Tournoi de France (1997)

"Tournoi de France" redirects here. For the earlier tournament of the same name, see Tournoi de France (1988).

Tournoi de France (1997)

Warmup for 1998 FIFA World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	3–11 June 1997
Teams	4
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	France
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	16 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alessandro Del Piero (3)
← 1993 U.S. Cup 2001 Confed. Cup →

The Tournoi de France (French for "Tournament of France", often referred to as Le Tournoi) was a friendly international football tournament held in Paris and other cities of France in early June of 1997 as a warm-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The four national teams participating at the tournament were Brazil, England, hosts France, and Italy. They played against each other in a single round-robin tournament with the group winner also being the winner of the tournament.

Event

England won the tournament after collecting six points by winning their first two matches, against Italy and France, and losing one to Brazil. The South Americans were second with five points, a product of a win and two draws. Perhaps the most memorable match was the 3-3 draw between Italy and Brazil, which included two goals from then 22-year-old Alessandro Del Piero and one goal apiece from Romário and Ronaldo as well as one own goal from each of the teams. Del Piero was the top goalscorer of the tournament with three goals scored while Romário scored twice.

The Tournoi de France is most notable for the famous Roberto Carlos curled free kick in the 21st minute of the opening match against France, often considered one of the best in the modern game^[1].

Squads

See Tournoi de France (1997) squads

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Brazil	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
France	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
Italy	3	0	2	1	5	7	-2	2

Results

3 June 1997	France	1 – 1	Brazil	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 28,193 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Keller  55'		Roberto Carlos  21'

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4 June 1997	England	2 – 0	Italy	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Wright  26' Scholes  43'

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7 June 1997	France	0 – 1	England	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
			Shearer  86'

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8 June 1997	Italy	3 – 3	Brazil	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
	Del Piero  6', 61' (pen.) Aldair  23' (o.g.)		Lombardo  35' (o.g.) Ronaldo  70' Romário  84'

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10 June 1997	England	0 – 1	Brazil	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 40,000 Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)
			Romário  61'

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11 June 1997	France	2 – 2	Italy	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
	Zidane  12' Djorkaeff  73'		Casiraghi  61' Del Piero  89' (pen.)

References

1. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1085010/VIDEO-SPECIAL-How-does-Ronaldinhos-Pompey-rocket-rank-alongside-greatest-free-kicks-scored.html

External links

• Unofficial web page