2008 Toulon Tournament

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = Toulon Tournament
year = 2008
other_titles = Toulon Youth Festival


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caption =
country = France
dates = 20 May – 29 May
num_teams = 8
confederations = 5
venues = 7
cities = 1
champion_other = fbu|21|ITA
count = 1
second_other = fbu|20|CHI
matches = 16
goals = 41
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|CIV Sekou Cisse (4 goals)
player = flagicon|ITA 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 Daniel Osvaldo on 70^th minute.

Participant teams

*fb|CHI
*fb|CIV
*fb|FRA (host)
*fb|ITA

*fb|JPN
*fb|NED
*fb|TUR
*fb|USA

Match locations

The matches were held in these communes:
*Aubagne
*Hyères
*La Londe
*La Seyne
*Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
*Solliès-Pont
*Toulon

Results

Group A

Table

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)

footballbox
date = 2008-05-20
time = 18:00
team1 = fb-rt|JPN
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|NED
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25456_u-21%20netherlands_vs_u-21%20japan_20-05-2008.html report]
goals1 = Lee goal|64
goals2 =
stadium = Toulon ----footballbox
date = 2008-05-20
time = 20:30
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25457_u-21%20france_vs_u-21%20chile_20-05-2008.html report]
team1 = fb-rt|FRA
score = 3 – 5
team2 = fb|CHL
goals1 = Bonnet goal|19 Quercia goal|23 Pentecôte goal|47
goals2 = Fuenzalida goal|33 Martínez goal|54 Louvion goal|80|o.g. Lorca goal|89 Sagredo goal|90
stadium = Toulon----footballbox
date = 2008-05-22
time = 18:00
team1 = fb-rt|FRA
score = 1 – 2
team2 = fb|JPN
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25461_u-21%20france_vs_u-21%20japan_22-05-2008.html report]
goals1 = Quercia goal|71
goals2 = Umesaki goal|17 Morimoto goal|60
stadium = Hyeres----footballbox
date = 2008-05-22
time = 20:30
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fb|CHL
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25460_u-21%20netherlands_vs_u-21%20chile_22-05-2008.html report]
goals1 =
goals2 = Fuenzalida goal|19 Orellana goal|84|pen.
stadium = Hyeres----footballbox
date = 2008-05-24
time = 18:30
team1 = fb-rt|FRA
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fb|NED
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25464_u-21%20france_vs_u-21%20netherlands_2008-05-24-00-00-00.html report]
goals1 =
goals2 = Kivuvu goal|53
stadium = Saint Cyr----footballbox
date = 2008-05-24
time = 18:30
team1 = fb-rt|CHL
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fb|JPN
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25465_u-21%20chile_vs_u-21%20japan_2008-05-24-00-00-00.html report]
goals1 = Carmona goal|75 Morales goal|90+2
goals2 =
stadium = Solliès-Pont

Group B

Table

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)

footballbox
date = 2008-05-21
time = 15:30
team1 = fb-rt|TUR
score = 3 – 2
team2 = fb|USA
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25458_u-21%20turkey_vs_u-21%20usa_21-05-2008.html Report]
goals1 = Güngör goal|19
Şahin goal|35
Parlak goal|59
goals2 = Brunner goal|58
Ochoa goal|72
stadium = Toulon ----footballbox
date = 2008-05-21
time = 18:00
team1 = fb-rt|CIV
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fb|ITA
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25459_u-21%20italy_vs_u-21%20ivory%20coast_21-05-2008.html Report]
goals1 =
goals2 = Giovinco goal|65 goal|73
stadium = Toulon----footballbox
date = 2008-05-23
time = 18:30
team1 = fb-rt|CIV
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|USA
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25462_u-21%20ivory%20coast_vs_u-21%20usa_23-05-2008.html Report]
goals1 = Djapka goal|70|pen.
goals2 =
stadium = La Seyne----footballbox
date = 2008-05-23
time = 20:30
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 2 – 1
team2 = fb|TUR
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25463_u-21%20italy_vs_u-21%20turkey_23-05-2008.html Report]
goals1 = Lanzafame goal|32 Marchisio goal|89
goals2 = Yılmaz goal|50
stadium = La Seyne----footballbox
date = 2008-05-25
time = 18:00
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fb|USA
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25466_u-21%20italy_vs_u-21%20usa_25-05-2008.html Report]
goals1 = Abate goal|31 Dessena goal|36
goals2 =
stadium = La Valette----footballbox
date = 2008-05-25
time = 18:00
team1 = fb-rt|CIV
score = 4 – 0
team2 = fb|TUR
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25467_u-21%20ivory%20coast_vs_u-21%20turkey_25-05-2008.html Report]
goals1 = Cissé goal|43 goal|45+2 goal|86 Moura goal|75
goals2 =
stadium = Aubagne

emi-finals

footballbox
date = 2008-05-27
team1 = fb-rt|CHI
score = 2 – 1
report= [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25468_u-21%20chile_vs_u-21%20ivory%20coast_27-05-2008.html Report]
team2 = fb|CIV
goals1 = Morales goal|5 Orellana goal|60
goals2 = Djapka goal|40
stadium = Toulon----footballbox
date = 2008-05-27
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
report= [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25469_u-21%20japan_vs_u-21%20italy_27-05-2008.html Report]
team2 = fb|JPN
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Toulonpenshootoutbox
penalties1 = Bocchetti pengoal
Abate pengoal
Cigarini pengoal
Candreva pengoal
Giovinco pengoal
penaltyscore = 5 – 4
penalties2 = pengoal K. Honda
pengoal Kajiyama
pengoal Morishige
penmiss|saved Mizuno
pengoal Mizumoto

Third-place playoff

footballbox
date = 2008-05-29
time = 18:00
team1 = fb-rt|CIV
score = 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
team2 = fb|JPN
goals1 = Fofana goal|31 Cissé goal|90+4
report= [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25470_u-21%20ivory%20coast_vs_u-21%20japan_29-05-2008.html Report]
goals2 = Escudero goal|72 Morishige goal|82
stadium = Toulonpenshootoutbox
penalties1 = Djapka pengoal
Fofana penmiss|hit the bar
Kone pengoal Anthony pengoal Cissé pengoal
penaltyscore = 4 – 3
penalties2 = pengoal Honda
pengoal Morishige
pengoal Morimoto penmiss|saved Lee penmiss Mizumoto

Final

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date = May 29 2008
20:45
team1 = fb-rt|CHI
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fb|ITA
report = [http://www.footiemag.de/matches_25471_u-21%20chile_vs_u-21%20italy_29-05-2008.html Report]
goals1 =
goals2 = Osvaldo goal|70
stadium = Toulon

Goal scorers

;4 goals (Top Scorer)
*flagicon|CIV Sekou Cissé

;2 goals
*flagicon|CHI José Pedro Fuenzalida
*flagicon|CHI Pedro Morales Flores
*flagicon|CHI Fabián Orellana
*flagicon|CIV Constant Djapka
*flagicon|FRA Julien Quercia
*flagicon|ITA Sebastian Giovinco

;1 goal
*flagicon|CHI Carlos Carmona
*flagicon|CHI Juan Gonzalo Lorca
*flagicon|CHI Hans Martínez
*flagicon|CHI Boris Sagredo
*flagicon|CIV Beko Ismael Fofana
*flagicon|CIV Anthony Moura
*flagicon|FRA Alexandre Bonnet
*flagicon|FRA Xavier Pentecôte
*flagicon|ITA Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
*flagicon|ITA Ignazio Abate
*flagicon|ITA Daniele Dessena
*flagicon|ITA Davide Lanzafame
*flagicon|ITA Claudio Marchisio
*flagicon|JPN Sergio Ariel Escudero
*flagicon|JPN Tadanari Lee
*flagicon|JPN Takayuki Morimoto
*flagicon|JPN Masato Morishige
*flagicon|JPN Tsukasa Umesaki
*flagicon|NED Dominique Kivuvu
*flagicon|TUR Eren Güngör
*flagicon|TUR İlhan Parlak
*flagicon|TUR Nuri Şahin
*flagicon|TUR Aydın Yılmaz
*flagicon|USA Eric Brunner
*flagicon|USA Sammy Ochoa

;Own goal
*flagicon|FRA Cyriaque Louvion (for Chile)

Individual awards

*Player of the tournament:
**flagicon|ITA Sebastian Giovinco
*The Best goalkeeper:
**flagicon|ITA Davide Bassi [ [http://china.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=716689 Giovinco was Named as the Best Player in Toulon] ]

quads

Referees

Selected referees according to official website: [ [http://www.festival-foot-espoirs.com/festival-foot-espoirs/arbitres-festival-foot.php The Referees in 2008] ]

Referees:
*flagicon|CAN Steven Depiero
*flagicon|CIV Monetchet Nahi
*flagicon|FRA Olivier Thual
*flagicon|ITA Paolo Tagliavento
*flagicon|JPN Kenji Ogiya
*flagicon|POR Jorg Sousa
*flagicon|SCO Iain Brines
*flagicon|TUR Fırat Aydınus

Assistant Referees:
*flagicon|CAN Daniel Belleau
*flagicon|CAN Darren Clark
*flagicon|FRA Karl Santigli
*flagicon|ITA Massimiliano Grilli
*flagicon|ITA Renato Faverani
*flagicon|POR Jose Ramalho
*flagicon|SCO Francis Andrews
*flagicon|SCO Stuart Macaulay

External links

* [http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6422533.html Schedule]

References