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2008 Toulon Tournament

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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

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Venues

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The matches were held in these communes:

Squads

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Results

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Group A

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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

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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

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Table

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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

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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

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Chile 2–1 Ivory Coast
Morales 5'
Orellana 60'
Report Djapka 40'
Toulon

Third-place playoff

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Final

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Chile 0–1 Italy
Report Osvaldo 70'
Toulon


 2008 Toulon Tournament 

Italy

First title

Goal scorers

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4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Individual awards

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Referees

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Selected referees according to official website:[2]

References

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  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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