The 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand from 10 to 27 November 1999.

Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate in this tournament.

This was the first FIFA tournament to be held in the Pacific Islands country.

New Zealand's capital city Wellington was not allocated any matches as the city's only venue at the time– Athletic Park–was not deemed adequate by FIFA as a match venue.

Ishmael Addo of Ghana won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals.