1999 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota, Report, Race
After the final round of pit stops, Papis continued to lead, though Kanaan, on an alternate strategy was able to run 5-7 laps longer than other frontrunners and thus had a shorter stop and was up to second, only three seconds behind Papis, and well ahead of a battle between Andretti, Franchitti, and Tracy for third. Kanaan initially closed up on Papis, but Papis was able to pull away again, and, behind them, the Ganassi drivers, Montoya and Jimmy Vasser started to set a searing pace.


1999 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota, Report, Race
Both passed Andretti, Franchitti, and Tracy and set off after Kanaan, lapping much quicker than anyone else. However, Vasser had to pit for more fuel after a problem with the fuel rig, and this also made Montoya's task harder as he now had to chase Kanaan on his own without his teammate's help. Papis continued to lead and was well set to take his first career win only for his car to run out of fuel midway through the last lap. Kanaan went by but Montoya was right with him and attempted to pass him at the line. Kanaan however, held on to beat Montoya by 0.032 seconds, with Tracy taking the final step of the podium after passing Andretti at the line.


1999 U.S. Cup
The 1999 Nike U.S. Cup was a four-nation invitational tournament sponsored by Nike, Inc. and organized by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in March 1999. The four teams included the host United States, Mexico, Bolivia and Guatemala. This year, Guatemala was making its first and only appearance in the cup, Bolivia was playing in its second cup and Mexico was appearing for the third time, having won the last two editions, in 1996 and 1997. Mexico would win again this year, for its third consecutive title.


1999 U.S. Cup
While in previous years, the U.S. cup featured four teams in a round robin tournament, with the team having the best record claiming the title, this year USSF elected to use a two-game double header format. The winners of the first two games met for the title in the first game of the second doubleheader while the losers in the first two games played each other in the second doubleheader's later game.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
In the first game of the 1999 Nike U.S. Cup, the U.S. defeated Guatemala 3-1. Coming into the match, seven of the U.S. starters had five or less caps. This showed in the early going as Guatemala controlled the run of play. However, the U.S. slowly regained its composure and using its strength in the air, began to send high balls into the Guatemala area. Ante Razov, Ben Olsen and Brian McBride all had headers saved by Guatemala keeper Edgar Estrada in the first half.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
The first goal of the game came in the 22d minute when Ben Olsen sent a cross into the area from the right. Brian McBride headed the ball towards the front of the goal where Joe-Max Moore quickly blasted into the top of the goal. In the 37th minute, McBride headed in a cross from Razov to give the U.S. a comfortable 2-0 lead going into halftime. However, the Guatemalans came out looking to score and finally found the net after Eddie Lewis took down Guillermo Ortega in the penalty area.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
Jorge Perez took the penalty kick and put it past U.S. keeper Zach Thornton. As the score remained 2-1, Guatemalan frustrations boiled over and Erick Miranda hacked at Joe-Max Moore in the box approaching the 90th minute. Moore turned around and retaliated only to find both himself and Miranda ejected. Both would miss the second game of the cup. As the victor, the U.S. would go on to the title game against the winner of the second game of the day.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
United States: Zach Thornton, Jeff Agoos, Carlos Llamosa, C.J. Brown, Eddie Lewis, Richie Williams, Joe-Max Moore, Ben Olsen (Frankie Hejduk 63’), Jovan Kirovski, Ante Razov (Chris Armas 60’), Brian McBride


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
Guatemala: Edgar Estrada, Julio Giron, German Ruano, Ivan Leon (Catolino Molina 51’) Edgar Valencia, Martin Machon, Jorge Perez, Guillermo Ortega, Erick Miranda, Claudio Rojas, Carlos Ruiz (Julio Rodas 46’)


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
In the second game of the doubleheader, Bolivia went up early when Fernando Ochoaizpur scored in the 6th minute. Bolivia held to that lead until Joel Sanchez scored twice within six minutes to give Mexico the victory and a place in the title match.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
Mexico: Adolfo Ríos, Joel Sanchez, Claudio Suárez, Pável Pardo, (Raul Lara 67’), Salvador Carmona (Rafael Garcia 79’), Miguel Zepeda, Salvador Cabrera (Alberto Garcia Aspe 46’), Paulo Chavez (Ramon Ramirez 46’), Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Luis Hernandez (4-Germán Villa 88’), José Manuel Abundis


1999 U.S. Cup, March 11: first doubleheader
Bolivia: Marco Barrero, Fernando Ochoaizpur, Marco Sandy, Ivan Castillo, Oscar Sanchez, Juan Manuel Pena, Sergio Castillo, Marco Etcheverry, Luis Cristaldo, Jaime Moreno (Juan Berthy 78’), Militon Coimbra


1999 U.S. Cup, March 13, 1999: second doubleheader
The second doubleheader in the 1999 Nike U.S. Cup took place on a clear, 70 F day in San Diego, California. In the first game, the U.S. and Mexico met for the title. The game turned against the U.S. in the 17th minute. José Manuel Abundis carried the ball down the left side of the field before sending a cross in towards Francisco Palencia. U.S. defender Robin Fraser closed on Palencia, but Fraser slipped and the cross ran off his body into the net for an own goal.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 13, 1999: second doubleheader
In the melee in front of the goal, Palencia struck U.S. starting goalkeeper Tony Meola in the face, putting him out of the game. While Meola and U.S. coach Bruce Arena later argued that Palencia had deliberately struck Meola in the face, no foul was called and the goal counted. The goal held until the 51st minute when Frankie Hejduk scored his second goal of the tournament with a first time shot off a Fraser cross. However, Mexico struck back six minutes later when Joel Sanchez shot from 12 yards out. Backup U.S. keeper Zach Thornton blocked the shot, but the rebound went to Abundis who scored from two yards out. The U.S. pressed for an equalizer, but Mexico's defense held and Mexico took the game and the 1999 Nike U.S. Cup title.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 13, 1999: second doubleheader
United States: Tony Meola (Zach Thornton 17’), Jeff Agoos, Robin Fraser, Eddie Pope (Ben Olsen 68’), 3-David Regis, Eddie Lewis (Clint Mathis 83’), Chris Armas, Jovan Kirovski, Frankie Hejduk, Cobi Jones, Brian McBride


1999 U.S. Cup, March 13, 1999: second doubleheader
Mexico: Oscar Perez, Joel Sanchez, Pável Pardo, Salvador Carmona (Miguel Zepeda 46’), Joaquin Beltran, Rual Lara, Alberto Garcia Aspe, Rafael Garcia (Ramon Ramirez 60’), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Luis Hernandez 46’), Francisco Palencia, (Paulo Chavez 57’), José Manuel Abundis (Ricardo Peláez 77)


1999 U.S. Cup, March 13, 1999: second doubleheader
In the second game of the doubleheader, Guatemala defeated Bolivia 2-1 to take third place. Guatemala scored twice in the first half on goals by Jorge Perez in the 18th minute and Edgar Valencia in the 26th minute. Juan Carlos Farah of Bolivia scored in the 49th minute but his team was unable to produce another goal and Guatemala took third place based on goal differential.


1999 U.S. Cup, March 13, 1999: second doubleheader
Guatemala: Julio Englenton, Jose Molina (Catalino Molina 46’), Nelson Caceras, Jorge Perez, Julio Rafael, Claudio Rojas (Carlos Ruiz 78’), Guillermo Ortega, German Ruano, Edgar Valencia (Erik Miranda 67), Julio Rodas, Martin Machon


1999 U.S. Cup, March 13, 1999: second doubleheader
Bolivia: Marco Barrero, Marco Sandy (Juan Carlos Farrah 46’), Luis Cristaldo, Sergio Castillo (Mauricio Ramos 46’), Marco Etcheverry, Milton Coimbra, Luis Liendo (Rolando Rea 86’), Juan Manuel Pena, Eduardo Jiguchi (Ricardo Rojas 46’), Juan Berthy Suárez, Ivan Castillo (Richard Virona 46’)


1999 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place on February 7–14, 1999 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in five disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and compulsory figures (mixed) – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.


1999 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 1999 World Championships and the 1999 Four Continents Championships.


1999 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
It was the final U.S. Championships that included a competition in figures, which had appeared at every U.S. nationals since it began. For the only time, figures were a mixed event separated only by the three levels, with men and women competing against each other. The final skater to trace a figure at Nationals was Lauren Hill.


1999 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men
The 1999 Championships were the first of three U.S. men's titles (1999, 2000, 2003) for Michael Weiss. This was the third appearance in the U.S. Championships for silver medalist, Trifun Zivanovic; and was his highest placing. Bronze medalist Timothy Goebel went on to win the Championships the following year.


1999 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Ladies
For 1999 ladies' champion Michelle Kwan, this was the third of her nine U.S. titles. Silver medalist Naomi Nari Nam was appearing for the first time in the senior ladies' competition. Despite her second-place finish, she was not sent to the World Championships because she was not age-eligible. The 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the corresponding World-level event for which she was age-eligible, had been held earlier that season. The bronze medal win was Angela Nikodinov's first time on the U.S. ladies' medals stand. She would take 3rd place again in 2001.


1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Orlando, United States. It was the 31st edition of the tournament and was held from April 19 to April 26. Magnus Norman won the singles title. Eighth-seeded Magnus Norman won the singles title.


1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Jim Courier /  Todd Woodbridge defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.


1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Grant Stafford and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions, but Ullyett did not participate this year. Stafford partnered Lan Bale, losing in the quarterfinals.


1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Jim Courier and Todd Woodbridge won the title, defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7–6(7–4), 6–4 in the final.


1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
The 1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Orlando, Florida in the United States. It was the 31st edition of the tournament and was held from April 19 to April 26. Magnus Norman won the singles title.


1999 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1999 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1999 United States Open Championship was the 99th U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open and third major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.


1999 U.S. Open (golf)
After a birdie at the penultimate hole to regain an outright lead, Stewart sank a 15-foot (5 m) par putt on the final hole for 279 (−1) and avoided a Monday playoff. He redeemed himself at the U.S. Open, after losing a four-stroke 54-hole lead the year before in San Francisco. Stewart did not get a chance to defend his title in 2000, as he died four months later in a plane crash. The U.S. Open was his eleventh and final PGA Tour win.


1999 U.S. Open (golf)
Major winners Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh were in contention late in their final rounds, but each bogeyed and finished two strokes back, tied for third.


1999 U.S. Open (golf)
This was the first U.S. Open at Pinehurst, which returned in 2005 and 2014. Previously, it hosted the PGA Championship in 1936, the Ryder Cup in 1951, and the North and South Open from 1902 through 1951. More recently, it was the site of season-ending Tour Championship in 1991 and 1992.


1999 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
The 36-hole cut was at 147 (+7) or better, and 68 players advanced to the weekend.


1999 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Kuehne (+7), Molder (+11), Barnes (+13), Kuchar (+15), McKnight (+15), Call (+20).


1999 U.S. Open Cup
The 1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June to October 1999, open to all soccer teams in the United States. It was the first Open Cup tournament to be named after Lamar Hunt. The Rochester Raging Rhinos of the A-League defeated the Colorado Rapids 2–0 in the final at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The Rhinos became the only non-division one team to win the Open Cup title since the inception of Major League Soccer by defeating four MLS teams in the tournament. Another A-League team - the Charleston Battery - also reached the semifinals, and the A-League's Staten Island Vipers were the other non-division one squad to beat an MLS team.


1999 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.


1999 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule, First round
Eight D3 Pro , four PDL, and four USASA teams start.


1999 U.S. Women's Open
The 1999 U.S. Women's Open was the 54th U.S. Women's Open, held June 3–6 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, northwest of Columbus.


1999 U.S. Women's Open
In her twentieth attempt, Juli Inkster won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Sherri Turner. Inkster, 38, broke the under-par scoring record with a 272 (−16) and became the oldest champion since 1955. It was the fourth of her seven major championships; she also won the next major, the LPGA Championship, three weeks later.


1999 U.S. Women's Open
The win was the first by an American at the championship in five years, and Inkster became the first since JoAnne Carner to win the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open. Carner won her amateur title in 1968 and Open titles in 1971 and 1976. Inkster won three consecutive amateur titles in 1980, 1981, and 1982; she won her second Open in 2002.


1999 U.S. Women's Open
Grace Park set the amateur scoring record at 283 (−5) and turned professional shortly after.


1999 U.S. Women's Open
Annika Sörenstam shot 146 (+2) and missed the cut by two strokes, the second and last time she failed to play the weekend in her fifteen appearances. She previously missed the cut in 1997, as the two-time defending champion (1995, 1996). Sörenstam won her third Open in 2006, the last of her ten major titles.


1999 UAB Blazers football team
The 1999 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 1999, and was the ninth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his fifth season as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their fourth season at the I-A level, and their first affiliated with a conference with a record of 5–6 (4–2 C-USA).


1999 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 1999 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 1999 NCAA Division II football season. They played as a Division II independent in 1999. They would stay an independent until 2004 when they became a charter member of the Great West Conference (GWC).


1999 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 1999 Aggies were led by seventh-year head coach Bob Biggs and played their home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the regular season with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1). This was the 30th consecutive year UC Davis finished with a winning record.


1999 UC Davis Aggies football team
At the end of the season the Aggies were ranked #5 and were invited to the Division II playoffs for the fourth year in a row. In the first round they defeated 18th-ranked Central Oklahoma at their home stadium in Davis, California. In the second round (quarterfinal) they again played in their home stadium, but were upset by Northeastern State. That brought the Aggies final record to ten wins and two losses (10–2). The Aggies outscored their opponents 393–233 for the season.


1999 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2000 NFL Draft.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team
The 1999 UCF Golden Knights football season was Mike Kruczek's second year as the head coach of the Golden Knights. Looking to build on the success of a nine-win season the year before, the Knights visited five high-profile opponents. Kruczek led UCF to an overall record of 4–7. With the departure of Daunte Culpepper to the NFL Draft, the quarterback duties were taken over by college journeyman Vic Penn. On two occasions, the Golden Knights nearly upset a major SEC opponent on the road.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Season summary
The Golden Knights opened the season at the Citrus Bowl, hosting their largest-profile opponent thus far since elevating to Division I-A. Purdue, led by quarterback Drew Brees, soundly defeated UCF 47-13. UCF got out to an early 6-0 lead, but the Boilermakers scored 47 unanswered points, as Brees threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns. As the game got out of hand, two players were later ejected, and twice fans were arrested for running out on the field. The loss snapped UCF's school record of 11 consecutive home game wins, dating back to November 1996.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Season summary
After being routed by #4 Florida, and #10 Georgia Tech, the Golden Knights almost earned their first victory over an SEC team. UCF was defeated 24–23 by #11 Georgia in a game known as the "Burglary Between the Hedges." (see below). At the 20 yard line with 15 seconds left, quarterback Vic Penn lofted a pass to Kenny Clark in the endzone, but Clark was tackled out of bounds by Bulldogs defender Jeff Harris in what appeared to be blatant pass interference. The SEC officials, however, inexcusably called offensive pass interference on UCF. The Golden Knights were backed up 15 yards, and out of field goal range, and were robbed of a chance for victory.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Season summary
After starting the season 0-4, the Golden Knights earned two victories against Division I-AA opponents (Eastern Illinois and Nicholls State). They finally got their first win of the season against a Division I-A team with a 31-6 win over Eastern Michigan on October 30.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Season summary
On November 6, UCF was poised for another possible upset. After a near-miss against Auburn a year earlier, UCF once again took the Tigers down to the wire. Trailing 10-7 with three minutes left, the Tigers blasted for three touchdowns in the span of 97 seconds, dropping UCF by a final score of 28-10.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Season summary
During the decade of the 1990s, UCF would compile an overall record of 67–46–0 (.593) during the decade.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
The UCF Golden Knights traveled to Athens to take on No. 11 ranked Georgia at Sanford Stadium. The Golden Knights were defeated 24–23 in a game that became known as the "Burglary Between the Hedges." The young UCF program, in only its fourth season in Division I-A, was 0–7 against SEC teams, and in the closing seconds, appeared poised for a historic upset. However, a controversial offensive pass interference penalty thrown by officials in the endzone late in the game took away their chance for victory. The Bulldogs entered the game undefeated and as a 28-point favorite over the 0–3 injury-depleted Golden Knights.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
In the first quarter, the Bulldogs jumped out to a 14–3 lead with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Quincy Carter to Terrence Evans, followed by an 8-yard touchdown run by Jasper Sanks. Javier Beorlegui kicked a 28-yard field goal for UCF's first points, but it came moments after Kenny Clark had dropped a touchdown pass in the endzone. Looking to go up by three scores, Georgia gambled on their next drive, going for it on a 4th down & 9 at the UCF 43-yard line.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
Receiver Michael Greer was tackled by UCF defensive back Davin Bush just inches short of the first down, and the Bulldogs turned the ball over on downs. That crucial stop would set up the Golden Knights first touchdown. It was the first of several miscues by the Bulldogs that kept the game close.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
Early in the second quarter, UCF finished off an 11-play, 66-yard drive, that culminated in a 5-yard touchdown run by Page Sessoms. Aided by a 15-yard personal foul penalty against the Bulldogs, the Golden Knights had advanced to the Georgia 12. Facing 4th & Goal at the 6 yard line, RamPage Sessoms slipped by untouched for the score. The deficit was trimmed to 14–10. Georgia went a quick three-and-out on their next drive, setting up a Jonathan Kilgo punt deep in their own territory.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
Rioct Joseph blocked the punt, and it was recovered by Thad Ward, who returned the ball 6 yards for a UCF touchdown. The Golden Knights led 17–14 with 9:26 remaining in the second quarter. On the next drive, Georgia fumbled away the ball near midfield. With the momentum swinging to UCF, the Golden Knights drove to the 10 yard line. Beorlegui's 27-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Kendrell Bell, and the drive came up empty. In the final minute, the Bulldogs managed a 54-yard field goal by Hap Hines, and a 17–17 halftime tie.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
On their first possession of the third quarter, Georgia drove 70 yards in 8 plays for a go-ahead touchdown. Jasper Sanks broke away for a 54-yard run, and a sure touchdown, but he was caught and tackled from behind by Travis Fisher. Moments later, the Bulldogs capped off the drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Carter to Michael Greer. At the end of the third quarter, Georgia led 24–17.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
In the fourth quarter, UCF put together a superb touchdown drive. UCF drove 89 yards in 12 plays. They never faced a third down. Omari Howard broke away for a 21-yard run down to the Georgia 32, setting the Knights up deep in Bulldogs territory. Vic Penn threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Page Sessoms, but Javier Beorlegui missed the extra point. The score was now 24–23 with 9:13 remaining in regulation.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
With 1:41 left in regulation, trailing by only 1 point, Vic Penn began leading UCF on a hopeful game-winning drive. He swiftly drove the Golden Knights 61 yards to the Bulldogs 20 yard line, spiking the ball with 25 seconds left on the clock. Rather than taking a knee, running out the clock and attempting a 37-yard field goal as time expired, head coach Mike Kruczek decided to call another play. Kruczek admitted "I'm not overwhelmed with confidence in our field goal kicking", after Beorlegui's two earlier misses, and decided to take one last crack at the endzone instead.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
Penn threw a fade pattern to receiver Kenny Clark on the left front corner of the endzone, but the ball fell incomplete. Bulldogs cornerback Jeff Harris was all over Clark, but a flag was thrown for offensive pass interference. The Golden Knights were backed up 15 yards, and out of field goal range. A sack on the next play set up a desperation pass as time expired. Penn's pass was intercepted, sealing the game for Georgia, and snuffing out the upset bid.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
The offensive pass interference penalty was instantly controversial. Observers on both sides of the field were shocked by the call, which was made by an SEC officiating crew. UCF head coach Mike Kruczek said he saw "face guarding, defensive pass interference, plain and simple, and 86,000 people saw the same thing." According to UCF radio announcer Marc Daniels, Harris was blanketing Clark along the sidelines, and "basically tackled Kenny Clark out of bounds."


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
Even Georgia head coach Jim Donnan appeared surprised, conjecturing it was a payback for the 102 yards of penalties Georgia had been assessed, saying "I thought it was a good call, even if it was a bad call - very apropos." He went on to say "We might not be as good as everybody wants us to be." Bulldogs radio announcer Larry Munson believed that UCF "got a really bad break on that call."


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
Harris claimed he "just tried to put my body between [Clark] and the ball, and he grabbed me." Clark said afterwards "I'm not going to call it a bad call, but I thought it was defensive pass interference. I don't know how they could have made that call." He went on to say UCF "let it slip away, and they [Georgia] know it". Quarterback Vic Penn, who at the time thought the pass attempt was a safe play call, reflected upon the incident saying "no doubt about it, we were robbed." Later in the season, Georgia Tech coach George O'Leary (coincidentally the future UCF coach) was studying game film for his upcoming rivalry game against Georgia. When he came across the play in question he said "Whoaaa, there's those SEC officials again. It was a terrible call."


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, September 25: at Georgia - "Burglary Between the Hedges"
The Golden Knights had racked up 441 yards of offense with 30 first downs, controlling the clock for nearly 36 minutes. The Bulldogs had 13 penalties for 102 yards and committed the game's only turnover except for Penn's interception on the final play. Though Georgia escaped with the win, they were highly criticized for poor play, particularly on defense. UCF kicker Javier Beorlegui was singled out by many, having missed a field goal, an extra point, and having another field goal attempt blocked - all three of which could have changed the outcome. The game would go down as one of the most devastating losses in school history. The two teams would not play again until the 2010 Liberty Bowl.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, November 6: at Auburn
The UCF Golden Knights traveled to Jordan–Hare Stadium to face the Auburn Tigers for the third straight year. Going into the game the Golden Knights were 0–8 against SEC teams, and 0–14 against major Division I-A opponents. The previous season, the Golden Knights had suffered a heartbreaking 10–6 loss at Auburn, and were looking to finally notch a win against a major opponent after a bevy near-misses. With a bowl berth out of the picture for 1999, and with the Tigers in the midst of a five-game losing streak, UCF instead shifted their focus on securing a signature victory to help further their program.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, November 6: at Auburn
In the first quarter, Auburn quarterback Jeff Klein threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Tavares Robinson and an early 7–0 Tigers lead. The 73-yard opening drive included a 24-yard run by Heath Evans. However, Auburn's offense would suffer more frustration than success over the next two quarters of play. Pinned back at their own 2 yard line, UCF quarterback Vic Penn threw a crucial 13-yard pass completion to Kenny Clark from his own endzone. On the next play, Penn connected with Charles Lee for an 83-yard touchdown. The Golden Knights tied the game 7–7, despite Lee entering the game suffering from a stomach flu.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, November 6: at Auburn
At the start of the third quarter, Penn led the Golden Knights on a 9-play, 53-yard drive. Javier Beorlegui kicked a 39-yard field goal to give UCF a 10–7 lead. Later, Golden Knights safety Tommy Shavers intercepted Jeff Klein in the red zone, snuffing out a Tigers scoring opportunity. Auburn kicker Damon Duval missed two field goals wide left, and the Golden Knights clung to the same 10–7 lead at the end of the third quarter.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, November 6: at Auburn
Vic Penn drove the Golden Knights into Auburn territory early in the fourth quarter. Facing a third down at the Auburn 24 yard line with just over ten minutes left in regulation, Penn barely missed too high an open Charles Lee in the endzone. UCF had to settle for a 43-yard field goal attempt. Beorlegui's kick hit the crossbar, and fell no good. Subsequently, the Tigers drove 70 yards in 16 plays, including five third down conversions, for a go-ahead 16-yard touchdown catch by Reggie Worthy with only 3:41 left in regulation.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, November 6: at Auburn
Trailing 14–10, the Golden Knights were pinned back deep in their own territory. Facing a 4th & 15, Penn was sacked at his own 8 yard line for a turnover on downs. One play later, the Tigers were back in the endzone with an 8-yard touchdown run by Heath Evans. The Golden Knights had one last meaningful possession, but Penn was intercepted by Alex Lincoln who returned the ball 20 yards for a touchdown, and a 28–10 final score.


1999 UCF Golden Knights football team, Selected game summaries, November 6: at Auburn
After trailing much of the game, the Tigers scored three touchdowns in the span of 97 seconds to rally for the victory. The two schools would not play one another again until the 2018 Peach Bowl.


1999 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 1999 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Poprad, Slovakia on Saturday 30 January 1999 and Sunday 31 January 1999.


1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
The 1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were the 10th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and were held in Åre in the North of Sweden. The events included were cross-country and downhill.


1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
The 1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were the first to include the cross-country team relay. The Spanish team won the inaugural world title in the discipline.


1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Nicolas Vouilloz won his fifth consecutive world title in the elite men's downhill. Anne-Caroline Chausson won her fourth consecutive world title in the elite women's downhill.


1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup were the 1999 mountain biking world cup races and were held in three disciplines: Cross-country, Downhill and Dual for both men and women.


1999 UCI Road World Championships
The 1999 UCI Road World Championships took place in Treviso and Verona, Italy, between October 3 and October 10, 1999. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.


1999 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
These are the results for the 1999 UCI Road World Championships bicycle race road race. The men's elite race was held on Sunday October 10, 1999, in Verona, Italy, over a total distance of 260 kilometres (16 laps). There were a total number of 172 starters, with 49 cyclists finishing the race.


1999 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's Individual Time Trial at the 1999 World Cycling Championships was held on Thursday 7 October 1999 in Treviso, Italy, over a total distance of 50.8 kilometres. There were a total number of 59 starters, with three non-starters.


1999 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The Women's Road Race at the 1999 UCI Road World Championships was held on Saturday October 9, 1999, in Verona, Italy, over a total distance of 113,75 kilometres (seven laps). There were a total of 119 starters, with 93 cyclists finishing the race.


1999 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's Individual Time Trial at the 1999 UCI Road World Championships was held on Tuesday October 5, 1999, in Verona, Italy, over a total distance of 25.8 kilometres. There were a total number of 40 starters, with one non-starter. The first woman started at 03:00 pm.


1999 UCI Road World Cup
The 1999 UCI Road World Cup was the eleventh edition of the UCI Road World Cup. It was won by Belgian classics specialist Andrei Tchmil.


1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Berlin, Germany from October 20 to October 24, 1999. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women. France dominated most of the events, with Félicia Ballanger and Marion Clignet making a clean sweep of the women's championships by taking two golds each, France won over half of the gold medals on offer.


1999 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 1999 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 21 May 1999 to 6 September 1999. The World Cup is organised by the UCI.


1999 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 1999 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the second edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. It consisted of nine rounds: in addition to the six rounds in 1998 that were all retained there were the New Zealand World Cup, the Primavera Rosa and La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. Australian rider Anna Wilson of Saturn Cycling Team won the series.


1999 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1999 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were led by head coach Bob Toledo.


1999 UCLA Bruins softball team
The 1999 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1999 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sue Enquist, in her eleventh season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 63–6. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 22–6 record.


1999 UCLA Bruins softball team
The Bruins were invited to the 1999 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the West Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eighth Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, and 1995. The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final
The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Injury time goals from Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær cancelled out Mario Basler's early goal for Bayern to give Manchester United a 2–1 win. Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited this match as one of the most memorable of his career, and described the noise from the crowd at the end of the game as being like a "lion's roar".


1999 UEFA Champions League Final
The two sides had played each other earlier in the competition, having both been drawn in Group D in the group stage; Bayern won the group, while Manchester United qualified for the knockout phase as one of the two best runners-up across all six groups. After beating Inter Milan in the quarter-finals, Manchester United beat another Italian side, Juventus, in the semis to reach the final; meanwhile, Bayern beat fellow Germans Kaiserslautern in the quarter-finals, before overcoming Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv in the semis. The victory completed a treble-winning season for Manchester United, after they had won the Premier League and FA Cup. Bayern were also playing for a treble, having won the Bundesliga and reached the DFB-Pokal final, although they went on to lose that match as well.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Manchester United and Bayern Munich had only met twice in competitive matches before the final, both meetings coming earlier in the 1998–99 season and both finished as draws. Manchester United's only other German opponents in their history were Borussia Dortmund, against whom they had an overall winning record, with three wins, two defeats and a draw in their six matches, including a 10–1 aggregate win in the second round of the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 2–0 aggregate defeat in the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Bayern Munich had an equally narrow advantage in their 22 matches against English opposition, with seven wins, nine draws and six defeats, including a win over Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final and a defeat to Aston Villa in the 1982 final.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Including the victory over Leeds in 1975, Bayern Munich had won the European Cup on three occasions going into the 1999 final. With three victories in a row from 1974 to 1976, they became only the third team to achieve such a feat after Real Madrid (1956 to 1960) and Ajax (1971 to 1973). They had also finished as runners-up twice: in 1982 against Aston Villa and 1987 against Porto. Although Bayern had been waiting 23 years for a European Cup title, Manchester United had had to wait even longer, their only victory having come in 1968.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Their manager then was Matt Busby, who had been seriously injured 10 years earlier in the Munich air disaster, which killed eight of his players on the way back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade, before rebuilding the team to become European Cup winners. Busby died in 1994; the day of the 1999 Champions League final would have been his 90th birthday.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Although it was the second Champions League season to feature clubs that had not won their national leagues the year before, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were the first such clubs to reach the final of the competition.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Nevertheless, both went into the match as champions, having won their domestic leagues in 1998–99; Bayern Munich claimed the Bundesliga title with a 1–1 draw against Hertha BSC on 9 May with three games to go, while Manchester United left it until the last day of the season (16 May), when they came back from 1–0 down against Tottenham Hotspur to win 2–1 and beat Arsenal to the title by a point. Both teams were also playing for the treble; in addition to their league win, Manchester United had beaten Newcastle United in the 1999 FA Cup Final on 22 May to claim the Double, while Bayern were due to play Werder Bremen in the 1999 DFB-Pokal Final on 12 June.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Qualifying round
Since neither Manchester United nor Bayern Munich had won their respective leagues in 1997–98, both sides faced a qualifier to enter the 1998–99 Champions League. Manchester United were drawn against Polish champions ŁKS Łódź and won 2–0 on aggregate, goals from Ryan Giggs and Andy Cole in the first leg at Old Trafford giving them the victory. Bayern Munich had an easier time against Yugoslavian champions Obilić, winning 4–0 in the first leg at the Olympiastadion with goals from Stefan Effenberg, Giovane Élber, Alexander Zickler and Thorsten Fink, all scored in the space of 17 second-half minutes. In the second leg, played at Partizan's ground in Belgrade, an 88th-minute goal from Lothar Matthäus rescued a 1–1 draw to give Bayern a 5–1 win on aggregate.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
In the group stage, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were drawn together in Group D, along with Spanish champions Barcelona and Danish champions Brøndby, in what was soon known as the "group of death". United and Bayern found themselves bottom of the group after the first round of matches, in which Bayern lost 2–1 away to Brøndby after surrendering a 1–0 lead in the last three minutes; United, meanwhile, played out a 3–3 draw at home to Barcelona after twice giving up the lead.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
The first group stage meeting between United and Bayern took place at the Olympiastadion on matchday 2 and finished in a 2–2 draw; Élber opened the scoring for Bayern before goals from Dwight Yorke and Paul Scholes gave United the lead, only for a Teddy Sheringham own goal – brought about by an error by Peter Schmeichel – to level the scores in the 89th minute.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Matchdays 3 and 4 saw double-headers, with Manchester United taking on Brøndby and Bayern Munich playing Barcelona. Manchester United beat Brøndby 6–2 in their first match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, then 5–0 at Old Trafford two weeks later. Bayern also recorded a pair of victories over Barcelona, winning 1–0 at the Olympiastadion and 2–1 at the Camp Nou. On matchday 5, United played their second match against Barcelona – their first trip of the season to the Camp Nou – and again the two sides played out a 3–3 draw.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
With Bayern beating Brøndby 2–0 at home, the German side moved onto 10 points and took top spot in the group going into the final round of matches, one point ahead of United. Qualification for the quarter-finals was only guaranteed for the group winners, meaning that both United and Bayern had to play for victory in their final match against each other at Old Trafford.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
United took the lead just before half-time through a Roy Keane strike from just outside the penalty area; however, Hasan Salihamidžić equalised for Bayern in the 55th minute and the game finished as a 1–1 draw. The result meant that Bayern finished as group winners, but United's points total was enough to see them go through as one of the two group runners-up with the best record.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Knockout stage
In the quarter-finals, Bayern Munich were drawn against Group F winners and fellow German side Kaiserslautern, while Manchester United were paired with Group C winners Inter Milan. Two Yorke goals gave United a 2–0 win in their first leg at Old Trafford, while Bayern beat Kaiserslautern by the same scoreline at the Olympiastadion through goals from Élber and Effenberg. In the second leg, Nicola Ventola pulled a goal back for Inter, but Paul Scholes secured United's passage to the semi-finals with a late away goal. Meanwhile, Bayern won convincingly at Kaiserslautern, as goals from Effenberg, Carsten Jancker, Mario Basler and an own goal from Uwe Rösler gave them a 4–0 win, 6–0 on aggregate.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Knockout stage
United again came up against Italian opposition in the semi-finals, facing Juventus, who had beaten Greek side Olympiacos in the quarters, and Bayern were drawn against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who beat reigning champions Real Madrid to reach the semis. Both first legs finished as draws; Giggs scored in injury time to secure a 1–1 home draw for Manchester United after Antonio Conte had put Juventus ahead midway through the first half, while Bayern also had to come from behind to draw 3–3 in Kyiv.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Knockout stage
A single goal from Basler proved the difference between Bayern and Dynamo in the second leg, giving the Germans a 4–3 aggregate win. Manchester United fell behind early in Turin, as Filippo Inzaghi scored twice in the first 11 minutes. Goals from Keane and Yorke before half-time levelled the tie but gave United the advantage on away goals, before Cole secured victory with the winning goal seven minutes from time.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue and ticketing
The Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, was selected as the venue for the final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 October 1998. The selection process had begun more than four months earlier, in May 1998, when FC Barcelona submitted the Camp Nou as a contender to host the match in recognition of the club's centenary year.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue and ticketing
The other venues in contention to host the match were London's Wembley Stadium and Marseille's Stade Vélodrome, but the Camp Nou was considered by UEFA's Stadiums Commission to be the favourite for its superior security, comfort and capacity. The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 4–0 victory over Steaua București of Romania in 1989. It had also hosted two Cup Winners' Cup finals, in 1972 and 1982; the latter was won on home turf by Barcelona.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue and ticketing
The Camp Nou was constructed over three years from 1954 to 1957 as a replacement for Barcelona's previous home, the nearby Camp de Les Corts. The original capacity of the Camp Nou was just over 93,000, but its first major European final, the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final, was attended by just 35,000 spectators.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue and ticketing
1982 was the stadium's busiest year to date, hosting not only the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup Final, but also five matches at the FIFA World Cup, including the opening match, all three matches in Group A of the second group stage and the semi-final between Poland and Italy. Subsequent renovations meant that by 1999, the stadium's capacity had reached 115,000.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue and ticketing
Due to UEFA regulations regarding standing at football matches, the Camp Nou's terraced sections were closed for the 1999 Champions League Final, reducing the capacity to approximately 92,000. Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets each). The remaining third was divided between fans of FC Barcelona (around 7,500 tickets), UEFA, and competition sponsors.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue and ticketing
After an initial announcement that the clubs would only receive 25,000 tickets each, the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA) called that figure "ridiculous", claiming it would push black market prices to "astronomical levels"; the group's spokesman, Lee Hodgkiss, suggested a figure closer to 50,000 would be more appropriate, given the stadium's usual capacity of around 115,000. Despite the club receiving only 30,000 tickets, it was estimated that up to 100,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Barcelona for the final, paying around £300 for flights and around £1,000 for match tickets. Many were able to buy tickets from touts, who had paid up to £400 to buy from Barcelona fans who had bought through their club for the equivalent of £28.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue and ticketing
As well as reducing the capacity of the stadium, UEFA also mandated that the Camp Nou pitch be narrowed by 4 metres (13 ft) from 72 metres (236 ft) to 68 metres (223 ft), to match UEFA's 'standard' pitch size.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Match ball
The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. It featured a large "swoosh" across two adjacent hexagonal panels with the Champions League logo on a pentagonal panel above, and a pattern of five-pointed stars similar to those used in the UEFA Champions League logo over the entire surface of the ball.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Match officials
The match referee was Pierluigi Collina of the Italian Football Federation. Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 1995–96 season.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Match officials
He had only refereed eight Champions League matches before the 1999 final, three of which came in the group stage earlier in the season, including the match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou on 4 November 1998; however, he had also taken charge of four matches at the 1996 Summer Olympics, including the final between Nigeria and Argentina, and two group stage matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Collina was supported by fellow Italian officials Gennaro Mazzei and Claudio Puglisi as assistant referees, and fourth official Fiorenzo Treossi.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Kits
As both Manchester United and Bayern Munich's primary kits featured significant amounts of red, UEFA regulations about kit clashes would normally have required both teams to wear their change kits. However, the two clubs felt it would have been a shame for neither to wear their traditional colours, and they agreed to toss a coin to see who would have first choice. Manchester United won the toss and therefore wore their usual European colours of red shirts, white shorts and white socks, while Bayern wore silver shirts, shorts and socks, all with maroon trim.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
Prior to kick-off, opera singer Montserrat Caballé – moving around the field on the back of a golf cart – performed a live version of "Barcelona", a song she recorded with the late Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1987, accompanied by a recording of Mercury on the stadium's electronic screen. The opening ceremony featured inflatable versions of some of Barcelona's most recognisable landmarks, as well as flag-bearers waving flags of the crests of the participating teams. Bayern Munich's fans, meanwhile, created a tifo of the name of their team with thousands of coloured cards.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Manchester United left England two days before the final, first flying from Manchester Ringway Airport to Heathrow, where they boarded a Concorde aircraft for the flight to Barcelona. They stayed in the Meliá Gran hotel in the town of Sitges, about 20 mi (32 km) down the coast south-west of Barcelona.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Captain Roy Keane and midfielder Paul Scholes both missed out on the final due to suspension; manager Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham as a player who could help the team control possession in the middle of the pitch, with Giggs on the right wing and Jesper Blomqvist starting on the left. Keane had suffered an ankle injury in the FA Cup final that would keep him out until the start of the following season, but his suspension rendered the injury irrelevant to his selection.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Norwegian defender Henning Berg also missed out through injury, meaning that his compatriot Ronny Johnsen – who had been an early contender to play alongside Butt in midfield – played in central defence alongside Jaap Stam, who overcame an Achilles injury. With Keane out, goalkeeper Schmeichel – who in November 1998 had announced his intention to leave Manchester United at the end of the season – was named as captain for his final Manchester United appearance; this meant that both sides were captained by their goalkeepers, as Oliver Kahn wore the armband for Bayern.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
As Manchester United's top two goalscorers throughout the season, Cole and Yorke started up front, leaving Sheringham – who had played a part in both goals in the FA Cup Final a few days earlier – on the bench. Also on the bench were fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær, back-up goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown, and midfielder Jonathan Greening.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. Injuries also impacted on his selections, with French left-back Bixente Lizarazu and Brazilian forward Élber having suffered season-ending knee injuries. Élber's absence resulted in Bayern playing a three-man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler, while Lizarazu was replaced on the left flank by Michael Tarnat playing in a wing-back role opposite Markus Babbel on the right.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Team selection
Babbel was originally intended to play a man-marking role on Giggs, with his defensive abilities earning him selection ahead of the more attack-minded Thomas Strunz; however, this was nullified by Giggs' selection on the right wing, where he would play against Tarnat. The Bayern defence was anchored around sweeper Matthäus, who played behind Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour – the only non-German in the Bayern side (by comparison, Manchester United had four Englishmen in their team); Linke and Kuffour's partnership at centre-back meant club captain Thomas Helmer had to settle for a place on the bench. Effenberg and Jens Jeremies played in central midfield for Bayern, with Jeremies man-marking Beckham.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, First half
Six minutes into the match, Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Jancker just outside the area, and Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal, as Schmeichel was caught flat-footed. Although they were now a goal down, United began to dominate possession, but failed to create any clear-cut chances. The Bayern defence remained strong and well-organised, as Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. As Bayern began to look increasingly dangerous on the counter-attack than their opponents did in possession, Jancker repeatedly tested the United back four with a number of clever runs, some of which were flagged offside.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, First half
Cole once again found himself with a chance in the Bayern box, but goalkeeper Kahn hurried out of his goal to punch the ball to safety. At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. As half-time approached, United winger Giggs, playing out of position on the right, sent a weak header towards Kahn from a Cole cross, but that was as close as they were to come to a goal in the first half.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
The German team started the second half in a more positive mood, with Jancker forcing a save from Schmeichel within a minute after the restart. Basler was proving to be Bayern's most dangerous player, first firing a 30-yard shot towards goal and then setting up a header for Babbel, who missed the ball entirely. United put together an attack when, after a healthy period of possession, Giggs crossed towards Blomqvist, who could only knock the ball over the bar after a desperate stretch. Another chance for Basler prompted Ferguson to bring on Sheringham.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Hitzfeld responded with a substitution of his own, bringing on Mehmet Scholl, who immediately set up Effenberg for a long-range shot that went narrowly wide. Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. Scholl then almost scored from a delicate 20-yard chip after a run from Basler, but the ball bounced back off the post and into Schmeichel's arms. With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced Solskjær with 10 minutes remaining.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; it was the closest United had come to scoring all game. A minute later, Bayern missed a chance to secure the trophy, when an overhead kick from Jancker came off the crossbar. As the game crept into the last five minutes, United's two substitutes forced Kahn into more saves, firstly through a Sheringham volley and then from another Solskjær header.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Beckham... in towards Schmeichel... it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with the shot... Sheringham! Name on the trophy! Teddy Sheringham, with 30 seconds of added time played, has equalised for Manchester United – they are still in the European Cup!


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Clive Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast call of Sheringham's injury time equaliser


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
United won a corner just as the fourth official indicated three minutes of injury time, and with so little time left for an equaliser, Schmeichel ventured up to Bayern's penalty area. Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, Yorke put the ball back towards the crowded area, and after Fink failed to clear sufficiently, the ball arrived at the feet of Giggs on the edge of the area.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
His right-footed snap-shot was weak and poorly struck, but it went straight to Sheringham, who swiped at the shot with his right foot, and nestled the ball in the bottom corner of the net. The goal was timed at 36 seconds into injury time. It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
You have to feel this is their year. Is this their moment? Beckham, into Sheringham – and Solskjær has won it! Manchester United have reached the promised land! Ole Solskjær! The two substitutes have scored the two goals in stoppage time and the treble looms large!


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Less than 30 seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time, under instruction from Ferguson. Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. Solskjær reacted fastest, stuck out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take the lead with just 43 seconds of the three minutes of injury time to play. Solskjær celebrated by sliding on his knees, mimicking Basler's earlier celebration, before quickly being mobbed by the United players, substitutes and coaching staff. Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
The game restarted, but many Bayern players were overwhelmed with despair, virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee Collina to drag themselves off the ground. They were stunned to have lost a game they had thought won just minutes before (several celebratory flares had already been ignited by the Bayern fans moments before United equalised, and ribbons in the club's colours had already been secured to the trophy itself in preparation for the presentation ceremony).


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary, Second half
United held onto their lead to record their second European Cup title, and at the final whistle, referee Collina described the cheers from the fans as being like a "lion's roar". Kuffour broke down in tears after the game, beating the floor in despair, and Jancker collapsed in anguish. Matthäus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup Final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. He had been substituted with 10 minutes remaining, with victory seemingly assured.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
The game's ending was so unexpected that UEFA President Lennart Johansson had left his seat in the stands before Sheringham's equaliser to make his way down to the pitch to present the European Cup trophy, which was already decorated with Bayern ribbons. When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. "I can't believe it", he later said, "The winners are crying and the losers are dancing." When the two teams went to collect their medals, Matthäus received his runner-up medal but removed it from his neck almost immediately.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
He never won the competition as a player, having moved to play in the United States for the MetroStars in March 2000, the year before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. Matthäus later commented that "it was not the best team that won but the luckiest".


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
As captain of Manchester United, Schmeichel should have received his medal last, but instead he went up first before having to return to the back of the queue with Ferguson; the pair then lifted the trophy together, surrounded by the rest of Manchester United's players, including May, who climbed the presentation podium to a position of prominence in the celebration photographs.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Staying true to his word from earlier in the season, the match was Schmeichel's last in a Manchester United shirt, and a month later he signed for Portuguese club Sporting CP. He spent two seasons in Portugal before returning to England for spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City. It was also Blomqvist's last competitive appearance for the club. After playing in all four matches of the club's pre-season tour of Australia and China in July 1999, he suffered a succession of knee injuries that ruled him out of competitive action for the next two seasons.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
He made two more appearances for the first team during the 2000–01 pre-season campaign, as well as three matches for the reserves in September and October 2001, before a free transfer to Everton in November that year. For Bayern Munich, substitutes Helmer and Ali Daei left the club in the summer of 1999; Helmer moved to England to play for Sunderland, while Daei remained in Germany with Hertha BSC.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer recognised that it was a loss of concentration in the last few minutes that led to his side's defeat: "That was the cruellest defeat possible because victory was so close. We already had victory in the bag and there were only a few seconds to go. But those few seconds were enough for Manchester [United] to get back into the game. We were playing well in the last 20 minutes and should have been able to hold on to victory. But in the end, Manchester deservedly won."


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Manager Hitzfeld seemed more stunned by the result in his reaction: "I feel so sorry for my team because they were so close to winning this match but they have lost. It's really difficult to digest and this is inconceivable for us but then this is what football is all about. Normally when the opposition equalise you are expecting extra-time and it was a shock to our team when they scored the winner two minutes later. It could take days or even weeks to recover from this but I must say that Manchester are great champions."


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
In winning the trophy, Manchester United became the first English team to be crowned European champions since the Heysel Stadium disaster ban in 1985, which had resulted in English clubs being excluded from UEFA competitions for five years, and also the first team to achieve the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and European Cup in the same season. It was the first time the treble had been won since PSV Eindhoven in 1988; it would not be won again until Barcelona beat Manchester United in the Champions League final 10 years later.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
After becoming the first manager of an English club to achieve this honour, Ferguson was made a Knight Bachelor on 12 June 1999 in recognition of his services to football, as well as a bonus from the club reported to be in the region of £350,000 (the players received bonuses of £150,000 each). In a post-match interview with ITV's Gary Newbon, Ferguson provided a succinct summary of the game: "Football, eh? Bloody hell".


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
After the treble was secured, much debate arose among English football fans as to whether the 1999 Manchester United team was the greatest club side ever, alongside past European Cup-winning teams. It was such a significant achievement for an English football club that Prime Minister Tony Blair took the time to watch part of the match and congratulate Manchester United from the opening of the new National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Manchester United became the first team to win the European Cup or Champions League without being the champions of Europe or champions of their country the preceding season. They had finished second behind Arsenal in the 1997–98 FA Premier League, but had qualified through UEFA's expanded 24-team format, which had been introduced a season earlier. Had Bayern won the cup, they would have become the first team to achieve this feat, having also finished second in the Bundesliga to Kaiserslautern the season before. While Manchester United finished the season as treble champions, Bayern ultimately lost the DFB-Pokal final to Werder Bremen, which meant they finished the season with the Bundesliga title as their only silverware.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Manchester United received £2 million in prize money from UEFA for winning the competition, on top of the £10 million they had already won just for reaching the final; by comparison, Bayern Munich received £1.6 million for finishing as runners-up.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Manchester United also received another financial boost in the form of an increase in the share price of their parent company on the London Stock Exchange; following the match, the price rose from 187 pence per share to 190 pence; however, this was still around 50p less than the shares were trading for earlier in the season during the attempted buyout of the club by BSkyB.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Manchester United planned an open-top bus tour of the city of Manchester the day after the game, at which they would parade their three trophies for an expected 700,000 people lining the streets between Sale and the city centre. The parade culminated with a reception at the Manchester Arena, for which 17,500 tickets were made available at £3 each; proceeds went to Ferguson's testimonial fund. Greater Manchester Police later estimated that the actual number of people who attended the parade was around 500,000.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Broadcasting
In the United Kingdom, the final was broadcast by ITV Sport with commentary provided by Clive Tyldesley and Ron Atkinson. The broadcast attracted an average of 15.5 million viewers, with a peak audience of 18.8 million at 21:30, just as Manchester United scored their two goals. The climax of the game was voted as the fourth-greatest sporting moment ever by Channel 4 viewers in a 2002 poll. In Germany, the match was shown on RTL Television, and was seen by an average of 13.59 million people over the course of the broadcast. In Spain, the match was shown on TVE.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Treble Reunion match
On 26 May 2019, Manchester United hosted a reunion match against a Bayern Munich Legends team to mark the 20th anniversary of winning the treble and to raise money for the Manchester United Foundation. Most of the Manchester United squad from the 1998–99 season returned for the match, with the exception of Giggs, who was on coaching duty with the Wales national team. Despite not having been with Manchester United during the 1998–99 season, Karel Poborský, Mikaël Silvestre and Louis Saha completed the squad as regular participants in Manchester United Legends matches.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Treble Reunion match
Ferguson returned to manage the side, six years after his retirement from full-time management, joined by his 1999 assistant Steve McClaren and former club captain Bryan Robson as head coach. The Bayern squad featured six players who appeared in the 1999 final – Babbel, Kuffour, Effenberg, Matthäus, Jancker and Fink – as well as striker Élber, who missed the original match through injury.


1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Treble Reunion match
Manchester United won the match 5–0. Solskjær, now manager of Manchester United, opened the scoring in the fifth minute, having come on for Cole in the first minute of the match due to Cole's continued struggle with kidney trouble. Yorke made it 2–0 on the half-hour mark, before second-half goals from Butt, Saha and Beckham completed the scoring. The match was played in front of 61,175 spectators and raised £1.5 million for the Manchester United Foundation.


1999 UEFA Cup Final
The 1999 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match played on 12 May 1999 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow to determine the winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The match was contested by Parma of Italy and Marseille of France. Parma won the match 3–0 to claim their second UEFA Cup and fourth European trophy, having previously won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup on one occasion each. There were 61,000 spectators at the match, making it the highest-attended single-legged UEFA Cup/Europa League final.


1999 UEFA Cup Final, Background
This was Parma's second UEFA Cup final, having defeated Juventus in 1995. Marseille had won the UEFA Champions League in 1993. That victory was marred by the match fixing scandal and, although the title was not stripped from the French club, they were barred from competing in the UEFA Super Cup and next season's UEFA Champions League.


1999 UEFA Cup Final, Background
The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia played host to the match, having never previously hosted a major European final.


1999 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Team selection
While Parma's selection for the match was more straightforward, underdogs Marseille had four players suspended for the final after the team's semi-final victory over Bologna, which ended in a fight in the players' tunnel at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. Fabrizio Ravanelli and William Gallas both received yellow cards which barred their participation in the final. Christophe Dugarry and Hamada Jambay would serve the first match of their respective and five- and four-match suspensions on the sidelines for the final for their involvement in the brawl.


1999 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Hugh Dallas, the Scottish referee who had also officiated in the Franco-Italian 1998 World Cup quarter-final, conducted the coin toss, which was won by Marseille captain Laurent Blanc and the Frenchman elected to shoot towards his team's own fans in the second half. Roberto Sensini, Parma's captain, chose to kick the match off.


1999 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
The first 25 minutes saw a cautious Marseille side play much of their football in their own half, only to knock it long to their isolated frontmen Robert Pires and Florian Maurice. Following such an occasion, Sensini hit a long ball forward towards Juan Sebastián Verón, whose headed flick-on looked not to be dangerous until a lazy headed backpass from the experienced Laurent Blanc gifted Hernán Crespo one-on-one with the keeper; the Argentine coolly lobbed Stéphane Porato with his first touch to give Parma the lead after 26 minutes.


1999 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Ten minutes later, as the Italians continued to dominate the match, a Parma attack twice looked to have been ended by Marseille's defence, but the ball found Lilian Thuram in an advanced right-back position on both occasions. On the second occasion, Thuram was able to slide in to find Diego Fuser five yards from the byline and just onside. He whipped in a deep cross, and Paolo Vanoli directed his header past Marseille's goalkeeper into the net to double Parma's advantage.


1999 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Five minutes before the hour mark, Thuram surged forward down the right before giving the ball to Verón outside him. Verón chipped the ball into the penalty area with a ball looking to be destined for Crespo's boot, a fine dummy duped the Marseille's defence and gave Enrico Chiesa the opportunity to volley home emphatically from 12 yards to make it 3–0 and seal a Parma victory.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match between Mallorca of Spain and Lazio of Italy played on 19 May 1999 at Villa Park, Birmingham, England. It was the final match of the 1998–99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the culmination of the competition before it was absorbed into the UEFA Cup the following season. Mallorca were appearing in their first final in their first season in European competition, while Lazio were also appearing in their first Cup Winners' Cup final. It was their second European final in succession after reaching the final of the UEFA Cup the previous season.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
Each club needed to progress through four rounds to reach the final, which were contested over two legs, with a match at each team's home ground. Mallorca's ties were all close affairs. They beat Genk of Belgium on the away goals rule after the tie finished 1–1 on aggregate. They beat defending champions Chelsea of England by a single goal. The majority of Lazio's ties were close affairs, two of which were decided on the away goals rule. The exception was their quarter-final tie against Greek team Panionios, which they won 7–0 on aggregate.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
Watched by a crowd of 33,021, Lazio took the lead in the final when striker Christian Vieri scored in the 7th minute. They were not ahead for long as Mallorca equalised four minutes later when striker Dani scored. The match remained level for the majority of the match until the 81st minute when Lazio midfielder Pavel Nedvěd scored. With no further goals, Lazio won the match 2–1 to win the last Cup Winners' Cup and their first European trophy.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Mallorca
Mallorca qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup by finishing as runners-up in the Spanish Copa del Rey. They lost to Barcelona 5–4 in a penalty shootout, but as Barcelona finished first in the 1997–98 La Liga, they qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League and Mallorca were awarded their spot in the Cup Winners' Cup. Mallorca's opponents in the first round were Scottish team Heart of Midlothian (Hearts). They won the first leg, held at Hearts' home ground Tynecastle, 1–0. The second leg was held at Mallorca's home ground, the Estadio Lluís Sitjar.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Mallorca
Before the match, Hearts players protested that the goalposts at the same did not meet regulations. An inspection revealed there was a 10-centimetre (3.9 in) difference between one post and the other at both ends of the ground, this was due to the undulation of the pitch. Despite the issue, the match went ahead and finished 1–1. This meant Mallorca progressed to the second round 2–1 on aggregate. Genk of Belgium were the opposition in the second round. The first leg held at the King Baudouin Stadium in Belgium finished 1–1. The second leg ended in a 0–0 draw, which meant Mallorca won the tie on the away goals rule to progress to the quarter-finals.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Mallorca
Mallorca faced Croatian team Varteks in the quarter-finals. The first leg, held at Varteks home ground, Gradski Stadion, finished 0–0. Three goals from Ariel Ibagaza, Veljko Paunović, and Dani, despite a late goal from Varteks defender, Andrija Balajić, were enough to secure a 3–1 victory and their progression to the semi-finals. Their opponents in the semi-finals were English team, Chelsea, who had won the competition the previous season and were looking to become the first team to retain the competition.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Mallorca
Mallorca went ahead in the first leg at Chelsea's home ground, Stamford Bridge, when Dani went past Chelsea goalkeeper Ed de Goey to score. Chelsea equalised in the 50th minute when striker Tore André Flo scored. Mallorca took an early lead in the second leg when Leonardo Biagini scored. Chelsea midfielder Roberto Di Matteo hit the crossbar 20 minutes from the end of the match and fellow midfielder Dennis Wise missed a header to equalise. They were unable to score and Mallorca won the match 1–0 to win 2–1 on aggregate and progress to the final in their first season in European competition.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Lazio
Lazio qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup after they won the 1997–98 Coppa Italia. They beat Milan 3–2 on aggregate in the final. Their opponents in the first round were Swiss team, Lausanne-Sport. The first leg finished in a 1–1 draw. The second leg also finished in a draw, this time the scores were 2–2. This meant that Lazio progressed to the second round due to the away goals rule. Partizan of Yugoslavia were the opposition in the second round. The first leg ended in a 0–0 draw and Lazio won the second leg 3–2 to progress to the quarter-finals.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Lazio
They faced Greek team Panionios, Lazio won the first leg 4–0 and were able to rest some of their first-team players in the second leg. Midfielders Pavel Nedvěd and Dejan Stanković both scored before fellow midfielder, Iván de la Peña secured a 3–0 victory to secure Lazio's progression to the semi-finals. Their opponents were Lokomotiv Moscow of Russia. The Russian side went ahead in the first leg, at the Lokomotiv Stadium, when striker, Zaza Janashia, scored in the 61st minute. Lazio equalised in the 77th minute when substitute Alen Bokšić scored.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Lazio
They almost won the match three minutes from full-time, but a shot by Stanković was saved by Lokomotiv goalkeeper Ruslan Nigmatullin, the match finished 1–1. The second leg was ended in a 0–0 draw, which meant Lazio progressed to the final on the away goals rule after the tie finished 1–1 on aggregate.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Background
Mallorca were appearing in their first Cup Winners' Cup final in their first season in European competition. Lazio were also appearing in their first final in the competition, however, they had reached the final of the UEFA Cup the previous season, a match they lost 3–0 to fellow Italian team, Internazionale. The final was the last in the history of the competition. Founded in 1961, the Cup Winners' Cup was to be disbanded and incorporated into the UEFA Cup the following season.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Background
Mallorca's last match before the final was against Racing Santander in the 1998–99 La Liga, they lost 1–0. Mallorca's record of 25 goals conceded in 33 games was the best in La Liga. Lazio's final match before the final was a 1–1 draw with Fiorentina. The result meant they slipped behind into second with a game left to play in the 1998–99 Serie A season. The Cup Winners' Cup final was held at the home of Aston Villa, Villa Park in Birmingham. The chairman of Aston Villa, Doug Ellis, considered Lazio to be the favourites: "Lazio are favourites if you listen to the bookmakers, but Mallorca have some very, very good players."


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Background
Lazio manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson, was adamant his side were eager to win the Cup Winners' Cup despite the possibility of winning Serie A the weekend after the final: "This is not a secondary objective. We must find the grit and determination, the courage and the energy, to win the cup." The difference in the two teams was emphasised before the final. Lazio had spent £73 million on new players the previous summer, while Mallorca were considered "an unfashionable island side" by The Guardian. This did not bother Mallorca striker Dani, who was adamant they could compete with Lazio: "We are conscious of the huge difference between the squads ... but we make up for that with concentration and teamwork to get results."


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Background
The choice of Austrian, Günter Benkö, as referee concerned the Italian media. Corriere dello Sport called him a "scandalous referee." They referred to him as "a sworn enemy of Italian squads," after he had sent off two Italian players in a UEFA under-21 international in 1996.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
Both teams lined up in a 4-4-2 formation with four defenders, four midfielders and two strikers. The opening minutes of the match were "breathtakingly open", according to The Guardian. A Vieri shot from 25 yards (23 m) was saved by Mallorca goalkeeper, Carlos Roa. The first goal was scored in the seventh minute when striker Christian Vieri headed a pass from Giuseppe Favalli past Roa. Four minutes later, Mallorca had equalised. Miquel Soler passed to Jovan Stanković who crossed from the right-hand side of the pitch which was converted past Lazio goalkeeper, Luca Marchegiani, by Dani.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
Vieri was injured when Roa's hand caught him in the head. He was carried off the field midway through the first half and his head bandaged before he returned. A long-range shot from Vieri was saved by Roa, while a Mallorca free-kick taken by Jovan Stanković passed through the Lazio penalty area without anyone touching the ball. A bicycle kick by Lazio striker Marcelo Salas, which Roa saved, was the last chance before the first half came to an end with the scores at 1–1.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
According to Phil Shaw, writing in The Independent, "the open play which had characterised the start of the contest was markedly absent as the second period unfolded." Mallorca started the better of the two teams with defender, Lauren, causing problems down the right-hand side of the pitch. Dejan Stanković was caught in the face by Mallorca defender, Gustavo Siviero as he made an overhead clearance. Siviero was shown a yellow card and Dejan Stanković was replaced by Sérgio Conceição following the incident.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
Lazio had the best chance of the second half in the 60th minute when a free-kick by defender Siniša Mihajlović, from 32 yards (29 m) went just wide of the Mallorca goal. Minutes later, Roberto Mancini had a chance to score, but his shot hit the crossbar and he was deemed to be offside. A shot by Lauren was saved by Lazio goalkeeper, Marchegiani, minutes later. Mallorca had another chance to score as Jovan Stanković made his way into the Lazio penalty area.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
His shot went over the head of Marchegiani, but defender, Alessandro Nesta, headed the ball away from the Lazio goal. With nine minutes left to play, Lazio scored. Nedvěd volleyed a clearance past Roa in the Mallorca from 20 yards (18 m). Nedvěd was substituted after the goal and with no further goals, Lazio won the match 2–1 to win the last Cup Winners' Cup.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post match
Lazio manager, Eriksson, was delighted with the result: "I feel very happy, This is Lazio's first win in Europe. This is also the last Cup Winners' Cup so the trophy is ours forever. No-one can take it away from us. It was a very good game. Mallorca are a very good team but we deserved it. We've only lost one match in Europe in the last two seasons and that was last year's UEFA Cup final against Inter."


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post match
He went to say that the victory would be a consolation if his team failed to win Serie A the following weekend: "We'll try to beat Parma and see if it's enough for us to be champions of Italy, whatever happens, we've had an extremely good season. We're undefeated in Europe, we won the Italian Super Cup and we're fighting for the league title to the end."


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post match
Mallorca manager, Héctor Cúper, was proud of his team despite the loss: "Nothing is consolation when we did not get the victory. We all feel the same way at this moment in time in my team. No words that can describe how we feel. We have a team that is really strong. No-one could imagine how we are feeling at the moment. when you go into a game you go into it with a certain mindset, a clear mind. I can only repeat there are no words to describe now we feel at the moment. We cannot even fathom it. Maybe tomorrow we will understand how we feel. But today I am very proud of my team and how they played."


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post match
Lazio's final match in Serie A was against Parma, while Milan faced Perugia. Lazio needed to win and Milan to drop points if they were to win finish the season as champions. Despite victory against Parma courtesy of two goals by Salas, Milan beat Perugia, this meant Milan won Serie A with Lazio second. They qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League as a result of their final position. Lazio's victory in the Cup Winners' Cup entitled them to play in the UEFA Super Cup. They faced the winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Manchester United, a match they won 1–0.


1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post match
Mallorca had four matches left to play in La Liga. They won two and lost two to finish in third position behind champions, Barcelona and runners-up, Real Madrid. Their third-place finish meant they would enter the Champions League in the third qualifying round. At the end of the season, Cúper left to become manager of Valencia.


1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
The 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 17th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Czech Republic hosted the championship, from 24 April to 7 May 1999. 16 teams entered the competition, and Spain defeated Poland in the final to win the competition for the fifth time.


1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
This page describes the qualifying procedure for the 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship. 49 teams were divided into 15 groups of three and four teams each. The fifteen best winners advanced to the final tournament.


1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship squads
Below are the rosters for the 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship tournament in the Czech Republic.


1999 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1999 Final Tournament was held in Sweden.


1999 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying
This article features the 1999 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying stage. Matches were played 1998 through 1999. Two qualifying rounds were organised and seven teams qualified for the main tournament, joining host Sweden.


1999 UEFA Futsal Championship
The 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship was the 2nd official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Spain, between 22 February and 28 February 1999, in one venue located in the city of Granada.


1999 UEFA Futsal Championship squads
This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship tournament held in Spain.


1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Montpellier, Juventus, and West Ham United. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup.


1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg
2–2 on aggregate, Rudar Velenje won on away goals rule.


1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg
The game was abandoned in the 114th minute of extra time due to some objects being thrown on the pitch, some even hitting the referee. UEFA banned Perugia and awarded a 3–0 win to Trabzonspor.


1999 UEFA Regions' Cup
The 1999 UEFA Regions' Cup was the first UEFA Regions' Cup. It was held in Italy and won by the Veneto team from the host nation, which beat Spain's Madrid 3–2, after extra time, in the final.


1999 UEFA Regions' Cup, Preliminary round
The 32 teams entered were drawn into eight groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:


1999 UEFA Regions' Cup, Preliminary round
The winners of each group qualified for the final tournament.


1999 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament
Italy was chosen to host the final tournament, with matches being played from 31 October to 5 November 1999.


1999 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament, Group stage
The eight preliminary group winners were drawn into two groups of four, with the two group winners advancing to the final.


1999 UEFA Super Cup
The 1999 UEFA Super Cup was a football match played on 27 August 1999 between the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United, and Lazio, winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.


1999 UEFA Super Cup
Against the odds, Lazio won the match 1–0, the winning goal coming from Chilean striker Marcelo Salas in the 35th minute. The match was played at a neutral venue, the Stade Louis II in Monaco, in front of 14,461 spectators.


1999 UEFA Super Cup
This was the last Super Cup contested by the winners of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, as the tournament was discontinued after the 1998–99 season. Since 2000, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.


1999 UEFA Super Cup, Venue
The Stade Louis II in Monaco has been the venue for the UEFA Super Cup since 1998. It was built in 1985, and is also the home of AS Monaco, who play in the French league system.


1999 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship
The 1999 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship was held between 3 August 1999 and 7 August 1999. It was the second edition of the UEFA European Women's Under-18 Championship. 27 teams competed in the preliminary rounds. Four teams qualified for the final stage of the tournament which consisted of a round-robin group stage. Sweden topped the group by having a better head-to-head record against Germany who finished level on points with Sweden. This was Sweden's first UEFA European Women's Under-18 Championship victory.


1999 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup
The 1999 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup was the second UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup and was held in South Africa.


1999 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup, Group stage
Key:Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points


1999 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup, Knockout stage
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1999 UIAA Climbing World Championships
The 1999 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 5th edition, were held in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 2 to 3 December 1999. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead and speed events.


1999 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Lead
In men's lead, Bernardino Lagni triumphed over Yuji Hirayama who took silver and Maksym Petrenko who took bronze.


1999 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Lead
In women's lead, Liv Sansoz won and defended her title. Muriel Sarkany took silver and Elena Ovtchinnikova took bronze.


1999 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Speed
In men's speed, Vladimir Zakharov triumphed over Vladimir Netsvetaev-Dolgalev who took silver and Alexei Gadeev who took bronze.


1999 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Speed
In women's speed, Olga Zakharova triumphed over Olena Ryepko who took silver and Natalia Novikova who took bronze.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 73rd year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) released the annual returns, with totalisator turnover at £80,268,946 and attendances recorded at 3,511,847.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Chart King was voted Greyhound of the Year after winning the 1999 Scottish Greyhound Derby and 1999 English Greyhound Derby. He also picked up the Irish Greyhound of the Year award. Chart King a brindle dog was owned and trained by brothers Karl and Ralph Hewitt from Lurgan in Northern Ireland. He also won the Easter Cup in a record-breaking 28.40 at Shelbourne Park.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Linda Mullins won the Greyhound Trainer of the Year for the fourth successive year.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Sky Sports increased their TV coverage to show major events on Tuesday nights at Wimbledon including the Springbok and the Grand National, the latter now held at Wimbledon instead of Hall Green. They also wanted to show the Pall Mall Stakes at Oxford but the track was reluctant to switch the event to a Tuesday night so remained off the viewing schedule for the time being.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Wisbech reopened under NGRC rules and appointed former Peterborough RM Mike Middle. The tracks owner Gary Meads had improved the facilities after the venue had been closed for seven years. Canterbury closed its doors on 30 October and independent Workington ceased racing. Peterborough was severely damaged by fire spread from an adjoining warehouse. Work started immediately on repairs and refurbishment but there was no racing for six months.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
The Dundalk Race Company PLC and Dundealgan Greyhound Racing Company Limited merged to form Dundalk Racing (1999) Ltd. The Dundalk Ramparts Greyhound Stadium was earmarked for a major rebuild.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Elsewhere the BS Group (owners of several tracks) purchased the Milton Keynes Bowl to add to their assets. Shelley Cobbold sent out the last runner from the Utopia kennels at Nottingham, the family association with greyhound racing (Joe Cobbold, the late Trevor Cobbold and Pam Cobbold) ended. In November Linda Jones gained a contract at the country's premier track Walthamstow.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
El Tenor dropped back down in distance in an attempt to defend his Grand National title and made the final but was unlucky to find trouble when going well. The race ended in a dead heat for Hello Buttons and Pottos Storm. Despite this defeat the target of 100 open race wins was in sight even though he had gone past five years of age. By the end of the year he was still competing and winning.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
A puppy by the name of Rapid Ranger had started his career with defeat in two graded races at Stainforth for trainer Mike Pomfrett, but was improving and scored a first open win at Nottingham. By autumn he would improve and owner Ray White purchased the brindle and sent him to Charlie Lister.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
A brindle dog called Palace Issue, trained by Linda Mullins started to perform superbly and quickly established himself as the leading stayer. He broke the track record at Romford during the Champion Stakes before winning the Group One Grand Prix at Walthamstow that included his rival Dilemmas Lad. A strong fancy for the first St Leger at Wimbledon, he had to settle for second behind Dilemmas Lad before successfully defending his Hunt Cup title at Reading.


1999 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
Gerald Watson travelled to England with his 1999 Irish Greyhound Derby champion Spring Time and outclassed her rivals when winning the Oaks at Wimbledon and Bubbly Prince won the Cesarewitch at Catford Stadium for the Bubbly Club making up for the previous year's disappointment.


1999 UK Championship
The 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 13 November 1999 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 20 and 28 November 1999.


1999 UK Championship
Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two maximum breaks in the tournament's history after scoring a 147 against Paul Wykes in the last 16.


1999 UK Championship
In the final Mark Williams defeated Matthew Stevens 10–8. This was Stevens' second consecutive final at the event.


1999 UK Championship, Tournament summary
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


1999 UMass Minutemen football team
The 1999 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen entered the season with high expectations as defending National Champions, but struggled out of the gate as they lost three of their first four games. UMass turned their fortune around after that as they used a 77–0 thrashing of Northeastern to propel them on an eight-game winning streak. The Minutemen did not lose again until the second round of the NCAA Playoffs against the eventual champions, Georgia Southern. UMass finished the season with a record of 9–4 overall and 8–1 in conference play.