2000 Tennis Dome in Hanover, Germany, from November 23 through November 28, 1999, and the doubles event at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, from November 17 through November 21, 1999.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships, Finals, Doubles
Sébastien Lareau /  Alex O'Brien defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Leander Paes, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but failed to qualify as a team that year, as they did not compete together in 1999. Eltingh retired from the sport on November 22, 1998, while Haarhuis qualified with Jared Palmer, but lost in the round robin.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 6–2, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles, Draw, Gold Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles, Draw, Green Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles
Àlex Corretja was the defending champion, but failed to qualify that year.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles
Pete Sampras won in the final 6–1, 7–5, 6–4, against Andre Agassi.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles, Draw, White Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles, Draw, Red Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1999 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament
The 1999 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship was the first staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Hefei, China. Sichuan Fulan of China won the tournament in round robin format.


1999 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament
The 1999 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament was the 1st staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.


1999 Aberdeen City Council election
The 1999 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council. This election was held on the same day as other Scottish local government elections and the first Scottish Parliament Election.


1999 Aberdeen City Council election
The results saw Labour retain its control of the council, albeit with a reduced majority.


1999 Aberdeenshire Council election
Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 6 May 1999; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other Scottish local authorities. 68 councillors were elected from 68 wards using First Past The Post (FPTP). This election was conducted under boundary changes with an increased number of seats from the 47 used in the 1995 election. The Liberal Democrats were the largest party, with councillors also being elected representing the SNP, Independents, and Conservatives.


1999 Abia State gubernatorial election
The 1999 Abia State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Orji Uzor Kalu won the election, defeating the APP candidate.


1999 Abia State gubernatorial election
Orji Uzor Kalu won the PDP nomination at the primary election. His running mate was Eyinnaya Abaribe.


1999 Abia State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Abia State is elected using the plurality voting system.


1999 Abia State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state for the election was 1,321,895. However, only 1,321,400 were previously issued voting cards in the state.


1999 Abkhazian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Abkhazia on 3 October 1999, alongside presidential elections. Voters were asked whether they approved of the constitution that had been approved by the Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1994, together with an amendmentabolishing the life term for appointed judges and replacing it with five year terms. It was approved by 97.7% of voters. However, ethnic Georgians (200,000–250,000) who had been expelled from Abkhazia during the conflict of 1992–93 did not participate in the referendum and the results were not recognised internationally.


1999 Abkhazian constitutional referendum, Aftermath
Following the referendum, the Abkhazian government passed the Act of State Independence of the Republic of Abkhazia on 12 October.


1999 Abkhazian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Abkhazia on 3 October 1999, alongside a constitutional referendum. They were the first direct presidential elections in Abkhazia, and resulted in a victory for incumbent President Vladislav Ardzinba, who ran unopposed.


1999 Abkhazian presidential election, Background
The previous presidential elections in 1994 had been indirect, with Ardzinba elected by the People's Assembly.


1999 Abkhazian presidential election, Background
In August 1999 the Central Election Commission (CEC) headed by Viacheslav Tsugba set-up 28 electoral districts for the purpose of the elections.


1999 Abkhazian presidential election, Campaign
Incumbent President Ardzinba  was nominated by the national-patriotic movement Apsny, and also received the support of the Communist Party and the Abkhaz diaspora in Turkey.


1999 Abkhazian presidential election, Campaign
On 2 September, the CEC registered the nomination of former Foreign Minister Leonid Lakerbaia by his People's Party. However, his candidacy was not approved. The CEC also denied registration to Yahya Kazan, who had been Abkhazia's representative in the United States, on the grounds that he had not lived in Abkhazia for the previous five years and that he did not have a working command of the Abkhaz language.


1999 Abkhazian presidential election, Campaign
There were also rumours that former Vice Chairman Zurab Achba of Aidgylara would run for president, which he dismissed in an interview with Nuzhnaya Gazeta as a "nightmare of an idea".


1999 Acura Classic
The 1999 Acura Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the Tier II category of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 26th edition of the tournament and took place in Manhattan Beach, California, United States, from August 9 through August 15, 1999. Sixth-seeded Serena Williams won the singles title.


1999 Acura Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Acura Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 Acura Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 Acura Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 Acura Classic, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry to the doubles division as lucky losers:


1999 Acura Classic, Finals, Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Larisa Neiland defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0


1999 Acura Classic – Doubles
The 1999 Acura Classic – Doubles was the doubles event of the twentieth edition of the third tournament in the US Open Series. Martina Hingis and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but Hingis did not compete this year. Zvereva played with Mary Pierce, and they were defeated in the first time by Cara Black and Irina Selyutina.


1999 Acura Classic – Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Larisa Neiland won the title, defeating third seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs in the final.


1999 Acura Classic – Singles
The 1999 Acura Classic – Singles was the singles event of the twentieth edition of the third tournament in the US Open Series.


1999 Acura Classic – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the semifinals by Julie Halard-Decugis. Serena Williams then defeated Halard-Decugis in the final to win the title.


1999 Adamawa State gubernatorial election
The 1999 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Boni Haruna won the election, defeating the APP's Bala Takaya.


1999 Adamawa State gubernatorial election
Atiku Abubakar was the PDP candidate after the primary election and defacto winner of the 1999 Adamawa gubernatorial election, but got nominated by PDP presidential candidate, Olusegun Obasanjo, as Vice President. His running mate, Boni Haruna, thereafter assumed his place as Governor-elect. Haruna thereafter picked Bello Tukur as running mate. Among other PDP primary election contestants was Abubakar Girei who got just two votes.


1999 Adamawa State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Adamawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.


1999 Adamawa State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state for the election was 1,260,956. However, 1,261,900 were previously issued voting cards in the state.


1999 Adidas Open de Toulouse
The 1999 Adidas Open de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 27 September until 3 October 1999. Unseeded Nicolas Escudé won the singles title.


1999 Adidas Open de Toulouse, Finals, Doubles
Olivier Delaître /  Jeff Tarango defeated  David Adams /  John-Laffnie de Jager, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4


1999 Adur District Council election
The 1998 Adur District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Adur District Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


1999 Adur District Council election, Results
The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on a council they had controlled since 1986. Overall turnout in the election was 38%.


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
The 1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Philadelphia, United States. It was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from November 8 through November 14, 1999. Second-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money.


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Chanda Rubin /  Sandrine Testud, 6–1, 7–6(7–2)


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles
The 1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles was the tennis doubles event of the seventeenth edition of the Advanta Championships of Philadelphia; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Sugiyama did not compete this year. Likhovtseva competed with Amanda Coetzer, but were defeated in the quarterfinals by Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles
Raymond and Stubbs went on to win the title, defeating Chanda Rubin and Sandrine Testud in the final, 6–1, 7–6.


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles
The 1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles was the tennis singles event of the seventeenth edition of the Advanta Championships of Philadelphia; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Steffi Graf was the defending champion but retired after Wimbledon earlier in the year.


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles
After losing in last year's final, World No. 2 Lindsay Davenport won the title this year, defeating World No. 1 Martina Hingis, 6–3, 6–4.


1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1999 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships
The 1st Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, December 02–05, 1999.


1999 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships
The 5th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Hannover, Germany from June 4 to June 6, 1999.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fifth season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup
Ivorian club Africa Sports appeared in and won their second African Cup Winners' Cup title after defeating former African champions Club Africain of Tunisia 2-1 over the two-legged final.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, Association team allocation
A total of 38 teams from 38 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 38 teams that qualified for the tournament 2 did not participate in it;


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, Format
The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, Format
The away goals rule was used to determine the victors in the event of a match being tied over the two-legs. If it was not possible to determine a winner using the away goals rule, the tie went to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, Preliminary round
The first legs were played on 30 & 31 January, and the second legs were played on 14 February 1999.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, First round
The first legs were played from 12–14 March, and the second legs were played from 26–28 March 1999.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, Second round
The first legs were played between from 30 April-2 May, and the second legs were played from 14–16 May 1999.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 4 & 5 September, and the second legs were played from 19–26 September 1999.


1999 African Cup Winners' Cup, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 10 October, and the second legs were played on 23 & 24 October 1999.


1999 African Judo Championships
The 1999 African Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the African Judo Championships, organised by the African Judo Union and were held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 11 September 1999 to 14 September 1999.


1999 African Junior Athletics Championships
The 1999 African Junior Athletics Championships was the fourth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 22–25 July. A total of 43 events were contested, 22 by men and 21 by women.


1999 African U-17 Championship
The 1999 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Guinea. The top three teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.


1999 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, Preliminary round
The first leg matches were played on either 18 or 19 July 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 1 or 2 August 1998. The winners advanced to the First Round.


1999 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, First round
The first leg matches were played on either the 20, 21, 22 or 23 November 1998. The second leg matches were played on either 4, 5 or 6 December 1998, except for the Libya vs Tunisia match, which was played on 18 December. The winners advanced to the Second Round.


1999 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, Second round
The matches were played on different dates from 6 February to 21 March. The winners advanced to the Finals.


1999 African U-17 Championship, Countries to participate in 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 3 teams which qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.


1999 African Youth Championship
The 1999 African Youth Championship was the tenth edition of the continental Under-20 football competition, held in Ghana. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1999 African Youth Championship, Qualification, Preliminary round
Gambia and Namibia withdrew before playing. As a result, Burkina Faso and Malawi advanced to the next round. Mauritania withdrew after one match and Libya went through.


1999 African Youth Championship, Qualification, First round
Burkina Faso withdrew before playing. As a result, Nigeria advanced to the next round.


1999 African Youth Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The five best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse
At approximately 2:42 a.m. on November 18, 1999, the annual Aggie Bonfire at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, United States, collapsed during its construction, killing 12 people and injuring 27.


1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse, The collapse
The 59-foot (18 m) high stack, consisting of about 5,000 logs, collapsed during construction. Of the 58 students and former students working on the stack, 12 were killed and 27 were injured. Immediately after the collapse, emergency medical technicians and trained first responders of the Texas A&M Emergency Care Team (TAMECT), a student-run, volunteer service, who staffed each stage of construction, administered first aid to the victims. TAMECT alerted the University Police and University EMS, who dispatched all remaining university medics, and requested mutual aid from surrounding agencies. In addition to the mutual aid received from the College Station and Bryan, Texas EMS, Fire, and Police Departments, members of Texas Task Force 1, the state's elite emergency response team, arrived to assist the rescue efforts.


1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse, The collapse
Rescue operations took over 24 hours; the pace was slowed by the decision to remove many of the logs by hand for fear that using heavy equipment to remove them would cause further collapses, resulting in further injuries to those still trapped. Students, including the entire Texas A&M football team and many members of the university's Corps of Cadets, rushed to the site to assist rescue workers with the manual removal of the logs.


1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse, The collapse
The Texas A&M civil engineering department was also called on to examine the site and help the workers determine the order in which the logs could be safely removed, and, at the request of the Texas Forest Service, Steely Lumber Company in Huntsville, Texas, sent log-moving equipment and operators. John Comstock was the last living person to be removed from the stack. He spent months in the hospital following amputation of his left leg and partial paralysis of his right side. Comstock returned to A&M in 2001 to finish his degree.