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2008 Toulon Tournament

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.

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

Participant teams edit

Venues edit

The matches were held in these communes:

Squads edit

Main article: 2008 Toulon Tournament squads

Results edit

Group A edit

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: [citation needed]

Match summaries edit

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 edit

Table edit

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: [citation needed]

Match summaries edit

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 edit

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

Third-place playoff edit

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

Final edit

Chile  0–1  Italy
Report Osvaldo   70'
Toulon


 2008 Toulon Tournament 
 
Italy
First title

Goal scorers edit

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Individual awards edit

Referees edit

Selected referees according to official website:[2]

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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