2008 Toulon Tournament

2008 Toulon Tournament
Toulon Youth Festival
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates20–29 May
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored42 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Sekou Cissé (4 goals)
Best player(s)Italy Sebastian Giovinco

The 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 20 May to 29 May 2008. Tournament finished with the final between Italy and Chile at Stade Mayol in Toulon as Italy had the title after the final score of 1–0, scored by Pablo Osvaldo in the 70th minute.

Participant teams

Venues

The matches were held in these communes:

Squads

Main article: 2008 Toulon Tournament squads

Results

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Chile 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to Semi-final
 Japan 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
 France 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0
Source:

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)

Japan 1–0 Netherlands
Lee 64' report
France 3–5 Chile
Bonnet 19'
Quercia 23'
Pentecôte 47'		 report Fuenzalida 33'
Martínez 54'
Louvion 80' (o.g.)
Lorca 89'
Sagredo 90'
France 1–2 Japan
Quercia 71' report Umesaki 17'
Morimoto 60'
Netherlands 0–2 Chile
report Fuenzalida 19'
Orellana 84' (pen.)
France 0–1 Netherlands
report Kivuvu 53'
Chile 2–0 Japan
Carmona 75'
Morales 90+2'		 report

Group B

Table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Italy 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Advance to Semi-final
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
 United States 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source:

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)

Turkey 3–2 United States
Güngör 19'
Şahin 35'
Parlak 59'		 Report Brunner 58'
Ochoa 72'
Ivory Coast 0–2 Italy
Report Giovinco 65', 73'
Ivory Coast 1–0 United States
Djapka 70' (pen.) Report
Italy 2–1 Turkey
Lanzafame 32'
Marchisio 89'		 Report Yılmaz 50'
Italy 2–0 United States
Abate 31'
Dessena 36'		 Report
Ivory Coast 4–0 Turkey
Cissé 43', 45+2', 86'
Moura 75'		 Report

Semi-finals

Chile 2–1 Ivory Coast
Morales 5'
Orellana 60'		 Report Djapka 40'
Toulon
Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.) Japan
Report
Penalties
Bocchetti soccer ball with check mark
Abate soccer ball with check mark
Cigarini soccer ball with check mark
Candreva soccer ball with check mark
Giovinco soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark K. Honda
soccer ball with check mark Kajiyama
soccer ball with check mark Morishige
soccer ball with red X Mizuno
soccer ball with check mark Mizumoto
Toulon

Third-place playoff

Ivory Coast 2–2 (a.e.t.) Japan
Fofana 31'
Cissé 90+4'		 Report Escudero 72'
Morishige 82'
Penalties
Djapka soccer ball with check mark
Fofana soccer ball with red X
Kone soccer ball with check mark
Anthony soccer ball with check mark
Cissé soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Honda
soccer ball with check mark Morishige
soccer ball with check mark Morimoto
soccer ball with red X Lee
soccer ball with red X Mizumoto
Toulon

Final

Chile 0–1 Italy
Report Osvaldo 70'
Toulon


 2008 Toulon Tournament 

Italy
First title

Goal scorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Individual awards

Referees

Selected referees according to official website:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Giovinco was Named as the Best Player in Toulon". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ "The Referees in 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
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