2008 Toulon Tournament

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2008 Toulon Tournament
Toulon Youth Festival
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates20 May – 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[]

Table[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Chile 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 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[]

All times local (UTC+2)

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

Group B[]

Table[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
 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[]

All times local (UTC+2)

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

Semi-finals[]

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

Third-place playoff[]

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

Final[]

Chile 0 – 1 Italy
Report Osvaldo Goal 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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